Day 16 ... The Four Corners and Mesa Verde National Park

Today, we drove from Kingman, AZ to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, passing by the Four Corners Monument along the way. There's not too much else to say about this day, other than it was a long drive! When we got to the Four Corners, we stopped so that we could put a body part in four states at once, and then we continued on our way.

We were "dodging" thunderstorms all day long. We only actually passed through one, but they were all around us.

When we arrived in Mesa Verde, our luck had run out!!! We got to the campground and were able to get about a 15 minute break in the rain to get the tent set up. Then, I was able to get the tarp set up over the tent, and finally the easy-up to cover the picnic table.

All in all, it wasn't too bad. The rain stopped finally and we were able to make dinner and hang out. When we went into the tent for the night, the rain started up again, but the tarp over the tent kept us very dry. A lot of the other tent campers weren't as fortunate as we were, and I noticed a lot of people decided to spend the night in their cars.

Tomorrow, we'll go out and see the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde.

For those who are paying attention, I know that I keep mixing past, present and future tense, but I'm writing many of these posts after the fact, since we haven't had internet access in the campgrounds since we left Zion National Park.

In fact, right now, we're sitting in the car in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Cortez, CO, which is about 8 miles outside of Mesa Verde National Park. We needed to pick up a couple of things, and then we're heading back into the park for the night.

Next post coming right up!!!