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Monday August 31

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Elevations range from 6,100ft /1,860m to 8,400ft/2,560m
Average Temps August/September:
Days 82ºF, 28ºC
Nights 64ºF, 17ºC

The prehistoric Native American culture - the Anasazi, are best
known for their adobe and sandstone dwellings
built along and under cliff walls.

Their Cultural "Golden Age" was between 900AD and 1130AD.

They left the area in the 12th and 13th centuries.

They did not "vanish" as is commonly portrayed in media presentations or popular books, but migrated to areas in the Southwest with more favorable rainfall and dependable streams. They merged into the various pueblo peoples whose descendants still live in Arizona and New Mexico - Keresans, Hopi, or Tanoans.

For more information about Mesa Verde

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Our day will include:

Park Ranger tours of dwellings built under the cliffs

Self guided tours of pit houses built on the bluffs

Box lunch in the park

The museum and gift shops with fine Southwest,
Native American Pottery and Silver Jewelry

Dinner - a western bar-b-que in Durango
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The UNESCO Web-site about the Anasazis
Information About Southwest Colorado
Mesa Verde National Park, October 1999
     
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Building Technique

The park contains over 4,000 known archeological sites including cliff dwellings and the mesa top sites.

Sandstone, mortar and wooden beams were the three primary construction materials for cliff dwellings.

Cliff Palace

The views to the left are of Cliff Palace, one of 600 cliff dwellings found in the park.

It contained 150 rooms and 23 kivas and had a population of approximately 100 people. It is thought that Cliff Palace was a social, administrative site with high ceremonial usage.

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Museum information

There are two history and artifacts museums. Books and fine quality Southwest, Native American Pottery and Silver Jewelry are available in the museum shops.

Museum information There are two history and artifacts museums. Books and fine quality Southwest, Native American Pottery and Silver Jewelry are available in the museum shops.
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www.bardchuckwagon.com

12oz flame-broiled Choice RIB EYE STEAK
Served with:

foil wrapped potato, oven baked beans, homemade biscuits, butter, and honey, chunky applesauce, old fashioned spice cake -coffee or lemonade

Vegetarian Menu Available
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After Dinner, The Bar D Wranglers perform their famous stage show - Songs of Cowboys and The Old West - lively instrumentals and comedy to please the whole family.