2013 October 31 

Another day filled with awesome scenery.... It was cold when we woke up. 22 degrees. There was a dusting of snow during the night. We drove to Mesa Verde National Park. Highly recommend this to anyone who has the opportunity to see it. This is the place that many of the Pueblo people in this area (1200-1300a.d.) lived in cliff dwellings. They were not rediscovered until early in the 1900s. We were able to use stairs to reach the dwellings. They would have used notches in the wall of the cliff. The altitude was similar to the area we visited in Peru earlier this year, Cusco and Machu Picchu, around 8000 ft.

A lovely drive along highway 160 took us to the Four Corners. This is where the states of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico come together.

The end of our driving today brought us to Blanding, Utah. The plan tomorrow is to see the Valley of the Gods, the Natural Bridges National Monument, and Canyonlands National Park. There are also some individual rock formations along the way that we are hoping to view. Tomorrow night may be Moab, Utah.