We left Williams AZ early Saturday morning, heading for Cortez, Colorado. Our first stop along the way was to the 4 Corners, where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico all come together at one point. Peter really wanted to go there. When we arrived, the temperature was 101 degrees. We got some pictures of Peter, Jordan and Emmie touching each state at the same time, so they were in 4 states at the same time!
Then,instead of going back South to take Route 40 across through Oklahoma, Texas, etc. as we originally planned it, we went up North a bit, changed our route, and are taking Route 160 to Route 70 across East. We met up with the Bowes family in Cortez, Colorado. They had reserved a campsite for us right next to their own. We had a great view of the mountains from our own site - a view of Mesa Verde National Park. We enjoyed 1/2 day together at the Cortez KOA, swimming, dinner then s'mores around the campfire.
The next morning, we left Cortez and visited Mesa Verde National Park. It had many cliff dwellings from around the 11-13th century built into the sides of a mountain. We did several 1 mile hikes there. Again, the children did great, some whining, but we had fun nonetheless. We got back on the road at about 3PM.
We ended up staying in a town called Pagosa Springs, arriving just after 5 PM. We had a spaghetti dinner, then Tim, Peter, Jordan and Emmie all went to rent paddle boats on their small pond. It was fun. We came back, and since it was getting late, and we wanted to get an early start in the morning for our 8+ hour drive, we decided to forgo the campfire, and have a shorter video. We had a DVD of a Newsboys concert which we watched part of, then went to bed.
Thank you for traveling with us!
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