And Indians

Yesterday we did some off roading (not on purpose) to Palatki Ruins. We had to make reservations which seemed strange. I have never heard of making reservations to hike. It rained the night before so the road had some muddy spots and areas we thought we might get stuck. It was a fun drive, but it would have been funner in a Jeep. The scenery was amazing though. The red rocks have distint horizonal lines and so many different shades of red and pink and some areas of white. It's so cool. The green trees and plants on the red sand really makes every pop out at you.

We found the parking lot and walked up to the information desk. The park rangers where very nice and loaned us some handmade hiking sticks. They pointed out the two different hikes and sent us on our way.

The first hike was up a hill to the Rock Art. Once we reached the top there was a park ranger there waiting to give us a tour. He pointed out the art work and explained the meaning. It was very interested. We then toured a cave dwelling that a farmer made and lived in 1920 while he built his home. I can see now why you need to make reservations. It's very small and fragile and the walking trains are very narrow in some parts.

- boys in old Farmer's house.

Our next hike was to the Indian Ruins. As we hiked up the red dirt road we stopped to get a lot of family pictures. I'll be adding the pictures to the blog when we get home. The more we hiked up the hill the cooler it got. The trees became thicker and created a tunnel or shade for us. It was very pretty and something I wouldn't expect to experience in Arizona.

We finally reached the top and found another guide waiting for us. Dante asked where the Indians were since we were visiting their homes. He's been curious and excited to meet some Indians since he saw their dancing video at the shops in town :) We walked around and even went inside one of the ruins. It was very interesting.

- Tough guys!