OK, so you might be wondering why we went from Utah to Colorado, well it's kind of simple. Moab, Utah was closer to Mesa Verde than Grand Junction Colorado. We went to Mesa Verde National Park on Saturday afternoon and spent the night at the campground inside the park. Here is a bit of history from the national park website!
"Mesa Verde, Spanish for green table, offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. Today, the park protects over 4,000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States."
These cliff dwellings are amazing, they are built into the cliff faces and are pueblo houses. We got to go on a Ranger-led tour to go through the ruins of two of the houses. Here are some of the pictures we took!
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| A Keiva, used by the Pueblo as a religious site and a home in the winter. |
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| Looking at the Balcony house, 700 feet above the canyon floor. |
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| Cliff Palace, the largest dwelling in the park! |
Wow! you world travelers you! the places y'all see are amazing!!
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Yes, we love the seeing sights that we have heard about our whole lives!!
ReplyDeleteThis place is so interesting So glad you drove there. It was a long drive into the park. Right? I remeber it took forever. Or maybe I was just excited.
ReplyDeleteWow. I love the Cliff Palace picture. It reminds me of a school project from 3rd grade. My "dwelling" was made from shoeboxes. It didn't look the same but I now see that you would have gotten the general idea.
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