Natural Bridges National Monument

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May 22nd 2018

Published: June 14th 2018

Okay, so we are actually home from our month in Utah and Colorado. It is so nice to have a good Wi-Fi connection and lots of electricity to charge computers etc. Now, to complete the blogs I should have been able to do on the road. Next up on our agenda was Natural Bridges National Monument. We discovered that the difference between a National Park and a National Monument is that only the U.S. Co... Read Full Entry

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Peter and Dianne Wilson

ToBeContinued

In July 2011, Dianne and I returned from three fabulous years in China where Dianne was an administrator for Maple Leaf International Schools. To read about our China adventures, click WilsonsInChina. Dianne spent the next 4 years as an administrator in three elementary schools in B.C. In September, 2015 she officially retired. So what happens now? The nickname of this blog is ToBeContinued for a reason... ... full info

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On the way to Butler Wash

When the trail goes overland and is mostly solid rock you need some way of indicating where the trail should be. This is one way they do it.

Butler Wash residences

About a half mile from the highway. but you can't see it from here. Quite a feeling to stand near these homes and wonder what is was like there 800 year ago.

Edge of the Cedars Museum

We didn't leave ourselves enough time to do justice to this museum. At least we could walk around the ruins outside after it closed.

Original ladder

This ladder is over 1,000 years old. It was used in the kiva display until the 1980s when the BLM decided it was in danger of falling apart and moved it inside. There is a replacement outside that you can still use to descend into the kiva.

Some of the pottery

There were many wonderful examples of pottery in the Edge of the Cedars Museum.

Evening bliss

Dianne finally got her evening campfire. Gotta admit it was nice.

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