http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/traveler5637/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from traveler5637 en-us Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:19:03 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:19:03 +0000 The Sand Canyon Trail in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in southeast Colorado is probably the best hiking attraction of the this relatively new Monument. It runs for 6.5 miles north and south with the south trail head located about 12 miles west of Cortez CO on County Road G. There is also the 5.0 mile East Rock Creek Loop Trail and two unnamed long loop trails plus the east Sand Canyo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Cortez/blog-381893.html The head waters of the Dolores River are in the Lizard Head Pass area along Highway 145 south of Telluride in southwest Colorado. There are many trails in the area including a main trail head a little south of the Pass. Groundhog Stock TrailThe Groundhog Stock Trail starts at the Cross Mountain Trail Head about two miles south of the Lizard Head Pass in the San Juan National Forest in southwest http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Dolores/blog-380527.html Natural Bridges National Monument is in the remote Cedar Mesa canyon country of southeast Utah and has three examples of giant natural rock spans. Traveling around the Bridge View Drive there are trails leading down to each of the three Bridges. Bridges are different from arches in that bridges are partially formed by the moving water of a stream where arches are formed by frost action on seep http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Natural-Bridges-National-Monument/blog-375864.html Spruce Tree House at Mesa Verde is the third largest cliff dweller ruin and is a favorite as it is located near a variety of visitor services including the Chapin Mesa Museum gift shop and food service. There is a paved trail leading down into Spruce Tree Canyon. This trail also is the starting point for two hiking trails the Petroglyph Point Trail and the Spruce Canyon Trail. Many of the commo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Mesa-Verde-National-Park/blog-373293.html The Peekaboo Springs Trail is a 5.0 mile route from the Squaw Flat Campground Trailhead east and south to Peekaboo Springs in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park in southeast Utah. Peekaboo Springs can also be reached by hiking along the 2.5 mile Salt Creek Trail. This area has Rock Art pictographs arches and Ancestral Pueblo Ruins.The Peekaboo Trail is part of an extensive network http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Canyonlands-National-Park/blog-372962.html The Windows Loop and Windows Primitive Trail is a short loop that goes around the Windows formations in Arches National Park in southeast Utah. The Windows Section is a popular stop and is a place with wide views a number of large arches in compact area. Going counter clockwise the first part of the trail goes behind the South Window. The Primitive Trail is not lined with easy steps like the main http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Arches-National-Park/blog-372610.html The Arch Canyon Trail is an 16 mile round trip to two large arches in the Cedar Mesa area of southeast Utah west of Blanding and just west of Comb Ridge. This is on the way towards Natural Bridges National Monument is southeast Utah. The trail head is 2.5 miles north of Utah Route 95 along a dirt road. The dirt road is just after passing through the engineered notch in the massive sandstone of Co http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Utah/Natural-Bridges-National-Monument/blog-372320.html Short Trails at Chaco Canyon Historical ParkUna Vida Trail The Una Vida Trail is a one mile loop to a 100 room 5 kiva ruin site at the east end of the remote Chaco Canyon Historical Park in northwest New Mexico. The trail head is in the parking lot of the Visitor Center the first hiking opportunity when arriving. This site is in a natural state of preservation having experienced little excava http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Gallup/blog-372006.html The Far View Sites Trail at Mesa Verde is a short loop that has five major Ancestral Pueblo sites and a constructed reservoir. There are several large structures here within a very short distance. It is thought that this was one of the most densely populated areas in Mesa Verde. The trail starts in a plaza between the impressive Far View House to the north and Pipe Shrine House to the south. There http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Mesa-Verde-National-Park/blog-371985.html The Chimney Rock Archaeology Area is an unusual Chaco Canyon influenced site located between Bayfield and Pagosa Springs in southwest Colorado. An unusual rock formation that is thought to have been helpful in astronomical observations may have played an important role in the history of this site.There are two short trails on the tour of the Chimney Rock area. Visitors sign in at the small visitor http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Rocky-Mountains/blog-316201.html July 4 Getting Ready to HikeI traveled to Grenoble France by way of Lyon London Houston and Albuquerque. We started at the Hotel Des Alpes two blocks from the train station. It was a hot and humid day and there was no cooling in the hotel room. Grenoble is a past host city of a Winter Olympics and had a gondola called the telepherique the went up to le fort de la Bastille giving a good vie http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Grenoble/blog-227640.html May 45 1995 Travel to KathmanduI left the Albuquerque Sun Port at 945 AM and arrived in LA at 1045 and checked in to Thai Air. Some of our group was traveling on the same flight while others went through Europe and India. We recognized each other by our similar travel duffle bags. It was 12 hours and 30 min to Seoul Korea. We were on the ground for about 1 hour and then 5 hours to Bangkok. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/blog-226090.html