June 17th Grand Junction to Montrose,CO.

Grand Junction to Montrose, Co. Elevation: 5,820 ft. 70.2 miles. We started at 7:35 am; we were shown the way out of Grand Junction because of heavy construction, by Susan, a local cyclist. Susan did Across America previously and acted as a welcoming committee to Grand Junction. Before arriving to Grand Junction she parked her car under a bridge (for shade) and stopped each one of us and presented us with H2O and a frozen fruit flavored icy. (2618) Farmhouse on top of a mesa, (2621) American Flag "Land of the Free-Because of our Brave" (2622) Highest Mesa in the world-10,000 ft. high, (2623) Snow capped mountains of Colorado in the horizon, (2624) View of snow capped mountain outside of Montrose,CO.