No such luck. We had to stop twice for vapor lock issues -- the second time we stopped for a long time in the canyon in the shade (we took route 128, which folks called River Road). This did the trick, as we didn't leave until 8pm and the sun was down. We were fine for the rest of the ride.
I couldn't decide how long to drive. I considered driving all the way to Manitou Springs (about 6 more hours), but we would have arrived at 2am and missed seeing the whole drive over the Rockies. We could drive until just before the mountains, but even that would be late. Instead, we stopped in Grand Junction where we're going to sleep now by 10:30pm, and we'll be on the road by 7am to head straight to Manitou Springs so we can relax the rest of the day, get up early Friday morning, and head up Pike's Peak.
Tomorrow I'll try to write more about our experience with Moab Adventure Center and our excellent guide Bryon who took us on a Sunset Hummer Adventure on the rocks -- in short, awesome!
It is nice to hear that you are back on track and on your way.
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