Adapting

Duchesse, Utah

40 10.212 N 110 20.631 W

 

We should average 100 miles per day for the next month or so. We are.earning that we need to change out habits to do so. We get up at 6, break camp and leave by 8. By 11 in the morning we have done our 100 miles, but that is much too early to stop. We prefer to continue for 5-6 more hours. We need to adapt.

There are boring plains regions ahead where the temptation is to drive past even faster.

One way to stretch it is to explore more small towns. When traveling, it is so easy to zing past towns without noticing. This morning, we explored Helper Utah. It was a very interesting place with mining, and railroad history, and a man street chock full of motorcycles from who knows where?

Another way is to stay several nights at places we especially like. We did that at Fruita in Capitol Reef Park. Today we are heading for Dinosaur National Monument.

We crossed one mountain range yesterday, and another today. Now, we see the western Rocky Mountains in the distance. Crossing the mountains is lots of fun. It also gives us the opportunity to choose campgrounds according to altitude. Too low and the temperatures are too hot. Too high and itis too cold. Yesterday. We made snowballs on the summit of Huntington Mountain.