My flight was early, and a lovely car service fetched me at 3:00am. Thankfully, both of my flights were on time, and uneventful. Karen met me at the airport and we began the 4-5 hour drive to Sand Wash Basin.

We made it as far as the huge incline above Steamboat Springs, Colorado but the road was closed. No cars were permitted either direction. We found out a truck driver lost control of his rig (it is a very steep hill), and crashed. The driver did not survive the crash , we were rerouted about two hours to get around the accident. It was very sad, andI have always said, ‘as annoying as traffic may be, I’d rather be in traffic, than the cause of it‘.

We arrived at Craig, Colorado later than expected and so decided to get a hotel room for the night instead of trying to push through. I began my day very early, so it was a nice to relax and rest. The town of Craig is about an hour away from the entrance to Sand Wash Basin,