Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Road Trip Part 2

Now for the pictures from the second half of our trip...
Finding some old trucks in Silverton Colorado after Jim had taken us over a crazy mountain pass.   It was a little frightening of a drive to say the least but very beautiful if you didn't consider the drop off.
Attempting a hike but it started storming right after this
Hadley might not have been very enthused by taking this picture
Tommy trying to fix a fire hydrant in Durango.  He loves everything to do with fire trucks
A scenic alpine lake on the way into Durango from Silverton
At Mesa Verde... Cliff Palace is in the background underneath the cliff

Hadley and Madeleine climbed down into this room in Spruce Tree house at Mesa Verde built in 1200 AD

About to start our tour of Cliff Palace

The starting point of the tour.  You go down 135 steep steps and then up a ladder to get inside
Climbing up into Cliff Palace.  Jim and Tommy skipped because Tommy would have had to stay in the backpack for the whole hour.  He is not really into that :)

This pretty much captures what Hadley thought.  She was not impressed learning about how this was built one thousand years ago
Amazing how this was built and has survived
Uncle Dave about to climb out of Cliff Palace
Hadley did enjoy the three ladders to get back out
My first mountain bike ride in 7 years on the Colorado Trail with Jim's friend Shannon.  Or now Hadley's friend Shannon.  I might have walked a little more than I rode but still very fun.

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