Chaco Canyon is older than the cliff dwellings, which did not appear until about 1250. The oldest buildings in Chaco date from about 850 AD and the larger structures were the first multi-family residences in the United States.
It's a World Heritage site and one of New Mexico's best-kept secrets, a hundred miles from everything. NPS deliberately keeps the roads bad because they do not have the resources to protect it properly. If you have not been it's worth the trip.... go out 40 to Thoreau then follow the signs. What I found most striking was the silence. There is no traffic, no airplanes, no radios. I was walking one of the trails and heard a noise... and realized it was a lizard running across the path 50 yards ahead. It is eerie to realize that a powerful civilization can be that gone. On 9/7/07, Dinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ha! The castle in Las Vegas. Yeah, roxors. I remember this one > hot chick I would've got funky with down at those springs... had just > started running with my woman back then, decided to make an effort > to not make mistakes made before. And maybe it was platonic. =] > > For a while I was traveling around the state doing training on stuff > for childcare related whatnots. Met some interesting people, got > to get out... wasn't half bad. It really is quite nice, and I can totally > see that Desert Solitaire, Monkey Wrench type "why the hell are > we expanding cities, etc." mindset- which is funny as hell, cuz that > was like, back when stuff was way tiny in comparison. Life! > > Chaco canyon... is that the one with the ruins up in the sides of > the canyon? Freaking awesome! I get stuff confused- wish my > brain could keep it all, photographic like- Instead I'm like "or is that > canyon deche?" wait, that's not right... Bah. Guess there's a down > side to taking things for granted. aYup. > > All this talk makes me nostalgic tho- it's been too long that I've > forgone just about everything in favor of completing Too Much > Stuff. Far too long. Shit. Well, I'm gonna finish this report so > I might, just might, not get called on to perform during this > vacation, at least. Yes, looks like the generated files are now > generated, so, lates- it's report testing time! > > __ > <!--- TODO: Implement Method ---> - unknown > my heart is beating your face - Sage > > On 9/6/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > oh now if you want nominations in New Mexico I could talk your ear > > off. There's stunning countryside pretty much anywhere you care to > > leave the interstate. > > > > I remember when I was in Las Vegas one summer I was restless and bored > > one morning and decided to see where 7th Street goes. And danged if it > > didn't wind through some hills, pass an adobe church painted with the > > blessed virgin, then a hot springs and a by-gosh castle before heading > > into the mountains and some drop-dead grogeous views off some hairpin > > turns, then dead end at a campground parking lot in the Santa Fe > > National Forest about 25 miles later. > > > > One thing you learn in New Mexico though is respect for exactly how > > far from anywhere you can get. Like Chaco Canyon. You make sure the > > gas tank is full and the spare tire has air BEFORE you go. > > > > On 9/6/07, Dinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The wife and I did some AWESOME touring around the state when > > > we first got together- split it into 4 and did one a year or so- and I'm > > > born and raised NM (born in the house I used to live in, heh!)- I've > > > seen a good bit of what the state has to offer, not that it doesn't > > > change, or it's not good to see it again. 4th of July canyon was > > > the last place I shroomed, come to think of it. =] > > > > > > Good call on the timing- not sure how long it's going to take, actually- > > > I'd guess 5hrs, since it's like 8 to denver, but... > > > > > > Wow, this is a freaking LOVELY state, now that I think about it- lots > > > of variety, from one border to the other. Course, a whole lot of desert > > > in between as well... :-) Up to Denver is where I've gone most times, > > > when leaving the state... Seconded by Mexico, strangely enough. > > > Well, and then there's Texas... erm... yeah, I gotta go East next, fer > > > sure. Far east. Or anywhere, really. Fuck I'm sick of work! Not > > > The work, but work. Someone else dial up some drama, k? =P > > > > > > Yup, some lovely mountains, leaves, and whatnot, sound excellent! > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242040 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
