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Our trip to the Southwest, April/May 2007 2006
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This page will be superceded once we get back and process more pictures. The trip description is on our blog, which will open in a new window.

Day 1, April 24th - Warrensburg to Garden City KS -


Stone posts, barbed wire & tumbleweeds - Santa Fe Trail Center

The Santa Fe Trail Center, with Bill in the door?

Sod house & windmill - Santa Fe Trail Center

Sandra working on pic of the blockhouse, Ft. Larned

Long porch at Ft. Larned

They baked 300 loaves a day at Ft. Larned

Wagon & officers' quarters at Ft. Larned

Day 2, April 25th - Garden City KS to Raton NM


Capulin Volcano seen from the north

Sandra freezing in the crater

An inside view of the crater

View from the top of Capulin Volcano

View of the volcano fields

Raton, NM from "Goat Hill" - see the train on the AT&SF main line
Day 3 - Raton to Albuquerque via Santa Fe

Sandra enjoying the Santa Fe Plaza

Bill's self-portrait in the Shed Cafe

The NM Museum of Art - from its patio

Sandra at 10,628 feet

View from Sandia Crest

Madge & Larry Harrah on Thursday evening

Day 4 - Albuquerque - Museums, Old Town & All Nations Powwow

Ancient bowl at Maxwell Museum

Arena full of dancers

Carrying the staff with the Eagle Feather - a place of great honor

3 Traditional Dancers

A rather striking dancer

Jingle dancer, so-called because of the bells sewn on her clothes

Navajo Codetalkers - did you see the movie "Windtalkers?"

3 Codetalkers

Interesting lines on an Old Town roof

Day 5 - Albuquerque - Museums, Apache Dancers & Coronado State Monument


Albuquerque Museum of Art - Entrada sculpture

Dinosaur mounts at NM Museum of Natural History & Science

Apache dancers at the Pueblo Cultural Center

Albuquerque Museum of Art - Entrada sculpture

Dinosaur mounts at NM Museum of Natural History & Science

Apache dancers at the Pueblo Cultural Center

Day 6 - Albuquerque to Grants, including Petroglyphs NM, Acoma & El Malpais


Petroglyph at Petroglyphs National Monument

Church of San Esteban, Acoma Pueblo

Pottery for sale along Acoma streets

Ladder to upper level door in Acoma

El Malpais lava fields from Sandstone cliffs overlook

La Ventana Arch in El Malpais

Day 7 - Grants to Chinle, including Bisti Badlands, Ship Rock, and Lukachukai


Cliffs along highway

Bisti Badlands view

Ship Rock, showing a the track we had to drive

Shiprock seen from the west side, thru other formations

Shiprock in the distance, with Red Valley in the foreground. We celebrated our Anniversary a bit after 2 PM form this wooded overlook.

Front of the Lukachukai Mountains, from the Totsoh Trading Post