Sept 20 - I'm really getting used to this camping thing. Tristan and I camped in Mesa Verde National Park in Cortez, CO. It's neat to be this close to nature (a bunch of deer walked right past our campsite.) Mesa Verde is known for its ancient cliff dwellings, which were pretty interesting, but the coolest thing about the park were the outlooks on the way up the mountain. We could see over 200 miles into Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. Leaving the park, we headed to the Four Corners to take a few corny pictures before heading down a lonely road into the Navajo Nation in Arizona. We drove through Monument Valley, a highly photographed place in the Navajo Nation. There are no signs, just the massive plateaus to announce your arrival. After finding a place to pull over (easier said than done...there were tons of pointy plants and a good 6" drop from the road to the shoulder), I took some
pictures of the soaring plateaus. Then we were back on the lonely road, on our way to Utah.
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