21 June 2010

There's no network up on Mesa Verde. Went to Spruce Tree House, a Pueblo housing community. Will have to detail it later. Our guide wasn't clear enough and caused the mother and (high functioning autistic) daughter to get lost. Mesa Verde is, as the name implies, green. Low shrubs and medium sized trees, growing on white sandstones that can be oxidized rusty red by fires. Blocky, layered sandstones forms the straight cliffs and giant steps that the greenery liberally decorates. Sometimes the sharp cliffs poke out from the otherwise smooth looking hills like exposed supports poking out of an extensive moss lawn. I can sort of understand why the Pueblo people chose to build dwellings as they did.

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