Up early to head out to Mesa Verde National Park. It is only about 20km from town and it is still quite cold (about 13C) . There is a museum at the entrance which has a lot of exhibits from digs around Mesa Verde Apparently when these people left in 1200 or 1300 they left everything behind as they had no horses etc so there was heaps of pottery footware, bits of clothing and such. You can even see in one of my photos what looks like an early ugg boot. We managed ...

Up early and heading to Grand Canyon. The original intent was to go to the Grand Canyon then either stay there or go to Flagstaff, spend the next day visiting Sedona then heading north to Mesa Verde. Well plans dont always work out. We headed to Grand Canyon Village early, Arrived about 8.30 and it was packed already, fantastic views but people everywhere. After the obligitory viewing from the various viewing points we decided to check out the accommodation optio...