Best Western Sands Cortez

Trip down to Cortez from Moab was great Before we arrived in Cortez we diverted and went to the 4 corners. This is the only place where 4 States meet. Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico.Cortez is a very quaint place. Ute Indian country. The drive into the ...

... was divided in two by a wall, and you got to the second side by walking through a narrow crack in the rock. There was evidence that there had once been a door, but it had since been bricked up. You could see the outline of the door on both sides of the wall. Interesting! Next came the most challenging part of the tour - a crawl through a very narrow tunnel. It was truly a tight squeeze! Betty Ann had a small backpack on, and it kept getting getting ...

... has done at various points over the course of two millennium in safeguarding the essence of Christian spirituality (understatement of the year), & on a more personal level what touched me during the service was the preciousness & tender lovingkindness of Christ who continues to connect with the human spirit, beyond culture & time, in the same ...

... we were in such a beautiful place and we were the only ones there!  It was perfect!  Allison      As Allison said, we didn't really plan to go to Hovenweep, but the day just kind of led us there. We were thinking about maybe checking out Mesa Verde after we finished shopping. However, after we saw the road sign for Hovenweep and found an informational brochure about it at a visitor center in Cortez, we figured we'd go there instead since it was on ...

... largely put off by the presence of a family in one of the rows behind us that had seen fit to bring their 4 year old son with them to the 21.15 showing of a very dark, quite violent, fantasy action film. We really couldn't believe it when we heard a toddlers voice every now and then, but as we left the theatre our suspicions were confirmed as the sleepy - possibly scarred for life - little boy was led away by the hand by his mum. Crazy world.

... all along and wondered what it was, and it is actually in NM. Back at camp we hung up the hammock a second time. Tonight we are planning to attend the Ranger program at 9pm and then another program at 10pm about the stars. Looking forward to them both. The Ranger program was fun. Ranger Bruce is a 70 year old retired science teacher. He had lots of stories to tell. He told us about the fire in 2000 that several ...

... We should be learning a lesson here. That does remind me to say that I notice the Westerners are much more resource conscious than we are out east. My old staff will remember my trying to re-use my McDonald's cup. (By the way, I still use it.) Well, that is not odd here. If you bring your own cup into places you usually get a discount. Telluride and Aspen are having a contest on who can use the least number of ...

... the top of the cave just to go to sleep. So much work went into building these dwellings without the tools that we have at our disposal. As I look at these dwellings, I wonder how they even got the rocks and other materials into these caves. I have to think that these Indians may have been shorter in stature than we are because the rooms were small in height as well. We were allowed close to the buildings and look inside. In one tower we saw Indian ...

... ruins were an extension of the rock wall. Yet, the builders did not constrain themselves to the limitations of the rock. They still managed to fit in several round rooms, including a turret, as well as some square towers throughout the complex. The result was a structure that had a synergistic appearance with its surroundings.<br><br>Our guide through the Cliff Palace made a strong effort to bring Native American thought into our tour. She frequently ...

... have had something to do with the lack of visitors, I seem to remember running across a similar number of people when I visited in 1996. It does seem a shame that more people don&#8217;t visit the site. But, the absence of others just helped enhance the atmosphere.<br><br>We headed north out of Aztec toward Durango, Colorado. The dusty high desert appearance of Aztec quickly gave way to the grasslands of Colorado&#8217;s meadows. About a half hour after leaving Aztec, we ...