Return to Chaco Canyon, October 2013
It's been awhile since we visited Chaco Canyon National Historic Park, and Sue has learned much more about Ancestral Puebloan and Chaco culture in particular. So in late October, as soon as the government shutdown caused by Congress's failure to enact a budget bill was over, we headed there for a weekend of hiking and archeology. We had wonderful clear weather, though cold mornings, for our explorations.
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Finally, a quick stop at the Visitor Center. On a ranger hike, we had been told that the main desk had a reproduction of one of the famous pottery cylinders, found at Chaco Canyon, which had traces of cocoa in it. This is the cylinder. It was much larger than I expected; this would be a nice big mug of cocoa!
