Day 12 of 17 (New Mexico)

From: Farmington, NM
To: Los Alamos, NM
Miles Driven: 222 Today / 3,617 Total
Miles Hiked: 2.2 (plus 140 feet of ladders) / 12.8 Total

I am supposed to be telling you about our day at Angel Fire Resort on zip lines, eurobungee, and climbing walls...but I failed as a navigator. 

I put in the address of our hotel instead of Angel Fire Resort (which would have meant adding an extra 4 hours round trip to our drive and very little time at the resort once we actually arrived) so there was no easy way to fix my mistake.

Instead we headed to Bandalier National Monument (which was supposed to be in a few days). It was only 15 miles away so it made sense, but now I'm sitting in our hotel room trying to figure out how to "fix" the last few days of the trip.

Bandalier was pretty awesome though. It had houses/rooms carved into the cliff walls and they even had places they allowed you to climb inside.   But it was HOT.  The closer to the cliff walls the hotter it got. You can feel the heat off the walls. 

We added an extra mile to our hike to hit a place called the Alcove. It had 140 feet of ladders plus some steps that took you up stupid high to this beautiful alcove in the cliff side. It was an added bonus that it was easily 10-20 degrees cooler in the alcove.