[Elsie]

Cisco is just south of I-70, ABOUT 20-30 miles west of the UT/CO border.

It’s on UT-128, a scenic byway that goes along the Co river into Moab.

It used to be a water stop for trains when they had boilers. It got pumped up from the CO river about 5 miles away. That area is now a BLM rafting in/out point. (The float from Grand Junction to there is easy! I have pictures of folks who were carrying a PLAYPEN for their baby on a raft!)

I hear it gets a bit fun from there down to Dewey; the juntion with the Delores.

When diesel engines came in, Cisco became a maintenance area, and when I-70 bypassed it, it dried up and almost blew away!

Bluff (On the San Juan) was pretty far gone before Clinton signed the Escalante act. It’s now perked up nicely. I recommend the Navajo burger at the Twin Rocks Cafe.

[colorcountry]

My husband's family and my daughter-in-law's family are from Monticello. They are Hispanics and Catholics that have been there since before the Mormons.

Pretty area, and pretty people!