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Random Photos of Santa Fe, Taos, Albuquerque, etc. I have thousands more from over the years if anyone is looking for a particular image. :-)

Roadtrippin' through western USA. Didn't plan ahead more than a few days. Had a lot of fun, especially in Vegas! Roundtrip Phoenix-Grand Canyon-Albuquerque-Denver-Yellowstone-Salt Lake-Bryce Canyon-Zion Canyon-Las Vegas-Sequoia NP-Pacific coast-Hollywood-Joshua Tree NP-Phoenix About 8.500 km (5.300 mi).

Martina and I kidknapped Irmgart's garden gnome, Karl, and road-tripped from Portland to Sky City, New Mexico. Started out on I-84 toward Idaho. Camped in Burley - Paul (sounds like a bad dragqueen name). Drove through Utah to camp in Moab. Visited Arches National Park, and Mesa Verde before pulling in to Sky City Casino Hotel. Visited the Pueblos, Sandia Peak, Santa Fe via the Turqouise Trail. Then back toward home via Flagstaff, Las Vegas, Death Valley, the San Joaquin, & the Siskiyous.

As mentioned, we went to Mesa Verde today, and surprisingly, some sites were open for the public to see. The admission was only $10 per vehicle, so that was a cheap day.We drove down the road which took us to the sites.Again, it's amazing that people lived like that until 1200 ad and then mysteriously left.We were able to walk down to Spruce House, which were houses built out of rocks, underneath a dwelling.Very interesting.We've continued the road and ended up at  few other sites, whic...