





Hovenweep National Monument . built between 1200 & 1300 CE









the sleeping Ute

Shiprock from a distance . 119km (74 miles)











oasis

desert bighorn sheep

the poetic and untimely demise of maria’s red hat











desert flotsam

Lowry Ruin resident






Cliff Palace . Mesa Verde National Park




Spider Woman Rock . Canyon de Chelly






Navajo National Monument




city stop









back on the road…


to the bottom of the Paleozoic ocean . 541 to 251.9 million years ago


snail on the trail





the path to newspaper rock









San Rafael Swell pictographs . 2ooo+ years old




Locomotive Point

Head of Sinbad . well-preserved pictograph panels dating to approx. 1ooo CE




was it all a dream? is it?
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This is installment 3 in my 12 month series revisiting some favorite magical places
follow the link below to see more
10 years gone . the US revisited
From mountains to prairie, oceans to petroglyphs…
the southwest and the wide open road.
Come take a look with me.











