Native Americans have been leaving their artwork, in the form of petroglyphs, for hundreds of years in the Santa Fe area. We heard that there is a site just outside of the city with thousands of these ancient pictures. The site is called La Cieneguilla Petroglyph site. The petroglyphs were placed there by Puebloan people living in the are between the 13th and 17th centuries. The hike was described as a short, but steep, hike along the mesa. So we decided to try it out. The hike was easy at the beginning, as stated. But to actually see the petroglyphs, we had to climb over and around boulders and loose rocks while climbing to the top of the mesa. My short legs had a few problems with the large boulders. Kay gave me a hand while Pops had to try to climb while keeping hold of Jax on his leash. We also had to watch out for rattlesnakes. Whew! We did find petroglyphs, though, and best of all, we found a much easier path back down. I am not sure that I could have made it back down the way we came up.
We returned to the RV for showers and lunch. Then Kay and I went to the funky, weird, interactive museum called MeowWolf. We spent a couple of hours there, laughing and being silly. Michelle had to work today so she couldn't go with us.
Supper tonight is back up at the mountain house with the "kids". We wanted to make prickly pear margarita's but we couldn't find the prickly pear juice. Finally, Kay found some actual prickly pear fruit. She Googled how to prepare the fruit. My very talented husband made the margarita's and the were wonderful! Another good day!
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