Animas Forks: a mining ghost town at 11,400 feet elevation in Colorado

 Above: the old boarding house at Old Hundred mine can be seen way up on a mountain side, on the way to Animas Forks

 Close-up of the boarding house 

The old mine of Eureka on the way to Animas Forks

 Mine entrance

Animas Fork ghost town

 

 Columbines: the State flower of Colorado

 

Above: the town of Silverton

Mesa Verde, Colorado: the Anasazi cliff dwellings

Above: An open kiva

Getting down inside a kiva by a ladder

Inside the kiva

Qu'ils sont beaux !

Above: check out the cliff dwelling inside the arch at the top of the cliff

Above: close-up of the same cliff dwelling 

Above: Cliff Palace. It is the largest dwelling in Mesa Verde. There are 600 other cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde.

Above: Cliff Palace up close

The House of 20 chambers