Start of Family Vacation
Today we started our Family Vacation down through Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California (Hobbs Reunion) and back! We left early and kept our fingers crossed that we could make it down to Durango, CO with no problem. There have been incredibly bad and huge forest fires down there and they just opened the road. When we got down to the pass that had been closed for quite some time, everything was on heightened alert. You couldn’t stop on the road the entire time, and everything was hazy from the smoke. The air was heavy with the smell of smoke.
We got through OK and headed into Durango, where we saw the original Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory store (for Sarah), and also saw the Durango/Silverton train station and line I had gone on when I was a kid. Things sure have changed from what I remember!
We then headed over to Mesa Verde national park and spent the rest of the day there. It was great seeing all the Native American ruins and the boys loved doing the Junior Ranger program! We took a ton of pictures! The only unfortunate thing that happened was that Zach’s hat got knocked off his head and over the rail down into the canyon. It was his hat that he got from Cub Camp and he was really sad. 🙁 We promised to get him a new hat on our trip and that helped make him a little happier.
We are really tired from all the hiking now and are at the hotel in Cortez, CO. We’ll sleep great tonight I would assume! Tomorrow it’s off to the Four Corners area and over to the Grand Canyon! 🙂
