We have been 6230 miles since we left home.

On July 10th we went to the Mesa Verde NP where we saw and went into the cliff dwellings. About 800 years ago the Hopi Indians built these houses in the cliffs.

They made the "bricks" from the local sandstone.

To get into the "Balcony House" you have to climb this 32 foot ladder.

Cliff Palace. The round pits are where they worshipped, they were covered with a roof when the Hopi's were here.

It started to rain, the girls were so excited to see rain that they danced in it.

This was the sunset view from our diner.

Grilled pork chops!

We traveled Saturday through Colorado, anyone thirsty for a Coors?

It rained Saturday too, we always remember our friend Neil when we see a rainbow.

Sunday morning we rode the Cog Railway to the top of Pikes Peak, the track pictured here is a 25% grade (steep!).

It was around 40 degrees and the wind chill was around 25 at the top.

Good thing we stopped when we did.

After Pike's Peak we went to Garden of the God's city park.

The balancing rock.

We left out headed east and a big rain storm chased us for the rest of the day. It was going about 55 mph and we were going 65. Every time we stopped it would catch up in about 15 minutes.