Bandelier Hike to the Rio Grande
05:30:24 MST on Monday November 7 2005 #On Friday, Brooke and Jamie's last real day with us, we headed up to Bandelier. As usualy we did the ruins trail hike. This pic out of the official photo gallery gives you a good idea of what that's about.
That hike is cool - definitely a must see if you visit, but the next hike was even better. The after a nice packed lunch of cheesy potatoe burritos, we headed out down to the Rio Grande, on a hike we'd never done before (you can see it on this map pdf). It was amazing. This was way more amazing that most any of the amazing hikes in the park. (It's a pretty amazing park :)). We had fall colors, waterfalls, the remnants of huge rock falls, bright red canyon walls, shade and a babbling brooke almost all the way out to the Rio Grande -- which was looking impressivly full of water and moving along a quite a clip. This is the hike at Bandelier, at least for this time of year. It is simply stunning.