A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 209 miles from Montrose, Colorado to Vernal, Utah.
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Freeways, highways, and other roads as we move the coach from one site to another. Plus cat pics.
Travel from Montrose, CO to Vernal, UT
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:
Video: timelapse of motorhome driving from Mancos, CO to Montrose, CO
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 143 miles from Mancos, Colorado to Montrose, Colorado.
Travel from Mancos to Montrose, CO
We drove our coach 143 miles, about 3 hours, from Mancos, Colorado to Montrose, Colorado.
The map route, heading north:
Leaving the RV park:
Bye Mesa Verde:
Paladin sleeping in his safe space:
A nice river next to the highway:
Another RV:
A farm:
Horses:
Scenic mountains:
Fire station:
Rico, Colorado:
Mountains:
We paused near Telluride:
Paladin looking out the windscreen:
Ridgway, Colorado:
Paladin looking out the passenger window, while sitting on the back of the chair:
A fuel stop at a Maverick station; unusual to not use a truck stop:
Paladin in the step well:
Arriving at a KOA campground:
Video: timelapse of motorhome driving from Monument Valley, UT to Mancos, CO
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 149 miles from Monument Valley, Utah to Mancos, Colorado.
Travel from Monument Valley, UT to Mancos, CO
We drove our coach 149 miles, about 3 hours, from Monument Valley, Utah to Mancos, Colorado. Another new state!
The map route, heading east — through four states:
Leaving Monument Valley:
Horse riders:
Rocks:
Dusty road into the distance:
Rocks:
Another straight road over the horizon:
Having gone from Utah through Arizona, we briefly crossed into New Mexico near Four Corners, the only place where four states meet:
Then a minute later into Colorado:
We stopped on the side of the road for a lunch break:
Mesa Verde:
Cinema in Cortez, Colorado:
Liquor store in Cortez:
Mesa Verde:
Our destination:
Moki Dugway switchbacks
On a road trip to Bears Ears and Natural Bridges National Monuments (a post about them tomorrow), we drove our truck up Utah State Route 261, which includes the Moki Dugway dirt switchback road carved into the cliff face of Cedar Mesa in Utah.
Here’s a map:
The mesa from the bottom:
A warning sign:
Heading up the road:
Twisty GPS route:
Monuments:
Don’t look down:
A road at the top and bottom:
Monuments again:
View from near the top:
Stay tuned for a timelapse video of this drive.
Video: timelapse of motorhome coach driving from Green River, UT to Monument Valley, UT
A timelapse of driving our Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome 195 miles from Green River, Utah to Monument Valley, Utah.
Travel from Green River to Monument Valley, UT
We drove our coach 195 miles, about 4 hours, from Green River, Utah to Monument Valley, Utah.
If you’ve ever seen a Western movie, you’ve seen Monument Valley.
Here’s the map, heading south:
Green River is proud of their melons:
An interesting church:
We stopped at Love’s to top up the diesel, since fuel stops are few and far between for the next few legs of our journey:
Only about 40 gallons (our tank is 150 gallons), though still rather expensive with current fuel prices:
Back under the lowish rail bridge:
Mesa:
Rocks:
Moab:
We stopped for lunch at the rest area by Hole N the Rock:
Onward:
An arch:
Trading post:
First sight of some iconic Monument Valley rocks:
Bridge:
The bridge was a little narrow for our coach, so we treated it as a one-way bridge:
Several people stopped at Forrest Gump point; an iconic location from the movie:
Our destination:
Video: timelapse of motorhome coach driving from Torrey, UT to Green River, UT
A timelapse of driving our Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome 107 miles from Torrey, Utah to Green River, Utah.