HOVENWEEP NATIONAL MONUMENT

We left Mesa Verde National Park and drove over to Hovenweep National Monument.  We had not been to this place either so it is a new experience for us.  Nice drive here through a small canyon out of Cortez, CO on a little used two lane road.  Pretty nice campground and a few good hikes.

The work on these walls was impressive.

And they built some structures right on top of existing rocks.

And Connie is always clowning around.

Thought this was interesting how they built this inside of a large boulder.

Sunset in the ruins.

Don't know where the reflection above the sun came from, but it is pretty.

Lots of lizards.

These two pictures are from our back door at sunset one night.

A slot canyon Connie hiked.

Another sunset picture.