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Day 22:Moab to Durango via Mesa Verda

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December 20th 2011
In the morning we drove out of Moab through the red rocks to Mesa Verde National Park. Hundreds of years ago the American Indians used to live there and made houses out of mud and rock under the cliffs. They made special underground family rooms that you had to climb down a ladder into. They were very dark. They watched their wheat grow on top of the cliffs. Next we drove to Durango. After dinn ... read more

North America » United States » Colorado

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more