Today our route takes us west through the mountains to Grand Junction, then south to Durango.
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A view to the west, if you squint it's possible to see the Rockies . We'll be heading through the mountains on our way to Grand Junction.
The highway winds it's way through the mountains, we are still in the foothills here.
This is further along still working our way up the mountains.
This is descending on the other side towards Grand Junction. The road and a rail road bead follow a stream down out of the mountains.
Closer to Grand Junction the hills appear to be much softer resulting in greater erosion. I've always found the variations in geography interesting. These areas weren't that far apart, but are quite diverse.
Near Grand Junction we turned south towards Durango. Our route takes us down route 550, the "Million Dollar Highway". It's a great driving road, very picturesque, although as usual, our pictures don't do it justice.
Unfortunately, during the drive through the mountains we got an error in the suspension. We'll have to have it checked out when we get to Phoenix (the closest Lamborghini dealer). Just one of the reasons taking a Lamborghini on a long road trip adds to the adventure.
We made it to Durango with no further incidents. There was a bike race going on so again many of the hotels were full, but I had learned my lesson and started booking rooms at least a day in advance so we didn't have any issues finding a room.
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