Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, plus concluding Arizona Trip Pictures

June 2004

Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

We enjoyed the Four Corners area (named after the only spot in the country where 4 states meet, shown below), along with a number of National Parks and National Monuments, before returning to Phoenix to fly back June 20. We saw in order Mesa Verde National Park, the 4 Corners Monument, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Hubbell Trading Post, Petrified Forest National Park, and Walnut Canyon National Monument.


Mesa Verde National Park entrance

Cliff Palace, ancient cliff ruins

Climbing the ladder to enter the ruins

Standing in Cliff Palace

Close-up view of Cliff Palace

Enjoying the Colorado sun by the ruins

Spruce Tree House back wall

Family by 700+ year old cliff dwelling (a fixer upper)

Our youngest daughter picking out her bedroom

Family in 4 states at once: Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico

Canyon de Chelly National Monument entrance

Looking down into Canyon de Chelly cliff dwellings

Closer view of cliff dwelling

Diane and Mike at Canyon de Chelly

Navajo hogan at Canyon de Chelly in Navajo country

Hubbell Trading Post entrance sign

Trading Post used to trade with Navajo (rugs, etc., inside)

Petrified Forest National Park entrance

Petrified logs in the Painted Desert

Family off into the Painted Desert

Closer view of kids scrambling up the hills

Climbing the sand in the Painted Desert

Climbing steep faces of Painted Desert hills

A look out into the Painted Desert

Goal: climb to the top

We made it! Where's Mom?

There's Diane, with help from son

Hiking up the hill in the Painted Desert

Diane and son make it to the top

Happy hikers on top of the world in Painted Desert

Family on hilltop in the Painted Desert

Mike and Diane enjoying Painted Desert warmth

Petrified logs in Painted Desert

Painted Desert near sunset

Swearing in for two new Junior Ranger girls

Walnut Canyon National Monument entrance

Family hiking down trail to ruins in Walnut Canyon

Scouting out new apartments in Walnut Canyon

Finishing another Junior Ranger booklet in Walnut Canyon

Son gets his own room in cliff dwelling (with no TV though)

Looking over Walnut Canyon, Arizona


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