Destination Seattle Day 3 and 4
Denver to Winter Park, CO
Winter Park to Grand Junction, CO
Grand Junction CO to Moab, Utah

Saturday morning we woke up and dined at Watercourse Foods again for breakfast.  Then, because of an impending snow storm in Denver, we rushed up to Winter Park, CO after a brief car tour of Denver.  On the way up, it started to snow.  I am now very glad I decided to trade in my Camry for a 4Runner several months ago.

Drive up to Winter Park

We met up with my friend Rachel in Winter Park.  She was staying with a bunch of friends (18-20) in a small condo in Winter Park, a ski resort town in the mountains outside of Denver.  We ate lunch in a small bar, played in the snow for awhile (about 30 minutes — this was all we could stand — the temperature was a whopping 0 degrees F ), then went back to the Condo for a little R and R.

Condo In Winter Park

Around six in the pm, the tiny two bedroom condo started getting very crowded so we decided to hit the road again.  Little did we know, most of the towns between Winter Park and Moab are ski resort towns.  $200 and up for night in a mediocre hotel.  We finally found reasonable accommodation in Grand Junction, CO.  Super 8 whaaat?

The next morning, we drove about 2 beautiful hours to Moab, Utah.  Home of Arches National Park.  The park was absolutely mind blowing.

Road To Moab

Me taking a picture of Jason taking a picture of the entrance to Arches

Me at the Delicate Arch

After being floored by nature, we ate some mexican food then took in a showing of 'Yes Man' at the very very tiny local theatre.

Moab in January is a ghost town.  Almost every hotel we passed had a completely empty parking lot.  We are staying at the Lazy Lizard hostel for a grand total of $11 per person.

Tomorrow:  Moab, Utah to Flagstaff, Arizona.