Grand Junction, also known as River City, is located at the confluence of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers, in northwestern Colorado, in an area known as the Western Slope. (While the area is indeed pretty grand, the name actually comes from when the Upper Colorado River was Named the Grand
Tag: colorado river
Stop 52: Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
We camped at a fairly large and older RV park in Green River — the town itself old and kind of rundown — as our hub for visits to two national parks and one state park during this stop in eastern Utah. We started this leg of the adventure at
Stop 1: The Salton Sea
Our first days on the road were spent in The Salton Sea area in southern California, located in the Imperial Valley, and including at the Salton Sea State Recreational Area (where we camped), as well as the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, both a critical part of the