Wandering the Southwest

We are barely connected so I revert to my backup blog system. I have a ton of pictures for you, of cliff dwellings, of golden aspen infused views, of waterfalls...... But, they are on the Mac and I can't even get them over to the iPad to post...........

We spent one long day exploring Mesa Verde. The cliff dwellings from 1000 years ago are amazingly intact....even the original wooden beams. We walked down a winding path to get up close and personal and then climbed back up in the humidity/oxygen deprived air.....worth every gasp !

The next day we headed in the opposite direction to the funky town of Creede. A ramshackle assortment of buildings mark the site of a town that was born from the large silver strike in the late 1800's. The mountains still show the remnants of mines and settlements. There is a road that winds around thru the high elevations that is accessible by regular car........most of the roads often are 4 wheel only and we have loved exploring the back country in jeeps over the years. So, we picked up a $1 guide to the sights and headed up. Somehow we ended up on the rutted narrow jeep road....but we didn't know it. The jeep trail was more scenic and climbed 1500 ft by tight switchbacks ...... We did switch to 4 wheel drive part way up and wondered how smart this was to recommend it for ordinary cars. And then we came to the REAL road and considered ourselves a bit lucky that we hadn't gotten ourselves in trouble out in the middle of nowhere.... The aspen were fading higher up but still vibrant in the valleys.

And now, we are in Santa Fe. We were here 6 years ago and look forward to seeing the highlights once again. We are in Santa Fe Skies RV park, perched on a hill with great views. And we are surrounded by a very large gathering of Prevost coaches. They are the million dollar coaches that the celebs use......as well as those in the 1% ....But we still like ours the best.

Tomorrow we will head to the Balloon Fiesta. I doubt we will have wifi but will try and get a few pics posted. A blog without pictures is..............really boring !!!!





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