Yesterday I was off for the day so I went through what is becoming my normal day off routine: breakfast outside as the sun starts to warm up the day, reading for a bit, and a trip to Cortez for groceries. On the way back, I always pass this canyon with some good hiking that I had been meaning to check out. Finally I got around to it.
The parking lot is all rough, exposed sandstone and is right in front of this big sandstone formation which is really cool looking. There are several trails leading off of it, one in particular that leads to an ancient pueblo ruin, 6 miles up. I did not have time for that but I did end up doing a wonderful 3 hour lone hiking trip. Actually, I ended up leaving my camera in the car so unfortunately for you there are no pictures to document this except from images left in my mind.
On the way, I stumbled upon a few ruins and even a petroglyph wall. The best part was that it was so unexpected and I had no expectations. It was neat to be just walking a long and all of the sudden spot a pueblo ruin tucked away in a cliff side. So much better than any hyped up tourist site., like mentioned previously in my post on Mesa Verde.
The entire hike I didn't see a soul and it was really peaceful. I'm really appreciating the desert silence and it was actually a blessing not to have my camera because I just existed. There was no worrying about documenting and putting my experience into a tangible box. I'm learning to just throw myself completely into this world and at the same trying really hard to get away from my addiction to my computer (cleansing myself of technology if you will). So if there are happen to be days where there are few and far between posts on here you know why!
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