8/1 9:30AM flight delayed til 12:30PM. Jetblue gave us $10 voucher each for the trouble. Arrived Denver at around 4PM, got our red Maxima from Avis at around 5PM.
Since it's late, thanks to Jetblue, we skipped the scenic highway of 82 to the West.
Drove to eat Chinese Buffet dinner (Ultimate Buffet) in Colorado Springs at around 8PM.
From Denver to Best Western Movie Manor hotel: 269 miles on Route 25, arriving around midnight.
8/20 checked out by 10 AM, 1 hour drive via scenic route 160, to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, CO.
Around noon-1pm, left Sand Dunes, 1 hour drive to Del Norte, passed by circle crop farms. Ate late lunch/dinner at Subway in Del Norte. Then continue 6-7 hour drive on scenic route 160 through Rio Grande National Forest, to the Arches National Park, UT.
It was too late for Canyonlands National Park so we stayed
To be continued...