After leaving Abiquiu we drove west on rt 96, great scenery all the way, turned NW on 550 toward Aztec and Shiprock. Saw a sign to Chaco Cultural National Heritage Park. It was about 25 miles south into the desert with 15 miles of bone rattling washboard dirt/gravel road. I believe this is a place not to be missed. This is the birthplace of the pueblo people as they exchanged their nomadic life style for agriculture and a permanent settlement. There are the remains of 13 magnificent great houses that were constructed starting in the 9Th century.
Well Nita enjoyed this even with no phone, elect., water, TV, stores, etc. Our little motor is pretty self sufficient so it's not too tough. Love NM of the beaten path.
Pics, dirt road into Chaco Canyon, bute on right in distance is at N end of canyon, Casa Bonita-had 4 stories originally, 11th century farmer home under cliff on camp site, me on hiking path up to masa
Looks like you are the only people breathing in those parts of the world! Good thing you have each other!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are still enjoying the exploring side of life! Too bad the locals don't keep up with current conditions of restaurants and such, but I'm sure it often leads to an interesting, off beat destination.
Victoria and I just returned from a No Doubt concert in Nissan Pavillion in Va. It was fantastic! We loved the people watching also!! Came home to a fresh peach/strawberry pie made by Tyler. Life is good.
Mark is in Canada, trying to get away from me. I took him on a three hour kayak trip this morning and he is so sore and I'm not. He left town so he could moan in a hotel bed for the night. He wishes he could keep up, but it's hard to keep up with the Tribble blood!
Enjoy the day,
Love, Kariann