Yesterday we drove through the mountains to Chama, NM and today we drove through the mountains to Taos. The roads were windy but empty. The aspens have new leaves and the grass is new and bright green. The scenery is spectacular. In Chama we walked the town, hiked into an elk viewing area and
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May 27, 2007
Yesterday we camped at the Desert Rose in Bloomfield, NM. We went into Farmington where they were having their annual Riverfest. It was a large park on the Animas river and we got plenty of hiking. The food and entertainment were great as well. Today we went to Chaco Canyon. It was a very in
May 26, 2007
We drove into Cortez this morning planning a quiet day. But, when we saw the big map on the visitors' center wall off we went. We went northeast through Dolores and Telluride to Ridgway. Then down through Ouray and Silverton to Durango and then back to Mesa Verde. We went up and down through
May 24, 2007
Today was a beautiful day. It was warm, the sun was out, the sky was blue, the valleys were green and the mountains were brown on the bottom and bright white on top. We went to Mancos to top off with diesel and then stopped at a trading post with LARGE arrows stuck in the ground and bought a co
May 23, 2007
Today was a rainy, cold, overcast day so we postponed the visit to Mesa Verde until better weather. We are going to stay here a couple of extra days to visit and rest. Last night and today the temperature never got above 40 but the heater and fireplace kept us toasty. We drove to Durango and w
May 22, 2007
We left Holbrook looking to an 80 degree sunny day and arrived at Mesa Verde to snow in the air and 40 degrees. On the way back from the hot tub tonight we looked up to the mesa and it was white on top because the trees were covered in wet snow.
May 21, 2007
Today we drove about 25 miles northeast of Holbrook to the Painted Desert and then drove south to the Petrified Forest which is part of the same park. It is unbelievable how much the petrified logs look like real wood. Tomorrow we will be leaving Holbrook and moving to the Mesa Verde RV Park in
May 20, 2007
We had planned on taking the Navajo trail into Colorado but since we had done that with the kids years ago, we decided to take a short trip and visit the Petrified Forest tomorrow. So we packed up the trailer and moved to the OK RV Park in Holbrook, AZ just 85 miles away. We took I-40 and somet
May 20, 2007
We got up early (for us) and went up Rt 180 to the Grand Canyon. The mountains were very scenic and there was even snow on some of them near the Arizona Snow Bowl ski resort. We parked the truck and hiked and rode natural gas busses around. We saw Elk, both dead and alive, as well as Californ
May 20, 2007
We decided to take a day trip to the Grand Canyon rather than dragging the trailer up there. Our spot at Mund's was reserved by someone else so, rather than moving to a different spot, we moved to a new park in Flagstaff which was closer to the canyon and on our future route. Since the move was