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| Morning from our Goulding's site |
We're sitting in the Cortez (Colorado) Chamber of Commerce writing this. We're camped in Mesa Verde park, but not many facilities there - just real pretty. Cortez offers fast free WiFi.
Yesterday we had a good trip from our cg (Gouldings, near Monument Valley). Some really nice views, here's one that any of you Forrest Gump fans might recognize, it's where Forrest stopped running:
On the way we came into a small town just as their Homecoming parade was passing, so we became the last float in the parade. We disappointed the kids though, as we had no candy to toss to them. Got lots of waves anyway:
We got camped in a really nice no-hookups site in Mesa Verde Natl Park. We're just behind the tree behind the trailer in the pic:
Mesa Verde is known for its assortment of ancient cliff dwellings. There are some 4,000 archaeological sites in the park, some well preserved and open to the public. Some pictures look like doll houses, but people lived here:
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| Going down... |
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| Some rooms were like an underground kiva |
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| Escaping from below |
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| Some were open but likely were roofed back in the day. The smaller openings are air vents. |
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| The park Visitor Centre |
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| The large vertical one is several stories high. Unusual. |
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| Tucked in under an overhang for some protection |
Later we had a hike with a lookout, and discovered some deer in the grasses:
We had a good tour of the park in good weather this morning, then the rain moved in. At noon it was raining and 7C! So we're in the nearby town of Cortez now. Apparently there is a quilt shop downtown that we're heading for.
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