National Park #2: Mesa Verde...means Green Table. Not sure how it got that name, perhaps it was the forested green top above the more than 600 cliff dwellings of the ancestral Puebloans of the region. These Puebloans lived in the alcoves below the rim of the mesa and built extensive sandstone cliff dwellings in the shade.
The buildings were built for people who maxed out at about 5 feet tall. So Love and Cynthia felt right at home. In fact these people only lived until their 30's so we were all ancient in comparison. The ranger tours help us to think about who may have lived here in the past. It was eerie and fascinating at the same time to wonder about thousands of people who used to inhabit these cliffs. Why did they live here? What happened to them? What did they do?
The buildings were built for people who maxed out at about 5 feet tall. So Love and Cynthia felt right at home. In fact these people only lived until their 30's so we were all ancient in comparison. The ranger tours help us to think about who may have lived here in the past. It was eerie and fascinating at the same time to wonder about thousands of people who used to inhabit these cliffs. Why did they live here? What happened to them? What did they do?
2 comments:
they became frank's people
At least there was no mention of these guys killing each other...
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