On the way to Utah, we thought it would be fun to show the kids Mesa Verde National Park. About 1,400 years ago, Ancestral Puebloans had built these stone communtities inside of the sheltered alcoves on the canyon walls. They lived here for over 700 years. It was very interesting to see this and the kids thought it was so cool that people actually lived in these cliff dwellings. We actually got to climb down into these dwellings and stand inside of their little community.