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<\/a>i didn’t know there were about 25 different dwellings until a ranger stopped by to pet the pups and told me about them.\u00a0 I knew of three prior to arriving at the park: \u00a0the Cliff Palace, \u00a0the Balcony, and the Spruce House.\u00a0 But there are lots more to look at over on the Mesa Top Loop.\u00a0 The best part was the pups were allowed to go on most of the trails over there and were allowed into all the buildings on that side.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our campground was just across the highway from the visitor center, so we popped in to pick up some maps and guidance for walking the pups in the park.\u00a0\u00a0 This is a really big park.\u00a0 It’s like an hour and a half from the visitor center to the main cave dwellings.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ts really different from … <\/p>\n<\/a>Toward the end of all the loops, we came to an overlook of the Cliff Palace from the opposite side of the canyon. From my first gander at it, I could see folks climbing the cliff face ladders and they didn’t look anything like what the ranger explained.\u00a0 So a bit later as we were leaving the Spruce House overlook, we stopped in the museum and purchased tickets for tomorrow at 4pm to climb down to the Cliff Palace.\u00a0\u00a0 It looks incredible from above.\u00a0 Can’t wait to get down there!<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"