Monday-06/18/18 - Secondary Sites, but great anyway.

Today we went to Hovenweep.  It's a little off the beaten path and doesn't get very many visitors but the ruins were great.

This site was peopled by the same folks who were at the much larger Mesa Verde site.  However all the sites were up on flat ground, but not in any cliffs.

This is an example of their housing construction.  It's called the twin towers.

Here is Mary walking along the path that took us by all the ruins.  The full trip was 2 miles which included a steep decent  into the canyon and out again.  I decided against that.  We did about half way around and then doubled back.  The visitor center provided walking sticks for those who didn't have one.

The following are several more examples of the housing and other structures found at Hovenweep. 

Most of the communities were built near springs and seeps at canyon heads.

After leaving Hovenweep we found we could get back to Cortez by driving in either direction.  So we started driving the other way.  Along the way, we noticed a sign for Lowry Pueblo National Historic Landmark, so we decided to go there.  This site is unmanned by Park Rangers.  Glad we did.  It was a great sight.  But I will say the trip to this site was tough.  It was washboard city.  Enough to shake loose bolts in the truck, along with our teeth.

Above is the very small entrance to the home.  I had to bend over double to get in.

 Interior of the structure.

After finishing this visit we headed back to Cortez.  In the morning we leaving for Torrey, UT and Capital Reef National Park.

PS:  We're actually in Salt Lake City now and are in an RV Park that actually has decent WiFi.  I hope to catch up now.  I have found out that some RV parks will supply the bare minimum WiFi to be able to advertise they have WiFi.

Later.