I have to say that leaving the snowy Rocky Mountains made me a bit sad. I loved the coziness of the ski town and there was a secure feeling being sheltered by those tremendous mountains.
Mesa Verde was a transition from the snowy high peaks of the Rockies to the dry desert and low canyons of southwestern Colorado. Mesa Verde is a National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was built to protect some of the most well preserved cliff dwellings in the world. It sends you back in time when you walk up to these amazing villages built in the canyon walls hundreds of years ago. You can easily pictures the hundreds of Native Americans that dwelled in the apartment-like buildings and traded goods on main streets.
When we arrived at the park, we went to the museum and viewed a video and walked around viewing the artifacts that have been found amongst these ruins. You wouldn't believe the elaborately woven sandals the Puebloans made out of the yuca plant. They seemed a better quality than many of the sandals I see today! The pots painted white with black geometric shapes were amazing too and I wanted some for my kitchen :)
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