The Cliff Palace was something we had always seen in pictures so as we drove through SW Colorado on our way back to Wisconsin we decided to stop and spend a day here. The ruins were 700 years old and scientists can only speculate why the Native Americans moved off the mesa into the cliffs and why they only lived there for 90 years before moving out. These are multiple family dwellings that are wonderful works of architecture. They have been protected from weather by the cliffs for centuries. On the left is the Cliff Palace as seen from the trail leading in. On the right are Gabe and I in the Balcony House.
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