Saturday, October 1, 2011

Day 13 - Friday 30 September

Today was a driving day, about 7 hours ahead of us to a stopping point called Rangley on the way to Arches National Park in Utah. So it was another early start as we wanted to get up the local mountain, before we left for Rangley.

A misty morning view from the room.

The view from the top.



Early morning wildlife at the top..it's a ptarmigon by the way.


Drove out of Grand Teton past Jenny Lake, which was looking lovely in the morning light.


Stopped in a town called Jackson to top up with "gas" and get a sandwich and some drinks for the journey. We were pretty impressed with one of the towns antler arches..


Not too far along we saw some big horned mountain goats. These must have been young as the horns were not that big!


Then it was lots of the normal empty, seemingly endless roads..


Saw some more wildlife as we drove into some foothills, a herd of pronghorn.


We also came across quite a few roadworks, all of which seemed to take ages to get through. They seem to stop traffic both ways, do some work for 10 or 15 minutes, and then let the traffic go?? This time it was so bad they provided a car for us to follow through all the work!


Eventually we left Wyoming and entered into Utah.


Not long after we spotted a coyote by the road.


Drove through several small towns, some with odd sights.... He seemed very excited about drilling ??


A while later we left Utah and drove into Colorado again, Elaine was excited...


They also have some strange sights in their small towns??


Anyway, eventually we arrived in Rangley which, as you can see, is a "great place to live"....
Great that is if you want to live in the arse end of nowhere!


Oh well it's only a bed for the night. Tomorrow, it's off early to Arches National Park.

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