Category: Mesa Verde National Park
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Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Saturday, August 6, 2022 We met for our second tour at Mesa Verde National Park. Our tour guide, Michael, in the beginning warned us this is a strenuous hike, climbing several ladders with many steps and crawling through a tunnel. “If you can’t make it up these ladders, we may have to stop the whole…
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Hike Petroglyph Trail in Mesa Verde National Park
Thursday, August 4, 2022 One of the coolest hikes we have been on, we enjoyed this one a lot. What makes a great trail? A great view, features along the way, discovery of something new, history, wildlife, solitude all go into making a great trail. This one has some great features, steps (some carved in…
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Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park
Wednesday, August 3, 2022 We were lucky, very lucky to get a tour of Cliff Palace. We knew nothing about Mesa Verde, just that it was a national park, and I wanted to see the national parks and monuments. Perhaps it is fortunate I am writing this three weeks late. Built approximately 1190, and added…
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Mesa Verde National Park
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 62 degrees at 4:00 am, high of 92 Mesa Verde National Park is an American national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado. The park protects some of the best-preserved Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites in the United States. Established by Congress and President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, the park occupies 52,485 acres (21,240 ha) near the Four Corners region of the American Southwest. With more…
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Drive to Mesa Verde
August 1, 2022 The 17-mile drive out of Chaco Canyon is excruciating. Roads in the park are paved, but for five miles it is one of the worst roads I have ever driven, and I have driven some rough roads searching for trout. Five miles an hour was my average speed for those five miles.…