We did not realize that the National Park �Mesa Verde� was close by. It is a place where early Americans lived in �villages� under a rock cliff. As a boy I had read with wonder about these Ancestral Puebloans (remember: Karl May!), and we were eager to see this place - but had no clue what to expect.

A short drive away, about 40 miles, we entered the Park, and the plateau type mountain greeting us was impressive enough to think we had arrived.