The scenery changes so much when you start to leave the Denver area and head west along Interstate-70. About half way across the state you come to the high desert sage brush area (my name for it). Here are the photos of the landscape. I took these while Mike was driving and had the camera in action mode (this is the little digital camera I use – I was amazed at how clear the photos turned out!
East of Grand Junction along a part of the Colorado River ( yes I did get part of the window and the mirror in it)
and another view - same location just seconds down the interstate 
the trees are starting to turn color and I have some yellow daisies most likely there in the front where it was blurry.
just another view - same area a lot of people don't like this area but I have always liked the sage brush deserts, it has a beauty of its own
and here is another didn't get the river in this one. This mountain ridge runs for a very long length with the interstate
I had to tip the camera up at an angle out of the window to get the top of the ridges as we went by, the sky sure was clear at this point, it does look desolate doesn't it
this is a bit further down the interstate and it looks a little different but not a lot - do any of my readers live out here - this is about 50 miles or so east of Grand Junction
and what a change this one is - very desolate and dry looking
Now who in there right mind would want to build a house on top of a hill like that? Can you image the wind they must get at times.
About 10 miles before we got to Grand Junction we turned south for the final leg of the days ride, I believe we had about 80 miles left to go. These are the San Juan Mountains in the distance and that is where we were headed. The afternoons very often get rain showers and thunderstorms here. In fact it has been raining off and on all day today. Luckily it did clear up just around the time we got here!
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