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Day 46 - Bluff, UT to Durango, CO

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Day 46 - Today's plan is to drive 200 miles in 5.5 hours. Julie is excited because we are going to visit one of her dream destinations, Mesa Verde. (Click on any photo to enlarge) Bluff, Utah is a very small town. Tripadvisor recommended nearby Twin Rocks CafĂ© as a restaurant, but I do not recall another choice. It's okay because the food was delicious! I ordered the Navajo Blue Corn Pancakes and Julie had the homemade granola. From here we headed to Four Corner Monument/Navajo Nation Park  on US 162 E following the Montezuma Creek for about an hour. There was a short line to take photos, the person behind us took ours and we took theirs. There were several Navajo vendors there, we bought t-shirts to remember this stop. It was another 1 hour drive from here to Mesa Verde National Park . Because I am a veteran and had the free America the Beautiful Military Pass  we were able to enter this park for free. We started at the visitors center, then took the...