Mesa Verde

Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3  Mesa Verde

 Cliff Place Tour

 Kiva gathering place.  Would have a roof.

 Not an authentic ladder as an authentic ladder was one pole with notches.

 Spruce Tree House cliff dwelling.  Best preserved dwelling.  Third largest at Mesa Verde.  Built between A.D. 1211 - A.D. 1278.

 Notice the white hand print.

 Petroglyph Point Trail.  2.4 mile loop

 Adapting tree.

 Petroglyphs

Friday -We drove from from Glendale, Utah through Arizona, the Navajo Nation, part of New Mexico to the Southwest corner of Colorado to visit Mesa Verde.  Our tour was great of the Cliff Palace.  Amazing structures built so long ago.  We loved the Far View Lodge where we stayed and at wonderful meal at the Far View Terrace.

Saturday - We walked through Spruce Tree House and then on to Petroglyph Point hike which was a fun little up and down hike with many stone steps.