April is here!  The final month of our expedition.

We spent three nights in Cortez, CO.  There is a funky brew pub there where we had Saturday night dinner.  We traveled to Durango Sunday morning so Andrea could attend Easter service, then we toured the town.  Pretty busy even on Easter Sunday, lots of shops for tourists.  John Wayne is alive and well here as well as in Monument Valley.

On Monday, we toured Mesa Verde National Park.  Today’s photo is of a cliff dwelling, about 150 feet above to valley floor, dating from about 1250AD.  Tuesday was a long travel day.   We were headed to Alamosa, CO, with another stop in Durango for a noontime Bach harpsicord concert at a small church.  Then the long climb over Wolf Creek Pass in the San Juan Mountains – the Continental Divide – 10,865ft.  We followd the Rio Grande all the way down.

We arrived at Alamosa late in the day to nice weather, but strong winds.  Dust and wind have plagued us for the past month here in the southwest.  Alamosa was suffering through a plague of its own: somehow the municipal water system was polluted with Salmonella.  Hundreds of people were sickened.  Luckily our campground had its own well!

Chow for now!