Month: July 2021

We woke up this morning broke camp amd the campsite next door had a doe chilling. The campsite was occupied and when the camper returned she simply stayed while he moved about the site. We then toured Black Canyon of the Gunnison which is very pretty and moved on to Colorado National Monument which put …

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Sometimes a day doesn’t go how you thought it would. The “want”, was to ride the steam train from Durango, CO to Silverton, CO. But it turns out that if you don’t book 2-3 months in advanced, no train ride for you. It was a big disappointment as we had built this up to be …

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Our 2 nights in Mesa Verde were littered with sun, clouds, rain, thunder, lightning, hiking, sightseeing, and enjoying the quiet and down time. It is a stunning national park, if you ever get the chance, we highly recommend it.

Puebloan Communities Today (7/26) was about driving to Mesa Verde and seeing archeological sites. We detoured to Hovenweep National Monument and saw castles and towers. Then off the Canyon of the Ancients where we saw Lowry Pueblo and Escalante Pueblo. It rained on us at Escalante, but who cares, there were ruins! We made a …

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Natural Bridges National Monument After Valley of the Gods, we drove up, up, up, up, UP. The road that leads to Natural Bridges first winds narrowly up and from the Moki Dugway lookout you can see the entire valley. Then is a beautiful drive to Natural Bridges. The park has three bridges, and some cliff …

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Valley of the Gods We left Monument Valley and meandered our way south to see it from the other side. It is a truly stunning place. Then we headed to Valley of the Gods which is best done in dry weather, especially if you are in a minivan. We went through a few wet spots …

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Morning. ☀️

Driving out of the dust storm at Red Mesa

Today we left Grand Canyon amd meandered our way around. We meant to go to Valley of the Gods, but missed the turn off and ended up at Red Mesa where were ran into a dust storm. So we turned around and ended up at Monument Valley bypassing g Valley of the Gods because of …

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We went out this morning to hike part of the Bright Angel Trail. Then, came back to camp and fixed bacon and eggs. 🥓🍳 Next a drive along Desert View Drive stopping at various points. Made it back just as the skies opened up and rain is pouring down, lightning and thunder. The thunder cracks …

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