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Thursday, August 23, 2012

House Hunters, Ancient Edition

Yesterday we took a look at some properties in Mesa Verde National Park. Apparently they've been on the market for some time. The open floor plans were impressive, but dirt floors weren't really on our list of "must haves". Also, they needed some upgrades...like indoor plumbing. The views were stunning but the first step out of the front door is a doozy. One big plus was the quiet neighborhood. I think we might put in a low ball offer...


Cliff Palace, built 700 years ago by the Ancestral Puebloan people.

Ancient tic tac toe?


Ray standing next to a Kiva.

If you look close you can see some of the best preserved artwork.

Balcony House


To access these sites there was some tunnel crawling...

...and ladder climbing.


Coyote Village

Far View House


Far View Tower

A New Low for the Trip

After leaving the Grand Canyon, we made a pit stop just east of Flagstaff to see the meteor (a.k.a Barringer) crater. It is a massive 4000 ft. in diameter, 570 ft. deep crater formed 50,000 years ago by a 54 yard wide nickel-iron meteorite (thanks Wikipedia!). Apparently astronauts trained there for the Apollo missions back in the day.