MESA VERDE N/P

yesterday we arrived in cortez, co and go set up then took off to see the yucca

house..not sure why it is part of the national park as there is NO visitors center nor stamp but out in no where land...had to cross a ranchers land to find it..no signs nor anything else to really mark it but we found it.. today we took off for mesa verde n/p to see the sights...only to find out if we really wanted to see some of the cliff dwelllings we had to climb ladders (now most of you know I don't do ladders maybe 2 rungs up but that's all)...so we found out we could see some of the sights by car/truck...short hikes to some of the sights so that is what we elected to do...maybe we missed some things but I didn't have to climb any ladders... the ride up and down was sure impressive we climbed up to over 7,000 feet...not sure why the Indians wanted to build their homes up where they did... a most interesting park...lots of people around so it was hard to see some of the exhibits but we have now added mesa verde n/p to out to do list...