New Mexico- El Morro NM

This morning started with a 250 mile trip from Dalhart, Tx to Grants, NM.  By 2pm we were setup in the Grants KOA, a nice quiet stone lot with a 20' cottonwood tree, a picnic table, and full utilities.  We then turned our attention toward El Morro National Monument.  This is one neat park tucked away on the continental divide at about 7800' elevation. It consists of a 200' shear wall sandstone cliff and was known for a small pond which provided a watering point for travelers.  The ancients also had a large number of stone dwellings on the mesa.  A two mile trail leads past the cliffs and pond, up the lower cliff wall, across the top, past the dwellings, and down the other side.  Petroglyphs included inscriptions by ancient villagers, Spanish explorers, early settlers, and members of the US Army Camel Corp.  Early August rains had the landscape ablaze with white, yellow, red, blue, and pink flowers. One nice place on a comfortable cloudy 85F afternoon and early evening.  The park only had a half dozen visitors on site while we were there so most see saw no one while on top of the mesa. It was so quiet that a crow flying overhead responded with a "caw caw" when the Olympus SLR made it's unique double clicking sound.