Monday, July 27

Today was a meager drive of about 260 miles, and about 6 hours. We drove through the scenic Sangre de Cristo and San Juan mountain ranges, where we began to see the changes in the environment that we would be seeing for a while. The landscape, if only slightly, began to change from mountains into the freestanding sandstone formations seen in Canyonlands and Arches National Parks of Utah. Anyway, on the way, we saw some very beautiful scenery; we saw fir-covered mountains and sheer cliffs, and we saw miles and miles of it. Other than that, we didn't do much. Right now, I'm writing the blog from the town of Cortez, right outside of Mesa Verde National Park. And no, regardless of how Spanish the names sound, we are not in Mexico. Anyway, that's really all that happened today, aside from writing up two backlogged blog postings, and updating the trip schedule, which can be found at the bottom of the page. By the way, our plans have changed somewhat from the original calendar, so beware! Tonight's closing will be "goodbye and good night" in Filipino: Paalam at magandang gabi!