Mesa Verde and the Four Corners area with Lillian

I bought a new Harley Davidson FLHT in 1986 and put almost 40,000 miles on it in the next 15 months that I owned it. One of the trips I took was a two-lane road ride from my home in New York State to Phoenix, where I met my wife Lillian at the airport. From there we visited Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Painted Desert, Canyon de Chelly, Pueblo Cliff Dwellings in New Mexico, Mesa Verde National Park, and Silverton and Ouray in Colorado. We spent the longest time climbing around the ancient ruins at Mesa Verde. The following photos are from that trip.

Monument Valley, Utah

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona - South Rim

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Painted Desert, Arizona

Mesa Verde National Park, Arizona entrance

Climbing down into kiva

Kivas are underground ceremonial rooms

Durango to Silverton tourist railway along US 550

Red Mountain Pass - 11,017 ft

Silverton, Colorado - elevation 9,308 ft

Box Canyon Falls, Ouray, Colorado