October 24 Saturday 2009 Gila Cliff dwellings.
A fun day in beautiful sunshine. We take the long slow drive to the ruins hwy 15. We travel in the footsteps of the pre-historic Mimbus Indians. A narrow winding narrow road with many sharp “U” turns but beautiful scenery. We drive past Pinos Altos (tall pines) . It was founded in 1859. Then onto the Mountain spritits National scenic byway. We get to the visitors center and were told we could hike in time to have a guided tour of the ruins. Gila pronounced (Hee-la) a 1 mile loop trail. The ruins were awesome. At 1.30 another guided tour of Mogollon dwellings some 700 years ago. We take hwy 35 back passing Santa Reta/Chimo open pit copper mines. We pass deer and wild turkeys on the way I also see a tarantula (lg spider) and 2 lizards I haven't seen before.
REMEMBER-words that soak into your ears are whispered not yelled.