( Writing this from Deming, New Mexico on Dec 1, 2014. Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. We sure did with our chicken, sweet potato and green bean dinner. And a hike on the trail that got us a cool iPhone video of a tarantula walking on the rocks. I am not able to include a video in this blog but if you have a iPhone I can text it to you. )
Now, I will get back to the Aztec Ruins, which we visited on Oct. 25 while we where camped in Farmington, NM. It was a short drive out of Farmington, so we packed a lunch and did a day tour of the National Monument ( it is also an International Heritage Site). At the ruins you can walk through the actual pueblos and they have a reconstructed Kiva that you can enter; it is a chamber built underground for religious ceremonies. Walking through this park is a very beautiful and inspirational experience. Stop at the visitors center first to watch the short film and pick up a written guide describing the ruins.
These timbers are over 1000 years old and still holding up an upper floor. It's so amazing to walk right under them and see them up close.
A partial Kiva in it's original form without a roof.
This is a two story pueblo, some were even three stories.
After walking around the site, we had lunch in their beautiful picnic area.
Love to all, Barb and Dave
Love to all, Barb and Dave
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