Friday, June 17, 2011

Flagstaff

During the winter of 09-10, we took a trip to Flagstaff to get some skiing in and along the way stopped at a couple places where you could hike into the canyons and see the ruins of the homes of the cliff dwelling people.

I think this is Island Trail in Walnut Canyon. You nan see how smart these people were. They found overhangs and enclosed them below for a secure, fairly dry place to live. Uou can't really tell from the angles but these are all on cliff walls basically. Getting to the dwellings from above or below required some careful maneuvering.

But the flip side of that was you were pretty well hidden once you were inside.





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