My tour in summer 2014 in Cliff Palace was scheduled and escorted. People were not destructive. We all saw what had been allowed many years prior. Cliff Palace is the bread-and-butter for Mesa Verde.

In another portion of the park, a portion of a dwelling was roped off. A woman who told me she brings her grandkids every so often said that part was accessible years ago, but park officials were worried about people "seeing" too much of it. Maybe more needs to be limited. That wouldn't bother me. We will never have anything like this again in the U.S. Never.

I don't know if it's a fair comparison, but when you tour President Eisenhower's childhood home in Kansas, you can't go in each room of the house. You can walk through house and look in rooms from the doorways.