El Morro

While in Albuquerque, we took a road trip to El Morro National Monument in western New Mexico. The monument is home to over 2000 inscriptions written and drawn by ancestral Puebloans, Spanish Conquistadors and American travelers from the 1800's. Some are petroglyphs or ancient drawings which I think are the coolest. The Spanish inscriptions are kind of long winded, and the American travelers' inscriptions look like they were carving their own headstones (there were topographical engineers in the group). The inscriptions are somewhat difficult to visualize, so feel free to click the picture to enlarge.

Multiple inscriptions on the stone face.

Storm on the horizon.

Goodbye El Morro!