After viewing Dinosaur park we traveled back to Rangely and then south on Colorado route 139 to Loma, Colorado to pick up I-70 again. Wikipedia says that route 139 was paved in the 1970s.
The highlight of this was the part over Douglas Pass (a bit under 10,000 feet). The Wikipedia site on Douglas Pass says that the grade is as high as 7% on the south side (where we were going down). Somebody named Swiss-guy took the second image on the left, which I think is the south side of the pass. Swiss Guy's site is here.
Some guy named Hodgman took the other image which is of the north side of the pass.
This was Ann's least favorite part of the trip as the curves were very tight and not all protected by guardrail or other barriers.
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