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| Bandoleer N.M. and then back home to Tombstone | ||||||||||||||||
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| We hiked around the Anasazi ruins at Bandoleer National Monument. The we checked out the museum in Los Alomos. Then we headed south to Soccorro for a festival, south to Elephant Butte Lake state park, and then through Hatch New Mexico, the Chilie capital of the world before heading back to Tombstone. Click on any photo for larger view |
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| The pueblo ruins in the valley bottom at Bandoleer were in a semi-circular shape, with a central plaza. | The rock cliffs along the valley were formed by volcanic ash deposits. The rocks eroded with many caves being formed. The people who inhabited Bandoleer built cave homes in the rock cliffs. | |||||||||||||||
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| Another of the ruins in the valley is called Long House. It extended for 1100' along the cliff walls. The people living here bored holes in the rock wall to put roof beams into. The buildings were all two and three stories high. | ||||||||||||||||
| The walk back through the canyon was really pretty, with the yellow and gold leaves, rock cliffs, and the crisp blue sky. | ||||||||||||||||
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| We went to the Los Alamos museum, then to a festival in Socorro. From there we drove south and spent a night at Elephant Butte Lake state park. It is really busy in the summer with boaters and fishermen. | The sites at Elephant Butte Lake state park all had covered tables and great views. | |||||||||||||||
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| Tombstone was celebrating the 75th annual Helldorado Days while my parents were there. There were re-enactment groups from all over, shot-outs in the street every half hour, and this was a show at the Helldorado town ampi-theater. | ||||||||||||||||
| We got back to Tombstone and my parents arrived after driving from Oklahoma City from a reunion. We had a really nice day so we hopped in the pool. | ||||||||||||||||