Readers of this blog may think we just drive, see beauty and eat, but there is more. Our leader, Shelly, is determined that we learn about the history and peoples of the Southwest (there are rumors of a test). She has immersed herself in the culture and shares this with us at gatherings (frequently cocktail hours). Because of her, we bring a bit of knowledge to the places we go. It’s a good thing she does this because what we learned about Chaco Canyon from her was more interesting and better presented than what the ranger told us, though his description of Chaco being a "place of majesty and mystery" was most apt.
While Europeans were living in the Dark Ages, the Anasazi or ancestral pueblo people were constructing buildings up to four stories high, aligning walls with true directions, and using elaborate irrigations systems for low water use farming. The center of their culture was at Chaco Canyon were they built large pueblos.
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