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We woke up to gray, cold, and rainy day as forecasted the day before. Regardless, we decided to drive to Pecos National Historical Park. Driving through some passes, rain turned into a rain-snow mix. The ranger at the Park told us it was snowing in the mountains. The next day we could see snow on the lower foothills of the mountains.
We were hoping that the rain would take a break for us to do the short loop of the ruins at Pecos National Historical Park, but it was the opposite – it rained even harder and the wind doubled up… so much for a walk in the Park. We managed to get out of the car to take a few steps among the ruins and even take some pictures, but it was too cold to linger too long and went back inside the car.
The Park has a very interesting exhibit of the history of the area starting thousands of years ago with Paleoindian and Archaic hunter-gatherers (11,500 B.C.E. – 600 C.E.). Later came the Pueblo and Plains Indians, Spanish conquerors and missionaries, Mexican and Anglo armies, and Santa Fe Trail settlers and adventurers. The history of the location is fascinating.
Jim faces the rain and wind… his umbrella flying away! Too bad I wasn’t quick enough to video tape it! It really started to rain even harder after we visited the exhibit. We had to rush through the site unfortunately.
Pecos is a great location in the midst of piñon, juniper, and ponderosa pine woodlands of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It would be great to come back on a warm spring day. Next time!
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