Tom and Ginnie's Blog: First Day in Mesa Verde Country

Ginnie, the practical one, suggested that we had laundry to do, so that and shopping for groceries made the list. Yesterday afternoon, after checking in at the Forestry Office, we had spent a short amount of time at the Anasazi Heritage Center. We had less than an hour before closing, so it was a quick tour. We saw documentation of human habitation in North and South America going back 13,000 years. Whoa...

Today we went back to the Center and took a short hike to excavated pueblo ruins. The ruins are on the top of a hill with a commanding 360 degree view. After shopping and laundry we spent the day relaxing and reading at our camp.

We visited with another camping couple who were going to zipline for his 65th. He walked by this evening and described his adventure. We are going to go to Durango tomorrow and check out the zipline. It combines a ride on the train with the zipline. It sounds like a thing to do, but he did say it was expensive and it would be his birthday present. We'll check it out ourselves tomorrow.