Backpacking

Jeremy loves to go backpacking and he has tried to convince me to go with him for a while now. This year I gave in and went. My mom was super nice and took care of Taylor while we were gone. Coy, our brother-in-law, came with us. We hiked down through Kane Gulch and Todi Canyon. I was worried about carrying a 30 pound pack on my back, but it actually wasn't too bad.

 About 4 miles down the canyon we came to our first ruins. They were really cool. There were several structures and pieces of pottery everywhere. There were also corn cobs left from the Indians. The info we read said the Indians inhabited this area until about 1200AD. It's crazy to think that the corn cobs, fire wood, and structures still exist after so much time.

 This wall is amazing. It is filled with tons of drawings. This picture is just a small glimpse of what it looks like.

A view from the trail

 This ruin was high up on the mountain and I thought there was no way we would be able to get close to it. I was wrong. Jeremy decided to try climbing up the rocks to get a closer look. It scared the crap out of me, but we made it up and got right next to them.

 Split level Ruins.

 There was pottery everywhere around the ruins. This piece was my favorite. I love the design on the piece.

So, I think Jeremy is crazy. On the last day of our trip we were hiking along the trail and high up in the rocks (probably at least 300 ft up) we spotted some ruins. Jeremy decided to see if he could get up to them. Now, I have no idea how the Indians ever got to most of their structures. They look impossible to reach. But of course Jeremy had to try. Coy went with him. I stayed down below and prayed they wouldn't fall.

The picture above shows where they climbed.The ruins are tucked up in the shadows so they are really hard to see. If you follow the shadow line the arrow is pointing at, you may see them.

 

 This is the view looking down from the ruins.

 This picture still scares me. Once Jeremy and Coy reached the shelf the ruins were on, they had to go around the above wall to actually reach the ruins. They had to hang on to the wall to get around it because it came to the edge of a very steep cliff. Those ruins are very old and crumbly. They are lucky the wall held up.

Thankfully the boys made it down from the ruins safely.