Monster Trucks, Grand Junction, CO (Saturday, June 22nd, 2019)

It was our final evening with the kids, and we couldn't just sit around.  So we all headed out to the monster truck tour at the Mesa County Fair Grounds.

These trucks are huge and run on ethyl alcohol.  They run full blown race motors that produce in excess of 1600 horse power.

It was a super fun night, just handing out with the kids before they had to leave.  They left the following morning, and hit snow going over Vail Pass.  Hard to believe it's still snowing this late in the summer.

Ice Cream! Grand Junction, CO (Saturday, June 22, 2019)

After our wonderful hike to the mica mine, we all decided that we needed some ice cream to cool us off.

Arrow liked the looks of our ice cream so well that our daughter decided he needed his own.  One pup cup just for him.

Mica Mine Trail, Grand Junction, CO (Saturday, June 22, 2019)

Our youngest daughter and her boyfriend came to Grand Junction to see us!  We wanted a dog friendly hike, so his dog Arrow could join us for the day, so we chose the Mica Mine Trail.  It's a beautiful, easy hike through the red rock formations near the Colorado National Monument.

Since it's called the Mica Mine Trail, the competition was on to see who could find the first piece of mica, and our daughter won.

The rock formations we were hiking through were very unique and beautiful.

At one point during our hike, the sky got very dark.

And soon afterward, it began to hail.  Not hard, but hard enough to hurt, so we had to seek cover under a bush.

By that point, we were just about at the abandoned mica mine.

The mica in the rock is very layered and flaky.

Steve and I had to rest while the kids continued to explore.

There are pieces laying everywhere around the mine.

You can peel off layers so thin that you can see through them.

After leaving the mine, we had a beautiful walk back to the car.

And then enjoyed some Rav-4 hood-top sushi for lunch.