>>>>> You want dreary, try I-80 in Nebraska
>>>> I see your I-80 across Nebraska, and raise you I-70 across Kansas.
>>>> I've driven both, and I-70 in Kansas is even more nothing.
>>> I-70 in Western Colorado and especially in Eastern Utah is
>>>less than nothing.
>>
>>Let's see Green River, the road to Moab and 3 Parks nere there.
>>Grand Junction (friends grew up there). A Natl. Monument.
>>Glenwood Springs. The Rocky Mtns. You must be a city person.
>>E UT further North is Dinosaur.
In article , Hunt wrote:
>Actually, some of those UT expanses of I-70 seem bleak to the highway
>traveler. What they often do not realize is that just off of the Interstate in
>either direction, the land "falls away" to some of the most lovely canyons in
>the US, if not the world. It is not until one gets into western UT, that the
>land rises above the horizon, and can really be seen from the highway.
>
>This, in no way discounts the barren beauty of eastern UT, because I have
>gotten off of the asphalt for most of it - it just looks different when
>zipping along at 75mph on I-70.
I have to fly this area next in a small plane. I'm flying US 101 right now.
The fall away is quite impressive. I have to get to Monument Valley one
of these days (reading Hillerman) and try to climb Mexican Hat.
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