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thedave1164
08-12-2017, 09:13
Any place or anyone I should see while I am there?

Going to try and get there by 10am and leave before 2 :)

Any locals wanna meet for lunch?
Hummer
08-12-2017, 09:50
Get some Palisade peaches in their prime. And on the way, stop in Glenwood Springs to see the Doc Holliday Museum which opened yesterday:
http://www.postindependent.com/news/local/doc-holliday-museum-opens-in-glenwood-springs/ Say hello to my old friend "Doc".
kidicarus13
08-12-2017, 10:03
Shooter's Grill in Rifle.
sigmanx
08-12-2017, 10:05
Get some Palisade peaches in their prime. And on the way, stop in Glenwood Springs to see the Doc Holliday Museum which opened yesterday:
http://www.postindependent.com/news/local/doc-holliday-museum-opens-in-glenwood-springs/ Say hello to my old friend "Doc".I'd love to go see the museum.

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rondog
08-12-2017, 10:08
I'd like to know how you're going to get to GJ "quick".....
thedave1164
08-12-2017, 10:22
I'd like to know how you're going to get to GJ "quick".....

Leave at 4-5 am
Bailey Guns
08-12-2017, 10:46
I'd love to go see the museum.

Yeah...me, too.
rondog
08-12-2017, 11:07
Leave at 4-5 am

Um, yeah - fawk that. I used to have a telecom site I took care of in GJ, and lived in Parker. And 15 other sites, GJ to Raton to Norton, KS. On call 24/7/365. Something broke, me gotta go fix. Regardless of the time or weather. Don't miss that shit.

Well, actually I do miss the job, pay and perks. But getting up to go drive across the state in a snowstorm, no.
Ridge
08-12-2017, 11:20
Flyin Miata

https://www.flyinmiata.com/V8/images/habu.jpg
Hummer
08-12-2017, 11:47
I'll bet that's not for autocrossing! Think plowing front end. But, one hell of a sleeper.

Flyin' Miata is just down the road from our farm. A friend used to drive from Missouri to run in the FM rallies. I got to drive his Miata a few times and would love to have a Flyin' Miata Miata.
thedave1164
08-12-2017, 12:20
Flyin Miata

https://www.flyinmiata.com/V8/images/habu.jpg

:p
ray1970
08-12-2017, 16:24
Shooter's Grill in Rifle.

I was there a couple of weeks ago. I wasn't overly impressed. I thought that was the place where the staff wore firearms. I guess it isn't.
SideShow Bob
08-12-2017, 17:04
There's a strip club on the SW side of town...... They've got GJ's finest there...........
































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ray1970
08-12-2017, 17:08
I like to think of Grand Junction as the Commerce City of the western slope.
hurley842002
08-12-2017, 17:09
There's a strip club on the SW side of town...... They've got GJ's finest there...........
































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The Rat
08-12-2017, 18:46
The Black Canyon of the Gunnison national park is pretty awesome if you have a few hours to swing by.
Jamnanc
08-12-2017, 19:53
Isn't I70 shut down at glenwood?
Great-Kazoo
08-12-2017, 23:56
Isn't I70 shut down at glenwood?

No, just single lane sit and wait. AND wait........................................
thedave1164
08-13-2017, 06:26
Wow, estimated 6 hours to go 300 miles.

This is gonna suck
GilpinGuy
08-13-2017, 06:47
Good luck man. It seems I-70 is a parking lot every day these days. Maybe since it's Sunday, you'll have most folks heading east after camping, fishing, etc. and it won't be so bad going west.
Great-Kazoo
08-13-2017, 07:20
Wow, estimated 6 hours to go 300 miles.

This is gonna suck

3 hours of that is sitting in traffic on 25 & 70 through the metroplex. Once you're past Floyd Hill, it's a 30 min ride [Coffee]
ray1970
08-13-2017, 09:36
Best of luck on your journey. It's all downhill once you get through the tunnel.
thedave1164
08-13-2017, 20:34
I have 32 hours of audio books downloaded to my iPhone, that should help, and a bag of jerky
Aloha_Shooter
08-13-2017, 20:45
I have 32 hours of audio books downloaded to my iPhone, that should help, and a bag of jerky

That should get you almost to Summit County ...

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thedave1164
08-14-2017, 09:48
Well I made it to Grand Junction in 4hours 10minutes

The return trip may take till spring
CS1983
08-14-2017, 10:04
Well I made it to Grand Junction in 4hours 10minutes

The return trip may take till spring

Like it there that much, eh?

Wagon wheel break? Timmy has typhoid?
thedave1164
08-14-2017, 11:45
Like it there that much, eh?

Wagon wheel break? Timmy has typhoid?

LOL, east bound 70 is a mess
Hummer
08-14-2017, 16:42
LOL, east bound 70 is a mess

Yes, and they could improve the situation by opening the express lanes full time but they value the cash cow more than they value alleviating the congestion. And, the governor wants to be president.
thedave1164
08-14-2017, 19:09
4hours 45minutes to get home, not too shabby