Mesa Verde National Park quick visit

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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:

Entrance sign
Mesa

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

Tunnel and rain
Tunnel

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

Far View Lounge

Pretty basic food:

Food

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

Snow
Snow