April 26, 2005
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WARNING – graphic intense
Eeyore strapped in and ready to go!!
Jason thought this was the most symmetrical mountain that he’s seen out here.
The flag display at the Four Corners
The sign at the Four Corners
Hey…Eeyore is in four states at once!!
Now Jason is…nice position eh?
Eeyore and I at the Four Corners
The State Seals
Utah
Shiprock – Shiprock, NM
The first day we drove from Colorado Springs down to Cortez, checked into our hotel and then drove out to the Four Corners. We then went into Arizona and over to Shiprock, NM…then back up to Cortez, CO. It was a long day…but totally worth it!! We had a blast and took a lot more pictures than what I’ve posted here…but it took me about an hour to load all of these so…
Anyway…after arriving back into Cortez, it was dinner time so we stopped off at a local brewery and ate dinner. The next morning (Jason’s birthday), we got up around 9 or so…went to breakfast and stopped off at this gallery.
Mesa Verde Pottery – we shopped here before going to Mesa Verde National Park…this place was amazing!! Everything here is made by the Indian tribes of Mesa Verde.
Mesa Verde National Park
Jason at Mese Verde
Spruce Tree House (overview)
The path down to Spruce Tree House
another view of the cliff dwellings
Jason on a boulder along the path
The quarter mile mark on the hike down to Spruce Tree House
a cavern where the tribes collected water
windows to back apartments
this portion was roped off due to it being an active archaelogical site
a place where they ground grain and corn
an opening to a Kiva
- a Kiva is an underground chamber used by the tribes for religious ceremonies and shelter from dangerous weather
inside the Kiva
me at the cliff dwellings
an upward look from Spruce Tree House
a beautiful Blue Jay that was kind enough to pose for a picture
Eeyore thanking GOD that there was a bed after hiking that trail!!
I was too…that was a long hike!
our room at the Ramada in Durango, CO on Jason’s birthday
After checking in, and letting Eeyore rest…we went to dinner at AppleBee’s. We barely ate any of our food…but Jason had a few beers and was a happy man! We went back to the hotel and sat in the jacuzzi right around the corner from our room for a spell. That was wonderful I might add!!
We finished celebrating Jason’s big day by endulging in some champaigne!!
The next morning, we woke up a bit late…but were heading out of Durango by 11am.
Eeyore kept pointing out things along the way for me to take photos of…but, this was the last photo opt that I stopped for
I was out in flip flops taking this picture standing in the snow!
Of course, once we got to Pueblo,CO that night…the news was issueing a blizzard warning for most of Colorado.
We left early the next morning hoping to avoid most of the storm…but wound up hitting the heart of it once we hit Colorado Springs. It was a long drive home…but a good trip!!
Comments (14)
Good thing I was on a cable cable and not a regular account or that would never load LOL
Awesome photos!! I have trip envy 
Great photos! Looks like it was a fun trip. I have a little “trip envy” too!
Yeah thats pretty awesome I want to go there sometime
Very cool pictures! My mom lives in New Mexico.
OMG!! That’s beautiful..now I wanna go!
holy moly, I rode across the country with that little guy’s cousin, I swear. I gotta get Lucky Stars over here to see this.
Love that pic of Jason touchin’ all four corners, lol
Fantastic photos! *sigh* What gorgeous scenery. Here in the Midwest, all you can see in flat land and corn fields *zzzzzz*
How cute is that picture of Eeyore in his seatbelt!
I definitely have to visit the 4 corners.
Glad that you and Jason had such an enjoyable trip!
Looks like you and Eyore were planning bad things on Jason in that uhhh position ..lol …cute pics hon
i couldn’t get this to load at home so i had to wait til i got to work this morning.
so so worth it.
beautiful scenery. i want to see four corners…and i’d love love to see the cliff dwellings!
it’d be so fascinating.
and now…
eeyore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have his twin/cousin/whatEVer.
we sleep together every single night. no joke.
miss daffo got him for me in disney world and he was her traveling companion from florida to KC
and then our navigator from KC to seattle
he’s a great traveling companion, isn’t he?
and he is SO sweet.
these are great pics. all of them.
spectacular job my love. I relived the whole trip– and it was so wonderful– especially made so by both my traveling companions!
That looks like so much fun! I’ve only been to Arizona but I want to visit the other 3 now.
Glad you guys had a great trip. Looks like a lot of fun. At least you weren’t standing in lines for four days.
great pics. looks like fun. ahhh and eeyore looks like hes having so much fun : )
Looks like a fun trip was had!