We stopped along the road to Bandelier to look into this beautiful canyon.

We saw many cacti on this trip. We liked this one with the flowers.

A picture of the cliff dwellings at the Bandelier National Monument. We were behind a group of Italian men who were climbing the ladder to look inside.

The ruins of an ancient native community.

David getting ready to enter into the one of the cliff dwellings. This was a very warm day, but inside the cliff, the temperature was nice and cool.

David in front of some rock formations.

Chris in front of the rock formations.

Rock formations. You can see how soft and porous the rocks are.

The artsy shot with the child.

They were doing some preservation work on the site while we there.

A sign explaining what they are working on.

We took the road west out of Bandelier to see what was there. We had a beautiful drive through a huge caldera and up and around mountains. When we left Santa Fe in the morning, we had thought we might like to visit a spa in Jemez Springs, but we forgot to bring bathing suits and it was not clothing optional. So we stopped in the funky little town of Jemez Springs   for lunch.

David at lunch in Jemez Springs.

The view we had while we ate.