Southwest US Travel 2019 (3) - Los Alamos and Bandelier National Monument

Changde Wu    2020-02-23

This page presents travel photos from Bandelier National Monument and its hosting town, Los Alamos, NM.

(1) Los Alamos

P1 The canyons and buttes on the road side to Los Alamos

P2 The mountains and cliff wall of in front of Los Alamos Nature Center

P3 Canyons and buttes

P4 Rio Grande and snow mountains in background from White Rock Overlook

P5 Rio Grande up stream from White Rock Overlook

P6 Rio Grande down stream from White Rock Overlook

(2) Bandelier National Monument

Bandelier National Monument protects archaeological sites of ancestral Pueblo people around 1150 CE - 1550 CE. Although the park is relatively large, most archaeological sites are along the main loop. We spent most of our time in the main loop and Alcove house during the visit.

P7 Bandelier National Monument entrance station

P8 The Frijoles canyon viewed from overlook. This is the major site of Bandelier National Monument

P9 Big Kiva, was a communal meeting place, once had a roof

P10 Part of Tyuonyi, once two stories tall with over 400 rooms

P11 Talus houses

P12 Part of Tyuonyi

P13 Not typical tent rocks

P14 Tyuonyi

P15 Talus houses

P16 Tyuonyi viewed from upper

P17 Cave and ladder

P18 Almost all caves are in the cliff on the eastern side of the canyon

P19 Houses and caves

P20 Cliff

P21 Alcove house(dark recess in the upper-right), and ladder to the house

P22 Upper canyon overview from the ladder to Alcove house

P23 A reconstructed kiva in Alcove house

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