On Friday, we drove 6 miles from the ranch to the Mesa Verde National Park. As we are big park fans this was high on our list of places to visit. This is the type of place that will bring tears to your eyes. Incredible- the Pueblo's were engineers of construction and science without a piece of paper to prove it.
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde, Spanish for green table, offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. Today, the park protects over 4,000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States.
Cliff Terrace
Yes, we climbed a 32 foot ladder to enter the Balcony House
Spruce Tree
I highly recommend that if ever given the chance that you should visit our national parks here in the U.S. You won't every be disappointed.
Team Penning-- final winners were Team Arizona (in other words, the men beat the women)
The kids got to brand this steer with paint after the staff got him roped
