I’m on my way south toward New Mexico with the ultimate goal of speaking to a ton of school kids and signing books. But on the way I’m stretching the trip to include a ton of sight seeing. I used to live in New Mexico–all around the Four Corners area, actually–and I’m giddy to be back. So, each day I’ll post pictures of my wanderings.
Today was mostly driving, but I did make one awesome stop at Hovenweep. It’s a group of Anasazi ruins in the middle of nowhere, noted mainly for it’s many towers (which are unusual for the Anasazi, or other pre-Columbian Native American groups).
The Square Tower, located at the bottom of a canyon. It’s about two-three stories tall.
A close up of one tower, and you can see another across the canyon (just to the right).
Two towers across the canyon.
The “Hovenweep Castle”. About two stories tall.
Detail of the decorative masonry.
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Awesome, Rob. Looks like you’re seeing all sorts of cool stuff. There’s a cool place I’ve been by Blanding that has ruins built into the side of a cliff–Hector’s Wash or something like that. I’m glad you’re having a good time
Wouldn’t it be amazing to have seen those structures before when they were whole? I always wonder about the people who wandered on those very same spots of earth where we can stand now and look at the ruins that were part of their everyday lives. So very cool!
Fun! We’ve been there a couple times and loved it. I recognize the different ruins.
I’d definitely need a tour guide if I went there so I’d know the history behind everything.
I think I’ve been to those ruins before. Lovely pictures. It would be awesome to know what they looked like when people were using them.
According to my husband, one of the pueblos near Santa Fe was home to something like 100,000 people. The whole pueblo only has about 1,000 rooms in it, so they figure mostly they were used for storage and people did most living outside. Living the way I do it’s hard to contemplate doing that. Even camping I spend so much time in a car or a tent it’s hard to truly imagine.
But way cool!