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| partners | | Yes, this report is only 11 1/2 months late  .
Don't you just love it when a place you read about and pictures you see lives up to the hype. Well Chaco Culture National Historic Park sure lived up to its billing. It was a great way to end our excursion into New Mexico. We packed up from our Bisti Wildnerness campsite and drove to Chaco. I have pictures and video of some of our drive. It was a lovely day to see even more.
The dirt road was in great shape as we finally got near to the canyons of Chaco. We arrived at 10AM to Pueblo Bonito after making a quick stop at the VC. We picked up the pamphlet to have as we walked around the paths. The construction is impressive to say the very least. I took many pictures and lots of video so you can read more about it when flipping thru the pictures and/or taking the video tour. It was difficult getting thru the smaller doors that's for sure. And then standing inside of this magnificent structure was an incredible feeling.
After Bonito we walked over to Chetro Ketl which was pretty awesome to walk around as well. It's hard to imagine how daily life occurred so I did a little Rx on the web and could find some pictures that would depict how these places may have looked back in their day.
Next up was Casa Rinconado; actually the giant kiva  . THAT was quite something. Once again, it's hard to visualize how it really looked so I included a link under my pictures to the Aztec Ruins where a kiva was renovated before they quit doing that sort of thing.
On the drive out we got to step out and take a look at some elk grazing below the road; a great way to end our Chaco experience. On the drive back to Arizona we stopped at the El Rancho Hotel... you know, the one you see signs for near Gallup. Well that was nice; altho we didn't spend much time.
Here are the videos that include movies and many more pictures than the ones posted here. If you haven't been to Chaco, I'd definitely put it on your list:
Bisti to Chaco Culture Park https://youtu.be/lC ... NGO4
Pueblo Bonito
https://youtu.be/ka ... CxQU
https://youtu.be/UE ... ND6U
https://youtu.be/ea ... geNg and Chetro Ketl
Chetro Ketl https://youtu.be/ep ... BoGQ
Chetro Ketl and Casa Rinconado https://youtu.be/ln ... 59Pk
Casa Rinconado, drive out and El Rancho https://youtu.be/SK ... 3cp4 |
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For me, sometimes it's just as much about the journey as the destination.
Oh, and once in awhile, don't forget to look back at the trail you've traveled. |
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