Naturally Carol and I had to wait our turn to take no more than the prescribed three pictures.

So here we are each standing in two different states, no I don’t know which of us was where 🙂 – Carol assures me she was in Colorado and New Mexico which leaves me in Utah and Arizona. Surrounding the corner are booths lined up in each of the states selling a variety of goods. We did see some excellent craft work, I almost bought another Bolo, and a lot of less interesting “stuff”. There were only two T shirt booths. The last time this monument was revised was in 2010 and much work remains to be done, including finishing the toilet rooms and smoothing the parking lot, pavement would be nice. We drove on another 30 minutes to Sleeping Ute RV Park, behind the Ute Casino. The park is very nice and as a Passport America member we got 50% off the nightly rate. 

Planning ahead it appears tomorrow will find us at an Elks Lodge in Pueblo, CO and the following night will be another Bucket List item, the freight yard in North Platt, Nebraska. This is the largest freight yard in the country and it was a meeting of the rails in historic times. North Platt also figured prominently in the lives of many US Servicemen in WW II. It is midway across the country and troop trains stopped there to let the men stretch their legs. The locals learned about this and set up a regular service of sandwiches coffee cakes and more for the troops as they dismounted the trains. There is a fascinating book “Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen” by Bob Greene which we listened to years ago courtesy of friends.who gave us there copy which we passed on to other rail buffs. We have been wanting to pass through their ever since. I just learned that we can stay at the Golden Spike Tower parking lot courtesy of Harvest Hosts. The train station where the good folk catered to our servicemen was torn down years ago.