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Tyuonyi Overlook Trail Loop, NM
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| Hiking | 2.37 Miles |
183 AEG |
| | Hiking | 2.37 Miles | | | |
| 183 ft AEG | | | | |
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| no partners | | Friends came back from their Overseas Trip and this day was my first of a 2 week explore of Northcentral New Mexico. My planning for the next 6 days centered around the Los Alamos/Bandelier NM area, so I opted to spend those nights at the Campground in the Monument. Thanks to a new Lifetime Pass, it was pretty affordable to do so and it centered me in the areas I wanted to be for the most part. Sometimes it pays to get older I guess. 
Drove into the Monument, did the touristy thing stopping at an Overlook, before hitting the Visitor's Center at the bottom to check in. While I was there, decided to eat lunch at the Cafe there, one of the few National Monuments that had one that I know of. It was highly rated and I found the ratings to be true. Yum! After dinking around down there a bit longer, went up and set up my campsite above. There is a TH at the campground, so I decided to get a short hike in, even though the weather was threatening at that point.
Nice Hike to an awesome overlook. Looking down at the Visitor's Center, the Canyon and some of the ruins below. The Golden Hour made for some nice light as well. Also checked out the historic Amphitheater before heading back to my site. The weather held out, but did get rain a bit later at the Campground.
Nice start to what turned out to be a pretty awesome trip. |
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