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Road Trip Day 6 – Telluride, CO to Albuquerque, NM – 398 miles

As we inch our way closer to Texas we realize we are running out of National Parks to visit and the closer for me to see my home in over 75 days, wow that is a long time for me.

Spruce Tree House Cliff Dwellings; the most well preserved dwellings

We were surprised how close they would let you get to sites that were built from 600 – 1300 AD

Cliff Palace Dwellings; the largest of the dwellings

We took a tour of the Balcony House Dwellings, which required the most adventure to get around

Tight Squeeze

Ranger Tim informing us how the Puebloans would party down in their Kivas

Had to do a 12ft crawl to get out the front door

I am thinking the chains were a 19th century upgrade

Visited Arizona for about 10 miles

When you’re thinking of visiting the Four Corners National Monument you figure it’s just some plaque out in the middle of nowhere, not a tourist attraction on Navajo Land

Into the land of enchantment

Great sunset, but sadly at the cost of the largest recorded fire in New Mexico history

After staying in a tent the last 3 out of 6 nights we took it up a BIG notch by staying in the 4 star Hotel Parq Central in New Mexico – http://hotelparqcentral.com

No need to leave the hotel to find a relaxing time

The hotel was originally opened in 1926 as a hospital, which eventually shutdown in the mid 90’s as a children’s mental ward, and then reopened October 2010 as the hotel.  We were hoping to see some ghosts but these kids had nothing compared to camping in the outdoors

View of Albuquerque from the hotel’s roof top bar

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