Freeper Canteen, Touring with trussell, Thursday December 8, 2005

trussell

[trussell]

 

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! Tour guide trussell We are going to visit the National Park known as Mesa Verde, located in the southwest corner of Colorado. I will be your tour guide. We will be taking this in sections. Today we will talk about the drive into the park. See that flat topped mountain just ahead? That is Mesa Verde. Just to the right, is the mountain known as the "Sleeping Ute" It looks like an Indian, laying down...resting. With a headdress on. His arms and his toes are sleeping volcanoes. Let's drive a little closer now! Mesa Verde was named by some traveling Spaniards. Mesa Verde is a Spanish phrase meaning "Green Table". This picture is actually a 3D picture...if you have the 3D glasses, check it out! Read about Mesa Verde Here: Mesa Verde National Park     This is "Point lookout". This is what it looks like in the winter. Pretty, don't ya think? We'll start from the road shown here... We are going to the circular roads shown here. Those are 6 mile loops. The one on the right has the largest ever discovered and excavated cliff dwelling in Northern America...it's called Cliff Palace. We'll look closely at that one later. The loop on the left is the Mesa top loop road. It has many Mesa top dwellings, like pit houses and pueblos. This is another 3D picture. It is 14 miles from here to the visitor's center, and 19 miles from here to the museum. The road is kinda windey, and the speed limit ranges from 25 to 45 the whole way! This is one of my favorite views from up here...But be careful...don't get too close to the edge, it's a long way down! The canyons are beautiful...those cliffs in front of you may have a cliff dwelling hiding somewhere. ****

[trussell]

Good evening Tonkin...thank you!

[trussell]

Thank you Diva! This is fun!

[Bahbah]

LOL. I had to type that with a cat on my lap and the keyboard on top of the monitor, hence the "x" at the beginning.

[trussell]

Thank you Colonel. I look forward to putting my next one together!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Well it is good to hear from you tonight. *cool* make sure you stop by and say hello again. Make some noise for the troops!!! :]*good to see you*

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Evening Trussell.

Awesome thread.

{{{HUGS}}}

Thanks for hosting it.:)

[Diva Betsy Ross]

:] Cool.

[Soaring Feather]

Good evening, Mr. Tonkin, lovely snow globe for the Canteen. Thank you, Military Men.

[trussell]

I will be doing the Thursday thread every 5th or 6th week, so you will have to be patient! :)

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Evening Bahbah.

Great to see ya here.:)

[Bahbah]

Good evening, Colonel. I'm watching out the window hoping for snow. (I guess that puts me in the minority, but I'm still a child at heart.)

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Oh I thought it was a kiss... ;] hehe.. I am so bad with the typos- I am either running to or from the keyboard so I always lose my place. I know just what you mean!

[trussell]

Thank you indcons.
Thank you for coming to the canteen to honor the troops!

[StarCMC]

AWESOME job T!! *HUGS!*

[trussell]

Beautiful Tonkin! Thank you to the men in the Military and the Canteen

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.

Same here,but so far no flakes yet.~sigh~

[trussell]

Hi Gucho! Welcome!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Welcome to the Canteen! Thanks for stopping by to say hi to the troops. Merry Christmas Indcons!

[Bahbah]

Oh I thought it was a kiss

LOL. Gotta save that for the Canteen fellas.

[StarCMC]

You hush!!

LOL!!!

Actually, if it's gonna be this freaking cold I guess a LITTLE snow will be ok. When is it supposed to start?