The Epic Trip - Across the USA with a Tramper ™

Chapter 1 - Park City to Taos

The four week adventure in the Motor Home with Barbara and Dennis:

We set off from Park City on Sunday and headed South East and stopped in an RV (Recreational Vehicle) resort in Moab for the night. Beautiful scenery but quite cold and we had a dramatic thunderstorm during the night.

We didn't stop at the Canyonlands area (in Southern Utah) as we have visited it before but we had an unexpected detour whilst looking for Newspaper Rock.

Still heading South East we stopped to shop in Cortez and stayed the night in Mancos, Colorado.

Chapter 1 - Park City to Taos

Yesterday (Tuesday) we had a wonderful trip to Mesa Verde National Park and visited the Anasazi ruins which were spectacular. Peter had the ride of his life on his borrowed Tramper descending a narrow and steep path down to Spruce Tree House which are beautifully preserved cave dwellings. We have some great photos and videos of the whole experience.

Last night we spent at Pagosa Springs (still in Southern Colorado) in a very pretty RV park by the San Juan river. Parking for us isn't too straight forward as the motor home is 35 feet long, 8 feet 6 inches wide, 11 1/2 feet tall, and this followed by a 10 foot trailer carrying the Tramper!

The motor home has slides that extend the width to make more room inside so you can see we are rather large! This Winnebago is supposed to do 10 miles to the US gallon (diesel $3.00 per US gallon) which would make this an impossible trip in the UK. I'm having to pretend that I'm not eco-friendly during this journey.

Chapter 1 - Park City to Taos

We have just arrived in Taos and found a RV park the other side of the town from the Pueblo Reservation. We have just had another ethnic experience eating at the Tiwa Kitchen, which is food native to the Tiwa tribe who live in the pueblo at Taos.

Peter and I ate buffalo (amongst other things), which was as tough as old boots. Tomorrow, at crack of dawn, we are going to visit Taos Pueblo and hope that Peter will be able to get around using his Tramper.

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