Saturday, I woke up and met some of my siblings for a little brekkie nosh and then I did another good walk.
I started at Smiths grocery store and walked along Los Alamos Canyon Rim Trail, which is a nice wide paved trail, and then crossed the highway through the new-ish underpass, went behind the airport and walked the east end of Pueblo Canyon, west back to Smiths.
Of course, mapping hit a snafu, as I forgot to turn on Runkeeper for the first mile or so, and my Apple Watch died halfway through! It was about 4 miles.
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| Not a great pic, but I love me dem ravens! |
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| Los Alamos Canyon |
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| From the public art in the highway pedestrian underpass. It's the same underpass where Anne and I made our art piece, Mischief Pie, a couple years ago. |
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| Path of tuff – must be home! |
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| Pueblo Canyon |
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| I'm pretty sure these are ancestral Puebloan dwellings across the canyon. Too much uniformity to be random wind-blown caves. |
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| An accidental photo, but I kind of like it! |
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| My dream house... |
As many times as I visited Bandelier in my youth and the many times I've been back to visit, I've only ever walked Frijoles Canyon around the
Tyuonyi (pronounced Qu-weh-nee) Village, the home of the Ancestral Puebloans.
And this is exactly the walk I did late Saturday afternoon when I arrived. I drove to the Visitor Center and walked the Pueblo Trail. It is so cool! Go visit Bandelier someday!
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| I didn't climb the ladders today. |
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| Evidence of a wall painting, footholds, roof timber holds, cavates, and petroglyphs! |
Close up of the petroglyphs:
And more petroglyphs. There are a lot on the cliff walls! These are just a few.
A great example of a wall painting. Preserved under plexiglass.
The trail continues along the Frijoles River back to the Visitor Center.
On my drive back up to the campground, I stopped at the overlook. Gorgeous views! And those clouds! Ow, my heart!
A ranger talk capped the day. It was all about the Ancestral Puebloans' agriculture techniques. She talked about the three sisters crops, using pumice as mulch, and irrigation techniques. Interesting!
Tired, I headed back to camp. Juniper campground, Coyote Loop, Space 42. Great spot!
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| Poppy among the pines |
