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| The Canyon |
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| Inside the structure |
Amazing! As many of you know, Rick is the student of anthropology and I kind of go along for the ride in hopes that I may learn something or see something really great. Today we explored the above mentioned monument and it is incredible. It is 145' down into the canyon and 145' (240 stairs) back out of the canyon, but it was so worth it, remember this is at 7000 ft elevation. There is a large variety of vegetation that grows on the canyon walls, everything from yucca plants to pine trees. How people built these structures into the canyon wall and gathered food and water is hard to believe. The theory is that the people that settled this canyon came from the San Francisco Mt area where Wupatki National Monument is located. They settled here in 1125AD and left in 1275AD. It was declared a national monument in 1915.
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| One of the strutures |
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| Can you see the visitors ctr @ the top |
They were farmers and it is believed that the rainfall in the area begin to decrease and that along with a century's use caused crops to fail. Thanks for asking.
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