{"id":821,"date":"2010-03-17T22:04:23","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T04:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/?p=821"},"modified":"2010-03-25T12:45:33","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T18:45:33","slug":"rambling-road-trip-grand-junction-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/?p=821","title":{"rendered":"Rambling Road Trip ? Grand Junction, CO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/?p=821\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>By Lloyd Frazier<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/p1010814.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 15px 5px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/p1010814-thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Sometimes business trips by auto can bring pleasant surprises.&#160; It was a challenging tech day for me.&#160; I was called to work onsite on a critical software system for an important client in Grand Junction.&#160; Got done on a late February afternoon.&#160; While heading east on I-70, after a light snow earlier that day, I happened upon some very interesting sunlight conditions being cast upon the snow peaked mountain outcroppings.<!--more-->&#160; It seemed to make the snow glow against the blue-green sky.&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/p1010807.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1010807\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"P1010807\" src=\"http:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/p1010807-thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Being unsure of the road conditions going over the pass, not wanting to take a chance of getting stuck waiting for weather to clear, I hung my digital camera out the window and starting snapping some pictures.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#160; <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#160; <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/p1010804.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1010804\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"P1010804\" src=\"http:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/p1010804-thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> This shot was taken just east of town when the sun was beginning to sink low in the horizon.&#160; Their is an abundance of interesting terrain from Grand Junction to Denver and north to the Wyoming border, and all the mountain range within.&#160; Living along the Front Range, you find it easy and convenient to get away.&#160; In under an hour,&#160; in any of several directions, you can be out in the midst of nature and scenery to die for.&#160; From everything I have read and heard, southwestern Colorado is a must see.&#160; That is my next destination in my ramblings. <a href=\"http:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/p1010817.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1010817\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 15px 5px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"P1010817\" src=\"http:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/p1010817-thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Proceeding up the eastern slope towards Glenwood Springs, a famous little spot that enjoys year-round tourism, the sun was giving way to darkness.&#160; There was enough light bouncing off the snow to make it appear like a moonlit night.&#160; This shot is somewhere east of Glenwood Springs<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#160; <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/p1010822.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1010822\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"184\" alt=\"P1010822\" src=\"http:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/p1010822-thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Making your way up the pass, you drive through a few tunnels.&#160; They remind me of the tunnels you pass through traveling across the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76.)&#160; This one was at least two miles in length.&#160; The snow started falling lightly and darkness pretty much set in.&#160; Time to put the camera away and concentrate on driving in the weather.&#160; Anytime you trek outside of your home town, when living in Colorado, I recommend you grab your camera.&#160; You never know what picture perfect surprises are right around the corner.&#160; Different seasons and different parts of the day always give way to a new photographic interpretation of the same beauty you have already passed by.&#160; Now?go drive somewhere! <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Lloyd?signing out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lloyd Frazier &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Sometimes business trips by auto can bring pleasant surprises.&#160; It was a challenging tech day for me.&#160; I was called to work onsite on a critical software system for an important client in Grand Junction.&#160; Got done on a late February afternoon.&#160; While heading east on I-70, after a light snow &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/?p=821\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rambling Road Trip ? Grand Junction, CO&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[50,51],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything-else","tag-eastern-colorado","tag-road-trip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}