After a week of unscheduled happenings, we got back on our trip plans with a two day stop at Colorado National Monument. Pulled into Saddle Horn Campground at the top of the mesa. First we needed to climb 2,000 feet from the valley as the road wound up and went through two tunnels where we needed to drive down the center line to keep from knocking off our roof air conditioners...but fortunately little traffic. We had reservations at Saddle Horn campground, but our chosen site was really unlevel. We were able to swap with another open site, but a warning that this campground has a wonderful location on the top of the mesa, but few sites are level.
We then walked over to the visitor center, watched the video about how the CCC built the 11 mile "top of the mesa" road and most of the support buildings.....mostly with hand labor, and also listened to a Ranger talk on the geology of this region. We learned that some of the exposed rock is some of the oldest in the world.
Driving along the road, we stopped to look down at the valley far below, and all of the
unusual rock formations. We also did a couple of short hikes back into the rocks.
unusual rock formations. We also did a couple of short hikes back into the rocks.
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