Colorado. The Canyon of the Ancients

 We've done forest, we've done grassland, we've done mountains, so now we needed to do desert.

Welcome to the Canyon of  the Ancients.

But before we got stated, we walked down to the Dolores River.

It was very nice. There is another photo further on down the post showing Doreen all bundled up. It was cold.

The desert was quiet.

There were some mostly unreconstructed, and unmonitored ruins on the hike.

Really interesting

And beautiful

Not as spectacular as over on Mesa Verde, but everyone has to live somewhere

The sky was really blue

And the rocks went from gray to red to white

Many had these intrusions

We never get tired of Self Portraits. 

Doreen in the morning