Day 15 - The highest yet

Set off this morning on the 550 North from Durango to Silverton (the trip we did yesterday on the train). This time it took about an hour, as opposed to the train's 3.5 hours. Stopped off at Silverton to have a cooked breakfast and have a further wander around. Then continued North over the Red Mountain Pass at 11,008ft. - no one had nose bleed, so all's well. Stopped off again, this time at Montrose to get a few essentials at WalMart (soap, fruit, wine - apparently wine is an essential!). Joined the US50 here and continued to Grand Junction on the I70. Checked into our motel, spent an exciting hour or two doing laundry and then went over the road to a Mexican restaurant for dinner and were delighted to see that they had football on the TV: a repeat of Marseille v. Liverpool. Thought about Norman who would have been delighted that Liverpool won 2-1. And so to bed. Sorry, no photos taken today, despite passing through great scenery once again.