Chaco canyon

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A national park recommended by a fellow traveller we met last week

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Great sunset views

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Break time on the Pueblo Alto trail hike

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Impressive workmanship from over 1000 years ago.. Hard to imagine the effort and hours spent importing the materials needed to build in the middle of a desert.

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Warm and sunny afternoon hike

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Fajida Butte in the background

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Chilly conditions, 29 degrees on Wednesday night!

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Can you see our Rpod in the campground?

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Pueblo bonito, an impressive great house in the middle of nowhere built between the years of 850-1100

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Remants of the multi story pueblo

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Signage from the original team exploring the area as part of the national park creation. Good share of the artifacts had already been taken by others in previous years

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In case my modeling career ever blossoms..

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Extreme slot canyoning!

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A nice 5 mile loop trail we hiked on Thursday afternoon. Should have brought water with us…luckily it wasn’t hot

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Bundled up for star gazing on Thursday evening

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  1. Johnny Bucher

    Hey Guys,
    Long time reader here. Keep up the posts. Enjoying the vicarious adventures.
    Johnny b

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