Orchestrating for B to make a few business calls on the 24th, so arranged for a late departure, and then headed out what they call "The Million Dollar Highway" - for the stunning views along the way. Many abandoned (and some still operating) gold mines, trickling streams, alpine meadows, mineral springs and vistas along the way. Then got into our camp across from the entrance of Mesa Verde in the afternoon.
Camp was a particularly good one as far as Delilah was concerned, with not one but TWO play areas, including a large wood fort, Tepee (complete with toy washer and dryer, and kitchen unit ???), a number of different critters (goats, donkey, miniature horses, sheep) and a mini-golf course. D and I played a round of golf while B did her afternoon calling, and then we all settled down for an evening movie - the musical "State Fair" which I don't recall having seen before. Delilah really enjoyed it also, saying that "That was my favorite movie, that I never did see before..." which is the way of any movie that she has recently seen.
On the 25th, we headed into Mesa Verde to see some of the Native American Ruins there. Remarkable place. I remember seeing it as a kid, but was still impressed with the scale of the dwellings there. Since D isn't yet much of a walker, we mostly enjoyed from the distance, then later found one of the Mesa top dwellings and walked up close.
Wormed our way out of the park, and headed to Four Corners - the only place where four states touch. It is on Indian Land, so they charge an admission but it is a novel place. Tourist trappen. Cute pict of B bisected by Utah and Colorado in her hands, and Arizona and New Mexico in her feet...
Then continued driving (which took longer than I had expected) to Flagstaff where we were able to find camping over the holiday weekend at an RV park called "Black Bart's".
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