Today we went to Mesa Verde National Park, which is ruins of the Anasazi tribe that built their homes right in the sides of the cliffs. We took a tour of one of the houses and it was a really fun tour. You have to start by going down this incredibly steep ladder and then up a face of the cliff (with the help of a wire railing.) You also had to crawl through a small tunnel and then climb back up again!
The houses were almost like little villages and some "pueblos" held more families than others. The house we toured was thought to be a two family home.
There were many of these ruins built into the cliff, but the biggest one is called Castle House (40 families)and we could see it from a lookout across the way. The zoom lens came in handy here!
This day was a highlight for us so far.
Next we drove a three or four hours to our hotel. We happened upon this waterfall on our way and took a short hike to the bridge. Gorgeous!!
2 comments:
WOW! I am loving the pictures. They give my nice breaks from work.. ;) It looked like you all were taking a tour of an Indian Jones set in the Mesa Verde pictures. Can't wait to hear and see more!
...umm.. I hate spelling mistakes... "They give me nice breaks..."
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