Day 5:
Hmm. Day 5 it's been a while and a TON has happened between then and now. However, some very memorable things happened on day 5. Of note, we drove like 8 hours or so from Loveland, CO to Cortez, CO which was where our campsite was, near mesa verde. So, on the way was one of the interesting moments. On the way down a mountain somewhere in Colorado we see this stop on the side of the highway and we're like sure why not. It's this tourist thing called "Treasure Falls" and it's a huge waterfall! You can see it from the stop by the road in the distance but you can hike up and get really close. Of course, I look at Kyle and say "Hey Kyle, you wanna climb a mountain?" and of course, Kyle is like "sure, let me go get my shoes on." So the path says "Trail Closed." Kyle and I decide we're going to go find out why. We end up going all the way up the closed path, it was closed because it wasn't well maintained and slightly dangerous. Then we continued on up the mountain, after the path ended, it was completely exhausting and probably pretty dangerous, it was almost straight vertical at points and we had to grab onto rocks to make our way up. Eventually we reached the top of the mountain and it was one of the most breathtaking views ever, the road we had just been driving on was tiny and the cars were like dots and right across from us was a big snow-topped mountain. Anyway the second interesting thing we did was try to cook, we tried to do mac and cheese over an open fire at the camp site that we made it to. I'm just going to say it didn't end well and leave it at that, we ended up eating Wendy's. Epic Fail. We went to bed and onto day 6.
Day 6:
Mesa Verde. Heard of it? I hadn't. In fact, we had looked for the nearest place to camp to the four corners (four states at once) and it was the KOA that we chose. So then Kyle's mom says you guys need to go to mesa verde! and I'm like hey thats right like 10 minutes away from where we reserved a campsite. God obviously wanted me to see this. I still don't really know why God wanted me to see it but it was pretty fantastic. They were ancient indian ruins! They were built and inhabited around 1200 A.D. and they were complete villages carved into the sides of the mountains. Pictures are about all I can do to describe this one. Then in the same day we drove to the grand canyon. That night was kinda insane. Grand Canyon National Park is HUGE, and it was dark and we got lost in there trying to find the campsite. Then we were low on gas and had to leave the park to get gas and get our bearings then go back in and try again. While we were outside the park we realized we hadn't eaten yet. Food and Gas were way jacked up prices because there was nothing else within 50 miles. We payed 3.60 a gallon for gas, and I payed almost 9 dollars for a double quarter pounder combo at mcdonalds. Then we go in, and finally find out campsite. But it wasn't ours. Well, it was, but someone else had taken it. It was late and everything was closed and we tried to call the park but no luck, and we were exhausted so we set up camp in the woods between two campsites and went to sleep. (this is one of those moments when you're reading a good book and the chapter ends and you have to start the next chapter because they left you a cliffhanger)
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