I spent Friday getting to ABQ, finding my hotel, getting a rental car, and generally getting my bearings. Now it's time to start the adventure. I started out at the Petroglyph National Monument. I love park rangers. The one at the visitors center told me about the three trails, which one would be the best, and even started a movie for me one the history of the place. I decided to go for the longer trail with more Petroglyphs thinking I could come back and see the other trails later if I had time. The third trail actually doesn't have petroglyphs, it winds around the volcanos that form the basalt rock the Indians carved on. Anyhow... It was a quiet hike and you think the canyon is dead except then you start to notice little holes everywhere. Snakes? Lizards? I only saw little lizards but I'm sure others were around. Then I got far enough into the canyon that I started see the petroglyphs. I went from signs of canyon life in the present to signs of the ancient past. How cool.
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