Thursday Apr 08, 2010 at 01:04

Chaco and Bisti

Quick update after an excellent couple of days. I visited Chaco (or, to give it its full name: Chaco Culture National Historical Park – what a mouthful) yesterday, and spent the night in a chilly campsite.

I checked out Pueblo Bonito before setting out on the Pueblo Alto hike. Rather than do the full loop, I headed straight to New Alto, then Pueblo Alto, then returned to the overlook to try to catch the good light.

This afternoon was Bisti, around 40 minutes south of Farmington. It’s an unbelievable place with endless photographic possibilities. In one visit you can really only scratch the surface.

There are a few characteristic rock types to be found (I’m no geologist, so apologies to anyone reading this who is) and they can be found in very close proximity. The dark brown hard layer that still sits as a capstone in some places is, in others, fragmented and scattered around the pale softer rock.

Some more shapes:

Off again tomorrow, headed west…

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Stephen · Thursday, April 08, 2010, 01:04 · Permalink