Community Trips
We start on Saturday morning to backpack about 9 miles into Capulin Canyon, where we encounter a rattlesnake and a small bear. Sunday we take the more westerly trails out again.
Hike to the Painted Cave in Bandelier National Monument. I joined four other hikers with the Steep and Deep Meetup group from Santa Fe, New Mexico
Two aspects of this loop. One is on top; open, long views, looking into the canyon. The other is in the canyon, cool and wet feeling, gurgling, chortling water, spring springing.
It was Veterans Day and the National Park Service was waiving entrance fees. I took the day off work and visited Bandelier National Monument.
Bandelier is located near Los Alamos, but there is no easy way to get
there from Albuquerque. I took the “shortcut”, straight over the
mountain. Read about it in my post “Road to Bandelier“.The Visitor Center is located in Frijoles Canyon. In ancient times...
Bandelier National Monument
