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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To answer your question-

Mesa Verde or any of the other ancient puebloan sites
Horseback ride outside Durango
Arches/Canyonlands/Moab

There are lots of things that are much more interesting than the four corners monument[/quote]

I would drive the loop through Ouray, Silverton, Durango, etc. Assuming you are comfortable with mountain driving (steep drop offs, two lane roads, and no there are not guardrails the whole way).

There is also a narrow gauge railroad between Durango and Silverton that is a unique experience and goes where cars cannot.

Or arches/Moab is also great.

4 corners is very boring.[/quote]

We went to that part of Colorado many times when I was a kid, and I took my own kids there a few years ago (in the summer). That loop drive is beautiful, but check the weather first, wouldn't want to do it in a snowstorm. The narrow gauge railroad is fun, and I bet gorgeous with snow on the mountains. Silverton is cute, but Ouray's my favorite town of those.

I love Mesa Verde, but don't know how much of the cliff dwellings you can get to in the winter.

In defense of 4 corners, it was one of the most memorable places I went to as a nerdy kid. So I made sure we took our own kids there. My son who's very into maps (and is now a geologist) LOVED it and didn't want to leave. There were lots of Navajo there selling goods out of their cars, and my younger DD played with and got into a conversation with a Navajo girl her age, who told DD she lived in her car. This really upset DD and taught her a lesson about Native Americans that she remembers to this day. [/quote]

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