In the morning Ann and I hightailed it back to the cliff dwellings where we toured "Spruce House," one of the largest complexes in Mesa Verde. It was built between 1211 and 1278, so it's contemporaneous with my beloved town of Cordes in France! It has 130 rooms and 8 kivas, and is thought to have housed 60-80 people. What a place to live! One has shelter, but there are also distant views down the canyon out into the surrounding desert. The canyon contains a great variety of trees and shrubs, a remarkable contrast to the stark nature of the rock dwellings.
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