Ding Dong Gang Chaco Canyon/Moab Oct 2015

Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

Arches Canyon and Moab follow the Chaco Canyon images.

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You are greeted by the sacred Fajad Butte when you enter the park after a long and bumpy dirt road.

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Base Camp with individual dwelling ruins in the background.

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Hiking to Casa Bonita great house

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Denise, Ward and Lee Ann at Chaco Canyon New Mexico.

Casa Bonita, largest and most beautiful.  Had and estimated 650 rooms and and 5 stories high.  There were 7 – 8 big houses in this canyon.

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Rock Art

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See person in the upper right hand of this photo.  She is on the stairway that goes to the top of the Cliff to Neu Alto and Pueblo Alto on top of the canyon walls.

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Classic Anaszi window and door architecture

Arches Canyon and Ruins near Blanding Utah

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Lyle and Denise at Arches Canyon Ruins.

There were pottery shards in this area that were still lying on the ground.  They resembles some of the beautiful pieces found in Chaco Canyon.

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Mark, Terrie, Ward, Lee Ann, Denise and Lyle in Arches Canyon.  We ended up crossing the stream in this canyon over 50 times.  There had recently been a flash flood thru this area.

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Beaver Pond Ruins

Beaver Pond Ruins, Arches Canyon

Jail House Ruins

Jail House Ruins, Arches Canyon Wash

Cathedral Arch

Denise, Lyle, Lee Ann, Ward, Mark and Terri at the end of the road with Cathedral Arch in the back ground.

Moab Baby

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The Ding Dong Gang Rally salute, Ward, Lyle, Terri, Denise and Jay at the upper Gemini Bridges Parking Lot where we stopped for lunch.

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Below Gemini Bridges, Jill, Jay, Denise, Lyle, Lee Ann, Ward, Mark and Terrie, below Gemini Bridges.

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Gemini Bridges from Above and Across the Canyon

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On the way to Chicken Corner

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Jamie and Griff, checking out Chicken Corner

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Uranium Arch

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Determination Towers

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