February 17 - 20 February 21 February 22 February 23 February 24 February 25 February 26 February 27 February 28 March 1 March 2 March 3 March 4 March 5 - 7 March 8 - 11	Thursday March 2, 2006 We packed up and headed farther east. We stopped for a few minutes at Four Corners and played tourist, snapping some photos standing in all four states before continuing our journey. The three photos above were taken at the Four Corners Monument. The photo on the left shows an overview of the central display with the flags of the four states and a medallion in the middle, where they meet. The center photo shows Carl standing on the medallion, so he's standing in all four states. He's pointing towards Colorado! The right photo shows the central medallion. Lunch was in Cortez, CO, then we continued on to Mesa Verde. They were on winter status, which shuts down two of the three driving loops in the park. We arrived just in time to take the ranger guided tour into Spruce Tree House, one of the better preserved cliff dwellings available. The three photos above were taken during our guided tour of Spruce Tree House. The one on the left shows an excavated kiva. The center photo shows the ladder into a restored kiva. The photo on the right shows some of the walls still standing in this cliff dwelling. The photo on the left above shows the width of Spruce Tree House and some of the other tourists on our tour. The photo on the right shows Spruce Tree House from the Visitor's Center at the top of the canyon, across from the ruin. From there, we drove the one loop that was open, stopping at every overlook. Cliff Palace is one of the many dwellings visible from this loop and it is still very impressive. The photo on the left above shows Square Tower HOuse, one of the cliff dwellings visible from one of the overlooks on the loop drive. The photo on the right shows Cliff Palace from Sun Point, another overlook on the loop drive. We finally continued on to Durango for the night. Next...