Still heading west... (6/19)

So next stop was supposed to be Moab, but we decided to skip it and head straight toward Lake Powell with a stop on the way.  We were thinking Durango but couldn't really find a campground.  We found one right across from the entrance to Mesa Verde National Park, so we thought we'd check this park out, too.  May as well - we did buy the National Parks Annual Pass back at Great Sand Dunes.

The trip here involved 6 miles of a very steep downgrade, a tunnel through a mountain, and some crazy switchbacks.  We saw several obviously insane cyclists riding up that mountain.

This campground is another dusty gravel parking lot, but we do have wi-fi most of the time and something like 87 antenna channels.  I even found a Spanish channel with World Cup games, but sadly the signal wasn't strong enough.

Today (6/20) we headed over to the park.  Mesa Verde has ancient Pueblan cliff dwellings.  It's a 20-some mile drive up the mountain where they have some driving tours, a museum, some ranger-guided tours, as well as some other stuff.  We did the Balcony House ranger-guided tour.  It involved climbing several really tall ladders and crawling through a tunnel.  Amazing that house was built like 800 years ago.

Chuck found time for a mt. bike ride this evening.  He said it was a very good one and did not mention any hike-a-bike.

It feels pretty hot here in the sun, but as soon as the sun goes down, it is really chilly.