Mesa
Travel Blogs from Mesa, United States
Tampa Bay Rays are going to the World Series
My day of rest, but the real reason why I didnt ride was to see the Rays beat the Red Sox. How do you like them apples, ...
Ancestral Puebloan ruins anybody?
Pics and stories to follow. Place where I realized part of what this trip was to be about for me. ...
Doing final plans for my sweety "Goldie Honda".
Only five days left to begin my adventure from Mesa, Arizona to Melbourne, Florida! Then to NC. My moments are flying by with little opportunity to turn around! The plan is to leave Mesa this Sunday. I will be visiting Mike and Dianna ...
Wir nehmen alles mit xD
... ever, der sich tot lacht ueber unsere Bedbugs und zum Spass den Chefarzt holt, weil das inzwischen ein riessen Problem in den States ist. Um 20 Uhr sind wir finally aus dem Krankenhaus in die Farmacy, wo wir nochmal 30Minuten gewartet haben und wie sich ...
Big badass security!
'It's understood that hollywood sells californication!' and that's where we were heading with no bed and no idea how it get there and a southerener and a irishman on this mission, were we gonna end up with a bed?? Sooo, we had arrived in LA and gone ...
Mesa Verde
... broke the long drive to Mesa Verde. We made our lunch at Pagosa Springs before setting off again on our drive. We arrived at Mesa Verde National Park at about 7.00pm. The views of the park as we travelled up the mountains were very spectactular. The lodge ...
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde (la table verte) est un site du patrimoine mondial Unesco (pour la list des sites par pays, visitez http://whc.unesco.org/fr/list/ - c'est en fonction de ces sites que nous avons fait notre trajet en Europe). Il s'agit du plus ...
Seeing "La Mama" in LA
... Flug von Mexiko City nach LAX mit Jay am Flughafen angekommen. Der Flug war sehr angenehm, da wir ein Upgrade bei United Airlines bekommen haben und so in der Business Class waren x) Ich bin super aufgeregt am Flughafen angekommen. Mit tollen ...
On the Res - Mesa Verde and Monument Valley
... ; Nice park, and the only national park devoted to man-made structures. On the way to the Grand Canyon from Mesa Verde, I passed through Monument Valley. Monument Valley is the place you always see in the Marine commercials and in a number ...
Carbondale to Battlement Mesa
... official fall. The last hour of the trip I could only think about food, surprising. Stayed at Dan's work apt. in Battlement Mesa about 50 miles east of Grand Junction. Last story , went out drinking and I made the comment to the waitress ...
Bought the plane tickets and finalized itinerary!
After scouring the net for airline tix, I went with good-old, tried and true Expedia. It's official, we are flying from Tijuana to Chihuahua this Satuday (June 26th). I don't think there's much to do in Chihuahua (still researching). It's not so much ...
Choose Your Own Title!
Well, you can pick your own title for this one....these will provide some hints of what's to come: 1. Silly white folk 2. It's a long, long road to – Beclabito 3. We will never complain about Montreal potholes again 4. If the Beast can get out of ...
Mesa Verde National Park
Once we had breakfast we set out to "discover" the wonders of the National Park. Mesa Verde is an ancient Pueblo Indian site in the mountains and is over 7000ft above sea level. The views of the canyons are spectacular. Our first activity was a guided ...
hooray for lucky charms!
whilst walking to the farmers market, i was shocked at how many usa peeps actually carry a gun, just in their trousers so it is displayed for all to see, a kinda don't mess with me statement, i'm right cos i gotta a gun, pretty scary really! usa dave who ...
What do you think of this? or The Dogs Bollocks?
What do you think about this? I looked back at all of my old pictures from Namibia and have made prints of all of the images of the Himba and Herero people. I've posted them below. Next I layered my old GPS coordinates over ...
Ready to go
I'm at the airport in Phoenix and taking advantage of the free wi-fi. Next stop AFRICA. Well Altanta actually, then AFRICA. I land in South Africa first after a 16hr flight, then I meet up with some friends and have a lovely South Africa Braai ...
Mesa Verde
Mesa Verde........... Wir sind hoch und runter geklettert und hatten viel Spass in dem National Park. Am Abend sind die Tiere bis zu unserem Balkon gekommen und die Landschaft war oder besser gesagt ist toll. Am Abend hat sich das Wetter meist ...
Mesa Verde
On our way from Moab to Durango, CO, we stopped at Mesa Verde, famous for its cliff dwellings built by the ancestral Puebloans. We had time for a brief hike to Spruce Tree House, a talk with a park ranger, and a drive that led us to overlooks for ...
A Palace in the Cliffs
... playing pool with some Colorado kids while we do the laundry. We also met a family from Cowan - it's a small world. Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado combines fun with the most significant archaeological site in the US. It was occupied from 1 AD ...
Mountainside living at it's best!
Mesa Verde was where southwestern Indian tribes lived around 1200 AD. They moved somewhere around 1275 AD leaving the Mesa Verde area. We had to climb a 30 foot ladder to get to the Balcony House, built and lived in on the edge of Mesa Verde. ...
I Can See For Miles And Miles And Miles (Cubs)
... berm are counted. This facility is the Cactus League home park for the Chicago Cubs and is located at 1235 N Centre Street, Mesa. For those folks unfamiliar with the Greater Phoenix area, Mesa is a city situated in the southeastern quadrant, east of ...
Getting Ready for Ireland
In the long 5 month wait since we started planning this trip we are near and ready to go. It took months of planning making each other crazy with every little tiny detail of the trip. However it all paid off in Two Weeks we leave and it will be the best ...
Jawdropping Cliff Dwellings
... mesa of Ute Mountain was worth the trip. Crossing over the Colorado border was a bit more dramatic than most drives between states. While New Mexico roads had a dusty more-like-Mexico feel lined with pawn shops, the cross over into Colorado heralded ...
Beyond the clouds in Mesa Verde
... very fortunate with the weather up until now, so we couldn't really complain when the morning of the day we had set aside to explore Mesa Verde National Park there was torrential rain and you couldn't see a foot ahead of the car thanks to the fog in the ...
Mesa Verde National Park
Dernière étape de mon voyage, Mesa Verde; dans l'extrême sud-ouest du Colorado, le plateau de Mesa Verde, qui atteint plus de 2 600 m d'altitude, abrite une énorme concentration 'habitats indiens ancestraux dans des « pueblos » construits du VIe au ...
This is finally starting to feel real!
We've been making plans for years, getting everything in place. We made our train reservations today, for all the trains we'll be taking in Europe. Just talking it over with Karen gave me goosebumps. Who would ...
Namibia Prolog: Some stories from Namibia
So here are some of the highlights of Namibia based on my trek 10 years ago? When I think back, the immediate memories that I recall are - My travel partner Aaron getting his passport stolen from the Land Rover while he was still in it. A chase ...
Trailing the Ancients:MesaVerde & Canyon de Chelly
... Highlights from Canyon de Chelly: on the way here, stopping & standing in 4 states, the kids bonding with a dog named "Boy" who roamed around the campground (he made us miss Sparky... it was a very sweet ...
Mesa Verde
... for the day. In the next 18 years these same men, as well as various exploring parties and tourist groups, made expeditions into Mesa Verde. Many of them camped in the dwellings for days or weeks at a time while they were sightseeing or looking for ...
What the big deal about packing your stuff anyway
For most ordinary people, and not that I'm saying I'm not ordinary, getting packed for a month long trip to a continent like Africa isn't really that big of a deal. Even the preparation and paperwork, isn't that bad. And even getting all the business ...
