Mesa Verde

We decided to take in Mesa Verde today.  The park is huge, and we went to what we thought would be a less visited part, very remote on the Wetherill Mesa.  We did the self guided tour of the Step House.  The path is a loop tour and we went halfway, looked down and decided we had gone the wrong way.  We retraced our steps and continued walking in the other direction.  That's when we discovered that the trail looped, as after spending some time at the actual cliff dwelling, we continued on and came to the spot where we turned around well before we got back to the beginning.  Oh, well, we can always use the exercise.  The sun is really strong at these altitudes, 7,000 feet, so we took a long lunch break in the shade before we got back in the truck for the long twisty drive back.  Views from the road are really spectacular.  No highway engineer in his right mind would propose building roads like these unless they lead to such special destinations.

A nap followed for both of us, then 4 o'clock church in Dolores.  I like services in small community churches and Dolores is no exception, such a friendly congregation.   This makes about our third time to Church there.

After we drove to Cortez and used Yelp to find a Mexican restaurant.  The most reviews were for a place named El Burro Pancho.  I was a bit leery because of the name until they brought my dinner, shrimp, Camerones Poblano.  Wow, I have a new favorite Mexican place.  The sauce was really good. Ginnie like her dinner too.  Oversized margaritas didn't hurt.  All the place needs is a new name, in my opinion.

The Step House