After we left Mesa Verde we went down into Arizona and back up into Utah through Monument Valley. Thats where many of the westerns were filmed. Then up to the Natural Bridges Nat. mon via a short cut!  The road turned to gravel and we drove up the side of a 1000 ft mesa.! You could not even see the road from the valley. Then up to Moab and the Arches nat. park. There is so much to see in Utah you get sensory overload. Yesterday we headed to Bryce Canyon park.  We ran ahead of the rain most of the day but heading south through the mountains it finally got us.  We even were driving through snow.  Today it is wet and very overcast and I don't know what Bryce canyon will be like.

Mesa Verde

What a day. We left SantaFe about 8:20 and headed north into Colorado.  The views were fantastic.  We wanted to go by Los Alamos but were worried that if we did we would arrive at Mesa Verde to late to really see it.  As it turns out we were right. 
You can't imagine how fantastic Mesa Verde is.  The pictures just don't do it justice. I can't figure out how they got up and down some of the cliffs. We are staying at the Best Western in Cortez CO.  In the morning we will go to Canyons of the Ancients just west of Cortez.

 They were moving a herd of cattle up the highway. do you believe it?

We crossed the great divide today so now all the water will flow west instead of into the Gulf.

SantaFe

 The UFU  museum in Roswell NM.

 The loooooong road to SantaFe

 The section of the motel we are staying in.

This is the front on the El Rey Inn.


Well we arrived in Santa Fe early Friday afternoon.  We looked around the town and went to the main square.  We are staying in the El Rey Inn on old route 66 almost in downtown.  Brenda seems to have gotten a bad cold so today we did go the Train station where they were having a farmers market then we just came back the the motel.

Headed to Carlsbad NM.

 We left San Antonio on I10 and went as far as Ft. Stockton then turned north on 285.
Now that was a boring drive as you can see.

 Today we went to Carlesbad Caverns. You have to see them to believe how large they are the big room is the size of 14 football fields. In most of the room the ceiling is almost 100 ft high.

 After the cave we went to an animal park, we were a little disappointed.  Many of the exhibits were empty but the view was great.

We leave Carlesbad in the morning and are headed to Santa Fe.

Last day in San Antonio

Today we went to the Alamo, It was very moving to think about what they did there.  I wonder if we are still made of the same stuff.
  After that we went to the botanical gardens, Brenda really enjoyed it.

In the morning we are headed for Carlesbad  NM.

Now in San Antonio TX

Titanic across from our hotel in Branson Mo

The Blue Whale on old route 66

Here we are just entering Texas

We stopped just short of San Antonio at a drive thru nature park

. Here Brenda was feeding a Zebra

This is just one picture in the largest cave in southern Texas

The Alamo in San Antonio

We took a boat ride on the river walk

This is the back drop for the church service at Holy Trinity in San Antonio