Today started with a birthday text from Katie followed closely by a call from JJ and Shawn. Esther treated me to breakfast and loaded me down with gifts. A wine glass from Glacier NP, a t-shirt showing each of the Utah National Parks we visited, a Huckleberry Chocolate bar from Crater Lake, and a clip to hold both money and credit cards so I wouldn't have to tote the entire billfold around. a CD titled "On the Road Again" which pretty much describes our life for the last 30 days. After breakfast out, we connected the trailer and were out of the campground by 10:15. We put the Black Canyon of the Gunnison into the GPS and headed north on 191. 70 easy miles on I70 was followed by another easy 70 miles on US 50. Esther was at the wheel as soon as we left I-70 and so earned the right to navigate truck and trailer up the narrow winding road (347) leading to the visitor center and park entrance. We verified that we wouldn't have any trouble navigating around the south rim drive with the trailer attached. By the time we reached the visitor center and took several pictures of yet another canyon, we decided we had seen enough. We stopped at one of the scenic outlooks before coming back down the mountain (2000 feet). This time I guided the truck and trailer down the 6 mile trek and then drove into the Gunnison KOA. This National Park got the short end of our attention, but being number 13 has it's drawbacks, one being we just didn't care to see another canyon after seeing canyons for the last five. We did get a few pictures which will show a significant difference from the other canyon pictures we have.
The road to Gunnison was beautiful as we passed the Blue Mesa Lake and the Gunnison River. Both have their own description of beauty. We arrived at the KOA and were put into a nice wide pull-thru site. We fixed a quick skillet dinner. Esther made me a chocolate cake for my birthday which we ate with a scoop of ice cream and then we started working on this blog. I think we are both ready to come home and plan to set the GPS tomorrow for Enid. Though we intend to find a church to attend first.
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