Mesa Verde is a plateau in SW Colorado where the Anasazi people lived until about 1300AD. This is the Visitor Centre, at about 7000ft – note the snow. The highest point is at 8500ft, and these jokers lived a Stone Age lifestyle up there; when we got out into the icy wind, that was not an apealling thought. For some reason, all the artists’ impressions of life up there show the locals in nothing but loincloths. Not very convincing in this weather!