2014: SW Colorado
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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
The ponds and streams meandering through the cabins are water rights fed from an irrigation ditch from the Animas river
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Roger at the Montezuma Valley overlook in Mesa Verde
This overlook looks out to the west
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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.
This is the view from above and is one of the ranger guided tours
Prior tour group
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our tour guide
According to the guide, this tower is original with no reconstruction
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Some of the lower walls have been reconstructed, repaired and stabilized
One of the Kivas with clay discs
another kiva
looking through a door/ window over one of the kivas