We spent a night in Santa Fe, New Mexico at a little RV park right off Route 66. We went into town for dinner, and after being told by several people about the green chili burgers in New Mexico, that’s what we were on the hunt for. We enjoyed burgers and beers and walked around the city. Santa Fe is a small city with lots of character in all their Pueblo style homes and buildings, there’s also many art galleries, beautiful jewelry, and other handmade crafts in the downtown stores. The bar scene that night was hoping and the town was bustling. We enjoyed our night in the big town before setting off for more rural scenery.

After leaving Santa Fe we headed to Aztec, New Mexico, a little over 3 hours Northwest. Aztec is a great spot to bounce around the Four Corners region, we were about 45 minutes from Durango, Colorado, 45 minutes to the Arizona boarder and just over an hour from Utah. While we were in Aztec we bounced around all four states, visiting Mesa Verde National Park, Aztec National Monument, and driving around BLM land in Utah. We also celebrated Paul’s birthday while we were there which was great, we spent the day exploring the cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde.

After spending a few days in Aztec we stored our camper at a local storage lot and went into the mountains of Colorado to do some backpacking. We did a beautiful 4 day hike up to an alpine lake. I may have cried after having to climb over the 100th downed tree on switchback trails at over 10,000 feet, but we pushed on and it was totally worth it. before picking up the camper we regrouped after the hike with burgers, beers, and hot showers in a cheap hotel room.