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Powder Mountain, Utah
Earlier this year in March, my family and I went on a ski vacation to Powder Mountain in Utah. Powder Mountain is a ski resort located about an hour drive north of Salt Lake City, UT. We all flew in to Salt Lake City then rented cars to drive to Eden. Powder Mountain does not have its own little town or resort surrounding it like most ski mountains have. With very few exceptions, most people stay further down the mountain in the little town of Eden and drive up to the ski area daily. This ski mountain is also different in another way, instead of immediately getting on the chair…
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Durango and Purgatory, Co
On our way to Durango we drove by Chimney Rock. Unfortunately we couldn’t get into see the National Monument, but we were still able to see it. That night we walked around downtown Durango. It has that small town feel, definitely one of my favorite places we have been to so far. Mesa Verde While we were in Durango we drove to Mesa Verde, about a 40 minute drive. The name Mesa Verde means green table in Spanish. Which makes sense since it is a high plateau, the top being covered in trees and shrubs. Mesa Verde is most famous for its cliff dwellings. While these cliff dwellings were inhabited…