"Cage the badger and he will try to break from his prison and regain his native hole. Chain the eagle to the ground - he will strive to gain his freedom, and though he fails, he will lift his head and look up at the sky which is home - and we want to return to our mountains and plains, where we used to plant corn, wheat and beans."


-- Written by a Navajo in 1865

Sunday, May 29, 2011

*Pirates of the Caribbean instrumental theme song*

Day 5: May 29, 2011 - Hiking

- We left the hotel pretty late this morning and headed off to Bandelier National Monument. 
- I had googled pictures of this place before coming on this trip but no picture could begin to do justice to what one sees at the actual place. Cliffs soared with the original cave dwellings visible from a distance. The holes in the rock face looked pretty small from far away and once close up they still were rather small. It's almost impossible to imagine any human living in the crevices. (It seems almost impossible to me that people have lived in this desert-like area for so long without modern day facilities and luxuries.) We also were fortunate to see some wildlife. We saw some really large deer that I forget the name of as well as a bear (cub)!!! It looked like one of the grizzlies I saw in Alaska in 2009. I know some other people on the trip saw a rattlesnake, but I must have walked right past it! :(
- After Bandelier we drove back to Albuquerque. 
- We are staying in the same hotel that we did the very first night.
- It's late now...
- I'm going to sleep.

Fun Fact of the Day: Apparently there have been multiple nose bleeds from people.. Unfortunate.


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