Chaco

As readers of this blog may already know, it's always a pleasure for me to return to Chaco Canyon. Yesterday I took a long day-trip there with a couple of neighbors. It was my first time there with the new camera and, even though the light is washed out during the day, I was pleased with the results. Both pictures posted here were taken during our tour of Pueblo Bonito.

The tour was given by G.B. Cornucopia, whom I've known since he came to Chaco 21 years ago as a campground host while I was superintendent. I think it was the best tour I've ever heard GB give, incorporating latest research as well as quotes and his observations from original documents of excavation. What a pleasure!

And it was a joy to briefly see my friend of long standing and former co-worker, Park Archeologist Dabney Ford. What a resource she is for that park, as well as being a wonderful person.

And, still further, we got to hear a talk by Ron Sutcliffe, a surveyor from Pagosa Springs, on the movements of the moon and sun as they may be recorded in the architecture of Casa Rinconada. I'm still a skeptic on some of this stuff, but he's done some good work. That was followed by a group visit to Casa Rinconada, which I still think was wrongly and illegally closed to public entry. Yeah, I know ... grumpy old men! Still, it was a great day, as all days at Chaco are! tv