Mesa Verde Motel Mancos

... camp, we were all excited from the sights. <br><br>We had a fantastic dinner and some good wine, but we easly decided to stay in the coach.... to cold outside for spoiled sunseekers...<br><br>Next morning we woke up to a cold and freezy bus and fantasic scenary. Caroline and I whent for a jogg to the higest peak in the area, I taged along as bear protection...<br><br>A coulple of hours later the whole family had been at the top of this beatíful peak...

... mij dat voorgesteld wordt. We keren terug naar onze kamer en die blijkt alles behalve rustig te zijn. Het lawaai van de weg is erg luid. De airco units van het hotel staan achter onze badkamer en zelfs met de deur van de badkamer dicht zijn ze nog te horen. Onze bovenburen zijn precies aan het tapdansen en alsof dat nog niet genoeg is, heeft Stef net deze nacht uitgekozen om een heel bos om te zagen (en volgens mij zijn het sequoia's!) Hoeft het nog gezegd dat ik geen oog dicht doe?

... could feel it. it was freezing. the clouds were surrounding you and breathing was more difficult. then i took a nap the rest of the way here. i'd been sleeping for 4 hours or so. thats probably why i can't sleep at night all that well. tonight it will get cold, i can feel it. where are the HORSES? is there a GOD, IN THIS WORLD!? we're constantly taking photos. enjoy them, there will be more. beck

... in Cortez, Colorado. Seems like a big enough town but everything shuts down early. Even on a Saturday night. We had dinner at, you guessed it, Denny's. Only because it was right across the street from our Motel. We unloaded the bikes and covered them then cleaned up a little bit and hit the sack exhausted. It wasn't the miles; it was all those sharp turns and the stress of trying NOT to fall off the mountain that wore us out. Great day ... great ride.

... they have reservations" and then when we walked up and told them who we were... she said "see?" Apparently they he thought we were deaf AND blind, while she only thought we were deaf. Our room had some interesting decor-- Framed pictures of motorcycles cut out from magazines... and there was some sort of domestic dispute outside at one point. Anyway the place was nice enough and I'd stay there again despite the awkwardness of our arrival.

... you a better access into the ruins. You can actually climb into one of the Kivas.... Yea horrible air quality. After about 4 hours in the park I left for a long drive back to Moab. I stopped to take in all the beauty of the scenery natural stone arches decorating a desert with the Lesal Mountains in the background. I ended the night at the Moab brewery. Good food. Nice local hangout

... of buildings and the kivas, and what many of the buildings would be used for. The skills these ancient peoples must have deveolped are unbelievable. Fitting stones together to make rooms and complete buildings. We're in one building leaning backwards and looking upwards in the blackened window at the wall. There's an orange painting from the 13th century. Our guide says it's a "moon diary." The wavy lines are the tracking of the moon. The straight line in the ...

... Ancestral Pueblo used to scale the cliffs up & down! To get out of the Palace, you had to edge through a narrow crack and up steep stairs & finally up 3 ladders, by which time you were out of breath because of the altitude. After seeing Cliff Palace we decided that we wanted to do the Balcony House tour - originally we thought it would be too hard for the kids (lots of ladders, a crawl space to get through and steep steps) but after talking to a couple of rangers (who ...