Spruce Tree House at Mesa Verde National Park - 4.1.2014

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A statue at the Mesa Verde National Park Visitor Center... located near the town of Cortez, Colorado.
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On the drive to Spruce Tree House we stopped at the highest (8572') point in the park... and got this view.
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Parking at the park headquarters and museum... this is where the trail starts for the Spruce Tree House.
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Mesa Verde National Park Headquarters.
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Looking down to Spruce Tree House from the park headquarters.
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Choke Cherry.
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At the Spruce Tree House.
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At the Spruce Tree House.
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At the Spruce Tree House.
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From the Spruce Tree House we are looking up at the park headquarters and museum. This short hike was a quarter-mile that gained 100 feet of elevation.