| Side-Trips Our main reference here is Adventure Handbook, 3rd ed, by Drew Knowles. New Mexico and Arizona have an extraordinary number of national monuments, national parks, national historical sites and so forth that are not very far off Route 66. |
| We have a number of interesting landscapes and panoramas from the following areas: Petroglyph National Monument--sunsets and night pictures from the volcanoes on the monument. The road to the monument branches off Route 66 where Route 66 (Central Avenue west of Albuquerque) crosses I-40 For more Albuquerque Pics click on the link--Albuquerque. El Malpais National Monument (click on link to go to Park Service site) For more pictures of the El Malpais click on this link--El Malpais El Morro National Monument Chaco Canyon (click on link to go to National Park Service site) For more Chaco pictures please click on this link--Chaco Canyon Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site Grand Canyon |
| volcanoes on the west side of the Petroglyph National Monument click on thumb for a larger version |
| Sunset from one of the volcanoes on National Monument. These volcanoes are about 2 or 3 miles off Route 66. click on thumb for a larger version. |
| Mt Taylor is one of the sacred mountains to Indians in western NM. Viewed from near La Ventana looking across the El Malpais Monument. Note: Route 66 is just at the base of Mt Taylor (Grants, NM). |
| Old Homestead near the Sandstone Bluffs overlook in the El Malpais National Monument with Mt Taylor in the distance. Route 66 is just below MT Taylor. |
| This is the water hole at El Morro National Monument. Just to the right begins inscription rock that has very old Indian petroglyphs, signatures of early Spanish explorers from the 1500's and on up to US Army survey teams. |
| This is the Great Kiva at Casa Rinconada, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, commonly referred to as Chaco Canyon |
| Chetro Ketl, one of the dozen or so large structures at Chaco Canyon. Pueblo Bonito is the best known of these structures. |
| Corral at Hubbell Trading Post |
| Ambulance Wagon at Hubbell. This wagon has the most elaborate suspension system I have ever seen on a wagon. |
| Ambulance Wagon detail, Hubbell trading Post. |
| Click on Thumbnails for a larger picture |
| View from Shoshone Point towards the landmark Vishnu Temple. Emphasis in picture is the verticality of the Grand Canyon that is a vertical panorama. |
| View to the right from Yavapai Point. Vishnu temple is in the distance. |
| Click on Thumbnails for a larger picture |
| We have several good pics from Hubbell. At Hubbell you find a number of very interesting details. We have a few more Grand Canyon pics. None of these are up. When we get them on www.photonewmexico.biz we will add a link to them. |
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