We were supposed to move to Mesa Verde's campground today, but Gregg and Elise convinced us to stay and use their place as a base for exploring that NP. Today Sue and I took the ranger-led tours of two of the most impressive cliff houses. You have to climb down to them over ladders, and for one of them you have to crawl through a very small tunnel for about 12 feet. We enjoyed the tours very much and learned a lot. They must have been pretty tough folks to farm on the top of the mesa and live perched on the side of the canyon. Pretty amazing. The drive up to the mesa is beautiful and long. We visited the museum that explains the Mesa Verde community very well. We also visited a variety of housing sites on our own. Mesa Verde is an amazing national park. We finished the day with dinner at the lodge high up on the mesa, and then returned to Gregg and Elise's house.
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