MESA VERDE------------------JULY 28th & 29th--------CAMP SITE & CLIFF PALACE

TUESDAY, JULY 28th

CORTEZ, COLORADO
KOA CAMPGROUND

AT LEAST HERE WE HAD SOME GRASS & WE COULD EVEN ROAST MARSHMALLOWS

We stopped into the Welcome Center in the city of Cortez to pick up tickets for the Mesa Verde tours. The kids were given gift bags filled with shampoo, tooth paste & deodorant samples. They loved their deodorant and proceeded to put it all over their bodies.

After they lathered themselves in the deodorant they went to the pool to wash off.
Papa John and the boys

Jay, Papa John, Sydney & Logan

Enjoying the pool

We were lucky to have a basketball court close by our camp site.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29th
MESA VERDE

We saw wild horses in the park

Last minute idea........going to Walmart the night before and buying $3.00 T-shirts and stenciling Mesa Verde on them........stayed up all night in the tent stenciling, but it was worth it. Everywhere we went we had people complimenting us and also recognizing the kids as we went on the different tours. We would here a lot of people say "Hey, theirs the Mesa Verde Kids"

Sydney

Collin, Dresden & Logan

Papa John with the grand kids

Nana Donna with the grand kids

CLIFF PALACE
Waiting for our first tour of the day

Descending down towards the cliff dwelling

We climbed up and down a lot during our tour
Sydney & Collin

Sydney & Logan patiently waiting for our guide to explain about the ruins

Close up and personal

KIVA
(religious or special meeting place)

A view of the whole village

Another view

The grand kids were so good about listening and following the rules.

Dresden's fingers are showing the indentations that were made by the Ancestral Puebloans as they scaled the walls of the rocks

On our way out Collin finds another indentation

ARCHES NATIONAL PARK------------------2nd PART

MONDAY, JUNE 27th

ON THE PATH TO DELICATE ARCH
OUT LOOK TO DELICATE ARCH

THE WINDOW ARCHES
NORTH WINDOW ARCH
Natalie & John
Natalie and Jay under the arch

LOOKING UP AND UNDER THE ARCH
Collin, Sydney, Logan and Dresden all under the arch

Collin and NatalieCollin and Dresden checking out a crevasse in the rock

SOUTH WINDOW

ON OUR WAY TO DOUBLE ARCH

DOUBLE ARCH

LAST STOP FOR THE DAY
DEAD HORSE POINT
LOOKING DOWN AT THE COLORADO RIVER

Jay, Natalie, Sydney & Collin

John & Donna

Papa John and Grand kids

Sydney & Collin
Logan & Dresden