Today's Hike!

Hello family and friends! Hope your weekend has been great so far. Right now I am babysitting the little boy I am watching on the side, he is napping, so I'm taking this time not to nap too, but to blog about the hike I took Joe on today. I didn't tell him where we were going just to put on his walking shoes and sunscreen.

It was beautiful. The place is called Tent Rock National Monument. It is just about an hour away from home near the Cochiti Lake. Here is a picture we took when we got there. It was cold, I didn't think it would be, but I had a sweater in my car so that's good. Anyways, here is a picture of the information about the park. You can click to enlarge it to read it if you are curious about what exactly these are and how they were formed etc. There are two trails you can hike on and they are both very different and interesting.


Here is a cave/shelter that was in the formations. It has seats and a window. It was really neat as well.

The first trail we went on was my personal favorite, most fun. It is slot canyon trail, which is 1.5 miles one way. The beginning of the path is wide and you work your way up to the canyon area. It was so beautiful. The trail narrows into a canyon that is just a few feet apart. Walking through these formations made me feel so small. Here are some pictures of our hike on the slot canyon trail and the cave trail. That one lead us to the tent rocks. So cool!

Anyways, I tried but there isn't much more to say, we stopped at Cochiti Lake on the way home. It was windy and cold and kids were still swimming. Crazy's!