Some of the most spectacular canyons carved out
over centuries by nature, are to be found where Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona,
(called four corners which is marked by a monument) and sections of Nevada.
Recently, we were able to visit the Colorado
National Monument in Mesa, which is a section of the Colorado Plateau and even
drove around Rim Road. This route (around 25 miles long) takes you from Fruita
and ends up in Grand Junction and provides you with the most panoramic,
unforgettable but sometimes dizzying view of the rock formations, tunnels and
city below.
This area had been populated by the Ute people,
(or as they call themselves, Nuche). They are Colorado’s longest
continuous residents.
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| Castle Gate rock formation |
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| Can you believe climbers ascend that! |
However, as part of America’s brutal and oppressive
history, they were forcibly moved and confined to reservations elsewhere.
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