Sunday, March 30, 2014

The Big Trip - Day 16 - Four Corners and Mesa Verde

Driving through New Mexico












Southern Rocky Mountains in the distance


Shiprock






Four Corners Monument - where Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado meet



Sitting in all four states at once!














Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 
(The park preserves the ancient homes of the Ancestral Pueblo people)











Views over the park




Square Tower House





A pothouse



Dwellings in the cliff



View from Sun View Point









Cliff Palace - the largest dwelling





Spruce Tree House


Taking a short hike to Spruce Tree House











Deer on the way to Newspaper Rock






Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument


Ancient petroglyphs








Obviously hunting!






Wilson Arch on the way to Moab, Utah