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Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico....

12/1/2014

 
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( 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.
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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.
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A partial Kiva in it's original form without a roof.
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This is a two story pueblo, some were even three stories.
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After walking around the site, we had lunch in their beautiful picnic area.
Love to all,  Barb and Dave

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