Sunday

We left Silt early Sunday morning and headed towards Grand Junction, just before Grand Junction we took' I think it was 141, towards Gateway canyon and to the town of Gateway. Barry hit a pothole and bent his front wheel, those skinny tires and aluminum wheels are easy to bend. It was driveable so we continued We stopped for a break and some photos at the Gateway museum. It is the home of many nice restored cars and the famous Olds concept car that sold for 5 million dollars a few years back at BJ auction. On down the road it was into Utah for a few miles. The paved road stops at he top of a bluff and the next 3 miles is dirt and gravel switchback road with no gaurd rails. What a view from the top. I think it is 3,000 feet down to the bottom. The cars look smaller than hot wheels as you look over the edge. Several of the group did not know about this part of the trip....they all took it better than I expected. Ron climbed over the top fence to place a "Thoze ol guys" sticker on the sign post. We all idled the cars down the dirt road until we hit the black top again....a big relief to be at the bottom. Then it was onto Monument Valley. The dirt road is called Mokai Dugway. That was my fourth time to drive either up or down the road...always exciting. We made it to Flagstaff for the evening... a nice drive. Monday morning we will head for Prescott, AZ.