Centuries-old Petroglyph

Day 7 - Albuquerque, NM to Flagstaff, AZ

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May 18th 2012
Today we headed out west along route 66 and our first stop was Petroglyph National Monument. The native indians carved images of animals and other objects on the rocks as far back as 700 years ago. There were several trails to take to see all of them but we took the short tour (about 5 minutes). We took a few pictures and then continued on to Flagstaff. Along the way we saw a large group of motorc ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more