Chaco Cultural National Historical Park

After almost 10 years in New Mexico Cyndi and I decided it was time to go see Chaco Canyon. What a hike, and what a trip. It was great. Weather was perfect, not too many people in the park, and even the elk were out in the afternoon. There is only one virtual cache in the park, which is a shame. This is a perfect example of why Groundspeak needs to come up with a way to do virtual caches for historic areas. The park isn't necessarily the place for an earthcache, although that would work. The cache in the park, GCF7CA Historic Rock Art is a nice hike on a mostly flat well marked trail. It took us a couple of hours to walk the round trip and it was worth every step.
On the way to Chaco we saw some Pronghorns along US 550, and of course the small elk herd in the park. If driving a long ways down a dirt road bothers you, well you are going to miss out on some wonderful sites, and Chaco Canyon is one. It's well worth the drive and the hike. If you go in the summer take water. If you think you have enough water, take some more, you won't regret it. Just like you won't regret making the trip.