Although washed out by the high sun during the day, the drive across the North Western corner of Colorado and North Eastern corner of Utah was nevertheless spectacularly beautiful. Reminiscent of more famed parts of Utah and Arizona this part of the US is pretty remote. The Gates of Lodore at the north end of the Dinosaur National Monument were particularly impressive.
Highway 318 - NW Colorado to NE Utah and Southern Wyoming.
I added the “Latest Pictures” feed to the sidebar today. If you are reading this post and note that none of the images relate in any way to my current activities it is because they don’t! I uploaded them from my collection for test purposes. Over time, they should become relevant to recent posts. Of course, if they do seem relevant it is because you are reading this post at a date and time long after it was written.
My Land Cruiser had to go back to Slee today to resolve a couple of issues with the heat exchanger. Hopefully I can still leave for Alaska on Thursday or Friday.
Today I tested the equipment Slee Off-Road added to my Land Cruiser over the last couple of months. I am camping in the Roosevelt National Forest in between the Comanche Peaks Wilderness areas just north of Rocky Mountain National Park.
My satellite phone, ham radio and CB radio all seem to be working but the power sockets in the rear that power my refrigerator are not! Fortunately for my food items, it is early May and it is still quite cool at this altitude. In fact after sunset it is down right chilly but my sleeping bag seems to be working effectively!
In a few days time I begin the long drive to Alaska via … who knows… along the way. The only deadline I have is to be in Homer on June 11th to catch the float plane down to the McNeil River Sanctuary on the edge of Katmai famed for its rather large brown bears. (They are bigger than the grizzlies inland due to their rich diet of fresh salmon.) Beyond that my aim is to drive to Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean, the northern most point of the Pan-American Highway……
If you wish to track my progress on a map you should be able to here as long as I have my GPS tracker turned on. Just ask me for the password.
No, it’s not a conversation in a taxi. I don’t think it is even a real word. If you are really interested, it is derived from Greek words and suffixes combined in what is highly likely to be an incorrect and possibly even inappropriate manner. “taxidi” supposedly means “travel”, “voyage” or “journey”. Of course that explains why taxis are called “taxis”. “ia” is a suffix used for “state of”. You know about “logue” from words like “travelogue” and “dialogue”. The fact that most will read “taxidialogue” as “taxi” and “dialogue” rather than “taxidi”, “ia” and “logue” (OK I lost an “i” for aesthetic purposes) is neither here nor there and might possibly make sense if you engage with me by responding to any posts I may or may not make.
