Tue, Oct 19, 2010

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

After a good night’s sleep and a continental breakfast that turned out to be a full breakfast at the motel we were ready to hit the road for a “travel” day.  It was brisk to say the least this morning with the temperatures in the twenties but the skies were crystal clear.  Our goal for the day was to get thru Wyoming and a good way into Utah so that Wednesday we could go into the Arches/Canyonland area.

We did very well making only one side trip by taking the Sheep Creek Canyon Scenic Byway.  This picturesque drive of about twenty miles is adjacent to the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. The first half of the drive winds along Sheep Creek and among towering cliffs of geologic formations that soar overhead like skyscrapers.  Near the head of Sheep Creek we were lucky to spot a small herd of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep.  Because of the dense vegetation between us we were only able to get a photo of one of the females. Sheep Creek is fed by Big Spring a gushing spring that pours out of the rock just a short hike from the road.  Charles made the short climb up to the spring and I kept the pups playing in the creek.  We were surprised to still find brilliant Aspens and Cottonwoods all along this drive as well as most of the entire drive today. 

We originally intended to drive to Price, UT but only two motels allow pets and both were booked full so for the first time on this trip we had to extend our planned drive another 65 miles to Green River, UT.

It was another good day on the road and we are doing well tonight.  We hope that you all are too!

Peace, Hope & Love,

Donna, Charles, Paris & Dodger