Okay, I made a mistake in one of the captions in the Mesa Verde pictures. I said the Indians stored RICE. No, there was no rice raised in the desert!!! Ha-ha! I meant beans, not rice. They raised corn, beans and squash, and stored them along with firewood and water for the winter. Sorry, folks!
We are doing well. We rolled over 4,000 miles on the drive to here...Moab, UT. Amazing landscape around here -- very red. You'll see in the pictures later. The weather has finally gotten hot -- 93 today, but of course, very dry. Up until now, the weather in SD and CO has been surprisingly cool and green. We've enjoyed many days of 70s. A longtime resident of Estes Park, CO, remarked to Mark that in all the years he has lived there, he has never seen the landscape as green as it was this late in July.
Also, in the last couple of days, we have had some wicked storms, but they are interesting because there was scant rain. It was all about wind, thunder and some lightening. We also saw a dust devil yesterday. Certainly hope that's all we see...a camper isn't the place to be in a tornado.
Off to Arches and Canyonland National Parks today. Hi to the Bradshaws, who made it home safely this week from a similar trip to ours. We hope to compare notes when we get home.
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Hi there!!! You are doing and seeing so much - I'm glad you are also having some "down" days. Those pictures of Mesa Verde were great. I remember being there just like it was yesterday. Did you feel that way Mynn? :)
ReplyDeleteWe're heading out tomorrow morning for upstate NY. It will be a nice trip. Aunt Marie will be there too. Her 89th birthday is on Tuesday. Amazing!!
Ok....so nice to talk to you on Tuesday, Mark. Sounded like you had a nice birthday.
Ok...have fun. Not sure what kind of internet service we will have up there so it may be another week before we can check in.
Love, Gail
Hi, I was wondering about the rice, I didn't remember any paddies out there.
ReplyDeleteSo you are feeling heat! We could use a little of the "dry". It is so humid here and quite hot.
I'm sure by now you are in awe of the scenery. That was our 9/11 trip and we loved it.
Today is a down day for us. Not much going on and that's good. Enjoy your day. Love, Gram