We found a campground at the base this magnificent plateau (see the picture above) and drove the 20 miles up to the top and the Visitor Center/Museum. I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed the fall colors as much as I’ve enjoyed those of the surrounding hills...they are magnificent !!!
on rocky ledges sitting high above the floor of the canyons. Some of the sites we saw from a distance across a deep canyon, and then there were others that we were able to hike too, climb handmade ladders, or squeeze through rock formations to wonder within. In this picture you'll see a "Kiva". As you can see, it's a round structure with a fire-pit in the floor. It did have a roof with a hole in the center for the smoke to exit AND, it held a ladder for those family members to enter. Notice two things, the square hole in front of the pit and the small wall. The hole is to let air from the outside in, and the small wall is to keep it from blowing directly at the fire and creating a problem with the blaze and smoke...pretty neat. We found a campground at the base this magnificent plateau (see the picture above) and drove the 20 miles up to the top and the Visitor Center/Museum. I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed the fall colors as much as I’ve enjoyed those of the surrounding hills...they are magnificent !!! We drove the mesa twice over two days easily felt we could do it many more. My only wish to make this drive better would have been to have my son in laws Porshe Boxter to do it in as the roads were FULL of 15-20 mph turns climbing at a 8 to9 percent grade on a freshly resurfaced roadway…(wishful thinking on my part…). Oh yes, I've found my thing...the Native American flute and I MUST play it while here in this magnificent place and sitting high above the canyons floors below.
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