Higher Elevations

We hit the highway out of Grand Junction and headed east on I-70 to Rifle, where we stopped for groceries. Then we took route 13 and then 40 east following the Yampa River.

Camping along the river engaged us in constant battle with mosquitos, but we survived the night and awoke to a cool mountain morning. We continued east to Steamboat Springs and higher elevations.

We ate a picnic lunch on the Continental Divide. It's all downhill now to Chicago!