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Monday, June 30, 2014

Travel to Cortez-Durango- Mesa Verde - Good-Bye to Good Friends

Friday, we drove from Page, AZ to Cortez Co.  We are staying at a nice quiet park -Sundance.  We had some cloud cover so it made for a good travel day.  We made the mistake of stopping at the four corners monument.  This used to be a good flat spot on the road to stop. Now, the Apache tribe charges 5 bucks per person and the line to take a picture on "the four corners" was way too long- skip it!
Saturday, we decided just to drive over to Durango  do a little shopping and get some lunch. It is a fun town with lots of restaurants and shops.  I managed to find some hiking sandals on sale.  Good deal!
Sunday, we went to Mesa Verde National Park.
They have a beautiful new visitor's and research center with this stunning bronze of a cliff dweller climbing outside.  They really did a wonderful job with this new facility.  We did ranger guided tours of balcony house and cliff palace. 

The tours were well done and it was wonderful to get a glimpse into how the Native Americans lived here 800 years ago.  Sunday night, the group surprised me with an early birthday cake and some nice gifts for serving as "wagon masters."  We really enjoyed traveling with this group of friends. 
This morning we fixed them breakfast and they moved on heading home to Kansas/Missouri.  It was sad to see them leaving without us. 
We are staying in Cortez a couple of days and then we will head to New Mexico, Texas and then back to Florida.  
The plan was to rest up a little bit here. This morning I washed the coach and Catherine did six loads of laundry. We plan to work on the rest thing this afternoon :).




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8 comments:

  1. Gail HouleJune 30, 2014 at 4:06 PM

    Hope you finally got to that "rest" thing :) Coach washing and laundry don't really qualify :)

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  2. Karen and AlJune 30, 2014 at 5:22 PM

    So, did you ever get any rest? When do you plan on getting back here? We're going to be here another week or two.

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  3. Paul and Marti DahlJune 30, 2014 at 6:09 PM

    5 bucks per person? Scratch Four Corners off my bucket list! :c)

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  4. Al and KarenJune 30, 2014 at 9:21 PM

    Mesa Verde is so interesting. We really liked the Cortez area when we were there this spring. Enjoy!

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  5. SallyBJune 30, 2014 at 11:03 PM

    So great when friends can travel together and have a terrific time .....
    "WAGON MASTERS" you must have been good at carrying out your responsibilities !!! Rest up and enjoy some down time before you set out on the last leg of your trip ..... Sure enjoy your photos !!!

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  6. SherryJuly 1, 2014 at 5:05 AM

    Sorry to hear about the 4 Corners changes. I'll be skipping the long lines as well. It used to be a great place to buy Native American jewelry but I guess not so much now that they've instituted the toll. Love my National Parks. I don't know how they do things so well on their budget. Mesa Verde is a favorite of mine. 6 loads of laundry! Wow. I don't even own that many clothes any more. What a great trip you had.

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  7. Mike and TerriJuly 1, 2014 at 6:02 PM

    That's an impressive bronze of a cliff dweller.

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