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Mesa Verde National Park, CO – In the Neighborhood
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June 18, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

As neighborhoods go, Mesa Verde is unique. Rising up from the surrounding plateau to elevations of 6,000 to 8,000 feet, …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: 32-foot ladder, ancestors, ancient culture, ancient ones, archaeologists, Balcony House, cliff dwellings, Cliff Palace, climb, cowboys, crawl, green table, hiking, Long House, Mesa Verde, Mesa Verde National Park, narrow tunnel, neighborhood, old neighborhood, open year round, Park Ranger, Pueblo Indians, rich history, ruins, Spruce Tree House, Square Tower House, stair steps, stone dwellings, strenuous, summer, tickets, tours
Bandelier National Monument, NM – No Time Machine Required
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April 29, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

As a kid in 1968, again with our own kids in 2000, and again with just my husband last fall, …
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Category: National Monuments | Tags: Alcove House, ancestors, ancestral homelands, Ancestral Pueblo people, archaeological sites, Bandelier, Bandelier National Monument, caves, Ceremonial Cave, ceremonial Kiva, children, cliff dwellings, Cochiti, ecosystems, fear of heights, flash flooding, Frijoles Canyon, Frijoles Creek, hiking, ladders, Long House, loop trail, mid-1200's, mid-1500's, Nature Trail, New Mexico, outdoors, Pueblos, roof beams, San Felipe, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, Santa Domingo, shuttles, spirits, talus cliffs, trail, trailside information displays, Tyuonyi, viga holes, Visitor Center, White Rock, wildfires, Zuni