Rafters on the Colorado River in Fruita, CO
It was overcast for most of the day, true clouds this time and not just smoke haze. It has been warm here, in the high 20’s C every day, but it gets much cooler at night, going close to freezing. I suspect it won’t be as cool tonight as the sky is overcast.
We stopped at the Colorado Visitor Center in Dinosaur, Colorado this morning. It was a chance to use the Internet since we’ve had no access for the last four days. I caught up the blog. We also picked up a lot of visitor information for southwestern Colorado. Then we drove south on Colorado highways 64 and 139. The middle section of highway 139 is the steepest highway we have driven on. It rises to over 8268 feet in a fairly short distance, then drops again on the south side just as quickly after passing the summit.
We stopped at the James M Robb State Park, Fruita Section. This is one of several state park sections on the Colorado River. It is an urban park, just on the outskirts of the small town of Fruita. We walked along the river bank and saw some rafters floating down the river. The river is quite small here at this time, so they weren’t travelling very fast. There are a number of small “lakes” by the river, but unfortunately they are closed to swimming as they are contaminated with E. Coli.