The Beautiful Martinez Canyon

This is Chimney Rock, it's between Pagosa Springs and Durango, Colorado.

We went to Pagosa Springs, Colorado. I have officially decided, next to Texas, Colorado is the best state. The reason for the trip was for "the boys" to ride their motorcycles in the mountains. We had a very eventful first day... First we had a motorcycle incident (you will have to ask my dad for this story, I don't think I am allowed to give details... Just know that I am freakishly strong and can lift 1200 lbs!!!). Then my cousin Matt was rushed to the emergency room. Long story short after two trips to the emergency room, a trip to another hospital in a larger town, and a billion different diagnosis the doctors finally decided to send him off of the mountain and declared it altitude sickness.

The fun times on the trip were plentiful, I promise!!! I have no idea where the boys went most of the time. I believe, Chama, Taos, and Telluride were some of the stops along the way. I weaseled my way in to one of the rides. YAY!!! We went to Creede, Colorado. A very cute little town with alot of history, best known for being the largest silver mine in Colorado. The ride was beautiful. When we arrived in Creede, we found the Mining Museum. This was a cool (and by that I mean COLD) place, my uncle worked in a mine years ago and added to the musuem. We had a great ride. We got rained on the way back which was my first experience with pelting rain drops to the face at 50 MPH, I don't know how Seth survived because he was about 100, I am just kidding DoDo. But we made made it back to the cabin safe and sound and oddly enough dry.

Here are some pictures from our trip....


This was the Creede Underground Mining Museum and Community Center!!!


If you have ever been to South Fork, Colorado, you have seen this large and I think very random lumberjack named Biggin.


We also went to Mesa Verde on our trip. I have been to Colorado, a billion times and Pagosa Springs, a million times. (I was told, on this trip, I exaggerate!!!) But I have never been to Mesa Verde. If you have never been I would suggest you go, however if you get car sick, are afraid of heights, don't like the way someone drives up a mountain, you have been warned. I, myself, who has never been car sick a day in my life can now safely say that it is no bueno. After I got over that my mom and I joined the rest of the family and went exploring. Mesa Verde is amazing, the cliff dwellings are crazy nuts!!! We were able to go into one and I do not even have words to describe how cool they were. We saw many different types of cliff dwellings from afar, as well.

I have to say thank you to Seth, my cousin (who might be a mountain goat, he was so fast) for giving us the idea to go to Mesa Verde.

More pictures....

This is the one we explored.

Here I am in front of the cliff dwelling...it was four stories tall... one is below ground.


Another cliff dwelling...
If you look closely in the middle of the picture there is a cliff dwelling...

Here's my question how did they get in there?????


We had a great time... We missed the part of our family who had to leave early, it would have been a lot more fun with y'all there, but somehow we managed!!! I don't think there was one night we didn't play games (Speed Scrabble was the favorite, no matter what Seth and Uncle Dummie say). We laughed till our stomachs hurt and ate more then anyone should, but hey that made it a great vacation....

And for Seth I leave you with....

Whaaaaattt?!?!?!