Family Travel and Autism

Our first tour down the ladder was unexpected and FUN!  We met at an overlook before proceeding down a long series of switchbacks.  At the bottom was a tall metal locked gate.  We proceeded through and stopped prior to entering the main ruins.  The park ranger talked a great deal about life more than 800 years ago.  That is when my daughter was married.

Yup, the park ranger married her off.  Apparently girls marry at the age of 14/15 and the husband moves in with her family.  They live in a 5x5 stone room.  Their living room is the front courtyard.  They share it with everyone.  And my daughter and her husband were examples through the whole tour.  He hunted, she ground corn.  He hunted, she carried water on her head.  Huh.

The next day we toured a remote dwelling.  We climbed down long ladders, crawled through narrow dirt 'hallways' and back up a three story ladder.  I kept looking for Indiana Jones.  In my mind I carried a whip and wore a leather hat.

Oh Harrison where were you?