Miles Traveled 57
Total Miles Traveled 2776
We woke up freezing, but to a beautiful view of Mesa Verde.
We were glad not to have to travel on Dad's birthday because then we could put ribs in the Crockpot for dinner. We took a beautiful drive through the park (over 50 miles total). We saw deep canyons with steep rock walls. We saw several of the 600 ancient Indian cliff dwellings, which were very interesting. We took guided tours to 2 of them, which required climbing up and down tall ladders. One of them was especially scary, because of climbing up the rock face, like the Indians did (except for some safety fences). It was amazing that generations of Indians carried everything they needed up and down these cliff faces. The cliff dwellings had several large circular pits, called Kivas, which the Indians used for sleeping and for ceremonies. The weather was VERY hot, and we enjoyed a dip in the campground pool when we got back.
--Total Miles Traveled 2776
We woke up freezing, but to a beautiful view of Mesa Verde.
We were glad not to have to travel on Dad's birthday because then we could put ribs in the Crockpot for dinner. We took a beautiful drive through the park (over 50 miles total). We saw deep canyons with steep rock walls. We saw several of the 600 ancient Indian cliff dwellings, which were very interesting. We took guided tours to 2 of them, which required climbing up and down tall ladders. One of them was especially scary, because of climbing up the rock face, like the Indians did (except for some safety fences). It was amazing that generations of Indians carried everything they needed up and down these cliff faces. The cliff dwellings had several large circular pits, called Kivas, which the Indians used for sleeping and for ceremonies. The weather was VERY hot, and we enjoyed a dip in the campground pool when we got back.
Rachel made it!
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Cliff Palace
Rachel,Good job!You did better than your grandmother when she was at Mesa Verde. I have confidence in Rachel :-) Prince and Oreo say Hi Woof Woof.Love, Gram, Gram
ReplyDeleteTell Prince: Woof, woof woof woof, woof, woof, woof.
ReplyDeleteTell Oreo, Yip, Arf, Yip yip yip, arf arf.
From their (absentee) master, Drew