Wow! Another tick on the Bucket List today. I had heard about, read about and watched programs on Mesa Verde so it was an essential visit on our tour. It was wonderful to see it up close and personal and to see how the Pueblo Indians fitted their dwellings into the landscape.
Our first view was from above seeing the huge (sometimes 5 storey) buildings set in natural cliff caves and only accessible with ladders or climbing down steps cut into the rock.
Many rooms were for storage but the living quarters were only accessible by ladder.
It was a real treat to see all this. Then to the bus and off through an ever changing, desolate landscape to Monument Valley. This is the view from the balcony of our room.
This evening we had a "cook out" in the desert presented by the Navajo people that own and operate the Tribal Park.
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