usbackroads destination--US Highway 191N, McClines National Conservation Area to Dinosaur National Monument, Utah. and beyond.

usbackroads destination--US Highway 191N, McClines National Conservation Area to Dinosaur National Monument, Utah and beyond.

This was another long day running on 191 North., except we did it on 139 North.

191 North  past Moab goes through some fairly developed landscapes so we decided to head east into Colorado and avoid people.  US Highway 139 does that very well.

It was a fairly short day.  We were looking forward to a quiet day at Green River campground inside the Monument.  We visited the area several years ago and vowed to come back.  It was a good decision.  Great sunny weather and I even got to watch a Raider game on the television.  The Casita TV also works on 12 volts and with a solar panel you get watch the game without all that generator noise.

The campground has a nice two mile hiking trail at the west end.  Don't miss it.

There are also wild turkeys running through the campground in the morning.  We also heard Sandhill Cranes at the farmers field across the river from the campground, but did not see them from this vantage point.

You can set up a chair on the riverbank and watch the river flow  through the Monument.  The National Park Service information on Dinosaur National Monument is on the highlighted link.

Our Garmin GPS routed us through some county roads rather than back on the main highways.  That was a good choice, we saved lots and lots of miles and had a pleasant drive where we got to see the Sandhill Cranes we heard, but did not see in the campground.

The drive north went through interesting country until we reached Rock Springs, Wyoming.  Rock Springs is a  crowded, traffic infested small town on Interstate-80.

The good news is that we were headed to Pinedale, Wyoming and the high country of the Yellowstone Plateau.