Baymont Inn & Suites Cortez

Travel Blogs from Cortez

Mesa Verde

A travel blog entry by ron.todd.14

... as usual it gave me the heabie jeabies. As part of our visit we got to go into an ancient pueblo dwelling. To do this we had to walk down a winding little path, but in ancient times the indians climbed up the cliffs using foot and had holes they had dug into the rock. Originally they lived on top, but moved down into these cave dwelling after many years. Then they just up and left and noone actually knows why or where they went. Of all the things ...

Driving through Colorado

A travel blog entry by georgetz

... Contra flows here are rarely controlled by traffic lights. Instead two poor sods stand at either end with walkie-talkies and lollipop signs - often in 30 degree heat.

Once past, we got up to speed and into the forests around Cortez and ...

You Don't Know What You've Got Til Its Gone

A travel blog entry by coppes

... on a thin ledge with wooden ladders and stone steps carved into a 60 foot high rock face. We held on to the chain 'guard rail' bolted into the rock and climbed back up to the top of the Mesa.

The whole family toured another dwelling (Spruce House), called it a day and then headed back to check in at the campground. The campground was ok (nothing special or beautiful), we saw some mule deer, and called it a night.
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Monuments and houses...

A travel blog entry by marcuslindberg

... teen girls had gathered next to us and were takeing pics so there were defenitly alot of tourists there. After Monument valley we drove to the nearest town where we checked in to a motel. Apparently this is "native american country" as they are everywhere to be seen here. Oh an another thing, this morning we started in Colorado, then passed Utah and now we are back in Arizona. That's three states in one day! If we keep up this pace we will be in Alaska by the end of tomorrow! ;) ...

Change In Scenery

A travel blog entry by kluehadventures

... into bed.

The next morning we woke up, and got an early start to the day. We headed to the Far View visitors center to buy tour tickets to see Cliff Palace and Balcony House, since this is the only way to see these cliff dwellings. We picked the 11am Balcony House tour, and the 1pm Cliff Palace tour. Balcony House is considered the most challenging/adventurous since you have to go down 100 steps, then up a 32 foot ladder to get into the cliff dwelling. And to get ...