Chaco Inn at the Post
Travel Blogs from Nageezi
One Last Night in the Desert
We always head out of town with absolutely no idea where we are going...well, we have an idea, but not anything too exact, or set in stone. We knew we were going to go somewhere in Colorado, with a few stops in New Mexico. That was about as much as we planned this summer. On the way to Colorado - somewhere between El Paso and Socorro we decided to head to Telluride - we saw a sign for Chaco Canyon. It has been...uhmmm...20 years since I last ...
Washboard
We got up on Monday morning and started packing up all of our stuff. Ariel offered to take us out to breakfast before we headed off, so once the car was all packed up we all headed out to the Santa Fe Bakery. This was a wonderful place to eat, very hip and the food was so scrumptious. After we were stuffed we hugged and parted ways. We are so very thankful to Ariel for all the warm conversation and amazing hospitality during our ...
RUINS!! and hippies...
I went to Chaco Culture Canyon. There is proof in the pics below!!! This canyon has a bunch of old ruins from Navajo people. There's also a graveyard with some old white dude who was excavating back in the 1800's. Apparently he is the reason that we have laws to ...
Chaco Canyon
Chaco Canyon was an important Anasazi (ancient Native American) cultural center from about 900 through 1130 AD. About 30 ancient masonry buildings, containing hundreds of rooms each, attest to
Chaco's importance. Some structures are thought to serve as astronomical observatories or calendars. Archaeologists discovered jewelry made from Mexican and Californian materials in ancient trash heaps. Large well-constructed roadways thought to be built for ...
Bucking Mustangs and Dancing Mules
... named Solomon who quickly became my favorite. He wasn't the the most exciting ride, but he was the nicest. The quarter horse was just as stubborn as the mule and quite a bit lazier. In fact she had gotten so fat she could no longer be saddled. After jumping on Solomon for the first time, Pat informed that he also wasn't broken for riding. Solomon didn't seem to be aware of this and happily walked me around the yards. ...