We visited from the East Entrance, near Tuba City on the Navajo Reservation. It’s far less crowded than the South Entrance and a lot more pleasant. There is a 25 mile road from the East Entrance to the Village. It has great view and lots of turnouts.

Bandelier National Monument and Valles Caldera National Preserve share a border, but it’s difficult to imagine two more dissimilar places in such close proximity. Part of the difference is elevation.

This was a different type of trip for us. Joyce and I didn’t travel west together. She flew and met up with her sisters. I met them in Kingman Arizona where Joyce and I began the real trip. It was also a long trip, 6,069 miles over 19 days.

It was an excellent trip. We had a great time.

Go to Huntington Beach State Park.  Enjoy the place and the animals, but give the animals their room, especially the turtles, the water moccasins, and the alligators.

The masters move smoothly with control and grace, flow.  The early part of the defense might be a block, a parry, maybe just a step aside.  They usually end with a sudden application of impeccably timed force.