Fruita, CO to Moab, UT

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Today's Stats
Miles: 92.77
Riding Time: 5:53:34
Avg. Speed: 15.7
Max Speed: 31.3
Elevation Gain: 2395 ft.

Today we said several goodbyes. We said goodbye to Bekkey. Someone has to go back to work, right? We said goodbye to Colorado. We also said goodbye to Interstate 70 and are now riding south. My guess is that we said goodbye to cool temperatures!!!

The ride out of Fruita to Loma and Mack was through farming country. Cattle and alfalfa mostly. When we entered Utah U.S. Highway 6 turned into gravel. Can you believe that? After a few miles of that nonsense the road was again paved and led us to Interstate 70. Just a quick 15 miles on Interstate 70 and then we turned south to reach Moab.

Utah State Road 128 led us across a barren landscape. The joke at that point was that we could ride with our heads down for 10 miles and not miss a change in scenery! A half hour later we joined the Colorado river again and had a spectacular ride along the river to Moab.

We probably could have ridden faster but we found ourselves gawking at the bank-full river, the massive Navajo Sandstone buttes and monoliths and the rafters on the river.