5 czerwca 2021, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Finally packed and ready to roll, with enough of a route planed out. Jay, Jan & I took off about 10AM. A few stops : gas, a picnic lunch, a couple of rest areas and arrived at campsite 70 in the Davis Czytaj więcej
Stany ZjednoczoneTexasJeff Davis CountyFort DavisHospital Canyon30°35’48” N 103°53’31” W
6 czerwca 2021, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
After our visit to the ER, we stopped at Fort Davis National Historic Site. I had been here a year or 2 before. I had visited the site before but Jan hadn't ever been and it was worth seeing again for Czytaj więcej
7 czerwca 2021, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
We made it to White Sands about mid afternoon. It was beautiful, just as I remembered it. Arlie had mentioned that the Gypsum sand is so white that it does not absorb any energy from the sun. I hadn't Czytaj więcej
Stany ZjednoczoneNew MexicoCatron CountyApache Creek33°49’43” N 108°37’37” W
8 czerwca 2021, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
Only spent one night here in national forest lands. The campsite was lovely, there were very clean vault toilets nearby and we were in the middle of a forest. There were a few other campers nearby but Czytaj więcej
8 czerwca 2021, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
The plan was to stop at the Gila Cliff Dwellings and then camp at the Gila Cliff BLM land nearby. BUT the sign on the road to the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument simply stated "Cliff Dwellings Czytaj więcej
Stany ZjednoczoneColoradoMontezuma CountyLittle Moccasin Canyon37°13’51” N 108°27’43” W
9 czerwca 2021, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
We arrived at Mesa Verde Morefield RV & Campground at about 5PM. We had reservations for 2 days but it was a pick your own site and I don't even remember the site number anymore. But it was a good Czytaj więcej
Stany ZjednoczoneColoradoMontezuma CountyLittle Moccasin Canyon37°13’51” N 108°27’43” W
10 czerwca 2021, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
There are a couple of loops in Mesa Verde, both long on mountainous roads. The campgrounds are near the north entrance to the park and at a lower elevation. It took most of the day to drive the loop Czytaj więcej
Stany ZjednoczoneColoradoMontezuma CountyMockingbird Mesa37°28’51” N 108°53’4” W
11 czerwca 2021, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
After Mesa Verde, we headed to Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.
The monument's 176,056 acres are managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It is on the southwestern border of Colorado and Czytaj więcej
Stany ZjednoczoneColoradoMontezuma CountyMockingbird Mesa37°28’51” N 108°53’4” W
12 czerwca 2021, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
The roads were not all that well marked and we ended up on a dirt road for quite a while. And we made it to Hovenweep which is actually across the border in Utah. We took a rather long hike in 95 Czytaj więcej
Podróżnik I loved Hovenweep. I went there to spend one night and ended up staying five nights because the campsites were wonderful and there were almost no others. I think the around the rim hike you are writing about is five miles. I did several other hikes because I wanted to see all the ruins and didn't have an appropriate vehicle for the access roads. collapsed before the end of one of them and had to nap under a juniper tree before my body would let me finish the hike. Midday heat, in canyons, drinking water almost too hot to drink, and no shade in the bottom of the canyons.
Stany ZjednoczoneColoradoArchuleta CountyChimney Rock37°11’38” N 107°18’16” W
13 czerwca 2021, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
I decided to add an afternoon stop to the day. It was visible on the paper map but the GPS had a hard time finding it. But I saw a sign and we made it. It was hot but they had kennels for dogs and Czytaj więcej
