Day 11: Tuesday May 22 Mesa Verde

Our first view of this awesome National Park.  We took our time in the morning and got to the park around 11am.  At the visitors center we were able to secure tickets for the next day for the Ranger led tour of the Balcony House.

We spent the afternoon touring the Weatherill Mesa.  We saw wild horses and a snake (which made me scream really loud, Jeff almost stepped on it!).  We were able to take a self guided tour of the Step House.  It was very cool, but the walk back up to the parking lot was a killer for me!







We ended our day by going back to the park to watch the sunset!  It was a little cloudy but still nice.



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