Our Trip To The West – Day #1

OK. The moment you have all been waiting for (or at least I hope so). 🙂 As you know, We’re back from our latest Western adventures. By Western, I mean Western Colorado and Eastern Utah. There were 6 of us on this little adventure – our friends Lauren and Mike, Karen and her friend Lori, and Larry and I. We all packed ourselves, our gear and tons of snacks and goodies into the car for our road trip. Before we packed everything up though, Larry made us all a batch of his famous breakfast burritos for the road.

Grand Junction was our first destination. Grand Junction is about a 4 1/2 hour drive due west from our house. It is about a 244 mile trek from our house to Grand Junction. We left the house around 8:30 AM and drove for about 3 hours before stopping for our first picnic lunch. I think we were somewhere around Glenwood Springs.

This was our first picnic for the trip. We ended up picnicking everyday for either lunch or dinner. It was a great way to commune with nature and our surroundings as well as a way to cut down on food costs. There was NO shortage of food, and in fact, even after the trip, we still came back with a bunch of goodies. I brought fruit, snacks, chips, and other goodies, as well as cheese and meat. Lauren brought snacks and both Karen and Lori brought goodies on the plane with them from California. There was NO WAY we were going to go hungry. I know! You’re all shocked! 🙂

Mike and I caught each other.

The place we stopped was beautiful and a great way to start off the trip with a bang. However, we did have a few unwelcomed guests who tried to slither their way to our lunch spot. In just a short space, we saw at least 3 snakes – 2 garter snakes and 1 bull snake. None of them are harmful, but that makes NO difference to me in the slightest. I don’t like ANY snakes!!!! I made sure to keep my distance as much as I could from all of them.

Once lunch was done, we headed back into the car to continue our journey. Our first real stop in Grand Junction was the Talon Winery for some wine tasting. Grand Junction is our grape producing area where most of our wines come from, so there are quite a few wineries in the area.

We were all ready to whet our whistle and to try some wines. We liked them all, and we all had our favorites.

WOW!!! We were all impressed with Arin’s wine carrying skills. And not a drop was spilled. 🙂

There were actually three different wineries all in one – Talon Winery, Meadery of the Rockies and St. Kathryn Cellars.

As you can see, there are quite a few award winning wines made and served here too.

After we finished at Talon Winery, it was too early to head to our hotel, so off to another winery we went. This time, we went to Grande River Vineyards, where there were more good times and good wines to be tried by all.

Lauren bought a pair of wine bottle earrings for all of us ladies. We were proudly wearing them and showing them off for everyone to see, while enjoying a glass or two.

From here, it was time to go check into our hotel. We stayed in Grand Junction for two nights before moving on. There was so much to see.

This is Day#1 of our adventures. I will leave it here for now, but believe me, I have many more fun things to share. Stay tuned. Don’t touch that dial. 🙂

Have a great day and make everyday great. Stay safe and stay well. ‘Til next time.