Mesa Verde 2008 Trip Notes
Asheville to Minneapolis to Denver
Denver to Detroit to Asheville
Miles Driven: 1700
5/1 - Left Denver - arrived in snow storm - two hour delay near Colorado
Springs due to
truck wrecks - stayed in Publeo, CO
over night. Stayed at
Best Western - room OK - both wired
and WiFi.
5/2 - Drove to Cortez, CO - Best Western Turquoise Inn for 6 nights - $116 a
night
Room 306 - suite (handicapped room) -
new carpet smell - free wireless
Ate at Fiesta Mexican - food was good
and price was right.
5/3 - Mesa Verde - Spruce Tree House - Petroglyph Point Trail
3 miles round trip - mod/hard -
actually pictroglyphs
had a flat tire.
5/4 - Mesa Verde - Cliff Palace -
stumbled on Cathy Mitchell from UNCA
while waiting
for tour - worth trip - climb ladder
on exit.
Mesa Verde - Far View Ruins &
Reservoir
5/5 - Anasazi Heritage Center - well worth it
Hands on exhibit - over 1,000,000
items
when McPhee Reservoir created.
Met a Erwin High School teacher from
1956.
Ate at Tequila's - Molcajets
(chicken, beef, pork, shrimps, fish)
$27 - for 2 - enough for 3 or 4
people - recommended
5/6 - Lowery Pueblo and Painted Hand Ruins - both good
Ate at Dry Dock Seafood Restaurant -
large portions
- good prices - recommended
5/7 - Mesa Verde Pottery near Cortez
Some reproductions, some originals -
very
reasonable pricing - will ship items.
Ate at Nero's Italian Restaurant - ok
5/8 - Salida, CO - Comfort Inn - $67 - nice, quiet room
Free wireless - Six deer in yard next
door.
Nice views.
Ate at Country Bounty - home cooking
- had
meat loaf (contained beef, elk,
bison, and sausage) - recommended
5/9 - Denver, Co - Crowne Plaza - $53 - free airport shuttle -
food within walking distance
e470 - toll road - some were staff
while
others require exact change. If
you don't pay a toll,
there is a $250 fine or call
(303)537-3470 and pay
the 75 cents with a credit card.