Mesa Verde National Park | Full Time RV Colorado | Changing Lanes!
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- čas přidán 12. 01. 2020
- This week, our travels take us to Cortez Colorado and Mesa Verde National Park! It did not disappoint! Check it out!
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After staying one night in Monument Valley (amazing by the way), we head to Cortez, CO and WestView RV Resort. The RV Resort is very new and very nice with spacious sites and plenty of amenities, including Pickle Ball courts, horseshoes, putting green, and even a Salon and Spa!
The weather was not cooperating for our first few days and it even snowed a bit…. In May! We’re just not used to that, being from Florida! But, the weather cleared up and we got to have some fun!
Once we got our first nice day, it was time to get Lucile (our Indian Roadmaster) out to stretch her legs. So, we headed to Durango with plans to eat (of course). The ride over was a nice ride and Durango seemed like a cool little town. But, we couldn’t agree on where to eat and just went home.
We were also finally able to get out and try the inflatable kayak that we had received (via Amazon) a whole month earlier. So, no returns if we don’t like it. 😳 We drove down to McPhee National Forrest Reservoir and gave her a spin. Absolutely beautiful area and lots of room to explore. The inflatable kayak is acceptable but not as good as any hard side kayak or canoe. It will do for now, but we’re investigating other options.
The highlight of our trip (and the reason we were in the area), was Mesa Verde! The ruins can only be explored with a tour guide, and tickets for said tours can only be purchased in person at the visitor center and only 2 days in advance. So, that’s what we did. The forecast looked good 2 days out, so we scoped out the Visitor center and campground on a cold rainy day.
On tour day, we had two new full time RV friends (Dan and Eva) join us and headed to the park. Mesa Verde did NOT disappoint! We took the Balcony House tour, followed by the Cliff Palace. Both require quite a bit of climbing wooden ladders on steep cliffs. If you’re afraid of heights, this is not for you. Both tours were amazing, but Cliff Palace takes the prize! It’s absolutely incredible to see such a place in person and walk these amazing structures that hosted the Pueblos for 700 years! Our video can, in no way, do it justice. You must put this place on your bucket list!
Coming up next in our adventures… Moab and Arches National Park!!!
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Mother Nature wins every time ! shooting videos while in mother nature yard is normal ! enjoy the sounds of it !!!! Love your posts
Nicely done.
Awww daisy and peanut are precious
I went to Mesa Verde 40+ years ago and I still remember that trip. Yup, truly a memorable trip.
Another great video! I agree...it was so cold. Winter decided to stick around too long in CO last year! Looking forward to the the Moab video! Miss you all...Peanut sends kisses to Daisy!
Another awesome video! Thanks for sharing.
25:14 - What a hike!
We had a wonderful time recently while we were at Mesa Verde exploring the history and life of the pueblos.
Looks beautiful and like you had a lot of fun. Look forward to heading out there one day. How cool is it meeting friends with so much in common out on the road - love that! - MJ and Izzy
It's definitely one of the greatest things about RVing! 😃
You never cease to amaze, beautiful footage, even if I’ve seen it before
Ahh! I miss my home! It was so great to see it after so long! Lived in Cortez for 20+ years and my heart is still out west! I’m back where I was born in Delaware at the beach but my heart is in the mountains forever! ♥️
Thanks!
I'm from Colo, been in Texas for 27 years. thank you for going and letting me see my mountains. yall are awesome
I've visited my freinds in CO many times, the last time I took 2 of my kids (28 and 30yo) and some of thier freinds. We went for 3 weeks in mid may thru June. It rained almost every day, until They went to a concert in the canyons, one of our last days, and we got 14 inches of snow, it was a bad storm, they had to leave the concert early, and it took them 3 hours to get home safely. this was rt 24 I think, between Denver and Loveland, not even the mountains. It can snow anytime in CO, it has every time I've gone there. I still love it!
Those cliff dwellings are incredible. I love places like that where you get to climb around and be surrounded by beauty and nature. Good for you Tara for being a trooper and getting to experience all that. Great stuff guys. Thanks.
Just wanted to say my wife and I love you two and your story.
I went there in elementary school! Awesome place for sure!
Outstanding tour, so majestic!
Lol lol between the birds and "cliff dwelling " you guys are funny. Great video :)
Just thought I'd tell you that I think you guys have the cleanest rig on CZcams. Keep up the good work, shine on.
So clean! We need to step our game up!
Went to Mesa verda this past sept 2019. We were amazed!! Love that park!
Awesome ..cant wait to watch this when we get home!! Thanks guys for sharing your awesome adventure
awesome. Love ya all.I love nature.
glad you enjoyed we loved it
Love that tour thru Mesa Verde, we have been to Durango 3 times, love that part of Colorado. The Million dollar highway is really beautiful if you ever get back up there. The Durango Silverton RR is a must as well.
We rode Million Dollar Highway last year, in early June. Rode into a wintry mix, while on our way to Durango. I was on the back of my husband's bike, while our travel trailer set at the state park in Ridgeway. I was saying, what the "F" too! Not a fun day, but we made it back! I love your videos!
This area is beautiful!....looks nice and clean.
Spectacular guyz!
Visited Cortez and Mesa Verde a few years ago absolutely loved it there!! It was cold when I was there too. Mesa Verde is simply magical.
The big hole in the ground again, had to have a laugh at that again and the ciff dwellings, love it. I love the out takes.
That's it....I'm planning my trip west for 2021!
Thank you for giving the dates, park review, distances, and honest opinions. You guys are my fav you tube channel!
You may be able to stay in one of the FHU campsites. We stayed in the Ute Loop in a 17+24=41ft rig. We were in the first site as you travel counterclockwise around the loop. The FHU sites are all on your left. The other sites are longer until you get up the hill and start turning to your left. Note the site in front of the toilets is a camp host site - it may be available, but was not reservable. We booked about 9 months in advance for a special event. We also experienced snow. Chased us down the road off the mesa until we reached the campground. You laughed about cell service - there is none. From the campground, you have to travel up about two miles to a lookout that gives you line of sight to Cortez for cell service. We did not take the tours, so we appreciated your video. Yes, you need to do 550. :)
Glad the video finally uploaded!
Great trip down memory lane! Lots of laughs... stellar job! Miss you guys!
We need to meet back up soon!
Glad I saw the time stamp and you mentioned I have a place in South Fork and there is plenty of snow
Thank You & BE SAFE !!
Y’all make some great videos. I thoroughly enjoy watching them!
Another great video!! Really wonderful places, amazing. Thank you again.
I was sure that bird would top it off with a poop dropping! Thankfully it didn’t happen!
Loved the cliff dwellings! I always thought they were further south...if I lived there I’d want to Snowbird in the winters. A house with only a fireplace is not place to call home in the mountains’ winters!
HAPPY NEW LOOKS LIKE FUN AND GOOD EXPERIENCE !!
This was very cool to see, I can't imagine how it must have been in person!
Great video,beautiful area for sure !
Snow in May, welcome to Colorado. The weather in this state is very unique. Been in Cortez 36 years. Seen snow 11 months out of 12 and 8 inches in June. Mesa Verde is a great park. Been there countless times and go yearly. The million dollar highway on a motorcycle is gorgeous. Scary in spots but a very nice ride.
This looks stunning!!! We need to get out there!!!
Yall are fun! Thanks for the tour 😁
We enjoy your videos and really appreciate the music you choose to accompany them. It makes a huge difference. Hope to see you on the road someday.
Wow what amazing place beautiful! Great camera work btw! We love following you guys through all your adventures and you help us build our bucket list!!
absolutely amazing video. Loved going on this with you guys. Gorgeous scenery
I hope to see this part of the country someday. Thanks for sharing all of these video's.
Yeah, I would not go cheap on life vest. "You won't know why at all". Think about that statement. I know from experience of a friend. Great video.
Your videos are amazing! Thanks so much for sharing. Loved the quif dwellings too, lol......Safe travels and keep em' comin'....
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Hey, great video again, I have done both those tours a long time ago and will go back. Also have hunted and fished the area, looking forward to seeing your next part 2!
Another amazing video
Stayed at Mesa Verde with a 29 foot motorhome in August 2019 with no problems. Loved our time there. Amazing tours of the cliff dwellings
Nice! We want to go so bad!
I went there in 2017 in August. I think your video is awesome. It is truly a special place. I think your video makes it look a little rougher than it actually is. Maybe rougher is not the right word scarer than it actually is. I was 66 years old at the time. I only went to the cliff palace tour so I can see why you all were out of breath. Nice job.
Great video loved it can’t wait to see it in person awesome, beautiful, area !
That structure and tour looked amazing. I've been in that area several times but unfortunately never took time to take a tour. I won't miss it next time. Happy travels!
The Cortez RV Park has now expanded and almost double the sites available. That's such a great area and so many things to do and places to hike. We spent a month there last year and plan to hit that area again for another month soon. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for all the work you do. This is a great channel!
As always, another GREAT video... :) I've never been to Mesa Verde, but now thanks to you two, it's on my bucket list !!!!! It looks awesome.
GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!
Started watching ya'lls channel a couple of months ago. I was scanning some of your older videos and came across MY HOME TOWN. I grow up just 2 miles toward Dolores from of where ya'll stayed. (The RV park location was a hay field when I was growing up in the 80's.) Seeing all the sights on the video was a trip down memory lane.
Your trip to McPhee was a major highlight for me. Growing up there while it was being built and miss enjoying the water sports and fishing it has to offer. One note; The bridge going over the lake/river into Dolores. It was always a right of passage to jump from the bridge into the lake on the last day of school.
Mesa Verde's Morefield Campground ; As a Boy Scout we would package scrap wood from the sawmill just outside of Dolores and take it the campground and sell it to the campers for Troop fundraising.
SW Colorado as so much to offer. Thou growing up I thought it was just boring place where the nearest mall was 90 miles away. As a 40 something I day dream of all great places to visit and year round activities there. It on the top of the list of places to retire. Leaving the windblown flat lands of the Texas Panhandle.
Again thanks for the GREAT VIDEO!!
/S/ Brandon
Dolores HS 93'
Brandon and LaDon
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2020 Arctic Wolf 311ML
2014 CanAm Commander
Great video guys! Colorado is our home base and it's funny how we've traveled all over the US in our RV, however, we haven't been to Cortez or Mesa Verde yet (in our own backyard) 🤣 Likely because Charity and the kiddos prefer exploring in "warmer weather". Thanks again for the awesome videos!
Great video! Was there over 30 years ago. Want to go back again and take my wife! Love watching you guys in you "Cwiff Dwelling" experiences. Be safe out there!
*Dude your videos are always first class...........your adventures are interesting*
In all fairness, Tara does all the editing.. 😊 -chad
@@ChangingLanes I was wondering😋
Awesome video! 😉
We love kayaking. We started with a tandem hard kayak then moved into an Intex tandem inflatable. Now we have 2 single, inflatable Coleman kayaks.
One thing I do is inflate the kayaks the day before. That way when I get there I'm ready to get in the way & I have more energy.
We love how complete and informative your vids are.
Lou & Angie 💚❤
Eat Sleep RV Repeat Great idea guys! 😃
I love this video you two and the outtakes are fantastic as always! Lol :) You two are my favorite CZcamsrs.
Bob and weave! Miss the deer! Nailed the sound track once again! PS:you guys rock!!!
We go to Mesa Verde this year. We are so excited to see the cwiff dwellings. Damn it, it's even hard to type! Really enjoy your vids.
From SURPRISE, AZ - Gotta love them ladders! “Cwiff dwellings!” ;-)
This video was sooooo amazing! Such beauty. I just add this to my list! Thank you for showing us
I'm glad you said it looks fake because all of this seems extremely fake to me. You can't say, "Cliff dwellings"? Tell me you were joking. Maybe it was easier to be cliff dwellers, than to say Cliff dwellers. It's like the whole thing is been Elon muskified. "It musk be real because it looks so fake." When you said the ladders were original, I ask myself, where did they get the steel wood lags to put them together in the first place? What are they supposed to have eaten to have stayed alive? Maybe they had Amazon deliver protein bars.
In retrospect do you think it was actually the national park service that carved all this at the same time they wood-lagged the ladders? You can be honest about it. It'll actually help your channel's performance, if they don't shut you down for telling the truth.
very nice video good job
Another fabulous, informative video! Thanks for all your hard work. PS: Love Daisy's new friend, Peanut. 😚
Daisy needs to take modeling lessons from Peanut! 😊
@@ChangingLanes 😆 My Cocoa does too!
So Many ladders!!
Really enjoying the travel and ride video recaps. Shows you don't always need an RV to get out and see the US.
This is one that we haven't visited yet. We loved Zion the few times we have been there. We just got back Southern Arizona parks. Loved that too.
We enjoy watching your videos SO much. Usually, we watch on the TV. I (Kay) will try to get on here and comment too. Sounds like an amazing RV Park! Always fun to meet viewers on the road! Great day for a ride! We would love to go ride in Colorado. I guess we won't plan May/June for that. ;-)
Thanks for the info about Mesa Verde NP. Such and interesting place!
I love Mesa Verde! Glad you guys were able to get the bike out while you were there! We did camp there and really liked it but our rig was only 28’ at the time and yes it was tight. It was a really neat place though. Nice job on the vid! It was like I was back there again!
Your videos are such an inspiration. I can’t wait to sell my farm and get on the road 😊
We did a 6 week trip out west in September-October 2017 and visited many of the places you're covering in your videos. Mesa Verde was one of the highlights for us and we were completely blown away by how awesome it is there. We only had one day there and also did the Balcony House tour, but we'll definitely be going back and will do the other tours. Cliff Palace looks unbelievable and I enjoyed seeing the footage you captured. I recently discovered your channel and love your content. My hubby is retiring in two years and we're also planning to go RVing full time. Your channel has been very helpful as we prepare for that adventure. Cheers!
I was in the same area about 43 years ago. Except having to pay to get into the park and following a tour. We parked the bug in a parking lot and followed the path. Not many people around us. Checked out the cliff dwellings. Went into them and realized that the insides had not a lot of head room.
Thanks you brought back a lot of memories. Mostly good.
They were definitely shorter people that lived in the dwellings! 😜 I bet the parks were a lot less crowded 43 years ago. Many of the National Parks are just too crowded these days!
Great video but it doesn't do justice to being there. Thanks for sharing the journey. OMG! The two cutest puppies ever - Daisy and Peanut. Made my day a happy one. 😊
Love you guys
People from Florida: It’s 53 and really cold. Brrrrrrrr.
People from Washington: 53! It’s like a heat wave and put the top down on the convertible!
Very true! LOL
People from Minnesota: 53!! Is it August???
I laugh in minnesotan..
Cold for Texas, too. :)
Drive North haha yup. We would get our sun screen out when I was in Minnesota. Now in Texas it is winter weather.
I was sooo impressed with Mesa Verde (saw it in the 90's). It has changed a lot, though. You guys are sooo following my trails. Nearly all of them.
Tara you are kicking butt with the editing! Another great video
..I’m jealous I would love for hubby and I to meet up with you guys sometime! :) anxious for next weeks video too!
Thanks Missy!! We will have to figure out a way to meet up 😃
Great video. Outstanding job. We visited Mesa Verde but did not do any tours. Next time. Thanks for sharing. We watch all your work. Very impressive.
Amazing place definitely on our list! We were near the area in the beginning of 2019 but didn't make it there!
I enjoyed your tour my by watching your video
Amazing how you held up for this tour Tara, awesome you and Chad share with us.
It was extremely challenging for me and I was in bed for a couple of days after, but it was worth it! 😃
Colorado in May and we had a very wet cool spring in 2019. 👍
Love y’all’s CZcams channel guys ❤️😎🌎🎥 y’all find the best places to camp 🚌😊 I hope to hit the road this year. Fixing up the house to sell and replacing RV soon to allow my adult kids to join me occasionally. Looking forward to exploring n hiking the west. 👍🌎😊 thanks for sharing and safe travels
Good vid ya'll.
Wow, those tours are something else. Based on your videos I’m guessing someone that is claustrophobic or afraid of heights may not enjoy these tours. That’s for positing.
Anasazi Indians. Loved your video. We love Mesa Verde. And million dollar highway. You need to go back for that.
Amazing place guys. I'm not gonna touch the cutest dog thing cuz' there ain't no winnin' that one. Keep the good stuff coming.
Love you guys! Your editing skills are amazing!
We've been to Mesa Verde 4 times over the years. The last trip was a coupe of years ago, and I finally was able to see the reason for the name (Mesa Verde), due to the large amount of rain that CO had that year. It was a Green Table, indeed. We also saw wild horses running near Wetherill Mesa. There are a large number of self-guided tours/walks that you can make on the top of the Mesa. Pit houses (precursor to cliff dwellings), signal towers, villages of the Anasazi people. There is a cultural center in Cortez that puts on shows and dancing demonstrations, and a Cultural Museum closer to Delores. There are a couple of amazing Trading posts that have a huge selection of authentic Native American jewelry. Tara, I have been snowed on in every month in Colorado - just so you know, it is the nature of the state.
Happy New Year and welcome to the new decade. I have been on the road so haven’t been able to keep up with you guys. You would be proud of me - we just went to Minnesota from Texas by way of North Carolina. Haha. Straight lines are boring. We must explore many places while we can!! Thanks for another great video.
Being a steam locomotive affectionado, I setup the RV in the Durango area and Mesa Verde was a side trip we took one day. We did ride the train to Silverton. I got to know the engineer and the fireman on the the locomotive that pulled our train and then got to take a tour of the shops. I then got to know the steam fitters and when they saw that I knew a lot about it, I got to crawl in the boiler of one that was getting new tubes and then the smoke box. The million dollar drive to Ouray and then to Silverton is fantastic. It would be even better on your motorcycle!! Dearly loved that trip!!!
W Carl Hepker Sounds like a great trip 😊
Great video, this is definitely a place to visit, People from Ontario CA, it's warm at -7 Thanks