Category: Southwest

After a lazy morning relaxing “at home” (in Addie!), I explored absolutely AMAZING Mesa Verde National Park! Petroglyphs, cliff dwellings, ruins, and canyons…WOW! I mean, WOW!

Spruce Canyon

 

Cliff dwellings – they are near the mesa’s top but hidden from view if directly over them!

 

Cliff dwellings 🙂 

 

Cliff dwellings – simply amazing!

 

Cliff Palace (access to the palace was closed today but I saw it from across the canyon)

 

Petroglyphs 🙂

What a phenomenal day! Beautiful scenery, different landscapes, surprising cultural sites – started with a morning coffee walk among the red rocks. Monument Valley (arch at my campsite!), Mexican Hat Rock, Goosenecks State Park (San Juan River meandering through the rocks), Bluff Fort, Hovenweep National Monument. Ah…!  🙂

 

Morning coffee walk among the red rocks

 

Red rocks at my Monument Valley RV park

 

Monument Valley RV Park arch

 

Mexican Hat Rock, Monument Valley

 

Goosenecks State Park with San Juan River meandering around the rocks

 

Bluff Fort

 

Hovenweep National Monument

 

OMG! Yes, I kept yelling out OMG all day during today’s adventures! First 2 pics: Walnut Canyon National Monument’s cliff dwellings. Next 3 pics, lava and crater at Sunset Crater National Monument. Then 3 pics of Wupatki National Monument’s pueblos. The last photo is from Monument Valley. Very busy, active, and breathtaking day! Ah…! 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plan C: it’s the journey and not just the destination. Photo #1 from Sunset Point Rest Area on my way to GORGEOUS Sedona. Guess what? I’m not the only one who wanted to visit Sedona right now! Plan A: Sedona Elks – full. Plan B: Sedona RV parks – all full. Plan C: Cliff Castle Casino parking lot – empty (photo #2)!