{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Nicholls Photo Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/nichollsphoto.com\/blog","author_name":"Judy","author_url":"https:\/\/nichollsphoto.com\/blog\/author\/Judy\/","title":"Mesa Verde National Park - Nicholls Photo Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hZdB5yxqnr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nichollsphoto.com\/blog\/mesa-verde-national-park\/\">Mesa Verde National Park<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/nichollsphoto.com\/blog\/mesa-verde-national-park\/embed\/#?secret=hZdB5yxqnr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Mesa Verde National Park&#8221; &#8212; Nicholls Photo Blog\" data-secret=\"hZdB5yxqnr\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/nichollsphoto.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/nichollsphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cliff-Palace-2.jpg","thumbnail_width":1000,"thumbnail_height":786,"description":"This post is Our First Pandemic Trip, Part 3: Mesa Verde National Park, which was the primary goal of this trip. We started our September trip in Wimberley, TX, visited Palo Duro Canyon State Park, then Great Sand Dunes National Park, and now on to Mesa Verde National Park. The park was established in 1906 to preserve the archaeological site, and now consists of 5,000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings in a semi-arid environment of high mesas and deep canyons. One look at the above photo and you wonder\u2026 Why did they live in such inaccessible places? How did they survive there? What is their history?"}