Three weeks in the West,part six (the first third)

Our plan, after visiting Mesa Verde, was to drive into New Mexico, camp somewhere in the Carson National Forest, and then go to Chaco Culture National Historical Park. But the forest was a longer drive from Mesa Verde than I had anticipated, and going from there to Chaco the next day would've meant going over some of the same ground twice.

Thus, our camping stop on the Colorado side of Navajo Lake State Park, which was satisfying because of the abundance of sagebrush and the variety of desert blooms to be seen the next morning.


















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Photos from day five are here.

This is the second posting for day six.