Mesa Verde is the most famous of the ruins and other archaeological finds representing the ancient pueblan peoples of the south west US. The mesa top provided, for a time, a rich farmland and the people that lived here built large cliff dwellings. The dwellings were largely used for storage and a few Kivas for…

Heading south and east from Moab, we arrived at Mesa Verde National Park. The Moorefield campground is very pleasant. There are wild turkeys and deer roaming about. Also, there are many eagles roaming the thermals at the mesa’s edge. The park provides guided tours of the cliff sites — you have to register at the…