Pic.#1 Me in Arizona,Colorado,Utah and New Mexico all at once
Pic.#2 The Village of Ancient Puebloans
FOUR CORNERS,USA
Today we went to Four Corners. I was into being in four states in four sec.! Sammy sat in all the four states at one time!
The corners are on a Navajo Indian Reservation. Native Americans were selling their jewelry and arrows.
I was happy to see the corners! I had always wanted to stand in four states at once!
THE VILLAGE OF ANCIENT PUEBLOANS
These are the Kivas and buildings. They were outside people. The houses were just an area to sleep. We enjoyed seeing the ruins of cliff dwellings!
This is a typical little town in the rockies! This town is Durango,Colorado.
As you can tell (maybe not) the Rocky Mt. are in the background. This picture was taken from the library.It is a long drive to any BIG town from here.
After Durango, we went on to a little town called Mancos. There, we stopped to stay to see Mesa Verde. (that means Green Table in Spanish. They call it green table because it is a flat top Mt. with lots of green growth on top.)
The people who lived here (Yr.800-1300) were called Anasazi. They were ancient people. They built Cave Dwellings that had 50 rooms or more. In each home a living room would have a hole in the floor. The hole was a path to the underworld where they believed people began. They would also have a basement like room under their main living area. This room was called a Kiva and was like a church. They would go there to pray for good crops, rain, and a good hunt. They would also have ceremonies inside the Kiva.
The top of the Mesa was cleared for farming. They grew corn and squash. They had to grow a lot in case of a drought. To get to their crops they had to climb steep cliffs. It was a lot like rock climbing! They would hold on to rocks that were sticking out of the cliff.
Today, we woke up to see snow! The snow was wet and coming down hard! But, soon the sun came out and the snow melted little by little. I hope the weather clears up so we can see the Cave Dwellings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pic.#1 Mt.Rushmore in snow
Pic.#2 A family of Mountain goats chomp on grass at Mt.Rushmore.
While in Custer,SD we saw Mt.Rushmore in the snow! The weather was supposed to clear up (meaning the snow was going to melt!) Well, the weatherman got that very wrong! It snowed the whole time we were there!
Mt.Rushmore was carved (or sculpted) by Borglum. He died before it was finished, so his family finished it for him.
South Dakota needed a tourist spot. They were going to carve wild west heroes, but Borglum took one look and said he was going to make it National. (By Carving Presidents in it) Now, we have a amazing carving!
When we were leaving Rushmore we spied some Mountain Goats! They were just chewing away! I thought they were so cute!!!
