Day 3 (07/16/2001) Utah/Colorado Trip

We left the Holiday Inn in Grand Junction, Colorado and headed on our journey southeast along US-50 passing through the towns of Delta, Montrose, Gunnison, Salida (a ski town where we stopped for lunch), Canon City, and Pueblo on our way to our destination of Rocky Ford, Colorado (where my dad grew up for a time). This journey took us by Lake Gunnison and over the Rocky Mountains. We passed over the Continetal Divide at Monarch Pass at an elevation of 11,312 feet above sea level. After retrieving memories from Rocky Ford, we headed back to Pueblo where we caught I-25 North to Colorado Springs where we stayed the next two nights.