While still camped in Jumbo Campground on
Grand Mesa, we decided to ride the atv on the Scotland Trail. Once again, the map we had didn't completely cover the area, but we managed. The wildflowers up there were beautiful! I cannot count the number of lakes we saw. Many of the lakes are used for irrigation and are drained each year; there are signs on some of them warning fishermen there are no fish in certain lakes. Parts of the trail were so rough I was afraid we would damage the oil pan or something on the atv; there were
babyheads as big as...well, a baby's head and bigger! We stopped for lunch, but we didn't stay long. The mosquitoes almost carried us away! Apparently, we didn't pick a good place to stop.
The next morning we awoke to a light rain. This confirmed we would not be riding our bikes, so we spent a lazy morning in the travel trailer. The mosquitoes were also a factor in our decision not to ride. July is probably the worst month for mosquitoes on the mesa; Jerry says they will be completely gone in August.
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| Artwork outside The Hot Tomato in Fruita, Colorado |
The Autreys provided us with a great place to park and hook-up our travel trailer next to their house. The dogs love their grassy yard! The Autreys' patio backs up to the salt wash and has a beautiful view of the
Colorado National Monument. We rode our bikes from the house to dinner at one of the local favorites,
The Hot Tomato Cafe. I had a slice of Granny's Pesto Pizza. It was delish!
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The dogs found some mud to cool off after a game of fetch.
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| We rode the atv's from behind the Colorado Monument to Gateway Canyon. |
Saturday we went for an epic ohv ride with the Autreys, Brad, Sue, Tony, and Randy. We had lunch at the
Gateway Canyons resort. Brad, Sue, Tony, and Randy were in jeeps, so they took the paved road back. Since we were on atv's, we had no choice but to take the 30-something-mile trail back to where we parked the trailer. Both atv's got a little hot climbing up out of the canyon, but they were back to normal after a bit.
While still camped in Jumbo Campground on Grand Mesa, we decided to ride the atv on the Scotland Trail. Once again, the map we had didn't completely cover the area, but we managed. The wildflowers up there were beautiful! I cannot count the number of lakes we saw. Many of the lakes are used for irrigation and are drained each year; there are signs on some of them warning fishermen there are no fish in certain lakes. Parts of the trail were so rough I was afraid we would damage the oil pan or something on the atv; there were 
The Autreys provided us with a great place to park and hook-up our travel trailer next to their house. The dogs love their grassy yard! The Autreys' patio backs up to the salt wash and has a beautiful view of the Colorado National Monument. We rode our bikes from the house to dinner at one of the local favorites, The Hot Tomato Cafe. I had a slice of Granny's Pesto Pizza. It was delish! 
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