We headed to Mesa Verde today. While teaching third grade there was a whole chapter dedicated to the Anasazi, the culture, customs and geographic area. I fell in love! They are now referred to as Ancestral Pueblo Peoples. Our first family trip with the family after our sons had married was to Durango and Mesa Verde. We made such great memories. We thought it would be fun to revisit. Surprisingly some things had changed. Certain early ruins have been actually covered within buildings that can be closed down in the winter and are now protected from eroding weather. They were not giving tours into the actual dwellings like we did last time. I think they will start doing that again in June. Due to Covid and early spring many things are not available. But the weather today was 55 degrees and warmer in the sun and any more, we don’t do well with the weather and crowds that we might experience in June.
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Those are great memories. It was a great Dorr Family (1st) Vacation with Ryan and Leslie living out in Denver. Having Nicholas (age 16 months) was adventurous on that trip, and being 6 months pregnant. Great times – still one of our favorites! Neat to see the pics of Mesa Verde again.
Not doing any other repeats but this one was on our do again list?
So interesting. I also am a fan of the Anasazi and Bandolier (sp?) State Park is a favorite! Joan
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We don’t have Bandolier on our list but we will check our map to see if we are traveling close. Thanks for the tip! We like hearing about new things!
I just checked Bandolier was on out list last trip and because of Covid it was closed. We are not headed into New Mexico. Will have to try that another time!
Amazing views!!
We love this part of the country!❤️
When we made our trip to 10 National Parks a few years ago this was one of our favorite sites!! So interesting and full of history!!
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We loved it so much it was a “do it again.” You went with friends didn’t you! I know you had a terrific time!⭕️❌