Day fifty two, mesa verde national park

It’s a 200 km ride from Durango, out to Mesa Verde and back. Mark and Tracey have not seen this before so we headed out so they could compare the Pueblo cave dwelling monument we had seen at Bandelier, with Mesa verde. Needless to say, as you can see from the pics posted, this is a fantastic archaeological site and I never tire of seeing it. No comparison really, waaay more advanced you would think, than the Bandelier pics we posted a couple days back. Although it looks way more advanced and sophisticated than the dwellings at Bandelier, funnily enough Mesa Verde was inhabited circa 850 ad but had been abandoned by 1300 ad at the latest , history tells us the Pueblo Indians ran out of food and water supplies so headed south to team up with rellies in New Mexico and Arizona. Therefore the more primitive accommodation at Bandelier, it would seem, post dates Mesa verde by a couple hundred years. There ya go eh?

As you can see from the REVER app pic, the ride up the Mesa into the National Park is a great ride in itself, twisting and winding its way up to some fantastic vista from up along the tops.

i love Colorado