New Friends Found at Mesa Verde
Trip Start
Nov 22, 2007
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Trip End
Dec 01, 2008
Mesa Verde National Park,
Colorado,
United States
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Mesa Verde National Park
We had plans to see our friend Mike (from Las Vegas) in Fish Lake, Utah the first weekend in October. We stopped for a couple of days in southern Colorado on our way and camped in Mesa Verde National Park. This park is home to the popular Pueblo Cliff Dwellings, as well as some great scenery. Fall is a nice time to visit-the park is colorful and temperate. As we are so far behind in our blogs, I will not spend much time on narrative but let the pictures do the talking.
The main scenic drive through Mesa Verde wanders to the top of a mesa and beyond. At the top, a short trail leads to great panoramas of the surrounding area-New Mexico to the south, Utah to the west, and Colorado to the north. Beyond the Visitor's Center, rangers lead tours to two of the most famous cliff dwellings of the ancient Pueblo-Cliff House and Balcony House. Other trails lead along the sides of the canyons to great views and petroglyphs. A fun park to visit!
Although the sights at the park were great, the highlight of our trip to Mesa Verde was making new friends with Donna and Steve from Oregon. It just happened that we all were on the same tours of the cliff dwellings, and our idle conversation soon blossomed into a friendship as we discovered we had a lot in common. We ended up camping in the same campground, sharing meals, and watching the presidential debate together. By the end of the two days, we felt like old friends! It was hard to say goodbye. We definitely will stay in touch, and we will meet up again!
