Cliff Palace Mesa Verde National Park

Zo noemen de Amerikanen de bewoners in de periode van 500-1200 na Christus in het gebied waar we nu zitten. Deze bewoners zijn vanuit Azie de Beringstraat over gestoken en hebben zich in eerder genoemde periode in dit gebed gevestigd. In het National Park van Mesa Verde (groene vlakte) waar we nu verblijven zijn er diverse Cliff Dwellings te zien, …

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 ...

On our way from Moab to Durango, CO, we stopped at Mesa Verde, famous for its cliff dwellings built by the ancestral Puebloans.  We had time for a brief hike to Spruce Tree House, a talk with a park ranger, and a drive that led us to overlooks for ...

... 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 ...

... with the weather up until now, so we couldn't really complain when the morning of the day we had set aside to explore Mesa Verde National Park there was torrential rain and you couldn't see a foot ahead of the car thanks to the fog in the mountains! ...

... in the world.         Highlights from Mesa Verde:  driving the RV up the Mesa, visiting Cliff Palace-it is magical!, playing mini-golf, ...

... was a stop wher we went just for the day, at night we headed for Aspen, but we ended up in Silverton(next entry) Mesa Verde National Park was beautiful place where we saw how the natives use to liv e. They had theirt houses cut into the rocks, see the ...

... the mountain, we parked, climbing as tourists down a path and in view of the largest portion of Mesa Verde's cliff dwellings, which the discoverers named, "Cliff Palace."  MOST awesomely**, our guide lead us down directly to the main area to ...

... 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 lived in this area for ...

    Mesa Verde National Park was one of the parks I remember being my favorite when I was little.  I told Jim we HAD to go back there and see the ancient Indian cities carved into the sides of the cliffs!  This is definitely a ...

... side which I gladly used. After Balcony House we drove a short distance to the Spruce Tree area which had another cliff dwelling and the HQ for the National Park. They had a nice shop, a cafeteria, and a museum here. Good place to spend the next two and ...