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Mesa Verde National Park Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Mesa Verde National Park, United States
Second childhood
... with a hangover. Once we had everything tidied away and the trailer packed it was time to leave for our next destination, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Mesa Verde National Park hosts an early 13th century collection of Anasazi Indian ruins. ...
Autumn colors and sunset in Mesa Verde NP
... I was still a bitt pissed of after the KOA experience and was not to eager to do much when we arrived. But then the campsite in Mesa Verde and the fantastic spirite of the rest of the team finally rubed over on me, and we could all drive out in the park ...
Mesa Verde
Spent the day traveling from Moab to Monument Valley. We made a quick stop at Newspaper rock near Canyonlands Needles district and we stopped at Mesa Verde for several ...
Living on the edge
We made our way to southwestern Colorado and Mesa Verde National Park. It was here that the Anasazi made elaborate cliff dwellings 800 years ago. We got to visit two of the large dwellings as well as tour the area and camped two nights at the park. From ...
Siedlungsruinen am Prärieplateau
Von Durango aus fuhr ich zum nahegelegenen Mesa Verde National Park. Vor einigen Jahren hatte es hier Waldbrände gegeben, sodass die Gegend um den Eingang des Parks etwas wüst aussah. Es gab jedoch tolle Aussichtspunkte vom Plateau aus, und der ...
Finally see a bear up close!
... like sniffing me).. but little did I know until afterwards that my camera wasn't even working.. grrrrrr! Mesa Verde is one of the few National Parks that gained it's status because of it's anthropological features versus natural features. The Puebloan ...
Ethan says:
Hola! Como estas? I'm back! It's Ethan. Today we went to the Mesa Verde National Park. In Spanish that means "Green Table." Mesa Verde National Park is a park that inside has cliff dwellings or "pueblos" built by the Pueblo ...
Cliff Dwellings All Day with a side of twisty road
... told story after story to his crew – but he was so loud and irritating. I mean who drinks a ton of beers at a National Park. DUH!!! Just before 7:00 we drove the short distance to Cliff Palace to meet our Historical Guide. I paid a little more ...
A Green Table
... a flat tabletop covered in trees. Since the weekend was considered over, we had to pay to get into the park. But that's not the cool thing about Mesa Verde. It's home to several cliff dwellings from the Anasazi and Pueblo Indians. We first hiked down to ...
Four States in under one hour
... of the trip. I did a few days of pictures in no time. After a Chinese dinner that I cooked, we took a little evening drive into Mesa Verde National Park. We did not go all the way as it was too late in the day, but we did make it to the Visitors Center ...
Big butte
... ) eten we wat fastfood, en trekken we richting Durango. Onderweg stellen we al vlug vast dat we wat tijd over hebben, dus bezoeken we Mesa Verde NP. Zeer goede keuze zo blijkt, want dit is een erg leuk park. Geen absolute must, maar zeker een nuttige plek ...
Auf leisen Sohlens Spuren
Es war noch besagter Memorial Day bzw. sein angrenzendes Wochenende und der Ranger im Mesa Verde Nationalpark meinte, er kann sich nicht erinnern, dass der Zeltplatz schon jemals ausgebucht gewesen war. Aber verstaendlich ist das schon, denn der ...
Million $$ Drive, Mesa Verde, Four Corners
Ate breakfast at the Hot Springs Inn in Ouray and then headed out early, around 7:30, headed ultimately to Mesa Verde. The Million Dollar HIghway was spectacular but not quite as bad as I had feared. Lots of switchbacks and sheer drops without guard rails ...
History, Culture & Scenic Beauty
... opportunity to see and experience a little of what life was like for the Anbcestral Puebloans over 1400 years ago... Mesa Verde National Park was created in 1906 by Congress to preserve the archeological heritage of he Ancestral Puebloans..The park ...
Day 7
... Yup, Lady found a muddy stream and now she needed a bath! No surprise there. J We had a great time this morning at Mesa Verde. The dwellings are fascinating and the cliff swallows kept their hyperactive aerial displays up to add to the show. I couldn't ...
Day 6
... "rock shots", I chose the photos that were special as part of our experiences on the trip. We did finally hit the road and made it to Mesa Verde, but it was too late to do more than sign up for a tour for tomorrow. Then it was setting up camp in an RV ...
The Amazing National Park We'd Never Heard Of...
... valleys with ranches and narrow valleys of rock and river, down through southwestern Colorado... absolutely beautiful! We arrived at Mesa Verde National Park around 5:30 - in time to set up camp and cook dinner before it started to rain, so we ate ...
Mesa Verde National Park
... , there was snow on the ground, but it was in the mid 30's and the roads were clear, so we decided to head east to Mesa Verde National Park. The drive wasn't too bad, and after a quick stop in Cortez for Silas to get his haircut, we drove the ...
Sep 04, 2009
Mesa Verde 1
... se snöklädda bergstoppar men samtidigt började det snöa och vi var litet oroliga att vi inte skulle kunna ta oss upp till lodgen på Mesa Verde men kunde ta oss fram genom ett nästan vintrigt landskap upp på krönet (2.200 m) till vår stuga, som ...
Week 6 of Natural Wonders
Zion National Park Bryce Canyon National Park Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim Page and Lake Powell Antelope Canyon, Lower Canyon Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park Mesa Verde National Park ...
A Side Trip to Colorado
... to find out that the monument was closed due to construction. At that point, we weren't very far away from Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, so we decided to head up there instead of continuing into New Mexico. That wasn't the smartest decision ...
Monument Valley
Into Uth via US 160, 163. Thru Monument Valley of many Western movies. Turn East at Mnticello US 666 to Mesa Verde ...
Aug 15, 2009
Red is the colour ... I mean green
... of the other vendors, and some frybread (yum – similar to bannock but sweeter with icing sugar on it). We landed in Mesa Verde National Park for tonite. From the entrance to the park, to the campground, it was 15 miles straight up the green ...
rain, rain go away
... much of the day exploring the remains of pithouses, pueblos, and cliff dwellings, knowing that we still had an 8 hour drive to get to Denver that night. We left the mesa after 3 and finally pulled into Jesse and Trista's driveway at midnight. ...
Goodbye Grand
Canyon. Headed out to the "old" Four Corners where Hector had a Navajo burger & Diana had a Navajo taco. Huge! Made it to the Mesa campsite in good time so we drove around the park in the nice sunset light. Dinner was in the hotel restaurant. Not ...
Arches NP and Mesa Verde NP
... is super convenient; each park is around between $15 and $20 bones. Similar to the scenery we'd seen coming into Moab, Arches National Park can best be described as cliff-y, rocky and orange/tan. The park contains lots of rocks, "a virtual layer cake of ...