Vacation 2005

Jun 06 2005 Santa Fe to Durango via Chaco Canyon
Front of Chaco Canyon Ranger Station
Fajada Butte
Betty's Rock
Betty with Pueblo Bonito, south end behind her
Betty behind Pueblo Bonito's 5 story wall
Betty at the wall looking up at folks on the mesa
Fat gramps near the cliff begind Bonito
Betty at another part of Bonito's rear wall
Betty different angle on Bonito's rear wall
Betty near another part of Bonito's rear wall
Look at the masonry in this 1000 year old wall
Look at the masonry in this 1000 year old wall
Betty in the middle of the plaza atop the first story
Kivas and distant people show the size of Bonito Bonito was the largest multi family dwelling in the US until 1900
Betty still in the plaza western view
Gramps in the 2nd story plaza with some rooms behind
Looking at the back wall from the plaza
Looking back toward Betty's rock
Betty going down to the 1st floor of Bonito
1st and 2nd story rooms with a corner door
Looking through 5 ground floor rooms in a row
Another conrner door on the second floor
Betty at the west end of Casa Rinconada's great kiva
Betty at the East end of Casa Rinconada with Pueblo Bonito across the canyon
Betty looks into an excavated kiva at Rinconada
A windmill across the desert sage brush
Modern Navaho home with a Hogan
Betty gets her first look at a real steam train
Durango at sunset from The Palmer House
Another look at sunset from our window