The boys caught a farewell limoncello as a cure for the man – colds. John skipped his 4am flight for something more sensible.
The next morning the boys worked until a delicious final caprese lunch with Missy, an indoor and an outdoor squeeze for Nonno ( that’s me ) and Blair doing his queenie wave and we were off.
Out on the open road again, big sky, windmills and buttes we zipped down Utah towards the Colorado border.
On into canyonlands. At one forbidding rest area we encountered competitive queuing for a single loo
However, deeper in sphincter territory — down by the Green river – we encountered a more imaginative approach.
As we listened to Knopfler and Emmylou, Prine and Pink Floyd, we thought of the Hole in the Wall gang
and gazed at the buttes – the pinks, the greens, the browns, the lightning and the lowering skies
Onward towards Grand Junction, dinosaur country..
Speaking of which I drove Genevieve here from Moab along the Green river to sit her SATs a couple of decades ago. Footprints in the sand.
Off the main highway and into the canyons. 
It just leaves you comfortably numb.
And then we arrived….
“A picture is worth ten thousand words”. Love those pictures!!
That’s quite a collection of photographs.
Love the “Queen’s Wave” which Ian seems to have perfected
It looks a spectacular drive you both had through the canyons.
Anita believes those wind hills are owned by FPL
I have not seen any wild life in your latest blog ! I wonder why?
Wild life coming
You should put all this in a book! Comments and pictures together are so interesting and original. Thank you for sharing all this!
I will make the blog into a book for you when we get back to Philly
Just wondering how often you need to stop for petrol ?
Have you come across any interesting refueling stations which are worth a photograph or two ?
Enjoy your day together!!!
The wonder Porsche goes for around 550 Miles on a full tank. The bush loo quote was from a very unusual gas place. The Love gas stations are our favorite. There is a picture of one in the Southern Trip
Typo – Wind Hills should read read _ Wind Mills Sorry
Not sure who is wearing the bigger smile…Nonno or his grandkids! How wonderful and happy.
Matias looks a lot like Nonno!!