Let me do some explaining first.
Mesa Verde is a National Park near the four corners (NM, AZ, CO, UT). It is a park with many of the Anasazi Indians (AKA cliff dwellers) cliff dwellings. With that said here is the story.
Some tourists asked me why did they put Mesa Verde so far from the highway. I'll tell you why, they got tired of hearing the semi-trucks driving by at night. The vibrations from these trucks would cause their pottery to fall from the shelfs inside their shelters. It was way too far from wal-mart to go get more pottery. They didn't own any cars or horses to get to Wally world. The cars ruined the whole streaking experience at midnight on a full moon lit night. So with all of this behind them they moved to Mesa Verde and got some prime real estate. You should see the views. Who would want to live there.
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