Dam, Goose and Goose Chase

Day 8 of our Road Trip started in Dolores CO with a
visit to the Rio Grande RR Museum not only to learn
more about The Galloping Goose, which replaced the
more costly steam-powered passenger trains, but
to find a geocache... mission accomplished.

McPhee Reservoir's Dam creates a saddle on the
Dolores San Juan Divide.  It has a total capacity
of 381,195 acre  feet and has many "arms"...

with about 50 miles of shoreline.  It was a
beautiful sight and a warm day and I missed my California
kayaking buddies - Julie, Margie, Cathy and Mary Ann.
This picture's for you!!!

Since we were headed for Holbrook AZ today,
we decided we'd stop and look at anything that sounded
interesting on those roadsigns that point this way and
that to points of interest.  So this was the Goose Chase...
driving many miles to end up finding something we
didn't want to see!!!  Don't get me wrong but it is a
research facility and not set up for visitors unless you
schedule a tour ahead of time.

Even though we saw Shiprock Rock about 40 years ago, who
wouldn't want to see a monadnock rising nearly
1,583' above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation
in San Juan County, NM again and again?

Tomorrow will be the last day of this road trip as we head south

to discover new sites on our way home to Gold Canyon AZ