Balcony House Mesa Verde National Park

... (your choice, we're not PC here) cliff dwellings.  I was fortunate to catch the last tour of the day into Balcony House, a medium sized dwelling that requires an adventurous little hike down into the side of the cliff.  Nice park, and the only ...

Once we had breakfast we set out to "discover" the wonders of the National Park. Mesa Verde is an ancient Pueblo Indian site in the mountains and is over 7000ft above sea level. The views of the canyons are spectacular. Our first activity was a guided ...

... playing pool with some Colorado kids while we do the laundry. We also met a family from Cowan - it's a small world. Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado combines fun with the most significant archaeological site in the US. It was occupied from 1 AD ...

... 1275 AD leaving the Mesa Verde area. We had to climb a 30 foot ladder to get to the Balcony House, built and lived in on the edge of Mesa Verde.  And, then crawl through the original exit that was built small for protection.  Then another ...

... is beautiful scenery and if we thought we could fair the winters it would be tempting to move there. Stop number 2, was Mesa Verde National Park.  Home to the Native American cliff dwellings dated from 1200 AD to 1300 AD.  Native American's ...

October 1-2, 2008 Mesa Verde National Park We had plans to see our friend Mike (from Las Vegas) in Fish Lake, Utah the first weekend in October. We stopped for a couple of days in southern Colorado on our way and camped in Mesa Verde National Park. ...

Day 58 - Sunday, August 17, 2008 - Leaving Durango, CO and Arriving at Mesa Verde National Park   Stopped at Wal-mart for groceries, propane, and ice.  Then found a Methodist church.  We stayed for the 11:00am service. & ...

... so long ago  in the 13th century.  We explored the artifacts and dioramas in the Chapin Archeological Museum and got to Balcony House in time for our 10 am ranger-led tour.  Balcony House can only be seen with a ranger as getting in and ...

... . Die Muehe war es auf alle Faelle wert! Chapter 22: Mesa Verde National Park 1. -5. June 2008 Finnaly: Mesa Verde National Park! Tamina had been looking forward to this for a very long time and couldn't sit still in the car! We ...

... had a 9 a.m. guided ranger tour of Cliff Palace. Next a tour of the museum. By noon were at the tour of Balcony House. Then a self guided tour of Spruce Tree House. All the ancient dwellings were awesome and very humbling. Theories abound on where these ...