Heisenberg wrote:
Santa Fe?? It is faster to get to Durango via 550. I40 Memphis to Albuquerque then a short I25 to Bernalillo where 550 takes you to Durango then west to Mesa Verde. The objective was to get to Mesa Verde in 2 days. Santa Fe is the scenic route through Chama and Pagosa Springs. However it is very time consuming.
OOPPSS, now I see your route and the only time I've used any part of 550 was a couple of times going from Ghost Ranch to Chaco Canyon and then over to Shiprock via 96-550-64 to 4 corners and then 41 to Blanding. Last time we were at Mesa Verde, we stayed at Echo Basin Ranch and had a great time. Our only problem at Mesa Verde, was as we were about half way out to the cliff dwellings, a sudden thunder storm rolled in and the rangers had us hitting the ground because of the lightning. Not the closest I've been to lightning, but definitely the scariest. The closest was in the air force and refueling a B-47 in the air and our plane took a hit on the wingtip and the spark jumped 50 feet to the receiver. Couldn't hear for almost an hour.
