Part 38 here
In the morning we visited the Four Corner monument first and than headed to Utah.
Four Corners Monument
Each of four of us stay in his own state and only Ira stays in all of them
While driving we noticed a sigh some ruins, an ancient Indian village was here a very long time ago. Pueblo Indians lived in that area A.D. 750 to 1100. The reason why they left the village is unknown, one of the theories is that water in that area disappeared. In 1973 archaeologists from the university of Utah excavated the site and found the village. It had two kivas (one was not restored), a tower and 12 rooms. Most likely the tower had two levels and it is hard to say what it was used for. It could be a solar observatory or had defense functions. It could be used as storage or for communications. The entrance to the tower was an underground tunnel from kiva, so tower could be used for ceremonial purposes too.
Remains of the tower
Kiva
Dark hole in the kiva’s wall was the entrance to the tower
During driving I couldn’t stop admire bright rock formations colors. They were changing from yellow to red, orange, pink and grey. Every turn opens new and new colors.
Colorado River that flows in the Grand Canyon
Looks like Swiss cheese, doesn’t it?
Dirty Devil River
It reminds me of layered cake
Copy of the Painted Hills
Dome
The Chimney Rock
We looked through the only remaining house of Fruita, and it is a school house. It was build in 1896, had only one classroom and was used as masonic lounge and community center. The student desks were not attached to the floor so they could be moved to make room for dances, meetings and so on.
There is a petroglyphs site not far from there so we went there as well.
If you look closely you would notice the petroglyphs from the image above in the top
Tundra’s reflection in our room’s window
Part 40 here