Today was fairly uneventful. Emerson even had a PJ day. We had a lazy morning and then covered 250 miles leaving NM for Mancos, Colorado. New Mexico’s landscapes were varied and vast and all beautiful. Besides White Sands, we drove through at least 4 national forests, up and down mountains, across reservations, and past our first rocky outcrops giving us a glimpse of what’s to come. It’s funny how you notice new landscapes as they change, you marvel, make the kids look out the window to check out the new scenery, and then it becomes part of the background again.

After some crazy elevation changes (and we drove across the Continental Divide, which we always think is cool!) we arrived at Mesa Verde RV Resort, a very nice campground for the next 2 nights. And like the changing scenery I noticed something new… pants! People wearing pants. I haven’t seen pants in weeks. At this higher elevation (7028′) the nights and mornings are actually cool and Mat even put on a sweatshirt! It was so refreshing.

We were able to finish The Hunger Games book today so we curled up to watch the movie tonight. Eventually, the thunderstorm rained out the movie since the thunder and rain on top of the RV was louder than the movie inside.

Thursday, July 29th, 2021