Tuesday, August 14, 2007
A little lizard friend we found along the way.
Today we took time to hike around the ranch. Wyatt and Mabrie were anxious to see the horses so Catherine and I took them to the corral after we fed the ducks.
It’s so fun to experience the ranch again with little ones.
After Catherine returned to the house, Wyatt, Mabrie and I went on a hike to explore Indian ruins. Just south of the corral, over a little hill are the remains of an Indian dwelling. The foundation is discernable, and as we explored, both Wyatt and Mabrie found pottery shards and very, very cool rocks. My big find was a chunk of petrified wood.
After returning to the house for water and a potty break, we got the rest of the gang to go on another hike. This time Mitchell drove us up the hill behind the house to where my father-in-law is buried. As we all took a few minutes to honor him, Mabrie said, “Hey, I’m going to meet him because I’m going to heaven too!” (Don’t ya love three-year-olds?) Mitchell drove back to the house and the rest of us hiked to the top of the mesa and then back around behind the house where there are more Indian ruins. (No pottery was found this time.) We saw a jack rabbit, a very small but round lizard and many, many cool rocks. We managed to avoid the snakes and they avoided us!
Brice, Mandy and Steve (and Lily) pose behind the main house. The ranch extends to the mesa in the background.
Above and behind the main house sits a circular structure...either a kiva or a lookout. Due to the size and location, this is probably a lookout. We used our imaginations pretending to be Native Americans looking for the bad guys and then modern-day Anglos waiting for a Fed Ex delievery truck.
Three-year-old Mabrie is a great hiker and adventurer.
(And she's so cute!)
The day was a beautiful and very warm, so sunscreen and hats were good ideas.
Wyatt has become my explorer buddy!
He and Mabrie are always up for an adventure with me so I picked up some walking sticks for them at the local Dairy Queen/gas station/ tourist shop.
Lily joins the hike.
On this hike Lily wore little white shoes with built-in squeakers. (Yes, sneakers with squeakers.) Every time she stepped there was a "squeak squeak" to announce her progress. How fun!
After an afternoon of hiking, Wyatt and Mabrie nap on the livingroom floor.
I think that all of us ended up napping for at least a little bit.
The day concluded as we are drove into Albuquerque to watch the Isotopes (Triple-A affiliate of the Florida Marlins) play baseball. Yahoo!!
Although the 'Topes lost the game (terribly), we left the park with a dozen loaves of bread. Ain't baseball a blast?!
Although the 'Topes lost the game (terribly), we left the park with a dozen loaves of bread. Ain't baseball a blast?!
1 comment:
baseball is fun!!
looked like ya'lls had s good time.
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