Family Vacation Mesa Verde

On our family vacation, we visited Mesa Verde National Park.  It is a great place to visit.  The park has many lookout places, but the cool thing is the different hikes and tours to see the Native American dwellings.  The first tour we went on was to Balcony House.  It had many interesting parts to it.  We got to climb ladders to get up into the dwellings.  We crawled through tunnels on our hands and knees to get places.  Parese was made junior ranger/tour leader by the ranger and had a lot of fun leading us.  The whole tour was so interesting. 

Parese leading the way

Climbing the ladder to the cliff dwellings.  Even Scharlet (top left) climbed every ladder!

Through the tunnel, Scharlet didn't have to crawl!

Tyler crawling through

Grandpa having fun crawling through the tunnel

Climbing back up the mountain

Parese (junior ranger) with the ranger who led the tour

Cliff dwelling

Kiva