Very cool, very worth the trip! These ruins are amazing! They were built around 1100 AD and vacated by about 1300 AD. We took a couple of different tours around the park. It was really hot up on the mesa, but when we hiked down under the cliffs, it was nice and cool. No wonder they made their home there. The boys loved this Nat. Park!
This is a "kiva" or gathering room where they had meetings.
They even built rooms underground for storage and for protection from the elements. A primitive "basement."
This is how they ground the grain into flour.Mesa Verde was awesome! If you are ever in the area, stop and check it out! Definitely worth the trip!
We camped that night in the forest up above Durango, CO. It was a BEAUTIFUL, LUSH, GREEN FOREST! Don't ask why I didn't take any pictures!?! We had a great big campsite all to ourselves and the boys went exploring all around and had a ball. The mosquitoes were something fierce so I kept Anne in the trailer for a while until we got the campfire built. The night was so clear you could see a million stars in the sky... it was beautiful! We have a little family tradition of telling stories " 'round the campfire ". Someone starts the story (usually about some boys who are lost out in the wilderness... or something along those lines) and then when they get to a good point they pass it off to someone else to make up the next part of the story and so on..... We've had some really wild and crazy stories! That is my favorite part of camping.... just sitting around the fire, talking with the kids while they stuff themselves with smores (their favorite part, I'm sure!).
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Looks like so much fun. I love the story telling idea around the campfire. How fun! We need to plan a little trip with you guys dangit!
I hear you meet my good friend Andrea Derrick. She said you guy were so nice (of coarse). What a fun time to go to Filmont. Your family is so cute. Looks like life is good. So happy for you. Jennifer Dayley
I see a Christmas card in the making...
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