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<\/a>nice park called Uncompahgre River RV Park.\u00a0\u00a0 It was in a residential area and lots of shade trees.\u00a0 Once I saw the huge trees lining the long wide driveway, I new I had probably made the right choice to stay for 5 nights so we could explore the area.<\/p>\nWe were out of the park before noon and there was quite a long line at the entrance kiosk to the park by then.\u00a0 We were very happy we got an unusually early start.\u00a0\u00a0 We were also happy to use our National Park Senior pass again.\u00a0 That was $10 well spent on our first trip back in 2017 at Montezuma’s Castle.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unfortunately I did not keep track after we saved about $300 that first year on national park admissions.\u00a0 But again,\u00a0 best $10 ever spent.<\/p>\n That night we wanted Mexican food and there were 3 places within around\u00a0 \u00a0 10 miles, 2 very close and one out in the middle of nowhere.\u00a0\u00a0 Turns out the one way out there was the best rated, but it closed at 2 pm every day.\u00a0 One afternoon on the way back from somewhere, we found the spot it was supposed to be, a small clearing at the corner of a couple small roads.\u00a0 We saw a couple picnic tables under the trees back off the road, but no restaurant that I could see.\u00a0 Turns out it’s a food truck, and apparently they drive it home around 2 pm.<\/p>\n I ended up getting takeout from Carniceria El Bajio on Main Street.\u00a0 Talk about a hole-in-the-wall place.\u00a0 It’s nothing to look at when you walk in, and you might want to walk out once inside.\u00a0 Not the cleanest place I have ever been in, but the tacos were some of the best I have ever had.<\/p>\n Later we picked up some lunch and drove over to the Montrose Water Sports Park IMG_8277_1655671021000<\/a> IMG_8275_1655670859000<\/a><\/p>\n We were heading toward Ridgeway State Park next and from there would check out the towns of Ouray and Telluride.\u00a0\u00a0 After that we would traverse the infamous Million Dollar Highway.<\/p>\n June 17th thru 22nd.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We left Green River the next morning after the park attempted to flood the RV.\u00a0 I liked it there, but the fire hose situation was maddening.\u00a0\u00a0 We drove east on I-70 all the way past Grand Junction to the small town of Paradise, Colorado, for fuel.\u00a0 I found a place that was $5.39 a gallon, … <\/p>\n<\/a>The next morning we headed out early to check out the Black Canyon of the Gunnison before it got too crowded.\u00a0 It was a good choice, even early in the <\/a>morning there were only a few parking spots left at many of the overlooks.\u00a0 The canyon had very steep black cliffs, so it was named appropriately.\u00a0 We were in the south section <\/a>of the park and there were trails out to some overlooks that were farther away from the road, but the terrain made me think there weren’t many real hiking trails, unless they were only for big horn sheep.<\/p>\n<\/a>The next day we headed into Montrose about 10 miles south of Olathe and we wandered around the old section of town.\u00a0 It was the Juneteenth holiday and lots (most) of the shops were closed for the holiday.\u00a0 It <\/a>seemed odd as a lot of them were small places that tourists would probably love to check out.\u00a0 Even the small brewery on the main street was closed.\u00a0 Seems the folks in Colorado take their brand new National <\/a>Holidays very seriously! The town had some awesome large bronze statues along its wide boulevard. \u00a0 Here are some pics.<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>and what a wonderful place it was.\u00a0\u00a0 The city <\/a>modified the river’s path to include some rapids for surfers to ride and some square stones to make it easier to get into and out of the water.\u00a0 Lots of small kayaks and even tubes were traversing the waterway.\u00a0 We wandered around there for an hour or so just watching and admiring the park that they had built and so many folks there enjoying it.<\/p>\n