Snow on the mountains in Colorado.
From Four Corners, we drove to Mesa Verde National Park. The kids have read stories in school about the Indians who were cliffdwellers, so we wanted them to see the real cliff dwellings.
Inside the park, we saw horses grazing in open areas that were not even fenced off.
These houses were built in the side of the cliffs. We hiked into the canyon to see them in the Spruce Tree House area of the park. The trail was about a 1/2 mile long.
They got ahead of me when I was taking pictures, so I took this to show how far down they were.
We climbed down a ladder into a Kiva, a pit house that is built under ground. The roof is even with the ground.
The girls with the grinding stones.
Inside the museum, we saw pottery, clothing, weaving, basket making, food, types of houses, weapons, etc.
In this picture, you can see forest land in the front, plains in the middle, and mountains the snow in the distance!
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