Another beautiful day in NM. First to El Morro which I also go through a bit of El Malpais to see Stunning old lava beds. El Morro reserved a 200-foot high monolith which is huge. Because it has a natural water hole that holds 200,000 gallons of water that is fed only by rainwater and melted snow, many peoples over centuries came and also inscribed their names into the rock. I was greeted by a large spider. Then off to Chaco Culture which preserves the ruins of a huge settlement of Indians who built and maintained a centralized “headquarters”. An elegant Indian woman gavethe best explanation as to why her ancestors vacated the area: it was, to be as the endlessly moving clouds. The ruins hardly show the magnificence that they created, but the wonderful energy filled the place! And, 4 female elk showed themselves as I was exiting! The entrance/exit roads took quite a while to navigate in order to prevent bottoming out on my car .
Today heading up further north to the Aztec Ruins. What amazing things will I encounter on this leg of my journey, I wonder. May you, too, be enchanted by your own journeys this day!
Hope you can make the pictures large enough to read the inscriptions
Now Is Heaven 
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