{"id":184,"date":"2007-05-10T08:42:02","date_gmt":"2007-05-10T12:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/archives\/184"},"modified":"2023-05-17T17:41:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T21:41:20","slug":"arches-national-park-four-corners-mesa-verde-days-7-and-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/arches-national-park-four-corners-mesa-verde-days-7-and-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Arches National Park, Four Corners, Mesa Verde (days&#160;7 and&#160;8)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/images\/Arches-7.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Arches-7s.JPG\" alt=\"Arches National Park\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\"><\/a>The next morning, it took us a long time to drive up to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/arch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arches National Park<\/a>, due to sleet and road construction, but then it cleared up for a couple of hours. We hiked to one arch, but on our way to another, it started raining and got very cold, so we headed back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/images\/Mesa Verde.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Mesa Verdes.JPG\" alt=\"Mesa Verde - Cliff Palace\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\"><\/a>Our next stop was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kellyplace.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelly Place<\/a>, a bed + breakfast and retreat center near Cortez, Colorado, where we enjoyed chatting with a hiking club from California. 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