The Four Corners area is replete with cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Pueblo people. Canyon of the Ancients National Monument sits a short drive west of Cortez, Colorado. You can easily visits Mesa Verde National Park and Canyon of the Ancients in the same day. While this is a national monument, it is managed by the…
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Four Corners Monument
Another stop on our road trip was Four Corners. We stayed in Cortez, Colorado, and headed out early to beat the crowds at the monument. It was about an hour drive from our hotel. Address and location You access the Four Corners Monument from 4 Corners Monument Road via US 160. The monument sits on…
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Mesa Verde National Park
The first stop on our Veterans’ Day road trip was Mesa Verde National Park. Mesa Verde National Park served as the home of the Ancestral Pueblo (also known as Anasazi) tribes for several hundred years. They built their communities in cliff dwellings under and into the natural rock formations of the Four Corners area. Address…
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Country Music Hall of Fame
Another must-see on our Nashville trip was the Country Music Hall of Fame. I’m a country music fan, so I wanted to check it out. It’s definitely a must-see for any country music fan. We squeezed in a trip after our trolley tour on our last day in Nashville. Honestly, I was so engrossed in…
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The year of exhaustion
2016 was a crazy year. I planned to kick off 2017 with a peppy post about our chaotic-as-always holidays, but then my grandfather died. We came home on a Sunday, and I was back on a plane to Pennsylvania on Friday, delayed by a blizzard that thankfully didn’t materialize on our side of the Front…
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I have a problem
Guys, I have a confession. I love books. That should come as no surprise to those of you who’ve seen the many book reviews posted here. Belle is my favorite Disney princess because she loved to read, and having a library to rival that of the Beast’s library is a major life goal (though the Maesters’…