8/24/16 - Fruita, CO

Today we left Rifle and drove to Fruita, Colorado.  Before we left, Jim made waffles in honor of National Waffle Day. We got a site in the state park here instead of staying in the campground inside Colorado National Monument where we stayed last time.  I forgot to mention earlier that the Colorado State Parks during the month of August will give veterans a pass for the month that lets them in for free.  We haven’t had to pay the $7 per day entry fee, we just pay for the camping spot.

On the way to Fruita we stopped in Palisade and had a beer at Palisade Brewing.  Today is National Peach Pie day so we had a Peach IPA instead.  After unhooking we drove through the Colorado National Monument and took pictures.  The views and scenery in the park are marvelous!  We came out of the park in Grand Junction and we went to Best Buy for Jim to get a new memory card for his camera.  Then we went to Edgewater Brewing.  After returning to Fruita we went to Suds Brothers Brewing (this was the 100^th brewery on this trip) and to Copper Club Brewing.