We drove our coach 209 miles, about 4 hours, from Montrose, Colorado to Vernal, Utah.

The map route, heading north:

Leaving the Montrose KOA Journey RV park:

“Gateway to the canyons”:

“Tribute to agriculture”:

US-50 freeway:

We were planning to stop for fuel in Grand Junction along the way, so I left the step cover open. Paladin enjoyed sitting on a step and looking out the lower window (which is typically called the “dog window”, but in our case is the “cat window”):

Highway:

Hey hay:

There wasn’t a good place to stop at lunchtime, so I got up and made lunch while Jenn was driving — a nice option for a motorhome (but don’t worry, I sit down again as quickly as possible, and keep my seatbelt on when in my seat):

PB&J is quick and easy:

Very curvy road:

Switchbacks on the map:

Steep grade, sharp curves, yay:

After all that, we found a spot on side of road for a break:

Rough road:

Maybe they should have workshopped that name a bit?

Oil well:

Train:

Dinosaur city limit:

Dinosaurs in Dinosaur:

I see what they did there:

Welcome to Utah:

Crossing another part of Green River again:

Vernal had more dinosaurs than Dinosaur:

Our destination, a KOA Holiday park: