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Road Trip: Colorado Plateau - Ultimate Destination: Mazatlan

We left home on September 28. and spent the first night in Seattle with the Heyers (Simon, RL, Kelsey and Barlow) the next night in Wenatchee (Chapples) and the third night in Twin Falls in a motel.  The next day we drove to Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada. It was COLD! It was 33 degrees when we woke up so we hiked up to the Bristlecone Pine grove quite early -slow going at 10,000 feet, but we warmed up quickly. Some of the Bristlecone Pines are several thousands of years old. This one was over 3,000 years old when it died.  Cave Tour of Lehman Caves It was a great tour by a Park Ranger. Then we drove to Moab where we camped  for five nights in a BLM Campground  right on the Colorado River. From our camp we hiked up a shady canyon along a clear creek  to Morning Glory Arch,  Drove the La Sal Mountain Loop,  (awesome views and no traffic) View looking down Castle Valley to...