I'm happy to finally say that one trip finally worked out for us this year. We seemed to be cursed all year long - all plans for trips kept falling through. But this one worked wonderfully!
We left Wednesday night and stayed over at my Dad's place.
Thursday morning we dropped Jeri off at my brothers and headed to Moab where we had lunch and hooked up with Mom B, Daniel, Becky, and speedy. From there we drove to four corners. This was a side trip that everyone grumbled about a little bit, but I was adamant that we needed to see it and in the end everyone agreed that it was worth the extra two hours of driving! After four corners we drove to Durango, found our hotel, ate at the Brewery Karen suggested, swam in the hotel pool and hit the sack.
Friday was spent exploring the touristy town of Durango. We took a tour of the train yard of the old steam rail road station (we couldn't afford to actually ride it!), we ate lunch at a fabulous diner called Old Tymers, we walked around historic downtown, played down at the river, relaxed at the hotel, and had a nice italian dinner at Mama's Boy restraunt. Thanks to Karen for all the good restraunt referrals!
Saturday was Mesa Verde Day. We met Tony and Shelly and their kids at the park adn spent the day hiking and driving to pretty much everything that could possibly be seen. Cliff palace was grand, but I really liked Balcony house and Spruce Tree House. I also really enjoyed seeing the mesa top ruins - the pueblos and pit houses. You don't hear much about those, but I thought they were fascinating! Around seven we drove back to Moab where we got a hotel for the night.
Sunday was spent driving, picking up the dog, and more driving. We were all glad to be home! It was a very fun trip. Joshua loved the trains and cliff cities just as much as the adults, which made it all worth while. Andrew had fun swimming and eating to his hearts content. As for the cliff cities, he is fearless! He wanted to jump right into the kivas.
One last note - THANKYOU to Jason and Andrea for lending us their portable dvd player! What a life saver!
7 comments:
Nice write-up and great pictures! We had an awesome time. Mesa Verde worked out perfectly!
not enough pictures though
We had such a great time. Thanks for the well planned trip. We really made some great memories. Love the pictures too. mom b.
No, thanks to mom for making up the trip and thanks to Mike and Laura for making the schedule. And Tony and family for being there. It was all too good. Too perfect of a vacation and I really enjoyed it. I wanted to go back to that area badly, it's been since 1998. It was so nice to go back down there and enjoy it.
What is Michael doing in Utah, and Andrew in Arizona, Laura in New Mexico, and Joshua in Colorado at the same time?
I see my lovely red bike back there way in the back in the Four Corners picture!
Post a Comment