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allterrain
10-22-2008, 10:29 PM
JK Content: Parked at 7 Towers trailhead
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7 Towers also known as Cave Towers Ruins
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Simon enjoying the view
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Butler Wash Ruins
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Comb Ridge
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Maddie and Jack after a steep hike at the base of Angel arch in Arch Canyon
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Hotel Rock Trail
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JKs at Hotel Rock
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View down canyon to Lewis Lodge Ruins hike
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A small portion of the ruins as seen from the trail
This hike is not for the faint of heart!
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First part of the ruins. "Trail" goes around to the right. The ruins go on for over 200 yards on a shelf of rock 300 feet above the canyon floor. In some places the trail is 1 foot wide.
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My family inside a perfectly preserved Kiva. We found several pottery shards and artifacts (that we left).
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Jack at the widest part of the shelf
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Piginajeep
10-22-2008, 10:36 PM
awesome pictures!:clap:
doojer
10-22-2008, 11:05 PM
awesome pictures!:clap:x2! :thumbsup:

Thanks for sharing them! I gotta get out there! :drool:
toad
10-22-2008, 11:10 PM
Damn! :eek2: Those are some nice shots! Can't believe your whole family hiked that.
Sum_Devl
10-23-2008, 02:52 AM
That is just some beautiful country! Those are some great pic's :thumbsup:, thanks!!
casfz1
10-23-2008, 03:18 AM
Great pics.
tomb raider
10-23-2008, 02:50 PM
Great pics, Thank you for sharing:thumbsup:
Gravel Gertie
10-23-2008, 11:11 PM
We've been to the Blanding area a few times, but we've never explored it in depth. I guess we have to re-add that to our list of places to go. Great pics! Thanks!
CIJeep
10-23-2008, 11:26 PM
Awesome to the max, thanks for sharing!
TripleJeep_99
10-24-2008, 10:40 AM
Great pictures....thanks for sharing
goldtr8
10-28-2008, 04:22 PM
I hiked in Mesa Verde many years ago and those runes are awsome
micja
07-28-2009, 06:44 PM
I have been to all those places! Arn't they great! There is all kinds of stuff in those canyons, just look at any of the south facing parts of the canyons and there is a good chance you will see something from a grainery up to a whole set of ruins. Just please leave everything as you found it and obey any signs if posted near the ruins. These things are great bits of history and the only way they will stay for our kids and grandkids is if we don't deface or destroy them. Sometimes all it takes is the oils from your skin or you walking through something to ruin it.
redrockin7
08-04-2009, 08:04 AM
Awesome pics!!!

I am not afraid of heights, but man, you have some brave kids. Those pics on the narrow part of the shelf are a little scary even to me, considering it's kind of like slick-rock, nothing to grab onto, and a huge drop I don't think most people would survive...