Happy Leap Day everybody! Earlier this week I took the kids to Petroglyph National Monument. The volcanic rocks were amazing. See if you can spot the roadrunner in some of the landscape pictures. We also saw a cottontail, but it was too fast for my camera. The picture that looks like a small building is on fire, is really the entrance hut with the New Mexico flag flying. We listened but didn't hear (or see) any rattlesnakes, but we were definitely in their habitat. Take note of the one rock with the "stripes" of lava. Amazing. The petroglyphs were made by people carving (probably with flint) into the volcanic rock to expose the inner, lighter color. The Sand Dune picture is looking east toward the city of Abq and the Sandia Mountains. Note how close the "development" comes.
