Because there were so many great questions, our tour ran a little long. We were supposed to be finished at 4 & walked out at 4:30. We really wanted to get to the museum & to Spruce House, which both closed at 5. The museum turned out to be pretty small, so we made it…

Mom went up first & Dad was bringing up the rear. You can see the drop off below. The railing is weight bearing, but we decided to stay away from the drop-off side. Dad is coming up the final ladder. This ladder felt scarier because the bottom platform was very small. We weren’t sure where…

The view from Balcony House After crawling through a 12 foot tunnel, we had to scale a 60 foot rock, which included 2-10 foot ladders. This is the view from the bottom of the first ladder. 

Turns out it’s tarantula season in Mesa Verde!

The second room did not have a wall & of course Dad had to go check it out. I eventually walked over to stand next to Dad & we had to walk around a little outcrop that took us right by the ledge. 

After walking along a path with no railing & steep drop off, we came to this 32 foot ladder we had to climb up. We went up two-by-two. Mom & Wyatt, Caden & Dad. This was the first room at the top. There was a wall & a group with some great questions & an…

Once we got our muddy tent packed up, we hit the road headed for Mesa Verde. We were luck & got to the park just in time to get a ticket for the 3pm tour of Balcony House. We got there at two & had an hour drive from park entrance. We made it in…

It was a crazy thunderstorm on Sunday night in Arches. We woke up many times in the middle of the night from loud thunder that shook the ground around us. We could hear water running all around us & tried to calm down to go back to sleep. Finally, after a second round, the storms…

Dad, Caden & Josh decided to head back. Mom, Wyatt J & I decided to continue exploring. We came across a trail while we were venturing & decided to follow it. It took us to Broken Arch & Tapestry Arch. We added another 1.5 miles onto our total tally for the day. We were spent…

We found this awesome rock to climb up & had fun playing with our shadows on the way down. Dad, Josh & Wyatt J. joined us for a bit.