Hampton Inn Stes Farmington

Today, we went to Mesa Verde National Park. There were alot of Pueblo Indian Cliff Dwellings. I got another Junior Ranger Badge. It was my 16th! We took a long hike up and down the mountain to get to go inside some cliff dwellings. We saw a big cloud of smoke from a fire on our way home. We drove to Aztec, New Mexico

Makes me want to be an archaeologist.<br><br>But our trip there included breaking the trailer General Lee style and picking up a stray puppy in the 100' weather. We spent the rest of that afternoon figuring out what to do with the poor thing. We named her ...

... noise. The last thing I wanted was to be broken down on the side of the road, no cell phone reception, no passing cars, and snow everywhere. But, it all worked out fine and I saw some amazing landscapes. Unfortunately, I did not get any photos of the snow because I did not want to stop :) I'm at another hotel tonight, which isn't as sketchy as the last hotel ...

... but keeping faith with the surrounds and with respect a quick look and replaced for others to enjoy. Time to head back home; reluctantly we moved the Castle out and suffered the 12 miles of horrendous buffeting for an hour, before we hit the paved road again. We survived this trek and certainly to learn about the centre and development of this culture, that is linked with so many old ruins around this area, including the Mesa Verde, next in our sights, was worth the ...

... is a double highway with speed limits of 75mph, (the Castle travels very comfortably at around 60-65mph, with a little to spare if required) We stopped for morning tea at The Flying C Ranch, a rest stop and a souvenir outlet along the highway. This contained many different types of options for the traveller to purchase something unavailable elsewhere, including; a full sized stuffed bison (priced at a bargain basement of $20,000), a ...

... touch together (Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico), as we turned, one of the A/C covers blew off the roof. It went flying across the road, shattering into many smaller pieces with each bounce! We finally got to the San Juan County McGee Fairgrounds in Farmington, NM. We arrived early (the FMCA Rally didn't start for another three days) and swapped stories with other RVers about the winds. One of the first ...

So here we are, Farmington, New Mexico. We found a Mexican restaurant to eat at that was supposedly the best in town; I hope for the town's sake that that was a false statement. We ate some taquitos, fajitas (con pollo), and carne asada. We were the only patrons in the place and the food was so-so, but then again, what did we expect. At least we are ...

... much our only other stop was at the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas. It's this place in the middle of a field where someone half buried a bunch of Cadillacs nose first in the ground. They had a bunch of cans of spray paint and you can grab one and write whatever you want on the cars. <br>Today we FINALLY found Dr. Laura again on the radio! It's so funny because we scan for her on the AM dial all the time, (and ...

... than 100 feet of the canyon without realizing it was anywhere close. The land approaching the canyon is completely flat. If we didn't know we were at over 7000 feet we would have thought we were driving across the Great Plains. Then suddenly, we were there. Our first look brought tears to our eyes. This is one of the places in our beautiful world that we have always wanted ...

... and slate collected on the floor of an ancient sea. Later, tectonic activity thrust the ocean floor upwards thousands of feet. Volcanic ash settled on it. Glacial melt released avalanches of water. The water and debris opened a way for the Colorado River to cut a mile deep path through it all. I felt the glory and the power of it all, and i felt Lilliputian, in awe, standing 7000 feet above sea level and knowing I ...