Leaving the high mountains behind after my long trip up the Million Dollar Highway, I arrived in Grand Junction to a different world. The temperature difference was massive for starters. From the air-conditioned comfort of my car I had no idea how hot it was until I got out to get some fuel (body + car). Even late evening when I arrived the heat just hit me like a wall. With no nice shady spots or lakes to hobo camp out in I caved and booked into a motel with air con.
Morning arrived and with it the imposing and impressive mesas that bracket the valley Grand Junction lies in. The principal claim to fame around here is the Colorado National Monument which lies to the Western edge of the town. Thanks to the efforts of early visitors who championed the collection of canyons, towers and layered rocks it now has an 23 mile drive winding around the landscape.
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