Bandelier National Monument

After Lubbock we took the short drive over to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where surprisingly we had never been. We didn't see much in the city, since it was raining at the time and I hadn't really looked up anything to check out. Our hotel was north of town and not far from Bandelier National Monument, so of course we had to go. I'd never heard of it before I randomly happened to see it on the map (which is how I usually find the off-the-wall places we end up going), and since we had Paul's 4th Grade Free Pass to the National Parks, it seemed like a great idea. Southern Colorado and New Mexico have numerous preserved sites where the ancient peoples of those lands lived, and this is one of them. We drove back in the canyon and took a short hike along the cliffs to see some of the dwellings. I'm not sure what the elevation was, but it wasn't as hot as it could have been, which made for a decent hike. Of course we took photos...