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  • Apple Orchard Inn Bed and Breakfast north of Durango

    Apple Orchard Inn Bed and Breakfast north of Durango

    We spent 2 nights here, a few miles north of Durango in the North Animas valley.

  • Apple Orchard Inn Bed and Breakfast north of Durango

    Apple Orchard Inn Bed and Breakfast north of Durango

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  • Apple Orchard Inn Bed and Breakfast north of Durango

    Apple Orchard Inn Bed and Breakfast north of Durango

    The ponds and streams meandering through the cabins are water rights fed from an irrigation ditch from the Animas river

  • Mesa Verde Vistor's Center

    Mesa Verde Vistor's Center

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  • Roger at the Montezuma Valley overlook in Mesa Verde

    Roger at the Montezuma Valley overlook in Mesa Verde

    This overlook looks out to the west

  • Montezuma Valley

    Montezuma Valley

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  • Montezuma Valley

    Montezuma Valley

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  • Montezuma Valley

    Montezuma Valley

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  • rental car - a Camaro convertible

    rental car - a Camaro convertible

    we reserved a small SUV since the convertibles were way overpriced. The agent tried to get us a Jeep Wrangler but they were out, so offered us the Camaro. The top was not intuitive and takes up over 1/2 of the trunk. It was also very difficult to park with the visibility. It got a lot of attention though.

  • Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    This is the view from above and is one of the ranger guided tours

  • Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    Prior tour group

  • Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

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  • Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

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  • Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    our tour guide

  • cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    According to the guide, this tower is original with no reconstruction

  • cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

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  • cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    Some of the lower walls have been reconstructed, repaired and stabilized

  • Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    One of the Kivas with clay discs

  • cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    another kiva

  • Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    looking through a door/ window over one of the kivas

  • cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    cliff Palace at Mesa Verde

    Heading back out and up. We had to go up 3 sets of 8 ft ladders, but they were closed in enough by the surrounding rock not to bother me too much about the height (except when I began thinking about it)

  • Leaving Mesa Verde Park

    Leaving Mesa Verde Park

    Rain from the remnants of pacific hurricane Norbert mixed with latew season monsoons are brewing off towards Durango and the mountains

  • looking towards Durango

    looking towards Durango

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  • Leaving the park

    Leaving the park

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  • Leaving Mesa Verde Park

    Leaving Mesa Verde Park

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  • Apple Orchard Inn Bed and Breakfast north of Durango

    Apple Orchard Inn Bed and Breakfast north of Durango

    The large pond on the property is fed by the ditch

  • Apple Orchard Inn Bed and Breakfast north of Durango

    Apple Orchard Inn Bed and Breakfast north of Durango

    Interior of our cabin. Very cozy. No air conditioning here but not needed. We opened up most of the windows and ended up using the gas fireplace a little in the morning

  • Valley near Durango

    Valley near Durango

    We explored the area a little and drove out to Lake Valecito - not impressed by the lake area very much, but Roger and I both decided we seem to really like the farm valleys in the area.

  • Molas Pass sign

    Molas Pass sign

    This is the Pass after Coal Bank. We stopped at Coal Bank Pass during our last trip in January 2012, so we did not stop there this time

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