We spent Sunday and Monday at Mesa Verde National Park - an awesome place. It has the ancient Pueblo dwellings in the cliffs from the 1100's - 1300's. We went on ranger led hike to the Cliff Palace where about 90 people lived. Also, went to the Spruce Tree House. They are 75%-90% original dwellings. We saw two bear at our campsite plus many, many mule deer. All in all, a great experience. Today we went to Four Corners - where Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona meet. The only place in U.S. where four states meet. We are now in Moab, Utah and visiting Arches National Park the next two days.
Comments from Eldon: I really liked Mesa Verde. There was a lot of wild life. The bears were brown and close. When I showed a ranger my pictures, he said one of them was Sugar and didn't know the other one. He told me the bears have found a new source of water - they bite the water hoses. The dwellings were in the alcove of a cliff made of sand stone and accessible by steps and ladders. Going down was a breeze; coming up sucked. I appreciated my new knee. Four Corners is a very remote, desolate place. The Navajo have found a way to make a living selling stuff to tourists, but it is nice stuff.
Comments from Harry: I saw bear, coyote, and my favorite, the mule deer. They were all over the place at Mesa Verde because we were camped near a chokecherry bush. I was a star at the ranger program about the Pueblos domestic animals. The ranger invited me because he had never seen a cat on a leash. I got to walk on the benches and the stage and children petted me - I think I'm pretty cool.