After leaving Hovenweep and hiking from Utah to the Holly site in Colorado we decided to was time for us to make the time to go to Chaco Canyon. We had been close to the site in numerous years, but had never veered off the beaten path to go to Chaco. And it is off the beaten path! We traveled 21 miles on a dirt road off the main paved road. Sometimes the road was so much like a washboard, we could barely do 3 miles per hour. But we finally arrived in the afternoon and headed to the visitors center. I was astounded by the amount and beauty of the pottery, tools, and sandals that have been recovered from all of the sites of this once thriving culture. Their architecture is monumental!!!! In all of the sites that we have previously visited, I have never seen anything quite like this. The masons and engineers of these sites were incredible individuals as you will see in these photos. Steve and I left early in the morning on our bikes and traveled a 9 miles loop around all of the villages. It was only about 25 degrees, but the sun was shining on us as it had on the early Chacoans, and warmed our bodies and hearts! What an amazing day we spent touring all of the pueblos. It was so quiet that you could hear the raven's wings flapping overhead.
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