We stayed the night Friday in a Super 8 in Cortez. The bed was comfy and the A/C didn't keep us up all night, so that was good. I actually watched TWO Star wars movies on TV while blogging during the commercials on Friday night. I do not like commercials. But I got all my blogging done for the day. I enjoyed the included breakfast there on Saturday morning, but Mike felt a bit icky, so we kind of took our time getting out of town. I found a Mesa Verde refrigerator magnet, but it took stops at four different places to do so. Yikes. The market across the street. Nope. The local Walmart. Nope, only generic Colorado stuff. The visitor and tourism place. Nope. So we went back to the Mesa Verde Visitor Center. It was a lovely place, only about five miles away....and that's not much in the grand scheme of things. And had Mike been feeling better, we might have stayed and seen exhibits. But I think Ranger Guided Tours like we did on Friday were better than exhibits. I mean-- we were THERE!
We also stopped so I could get out and read some information on the Cortez Flume. It was interesting.
And then we drove home. Mike felt better as the day wore on.
The scenery! What a contrast from our previous days on the road. Yes, some valleys had fall colors still, like the Montezuma Valley we left. But then we hit reservations and deserts of the West. And road construction. But it was okay. It's not like we were in a big hurry. We got home by 5:30 or 6 pm or so, in a light rain shower. We had eaten lunch at Subway in Page, AZ. I drove for a bit while Mike snoozed. He drove from Kanab home and I could NOT keep my eyes open!
It's so nice to be home again at long last. Whew! We were gone 11 days. All was well upon our return. We beat a storm that is supposed to come Sunday with freezing temperatures. I went out before it got dark and picked the rest of the garden veggies and the last three roses.
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