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| Leaving our Carlsbad campground...notice the bats on the wind gauge..an homage to the caverns |
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| Mountain view on the way to Silver City, NM |
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| A snowplow passed us on the way to Silver City...no snow!! |
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| But there was a dust storm! |
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| Our Silver City RV Park |
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| At the Gila Cliff Dwellings |
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| A little picnic lunch before we head to the dwellings |
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| Starting our hike to the dwellings |
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| The Gila Cliff dwellings--there are more than 40 sites protected within the 533 acres of Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (set aside by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt in 1907). Sites range from pit houses dating from 500 CE (Common Era) to surface pueblos dating to 1400 CE. Today we were taking a guided tour to see 6 of the sites where cave dwellers lived. You can see the first cave dwelling right ahead of us. |
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| Looking from the inside of a dwelling |
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| As you can see it is pretty spacious in the dwelling. The ceiling has black soot from the cooking fires in the cave. |
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| Walking along the outside of the dwellings. |
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| Looking out from one of the caves...beautiful view. |
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| Pictograph on one of the cave walls. |
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