Category Archives: Going South, 2012

As we drove through south of Farmington this morning we saw the results of the Navajo Dam irrigation project.  There were many green fields being irrigated, but the most interesting was a huge field of pumpkins.  There were dozens of … Continue reading →

Not long after supper last night there was a very strong windstorm.  It was part of the thunderstorms that have been continuing today, but they are mostly wind and very little rain.  Last night’s storm whipped up a great deal … Continue reading →

Since we were not able to reserve the site we were at for more than two nights, but we want to stay here another two days, we decided to move to the site right next to us, which is not … Continue reading →

We spent a quiet day today.  In the morning we drove to the other side of the San Juan River, and to the large earth dam that forms Navajo Lake.  The dam is about 400 feet high.  It has a … Continue reading →

We bought groceries in Durango this morning before heading south approximately 100 km to Navajo Lake State Park, where we have a campsite reserved.  Just before the campground the road becomes a gravel road, then changes back to pavement as … Continue reading →

We drove north on the “Million Dollar Highway”, so named because it supposedly cost one million dollars per mile to build in the 1920’s.  We hoped to see some of the fall colors on the mountains, and we did at … Continue reading →

It was a short drive across to Durango this morning, so we arrived at our RV park site early.  The site we were supposed to be in was not yet empty, so they gave us a different one.  We set … Continue reading →

Sometimes just doing what happens is a good thing, and that’s how it turned out today.  We first drove to Four Corners, which is an interesting enough location, particularly when you realize how the surveying of the original boundaries of … Continue reading →

Enid had visited here when she was young, and often spoke of the cliff dwellings.  They must have impressed her then, as she has always had a strong interest in culture and anthropology.  I know that she certainly enjoyed seeing the … Continue reading →

We spent the day visiting archaeological sites of the ancestral puebloans (Anasazi) here in Mesa Verde National Park.  We walked around many of the sites on self guided tours, and also went on ranger led tours of Cliff Palace and … Continue reading →