We visited Mesa Verde National Park several times while staying basically across the road.

The first time was a quick scouting trip on the afternoon of our arrival at the Ancient Cedars RV park.

The entrance sign:

It started raining, resulting in a fuzzy picture of the tunnel:

We stopped at the Far View Lounge for dinner; the view wasn’t all that far, due to a dust storm:

Pretty basic food:

On the way back down the hill, it started to snow!