Day 3 - Grand Junction, CO to Dubois, WY

Today we got an earlier start. The KOA in Grand Junction was a busy place. Unfortunately it's right off the highway, so we got a lot of traffic all night. Thank goodness for earplugs. Between Eric snoring and the cars, it was tough getting any sleep.

As always, we found a local restaurant for breakfast. We ate at Main Street Cafe. Sometime you find a diamond in the rough, sometimes you don't. This was a diamond. Eric ordered a "Meggiscan" plate. He said it was the best he's ever had. I ordered a bacon, tomato and mozzarella cheese omelette. Typically I order an omelette with cheddar cheese. Mozzarella add a different flavor and was very tasty.

We headed north on Hwy 139. As far as motorcycle roads go, it doesn't get much better. The roads were long winding with some twisties thrown in just to make it that much better. When we planned the trip, we did not have any idea how the roads would turn out today. We expected long straight roads. We only experienced those for approximately 50-miles of the entire day.

We then turned onto Hwy 191 when we reached Dinosaur, CO. The people in Dinosaur take their extinct dinosaurs seriously. They had statues everywhere. If we would have more time, we would have visited the museums. Hwy 191 was 200-miles of fun. We ran into a group from Duncan, OK. They are following the same route we are. When we initially passed them, we heard them on the radio say "Look at those guys! There doing 55mph in a 35!" Ooooh! The road ranged from riding in the mountains to wide open spaced with long stretches winding roads. The diversity in landscape changes on this road was impressive.

One big surprise was running across the Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The dam was very impressive and the lake was just beautiful. Again, if we had more time, we would have taken the tour. We did walk around and take a few photo's and a water break.

Now we were on our last leg on the day into Dubois. We arrive around 6:30 in time for the dinner rush. There was ONE restaurant open in town, the Cowboy Cafe. The food was great.

Now that we are close to the Grand Teton's and Yellowstone, the days will switch from long rides to tourist mode. Hopefully I can take more photo's that speak for themselves. I'm looking forward to the views tomorrow.

Total trip mileage is 1520 miles. I'll provide another update again tomorrow.