Canyon of the Ancients National Monument

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I'm way behind on showing off hiking pictures, but here are a few from the weekend before last, when we went to the fairly-new Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, about an hour and a half west of here. Photos are links to bigger ones at my flickr page.


Escalante Pueblo, a restored Anasazi ruin. The water in the background is McPhee Reservoir, and the mountains are the LaPlatas.


Britt torturing playing with a small tarantula, and Sand Canyon with part of Sleeping Ute in the background.

By the way, driving out there I was reminded of just how rural an area we live in, as we had to stop twice for cattle being driven across the road, and once for sheep. Britt grumbled about the cowboys being mostly mounted on ATVs rather than on the traditional horses.