Grand Mesa, CO

	Grand Mesa, which sits above Grand Junction, Colorado, is the highest mesa in the world at an elevation over 10,000 feet. We are fortunate enough to arrive during the fall colour peak.
	Many (about 100?) lakes dot the mesa making it a popular place for fishing and camping (and some say mosquitoes, but I think it's too late in the season as we don't see any). In the hot summer months when it might be 90 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the valley, residents flock to the mesa to "chill out".
	And just to prove that we are really here and this isn't some postcard backdrop...

Following our stay near Grand Junction, we head into Utah and hope to visit the northern section of Capitol Reef National Park where Cathedral Valley highlights some spectacular red rock formations (yeah, I know - been there, done that!), but rain keeps us from traveling the clay/sand roads which become IMPASSABLE when wet - truly! We wait for two days in the mountainous area of Fish Lake National Forest, but it rains steadily, depositing snow on the higher peaks. So maybe next year. We move westward ho!