11-10-2023 Glenwood Springs to Richfield via Colorado National Monument & Canyonlands National Park

Friday, November 10, 2023, trip out to Mesquite, NV. Video from the drive out from Glenwood Springs, CO to Richfield, UT (video from Richfield to Mesquite was not taken as it was done after the sun set). On the way out, while the sun was still shining, I drove through Colorado National Monument and a portion of Canyonlands National Park. On one of my past trips to Canyonlands National Park, I stopped by the Shafer Trail switchback overlook and thought that it would be interesting to drive down from the canyon rim and out through the lower desert. On this trip I took the route in the opposite direction coming in to Canyonlands from Moab via the UT-279 and Potash Road through the lower desert, stopped at overlooks of the Colorado River, and then up the Shafer Trail switchbacks. I stopped recording when I got to Richfield, UT because three hours of driving at night along interstates makes for boring video.

Google Map of the drive:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ttKEz1gYnth5y...

0:00:00 – Glenwood Springs, CO to Grand Junction, CO via I-70
0:13:25 – Through Grand Junction to Colorado National Monument
0:17:15 – Colorado National Monument along Rimrock Dr
0:34:40 – Colorado National Monument to Cisco exit along I-70
0:41:35 – UT-128 to Moab
0:54:15 – UT-279 from Moab to Canyonlands National Park
0:58:15 – Potash Rd/Shafer Basin/S Fork Road through Canyonlands National Park
1:15:15 – Shafer Trail switchbacks in Canyonlands National Park
1:23:27 – UT-313 from Canyonlands National Park
1:27:40 – US-191 to I-70
1:31:25 – I-70 to Richfield, UT