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Monthly Archives: February 2024
[Four Corners Region, CO, Sep 6, 2023] Due to the cliff dwelling tour schedule and the closure of the Wetherhill Mesa section at Mesa Verde National Park, we found ourselves with a full free day in the remote southwest corner of Colorado. What to do? I had already done the Million Dollar Highway between Ouray and Silverton. Although the weather wasn’t that great when I did it, I still figured there must… Read More
[Mesa Verde National Park, Sep 5, 2023] People love to hate Gateway Arch National Park because it’s a man-made structure. But they forget several other parks preserve man-made structures, such as Dry Tortugas and Mesa Verde. For over 700 years, the Ancestral Pueblo people built thriving communities on the mesas and in the cliffs of Mesa Verde. The park protects what they built, including several spectacular cliff dwellings that are open to… Read More
[Pagosa Springs / Cortez, CO, Sep 4, 2023] And just like that, the wedding weekend was over and it was time to continue on. For today, our only task was to make the 7.5-hr drive from Nederland to Mesa Verde National Park. I was so excited to finally visit this park! I had tried to tack it on to previous trips, but somehow I could not squeeze it in. Olivia and I… Read More
[Rocky Mountain NP, Sep 3, 2023] The morning started out back at the newlyweds’ cabin for a wedding brunch. It was nice to see everyone in a more casual setting and with no sign of the rain from the night before. In the afternoon, I couldn’t resist returning to Rocky Mountain National Park, which I had just visited the year before. There were afternoon thunderstorms again in the forecast – quite common… Read More
