Friday 5th
We packed up and left the Lonesome Pine pull off to continue along Route 12 Scenic Byway, we now had a 79 mile drive over Boulder Mountain to Fruita. It is a big mountain by any standards, it reaches 11,300 ft, the road gets up to 9,600ft, and we had to drive about 30 miles round the side of it. All the way we found amazing pull offs to admire the Fall colours of the Aspen and the views, first back to the West of the Powell Point and the Grand Staircase, then the Southern pat of the Waterpocket Fold, then as we rounded the mountain we could see the extent of the Northern Section of the Waterpocket Fold, Capitol Reef and the Henry Mountains way in the distance. It was quite amazing to be looking down on countryside with its rows of 1000 foot cliffs. A great drive.
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