August 15-19 Montrose CO

There was spectacular scenery on the way to Centennial RV Park in Montrose CO.

Again, can you spot Ray in the photo of our campsite?

Speaking of our campsite, the view from our picnic table was pretty nice too.

While in Montrose we visited two museums, the Ute Museum and the Historical Museum.  Both very interesting.

On the spur of the moment, we decided to drive 50 miles to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. It was well worth the drive.  Here we are at the rim of the 2000 foot deep canyon.

Here's the view into the canyon. 

We drove down a 16% grade road to see where the river was diverted in 1906 to provide water for the surrounding communities.  The diversion tunnel is under the house. 

We were shocked to find someone we knew at the visitor center! Unknown to us, Sarah, one of Brian’s college friends, had accepted a ranger position at the canyon. It was a great surprise which led to a very pleasant evening at the local brewery.

The next day we took the Morrow Point boat tour in the Curecanti National Recreation Area. There were 232 steps to climb down to the water and a ¾ mile walk to the boat. 

Ray was extra adventurous.

The entire trip was very picturesque. That's a 355 foot waterfall in the middle of the picture below.

Montrose was a great place to visit.