As part of our 40th anniversary weekend we made our first visit to Mesa Verde. Look here for more information about Mesa Verde

Spruce Tree House from the path walking down. I wanted to show how well it seems to be hidden.

Spruce Tree house ruins with some idea of size.

Under the overhang, in front of Spruce Tree house. As you can see, it is really several buildings.

Not constructed by amatuers. Look at the nice fitting curve.

These walls almost look as if they grew in place.

Note the blackened ceiling or overhang.

The door shapes are distinctive.

There are multiple depths as well as multiple stories.

Close neighbors

Multi-story dwellings; I brightened this picture so you could see that there are a series of rooms going back.

Look at the close fit at the top.

A fairly large kiva

The walls all seem to be smooth on the outside and layered evenly.

Matates and grinding stones

Grinding a significant amount of grain must have been a lot of work.

Another view of the kiva

Walking back up the path from Spruce Tree House to the museum

The top rock looks like some sort of animal head

I spotted this across the way. It is some distance from the main ruin.