We wanted to go check out some ruins (because what else would we do the first chance we have to get out again??). They were a little south of Albuquerque so it would be a warmer spot to go in the middle of February. We originally thought that we would walk up a canyon to an old homestead before stopping by a ruin on the way back, but decided we should keep it a lot more simple on our first run with two kids. We are grateful we did :)
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| At the trailhead |
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| All tucked in and ready to go! |
And because we changed our minds, we ended up walking on a random route and found an old homestead anyway!
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| An old chimney, angle 1 |
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| An old chimney, angle 2. It looks like they tried to close off the fireplace. |
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| This home had a similar style to one we have seen before where they carved a v into the bottom of the top beam and then stuck the pointed ends into them to make a wall. |
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Well as we looked at this house structure, we noticed that the stones were very well carved, kind of like pueblo ruins, lo and behold, we could totally see outlines of Indian ruins right there by the homestead! They had taken the bricks from the ruins to build their house! Here are the ruin pits right next to the homestead:
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| This kid wanted to walk a little. He is such a fun companion! |
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| Pottery |
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| These were the "real" ruins we were heading to. |
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| View from the top |
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| And the side |
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| Me trying to get Scott to look at Stan...I'm in trouble if he doesn't quit hating pictures... |
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| It's amazing the intricacy they used! |
Random photos:
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| This interesting plant was really pretty with it's purple flowers |
We found a handful of random pails on trees:
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| He loved walking on this hike, we have a hiker in the making! |
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| I sometimes feel bad for dragging my babies on these adventures, but when they are so sweet afterwards, I know it was okay :) |
We had a delicious BBQ before we headed home. It was pretty windy so we just ate in the car. Scott took the driver's seat.
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| Beautiful sunset to finish off a beautiful day. Scott looked out and said "It's so beautiful Mom!" Yes it is my boy!! |
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