Santa Fe - New App

I have a new App to help me post our blog.  I thought I should give it a try.

We decided to spend the day in Santa Fe via the - 

Tent Rock National Monument

With the warm weather, we thought we would spend the day at Tent Rocks National Monument.  It was a very popular outing.  People probably showed up in droves because it was a beautiful weather day and the entrance fee was waived due to Veterans Day.

The cone-shaped tent rock formations are the products of the Jemez volcanic eruptions that occurred 6 to 7 million years ago and left pumice, ash and volcanic tuff deposits over 1,000 feet thick.  Precariously perched on many of the tapering hoodoos are boulder caps that protect the softer pumice and volcanic tuff below.

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Silver City- Day 3 & 4

For day three we drove north to Glenwood,NM along highway 180 and walked along the Cat Walk of Whitewater Canyon.  This little canyon was first developed to bring water from the top of the canyon to a mill in the valley.  Several years years ago a flash flood went down this canyon and wiped out the structures.  They hired a firm from Albuquerque to replace the walk and bridges up the canyon.  The new structures were very nice and sturdy.  After the hike, we had lunch at a lovely picnic ground which was at the start of the trail.  The spot was surrounded with changing fall trees and the river that runs down the canyon.  We also found several  Geocaches on the drive back to Silver City.

Silver City - Day 1 & 2

We arrived in Silver City on Wednesday afternoon at the KOA here.  It's not  very crowded this time of year.  We dvrove into the historic district and had dinner at the Little Toad Creek brewery.  Good food.