Desperately seeking superlatives
We are barely into our second week of our trip and I am already running out of superlatives. How many ways can you say gorgeous, stunning, breathtaking, amazing? I’m talking about Chaco Canyon Culture National Historical Park and the surrounding area, including the San Juan River valley where we are right now. We braved the 21 miles (13 of it unpaved) to get to the Canyon on Monday. It took us an hour and that is considered very good time. Despite being fairly warned, the inside of the TT was in shambles. We didn’t take in much dust though and nothing was broken. It was SO worth it! We spent two nights dry camping nestled beneath a huge canyon wall with our own little pueblo ruin and petroglyphs nearby. Some of the buildings were built in the 800’s and all are amazing. The NPS has applied for Dark Sky designation (available at only a few places in the world) for this site and they discourage using more light than you need. As a result, it is magical at night.
We drove just over 100 miles today and are now at Navaho Lake State Park on the San Juan River. The river is lovely, very clear and green. I was excited about paddling my little canoe on it but learned that I have to have a NM fishing license and fishing apparatus in the boat! Butch is going fly fishing tomorrow with a guide so I will go along too.
No real plans for the rest of the week. I guess we will wander west toward Utah.
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