{"id":5779,"date":"2020-11-14T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twohappycampers.com\/?p=5779"},"modified":"2024-04-21T13:48:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T19:48:42","slug":"colorado-to-utah-with-a-few-hiccups-in-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twohappycampers.com\/colorado-to-utah-with-a-few-hiccups-in-between\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado to Utah, with a few hiccups in between"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s been a busy week.  I\u2019m happy to say that we\u2019re currently residing at a gorgeous site in Southern Utah and the weather could not be better.  But first, a recap of the last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday the perfect weather that we\u2019d been reveling in at our property was coming to an end.\u00a0 With snow in the forecast and lows dipping in to the teens, we knew it was time to begin migrating south.\u00a0 Not quite ready to leave, we moved our trailer from the interior of our property to the edge of the cul-de-sac for the night.\u00a0 This would eliminate any possibility of us getting stuck in the mud but allow us one last night.\u00a0 I\u2019m so glad we stayed because the scene we woke up to on Saturday morning was breathtaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our niece Mackenzie had just shown up the night prior as her travels around the West were intersecting with ours.\u00a0 On Saturday her and I enjoyed a nice hike at Colorado National Monument in Grand Junction while Mark picked up a few last minute supplies from Home Depot for our property.\u00a0 We were on the fence about posting No Trespassing signs on the three roads that enter our property and ultimately decided it was probably a good idea.\u00a0 BLM land lies beyond our back property line and our newly cut driveway looked a little too inviting to someone that may not realize that it\u2019s private land.\u00a0 We\u2019re not terribly concerned about it as the area is quite secluded and off the beaten path, but it felt better to have some signs up making it obvious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Sunday we moved to\u00a0Junction West RV Park<\/a>\u00a0for two nights.\u00a0 The only thing keeping us in Colorado was our DMV appt to get our driver\u2019s licenses and re-establish residency.\u00a0 This has been a complicated debacle since we returned to Colorado in June.\u00a0 (I\u2019ll spare you the details).\u00a0 Our appointment was set for Tuesday in Delta but on Monday I decided why not go over to the Grand Junction DMV and see if by some random chance we can get in so that we can get on the road sooner than later.\u00a0 Sure enough we were able to get in without an appt (that I totally thought was required) and in an hour had our new driver\u2019s licenses.\u00a0 We were finally officially done with re-establishing ourselves in Colorado and were free to head south! \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan was to get to Hurricane, Utah but Grand Junction to Hurricane is a 378 mile drive and towing the trailer that far in one stretch makes for a long day.\u00a0 We opted for an overnighter in Green River, a short 1.5 hour drive from Grand Junction.\u00a0 About 10 miles from the Green River exit, Mark noticed the tire pressure drop rapidly on one of the trailer tires and pulled over to discover the tread had come off.\u00a0 Just as he was finishing up putting on the spare he noticed that the violent flapping of the tread, before it came off entirely, had punched a hole in the floor of the trailer.\u00a0 There was pieces of exploded plywood all over the inside of the trailer and even the metal ammo can, that was sitting on the floor where the tread broke through, had a dent in it.<\/p>\n\n\n