Got your attention?
It started out nice enough - just a walk through an open mesa.
Some pretty flowers.
Some pretty views.
and then I see where Vaughan plans on hiking to. The Citadel.
You walk out the peninsula to the point.
Well, maybe you, but not me.
My parents raised me to be smarter than that.
Can you see the path? It's the one on the slanted ledge around this rock.
(Vaughan took this shot.)
Here is the final stretch.
(Vaughan took this shot.)
and here is Vaughan - fighting the wind.
Me? I'm on the top of the mesa to the right.
(Vaughan took this shot.)
Needless to say he made it, I stopped hyper-ventilating, and we hiked the mile and a half back out.
On our way home we stopped by Natural Bridges National Monument.
The bridge in the middle below is called Sipapu.
This is a photo of Horsecollar Ruins. Can you spot them at the base?
How about now?
Maybe if I get a little closer?
Below is Kachina Bridge.
and this big bridge is Owachomo.
The wind was really kicking up and we could see the snow falling in the distance so we high-tailed it home. The road actually cuts through this ridge - named Comb Ridge.
Hopefully, more to do tomorrow unless we get too much snow. See you then!
Snow? Yikes!
ReplyDeleteLove the last picture...
Not so crazy about those heights either!
That peninsula did not look at wide as you described it....it's at least 30 feet wide !
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