After camping, we drove over to the Sunset Crater National Monument. The San Francisco Peaks were surrounded by sunflowers and a big rainstorm was heading in. Thankfully we've got this sweet golf umbrella. We pulled it out as we were looking at the lovely Bonito Lava Flow. Who knew that the Peaks and all the surrounding "foothills" are really extinct volcanos. There are 600 in the area. So we learned about that. Then we drove through the rain and turned off on a side road that turned out to be so fun. The dirt was black, eroded lava rock. Casson drove like a wonder. After getting our weekly dose of concussion, we headed for the Wupatki National Monument, which is a series of ruins dating from 1000ish. They were beautiful, with the most outstanding views all around of the Peaks and Painted Desert, with not a sign of civilization in sight. The first was Wukoki "Big House." And then there was the really extensive ruin, Wupatki itself. This ruin overlooked a gorgeous valley and the Painted Desert. Here we met Marty, a very friendly man from Australia. He's an Australian film star in the upcoming film The Nothing Men, which will come out in the states in about six months. He was loving the southwest after having dealt with LA culture. We assumed that Australia had similar views, but he said that Australias wild country was not comparable to the American southwest. He hadn't even seen the Grand Canyon yet, I wonder how he reacted to that! And, finally we saw the Citadel Ruin, with Selah in her buggy.
After camping, we drove over to the Sunset Crater National Monument. The San Francisco Peaks were surrounded by sunflowers and a big rainstorm was heading in. Thankfully we've got this sweet golf umbrella. We pulled it out as we were looking at the lovely Bonito Lava Flow. Who knew that the Peaks and all the surrounding "foothills" are really extinct volcanos. There are 600 in the area. So we learned about that. Then we drove through the rain and turned off on a side road that turned out to be so fun. The dirt was black, eroded lava rock. Casson drove like a wonder. After getting our weekly dose of concussion, we headed for the Wupatki National Monument, which is a series of ruins dating from 1000ish. They were beautiful, with the most outstanding views all around of the Peaks and Painted Desert, with not a sign of civilization in sight. The first was Wukoki "Big House." And then there was the really extensive ruin, Wupatki itself. This ruin overlooked a gorgeous valley and the Painted Desert. Here we met Marty, a very friendly man from Australia. He's an Australian film star in the upcoming film The Nothing Men, which will come out in the states in about six months. He was loving the southwest after having dealt with LA culture. We assumed that Australia had similar views, but he said that Australias wild country was not comparable to the American southwest. He hadn't even seen the Grand Canyon yet, I wonder how he reacted to that! And, finally we saw the Citadel Ruin, with Selah in her buggy.
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