Trip Report: The Perfect Family Trip!
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Mesa Verde
Really glad folks are enjoying the thread. I enjoy sharing. Moreso than my wife. I'm sure she wouldn't want these photos on here. Shhhhh.
This was the longest drive we'd had in a few weeks. Took most of the day to go from Arches to Mesa Verde. Not a very exciting drive either. However, we were just discussing our cravings for seeing green again. And we were just about to get our fix!
We had scheduled two nights here, but after seeing the campground, and how much there was to see, we opted out after one night. The campground itself was just about empty, and it was obvious why. It hasn't been updated since the 50's, and it was not being maintained well. They did have a laundry, so we were able to get that done. We used our stop here as more of a housekeeping stop with the Cliff Palace and the museum thrown in.
We had no problem getting an early morning cliff palace tour. Which was good, because, it was HOT right about when we were finishing.
We enjoyed the tour. We made friends with another family, and after the tour, spent an hour in a shady spot talking about travel. As we left, we stopped at the roadside Navajo Fry Bread stand. They weren't busy at all, and we enjoyed stories of the history of fry bread and their ancestry. The bread was like funnel cake at your local fair. Wish we had tried a Navajo taco somewhere, but the one place we stopped they were too pricey.
We had gotten a lot of books from the library for the trip. One was about Mesa Verde. The boys immediately recognized some of the relics from the book. They got a kick out of seeing them in person.
To those that complimented how much we did, I'll let a dirty little secret out. When we hit this museum, and the air conditioning was feeling so good, I found a bench in a dark, quiet corner and took a one hour nap while they looked around. Hahahaha... I had to cry uncle after a month of running and gunning.
Really glad folks are enjoying the thread. I enjoy sharing. Moreso than my wife. I'm sure she wouldn't want these photos on here. Shhhhh.
This was the longest drive we'd had in a few weeks. Took most of the day to go from Arches to Mesa Verde. Not a very exciting drive either. However, we were just discussing our cravings for seeing green again. And we were just about to get our fix!
We had scheduled two nights here, but after seeing the campground, and how much there was to see, we opted out after one night. The campground itself was just about empty, and it was obvious why. It hasn't been updated since the 50's, and it was not being maintained well. They did have a laundry, so we were able to get that done. We used our stop here as more of a housekeeping stop with the Cliff Palace and the museum thrown in.
We had no problem getting an early morning cliff palace tour. Which was good, because, it was HOT right about when we were finishing.
We enjoyed the tour. We made friends with another family, and after the tour, spent an hour in a shady spot talking about travel. As we left, we stopped at the roadside Navajo Fry Bread stand. They weren't busy at all, and we enjoyed stories of the history of fry bread and their ancestry. The bread was like funnel cake at your local fair. Wish we had tried a Navajo taco somewhere, but the one place we stopped they were too pricey.
We had gotten a lot of books from the library for the trip. One was about Mesa Verde. The boys immediately recognized some of the relics from the book. They got a kick out of seeing them in person.
To those that complimented how much we did, I'll let a dirty little secret out. When we hit this museum, and the air conditioning was feeling so good, I found a bench in a dark, quiet corner and took a one hour nap while they looked around. Hahahaha... I had to cry uncle after a month of running and gunning.