[JONAT] Minor update it appears

[Mark Stephenson]

Robert,

Take a look at the itinerary and see if this is right.

April 28 Wednesday 1.13 Gunneson (actually Gunnison) CO to Mesa Verda
National Park CO 3 hour park tour
April 29 Thursday 1.14 Mesa Verda National Park CO to Keyenta

The way I read that, the tour was Wednesday, but are you saying the tour is
Thursday morning?

If so, it should be changed on the itinerary and it throws off my plans.
There's no easy cut through to the north that doesn't add a bunch more time,
so I'm thinking US 160 is the best option. I would just skip that
altogether, eat at Mesa Verde or Kayenta and head straight for Page. 

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jonat-admin@autox.team.net 
> [mailto:jonat-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Robert MacLeay
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 1:28 PM
> To: JONAT list
> Subject: Re: [JONAT] Minor update it appears
> 
> 
> As far as the handoff is concerned, we could do it at Mesa 
> Verde if you
> prefer.  This would be good because it would happen at a time 
> when most of
> us will be in the same place at a reasonable time. (Visitor center at
> lunchtime right after morning tour.)
> 
> My only program after this was an optional side trip to Four Corners.
> 
> A possibility: Rather than take US 160 and US 163 through 
> Kayenta with a
> side trip north to Monument Valley, take a northerly route 
> through Montezuma
> Creek and Mexican Hat through Goulding and on to Kayenta.  I have not
> scouted this route, and know nothing about it.  Judging from 
> my drive to
> Hovenweep via the Cortez-Aneth road, just north, we can 
> expect a fast two
> lane road which gives new meaning to the term "middle of nowhere."
> 
> on 11/5/03 12:07 PM, Mark Stephenson at marks@jonat.org wrote:
> 
> > My Northern Arizona contact has informed me that the food 
> is terrible on the
> > Reservation; that the hotels are at best, so-so; and that 
> the Bureau of
> > Indian Affairs police are stretched so thin that crime is 
> high. He suggested
> > that we don't stay overnight on the reservation unless we 
> want to guard our
> > own cars. Gouldings was the only good option, however they 
> decided they
> > wanted us to pay for a tour of Monument Valley that we 
> don't have time to
> > take.
> > 
> > His solution was for us to drive to Page, AZ via US 160 and 
> AZ 98 (<250
> > miles from Mesa Verde), and then head to the Grand Canyon 
> from there via US
> > 89 and AZ 64 (<150 miles). These are all open 2-lanes on 
> which we can easily
> > average 60 mph. We could still do lunch at Gouldings and 
> see Monument Valley
> > which would add about 45 miles to the trip.
> > 
> > I think it's a good plan. I'll have a few overnight 
> suggestions to post in
> > the next couple days. CO sector (Bob? don’t' have time to 
> look it up right
> > now) if you want to hand off to me at wherever we're 
> staying at Mesa Verde,
> > that's fine.
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Robert MacLeay  -  Denver, CO
> 1990 VDP Majestic
> Colorado Sector Coordinator
> Jaguar Owners North American Tour 2004  -  http://jonat.org
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