There is one factor that makes a difference in all trips – weather. And as we left Albuquerque for the hot desert-like area Farmington, New Mexico, we wondered what experience we would be having. The last time we visited the Salmon ruins it was sunny and nearly 100. Today it was cloudy and cool – perfect for looking at different ruins.
With no one in the parking lot of the Salmon Ruins, we worried that perhaps they were not open, but to our delight, they were. The Salmon family had grown an orchard, so there were mulberries, apricots, and other fruits around the area, and the apricots were delicious. Had I enough time and enough willingness to ask, I would have harvested those apricots for what I know would have been spectacular jam! But alas, I did not take advantage.
Although we had seen the Salmon Ruins on our last trip, we continue to be amazed by the precision of the rock laying in the ruins. The Salmon Ruins are the best example we have seen of the perfection and pride the Anasazi took in this pueblo. Even at Aztec Ruins, which were built at a similar time, the rock laying is not nearly as perfect, and they introduced larger rocks into their styles.
Bart had not seen either set of ruins, and we had not seen the Aztec Ruins, so it was fun comparing the two sites. I preferred the Salmon Ruins, as they are less commercial and more interesting to me from a construction standpoint, but either one is interesting!
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