Mesa Verde Recap
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- 3 days, 3 nights
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- Touring the Mug House dwelling site (it was a back country tour that was off the beaten path)
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- Minor altitude fatigue
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- Petroglyph Point
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- Elk quesadilla
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Today, the National Park Service officially turns 100 years old. That’s one hundred years of preserving some of the most valuable and beautiful resources in America.
To celebrate, they are offering free admission from August 25 – 28, so get out there and visit a park!
If you are unable to:
Mesa Verde has been quite a memorable park so far. I was able to take a guided tour of 3 different cliff dwellings and view a couple other sites on my own. It’s surreal to walk through ancient ruins and spot pieces of broken pottery over 800 years old.
I have a lot of respect … Read more
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The views are spectacular and the hiking trails are out of this world, but the real bread-and-butter of this park is the Dunes.
A little education:
I wasn’t looking forward to the long drive from Arkansas to Colorado, but it turned out to be full of kicks and giggles.
I got my fill of kitschy roadside attractions, including Cadillac Ranch outside of Amarillo, TX.
I found this adorable RV Museum that was FREE! It had a bunch of campers from the … Read more
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Hot Springs, Arkansas was the perfect blend of interesting history, relaxing baths, and gorgeous hiking trails. Although it is the smallest national park, Hot Springs had so much to offer. One of my favorite activities was touring the historical Fordyce bathhouse. It was three stories of fancy spa equipment, including some weird stuff going on … Read more
Nashville and Memphis were 2 cities that I proudly checked off my bucket list this week. While not as spectacular as a national park, they both brought some intriguing things to the table.
Nashville had so much live music. In some venues, you could hear 3 different bands depending on which floor you were on. … Read more
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