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08-04-2017, 07:50 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Deep in the heart of Texas
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First trip...Austin to Mesa Verde
Total newbies and first trip. On the last day now. Having a TT is awesome! 7 days in the riad with no problems. Towing a 26BH with an Armada getting about 12mph.....not bad. Wants to run abiut 65mph so i let it...not hitting above 70. Love just rolling and calling a couple hours ahead where ever we felt like stopping. On my phone so keeping it short. Will post up some pics and stories when we get home. Got a few crazy ones.
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08-06-2017, 01:44 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Deep in the heart of Texas
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So, found pottery pieces at the perimeter of a site in Mesa Verde. Was a nice surprise  for sure.
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08-06-2017, 01:45 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Deep in the heart of Texas
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Went rafting in Durango....ended up in a full on down pour with hail and lightening. Loved every minute of it!
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08-06-2017, 01:47 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Deep in the heart of Texas
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On the way home we hit Route 66 and stopped in Santa Rosa. Got some nice pics of vintage Americana at its best.
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08-06-2017, 01:50 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Deep in the heart of Texas
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Dwellings at Mesa Verde were awesome as well.
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08-06-2017, 01:59 AM
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Junior Member
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Location: Deep in the heart of Texas
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Strangest thing that happened this trip was we met a great couple in the spot next to us at Mesa Verde. Two days later on the road in Texas we witnessed a truck ram a TT in front of us...truck went off the road and crashed....TT slowed and stopped. I stopped to help. It was the couple from Mesa Verde that got hit! They were OK and their rig had minimal damage. What are the odds of that!
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08-06-2017, 02:28 AM
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Glad you had a great trip. Mesa Verde is beautiful. I spent a summer in college working as a wrangler on a dude ranch in Mancos about 15 min from mesa Verde. Used to camp with the horses under the stars at transfer corrals. Your picture of the cliff dwellings brings back so many wonderful memories for me. Thank you for sharing.
Here is a pic from the transfer corrals.
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08-06-2017, 11:15 AM
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Always Learning
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Very nice pics. The Route 66 photos look awesome! I'll definitely pencil that in for our next cross country trip.
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08-06-2017, 12:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Full timer,,,at Lake Georgetown in central Texas for the winter.
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We've been there three times and loved it each time,,,learning more each time. We workamped near Telluride for the summer of 2014 and loved the area. Ya gotta go to 4 corners and lay down in all 4 states at the same time while you're in the area.
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08-06-2017, 01:00 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
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Artifacts
Quote:
Originally Posted by KnuckleBones
So, found pottery pieces at the perimeter of a site in Mesa Verde. Was a nice surprise for sure. |
I hope you left it there.
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08-06-2017, 01:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: L\Anywhere and everywhere
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There are some very, very tough laws about taking pot chards! Major fines and even jail time.
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08-06-2017, 02:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
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Taking those artifacts will get you arrested in a New York minute!
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08-06-2017, 02:34 PM
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Location: Southern NM
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If the shards were inside the Mesa Verde park area and you kept them, then yep, very illegal. If they see your post and picture, good luck!!
But not all indian relic collection is illegal in the southwest, depending on who owns the land. Last time I looked it is only illegal on private land if it is associated with a grave (human remains). But I'm sure every state/city has different rules on the subject.
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08-06-2017, 02:47 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
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Regardless leave them for others to enjoy
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08-06-2017, 03:04 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KnuckleBones
So, found pottery pieces at the perimeter of a site in Mesa Verde. Was a nice surprise for sure. |
Very tough laws about collecting stuff like this in Mesa Verde! Better delete your Forest River account 
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08-06-2017, 03:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stevejfy
I hope you left it there.
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Archeological resources are valuable only if left in place.
At times, park visitors may find a piece of pottery, an arrowhead, a corncob, or bit of twine. These articles are important clues for archeologists about the daily lives of the Ancestral Puebloans. You are encouraged to look at these items, but do not pick them up! Leave them in place and report them to a park ranger as soon as possible, so that we can all share the value of your discovery.
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08-06-2017, 03:12 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Where the stars at night are big and bright
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NMWildcat
If the shards were inside the Mesa Verde park area and you kept them, then yep, very illegal. If they see your post and picture, good luck!!
But not all indian relic collection is illegal in the southwest, depending on who owns the land. Last time I looked it is only illegal on private land if it is associated with a grave (human remains). But I'm sure every state/city has different rules on the subject.
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It is illegal on all State and Federal Land. If collected on private land, you must a letter in your possession stating that a) you had permission to be on the land, b) you had the owner's permission to collect on the land, and c) you have his permission to keep the artifact in your possession. That is definitely a get-out-of-jail free card. I used to find pottery and shards along with the rare stone axe while doing geological field mapping in New Mexico. I would mark the location on my field map and report it the next day to the local BLM or Forest Service archeologist. Most of the time they had only a slight passing interest.
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08-06-2017, 07:31 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Deep in the heart of Texas
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We left them.
Edit: I'll ring up the NPS and let them know the area. Thanks for the heads up on how that works. They were literally every where around the edge of the site right on the trail.
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