May 1998: Colorado and Utah
A two week road trip with Zoe (following a meeting in Boulder, Co.) visiting Leadville, the Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings, the Arches Park, and Canyon Lands
Category: Col. & Utah 1998
Boulder and the Rocky Mountain National Park
Boulder is (or at least was, it might have changed by now!) a laid back place which, despite being located near the centre of a...
Leadville
Wednesday: We headed southeast from Boulder crossing the Continental Divide at the Loveland Pass. All rivers to the east flow towards the Atlantic, to the...
From Leadville to Mesa Verde
On the Thursday we travelled from Leadville to Salida which is a centre for white river rafting. I have no photographs, maybe we were still...
At Mesa Verde
[this an Introduction – click here to skip to Cliff Dwellings photos] Sunday/Monday/Tuesday: at Mesa Verde. In 1994 I had visited, with Nicky, the cliff...
Cliff Palace Photo Gallery
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Canyonlands Photo Gallery
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Moab – Arches and Canyonlands
Mesa Verde is close to “Four Corners” where the state borders of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet. Thus heading west on US160 soon...
Colorado National Monument
We left Moab north on the US191 to Thompson Springs; then east and back into Colorado. Somewhere along the route we actually saw a stretch...
Onwards to Denver
Whilst in Boulder I’d hired the car from Denver Airport so that we would be able to return it there before flying back to the...