Days Inn Farmington Nm

Today, we went to Mesa Verde National Park. There were alot of Pueblo Indian Cliff Dwellings. I got another Junior Ranger Badge. It was my 16th! We took a long hike up and down the mountain to get to go inside some cliff dwellings. We saw a big cloud of smoke from a fire on our way home. We drove to Aztec, New Mexico

... and took her to the Animal Shelter - it wasn't easy to leave to sweet little thing there.<br><br>We hiked through the morning and got to see the Globular Cluster and the Sombrero Galaxy through the Chaco Observatory a night. All-in-all, a wonderful leg.<br>

... walk to the center of the bridge. A little past the bridge is a group of Earthships, a community of sustainably built homes which are off the radar, using all recycled materials, solar/thermal heating, wind electric, etc. Visit www.earthship.com for more info. I drove towards the four courners (CO, NM, AZ, UT) and made it as far as Farmington. I was a little ...

... reverent site is in the Navajo Native Reservation. The Navajo are not direct descendents of the Pueblo Indians, but certainly have many of the cultures and systems either adopted or passed on to them of a similar or of the same nature. We tracked around the largest site and enjoyed the time to wonder at the skills and time taken to develop this wonderful building as early cultures developed. We moved on from this site to follow the paved road around and view some other ...

... the houses had rows of rusty pickups or cars alongside them, a similar view portrayed in movies. Very dry landscape. Eventually we arrived at our chosen destination, and with a small challenge to find the RV park we have settled in for the evening. We have within our surrounds the Chaco Canyon with the Pueblo Bonito ruins, as well as the "misnamed" Aztec ruins in the Navajo Reserve. Should be an interesting explore of ancient times and cultures.

... side of the RV, in spite of being rolled up, was getting battered and jumped off the bracket that holds it in the middle, by the roof. We have heard many stories of awnings being completely ripped off, so I was almost freaking out everytime the awning arm (right next to my seat) shook and rattled. There literally wasn't anyplace where we could stop and get out of the wind in order to reposition the awning, so the ...

So here we are, Farmington, New Mexico. We found a Mexican restaurant to eat at that was supposedly the best in town; I hope for the town's sake that that was a false statement. We ate some taquitos, fajitas (con pollo), and carne asada. We were the only patrons in the place and the food was so-so, but then again, what did we expect. At least we are ...

... Aztec. It is thought that these ruins are an intricate part of a very extended civilization stretching from Choco Canyon 65 miles to the South and Mesa Verde 45 miles to the north. We were not able to get into Chaco Canyon as it is 23 miles of rough dirt road and they were predicting snow or heavy rain in the area. It just wasn't worth the risk. I talked to a park ...

It's July 4th and we finally have high speed internet access in Las Vegas. Sorry to have to send you a whole week at once but dial up just wouldn't do it. It actually took us 30 minutes to upload one picture so we quit trying until today. We left Sedona at 8:30 this morning. It was amazing to watch the change in the land as we moved from the low country to the high plateau. We ...

... or two, and then speed off to the next overlook. The reward comes from sitting, and letting your eyes find the hundreds of landscape compositions, one following another, while the moving sun casts never ending patterns of shadow and color. Picture opportunities never cease. I shot entirely too many pictures. Each new vista cried out for "just one more slide". Despite all this, when I decided to leave after ...