Hi all,

Two weeks ago I was in the Four Corners, on vacation.
First I went to Boulder Mtn in "Children of the Corn" Utah. My
4x4 handled it well, but I found that Boulder Mtn is VERY aptly
named. Even in the smooth looking meadows the roads were
so packed with nasty rocks that'd make my dentist's eyes "ca-ching"
with dollar signs (thinking of lots of teeth knocked loose!). At 11,000'
it was nicely cool, looking off the cliff edge down at the 100-degree but
beautiful redrock scenery 5,000 feet below. LOTS of neat lightning
and thunderstorms all over the place!

I went down later into the redrock country, toured the dirt 110mile Notom
Road following the Waterpocket Fold, but when it reached 113 degrees with
my un-airconditioned vehicle (and Black Lab, who hates the desert),
I decided that the Grand Mesa in western Colorado would be a
fine place to visit.... and at 11,000', it was!... 75 degrees and great
views. I stayed at the best camp spot there-- a small grove of evergreens
right at the edge of the cliff overlooking the city of Grand Junction WAY
down below. At night the city was lit up not only by streetlamps, but
also of the multitude of lightning storms!

Later on went to the San Juans, did the Lake City/ Silverton 4x4
thing with the Bronco II (that I bought for $200 some time back)
along with about 10,000 other crazed Jeepers. A scene right out
of Mad Max/ Road Warrior! Crowded, but fun though!....

Then headed over to the Grand Canyon, north rim. Actually the first
two days were in the National Forest, not Park, camping. I was
camped just several feet away from the edge of the canyon......there
are many places in the forest you can do that, just primitive camping,
although the roads are great-- even a big RV would do well on the
back roads...I was in 3rd gear most of the time.
The thunder echoing in the Canyon is 4th-dimensional, you perceive
it with all your senses, it even seems to vibrate the very ground!

Interestingly, there really weren't many bugs on the trip at all.
At the North Rim, the whole time I was there, there were maybe four
flies, no mosquitos! Better than home!

Of course I took many photos and about 4 hours of wobbly video!

Cheers, JeffT

P.S-- what was your vacation about/ like????