Kayenta

No knocks on the hull last night, lol, but we did have some gusts of wind rock us a few times. Also had an RV pull in behind us, so we weren’t the only ones parked there for the night. Got another early start this morning, which was good. There was a fatal semi crash just west of the Eisenhower Tunnel, so I 70 was shut down in that section, and westbound traffic was rerouted on Hwy 6, up over Loveland Pass. I expected some rain today, but we ended up with snow at the higher elevations, both across Loveland Pass and then also across Vail Pass. The fall colors in the Rockies are beautiful right now. And the geology along our route today was spectacular as always. The driving gods were with me today. South of Banning, there was a pickup truck sitting in the middle of the road. As I went by it I recognized it as a sheriff pickup. He turned on his lights and I thought will crap, but as soon as I got by him he turned them off. Rosanne says you know the speed limit here is still 50? No, so I’m doing 65. Guess I was slowing down to slow, as he turned around and started down the highway after me. No lights though. And I’m not sure he turned them back on, but I pulled over anyway when I found a safe place a mile or so later. I sat there, and he pulled into a lot on the other side of the road. No lights. Turned around and headed back… Maybe he didn’t want to hassle somebody from Wisconsin, or maybe just felt like giving me a break since I did eventually get slowed down, and did stop in a safe place… I decided to go through Monument Valley this trip. (I have several main routes I take out this direction, and each one has several smaller arteries I change up….) I have stayed on Hwy 191 the last couple of times through Mexican Water, but the last 5 miles of that road get really rough. So I took 191 to 163 through Mexican Hat, and then straight into Kayenta. And it’s interesting to see the geology of Monument Valley ! No pictures tho as the sun would have faded them out. I had planned to stop at Navajo National Monument campground, but since it was a little later from our routing through Loveland Pass, decided to just stop at Kayenta. Rosanne found a nice restaurant here inside one of the hotels, and there was a large lot for truck parking nearby behind the Burger King. So that’s where we are at for the night. We’ll get to Lake Powell and Stateline Auxiliary ramp near the Wahweap Marina late morning tomorrow, as we are only a couple hours away. Once on the lake, our cell coverage is pretty sporadic. (Only have coverage near the marina, and then when in sight of Navajo Mountain where a tower is.) So probably won’t be posting every night.Read more