{"id":336,"date":"2012-08-02T01:49:47","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T05:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/?p=336"},"modified":"2013-08-10T11:31:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-10T15:31:39","slug":"day-20-mesa-verde-and-ouray-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amyyaodesign.com\/?p=336","title":{"rendered":"Day 20: Mesa Verde and Ouray, Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1629.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1629\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1629.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hello, Mesa Verde! We visited Spruce Tree House, one of the Puebloan ruins built under a cliff overhang in Mesa Verde National Park. Evidently it takes a few days to properly tour the park, but we only had a few hours, so we set out for Denver.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1633.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1633\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1633.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1671.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-331 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1671\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1671.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We went down a ladder into one of their underground rooms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1664.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1664\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1664.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1632.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1632\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1632.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1673.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-337 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1673\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1673.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Driving through the Rockies provided some spectacular views.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1681.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-338 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1681\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1681.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nighttime speed limits&#8211;I love how the sign is on a black background.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1715.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-339 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1715\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1715.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1742.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-340 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1742\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1742.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scary cliffs without guard rails.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1763.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-341 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1763\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1763.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Along the way, we passed by a small scenic point that overlooks Ouray, Colorado, known as the \u201cSwitzerland of America.\u201d Ouray boasts a number of hot springs pools\u2014without the smell of sulfur, thank goodness\u2014but when we finally reached one, it was cold and windy, and the water didn\u2019t feel much different from hot tub temperature. The water is piped down from local hot springs, cooling along the way to about 104 degrees, and contains an array of \u201chealing minerals,\u201d according to the pamphlet.<\/p>\n<p>We explored the town for a while, picking up an array of truffles at Moose Chocolate, and then drove through the Rocky Mountains (reaching an elevation of 10,000 feet a few times) until we reached Denver at 1am.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1785.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-342 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1785\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1785.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wow at those clouds. Just wow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1822.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-343 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1822\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1822.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also noticed a series of road names: D 1\/4 Road, D 1\/2 Road, and so on. I guess they ran out of name ideas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1837.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-344 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_1837\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.amyyaodesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1837.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, Mesa Verde! We visited Spruce Tree House, one of the Puebloan ruins built under a cliff overhang in Mesa Verde National Park. Evidently it takes a few days to properly tour the park, but we only had a few hours, so we set out for Denver. We went down a ladder into one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-road-trip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyyaodesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyyaodesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyyaodesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyyaodesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyyaodesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/amyyaodesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2619,"href":"http:\/\/amyyaodesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions\/2619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyyaodesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyyaodesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyyaodesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyyaodesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}