They're over a month overdue, but I finally uploaded the pictures from my Southwest trip to a web album.Departed Wisconsin: 28 November
Returned to Wisconsin: 18 December
Total number of states driven through: 8
Total number of miles driven: ~ 4,500
Snowstorms dodged: 2
Highest elevation: 10,857 ft amsl.
Number of cribbage games w/ Eliza: lost count. Number of nights I froze my ass off: lost count.
Anyway, without further ado, you can browse through the pictures by following this (link). A map of our route can be found below.
A few locations we stayed at.
F: Bandelier National MonumentWikipedia)
G: Chaco Culture National Historical Park (Wikipedia) -- UNESCO World Heritage Site.
H: Mesa Verde National Park (Wikipedia) -- UNESCO World Heritage Site.
I: Great Sand Dune National Park (Wikipedia)
N, what a great trip. What was the occasion, just to "road trip"? It's amazing, the walls the Chaco Culture built. Simply amazing. Imagine the construction... laying all those skinny bricks, one by one in the sun. *sheesh*
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the photo with your shadows at the dunes (141) and also the photo at the highest point of the dunes (142).
Nice work. Thanks for sharing. I will now share this photo album with some road tripper peeps here at work.
Occasion? You're too purpose-driven, J :p
ReplyDeleteMy bestest Peace Corps friend used to live in Santa Fe, but reloacted to Cheyenne. A friend & I picked her up and used her as a tour guide to see some cool stuff. She's too much fun... she's also in a few of the photos. I have one of her that is worth posting, but didn't. Hmmm, I might add something on to my blog post later today.
Chaco is amazing, it would take more than two days there to see everything. I read a book (fiction) that took place in Chaco - The Visitant. I love thinking about the Anasazi and how things were so different only a dozen centuries ago. Corn grew amidst all the rock and sand?!?!
And Mesa Verde is where the Anasazi's creation story takes place. The First Ones crawled out from the underworld into three worlds below ours, and then finally crawled out into this world, the Fourth World, at Mesa Verde. The kivas at M.V. were all made with a symbolic hole (sipapu) in the floor.
I had no idea about the sand dunes until we actually got there. Who woulda thunk there would be so much sand in Colorado?? Not me. I'm still shocked I'd never heard of the place before this.
Share away, and I'm glad you enjoyed! You should jump in the car :D
Perhaps I am a bit purpose driven. My daily routine involves integrating electrical controls for many a production. *sigh* ;)
ReplyDeleteMy wife Alicia and I are headed to Door County next weekend "just to get away" (there I go again with a purpose). Dropping the baby off at Grandma's in GB and heading up the peninsula. It'll feel good to jump in the car and go for the first time in what will be 12 weeks. :)
And I believe heading to the area of NM/CO will be on the agenda as Sonya ages and we take a family "truckster" vacation out west-ish.