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KOA Buena Vista Campground, Buena Vista, Colorado. Tachometer – 2680 miles

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Shabbat Shalom.
We spent some time in the campground playground this morning before heading off to the next national park. If you have never heard of it, that’s ok, neither did we until we saw that it is conveniently located on our way to the Rockies. The Gunnison is a river that flows east west here in Colorado and there is a 40 mile section that runs through a very deep gorge. At the “Black Canyon” part, for a few miles, the distance between the canyon walls is less than a mile, but the height is between 500-700 meters, which means that the river hardly gets to see any sunlight. Hence black. (more…)

KOA Ouray Campground, Ouray, Colorado. Tachometer – 2480 miles

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We woke up to a clear and bright morning and the sun started melting away the little snow that had accumulated on our RV. We headed back to Mesa Verde for a second attempt and today was much more successful. We booked a ranger led tour of “Cliff Palace” which is one of the dwellings from ~1280. To get there we had to walk down some steep stairs and climb up a 3 meter ladder. Paola had Shir in a backpack carrier and I took Orr on my hands. Ron was totally independent. The tour was very short in distance, only 500 meters, but with the ranger explaining things it took one hour. The kids got restless very quickly and we had to keep them busy and quiet for the sake of the rest of the group. (more…)