Mesa Verde National Park

September 24 &25, Experiencing Mesa Verde both on our own and with a tour guide was an enriching experience. There are so many stereotypes about the Native American cultures and our very knowledgeable tour guide helped us better understand the Pueblo People. They saw the “green table” of land from afar and skillfully built the community we now know as Mesa Verde. They planted crops and built either pit homes or Adobe homes on top of the mesa. The iconic cliff dwellings were actually used for storage. The only people who lived there were those charged with protecting the valuable food stores. It was not the white man who drove the inhabitants to migrate elsewhere. Instead, by using all the trees for building dwellings and for firewood, eventually they destroyed the habitat of all the wildlife they hunted for food.

All aboard the Durango to Silverton Steam Train!

What a fabulous day we had riding this steam train along the Animas River. The scenery was spectacular and the feeling of nostalgia when hearing the chug-a chug-a and the train whistle never grown old. Add this to your bucket list if it is not already on it!

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We still enjoy planning our own travel (most of the time😉). Using “Third Home”, a home exchange program, has added a new dimension to our travel planning. As Andy Dufresne says “Either get busy living, or get busy dying” View all posts by robmin57