Our final stop on our road trip was Great Sand Dunes National Park. Great Sand Dunes National Park sits a short drive of I-25 near the town of Mosca. It’s not close to really anything, so we decided to incorporate a stop in on our road trip route. The dunes are the largest in North…
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Aztec Ruins National Monument
After Four Corners, we hopped on US 160 and looped back up into Colorado. On our way, we stopped at the Aztec Ruins National Monument near Farmington, New Mexico, another Ancestral Pueblo community. This site is quite small, and you can walk around the whole structure and property. At the center is a large, circular…
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Canyon of the Ancients National Monument
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…