On the Road

The DeSpain's and the Winchester's decided to take a road trip. None of this air travel for us anymore..no more streaking through the sky at lightning speeds. We want to see this beautiful country on ground level. So we picked the spot. The great southwest. Destination Mesa Verde, CO. Teri and Paula having visions of stops at little country towns...wandering thru some shops, looking at the charming homes...maybe finding an antique or two.....Jim and Dale (knowing what is ahead) having a few different ideas. (look at Jim's face, ready to drive thru those towns as if he were a racecar driver and Dale's little grin as he knows how this is really going to play out)!

The men start out slow...as we drive through the charming Spring City. We do get a quick look at the lovely real estate. (Jim put an offer on this fixer upper).

Paula and Teri are starting to suspect that this might not be the vacation they had been planning on....but being the happy, supportive, and wonderful wives that they are, they put their smiles on and say..."by golly, we're here, we're in some of the most interesting country in the world, and we're going to make the most of it!" (Aren't they great)?!

Paula even climbed one of the smaller arches! Yay

(she's afraid of heights)

speaking of heights!!!! this is Mesa Verde, CO. Looking down into one of the villages where the people lived 800 years ago. (we were told by the husbands, we would wander through charming towns and be able to look at some homes in those little villages)
I think this one is called the Crystal Palace.

A view from the inside...Teri and I are starting

to get into this. We are hiking and climbing and
then comes the BIG ladder on the cliff!! Well,
we've hiked, and gone thru tunnels and been
on scary roads, so who says we can't climb that
old ladder...............

Wow! It was a scary old ladder, but a scarier thought was staying, it was the only way out!
No looking down or up and all 4 of us made it up the ladder and back into civilization?!? By now it's certainly how you view things as to what is civilized and what isn't.

Listening to the radio and hearing politics again wasn't civilized, and hearing cell phones ring again and worrying about the price of gas isn't civilized... but seeing beautiful country like this most certainly is....look at all those sunflowers!!!

And...look at that buck, just standing at the side of the road. We live in a beautiful country and it is well worth getting in the car with some good friends...enjoying one another's company, seeing what can be found not too far from home. That is exactly what we did and it was fun!