Glendale, UT to Mancos, CO--Change of Itinerary

May 7
We decided to forgo our left turn onto 163/ Monument Valley / Goulding’s Trading Post and the arid, desert landscape and head to the mountains of Colorado. Colorado is one of our favorite places. So after Four Corners (Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado touch at this point), we took a right onto 160 and pushed a little harder to do the last 120 miles to Mancos (main-cuss) where we found Echo Basin Ranch. We love it here. It is cool and cold at night). There are only a half-dozen workkampers on-site right now, so it feels very secluded and private. It’s almost as if we have the campground to ourselves. We’re backed up to the horse pasture, take our walks past the barn, golf course, camper cabins, restaurant, and sometimes out to the entrance waterfall. It’s quite scenic here and we see mountains on all sides. Again, a point and shoot camera can’t do it justice. We are 15 miles from Cortez, and 25 miles from Durango--possibly the quaintest town we have ever seen. We will probably stay here until it is time to head south for the motor home rally in Texarkana, AR.