Wednesday, April 2, 2014

El Malpais National Monument


El Malpais means the bad country. There is the conservation area as well as the national monument. We are at a blm campground, Joe Skeen. We spent the day between the two areas. 

The Ventana Arch- largest in New Mexico 


Nice and windy hike! 
Lava flows 
Hiking the rim trail, lava flows below
Gordo got to stretch his legs and thankfully missed the cacti. 
Lava falls trail. It looked like a massive pile of Dino poop. 
Petroglyphs in the Lobo canyon. The drawings are different than what we have seen in utah. 
Aliens? 
Selfie with the alien petroglyph
Was the artist a woman? 
Evening fun! 


Ella's selfie at walmart. Jason bought some green spray for the stroller tires and it seems to be working. Hopefully, we will not have to buy more tires. 


Today we went on three different hikes. We all love being outdoors. Ella especially likes playing on our bed. We open all the curtains and she rolls around, climbs on the pillows and watches the trees and the birds. She will play until she get hungry and then she wants down to eat. It's fun watching her play by herself.