I re-read the opening and I tend to agree. His description of accommodations, food and wine, both at Chaco and Santa Fe far over shadow his fascination about the culture and architecture of Chaco.
If we would have been able to overnight at Chaco, it would have been in a cramped tent with hot dogs for supper while we read the new books by lantern light.
To each his own and I enjoyed the re-visit mentally to Chaco. I will probably spend the rest of the night perusing the ancients.
BTW, I ran the battery down in my Nikon D750 and had to go back to the car to get my Kodak backup. That is the only time I have done that and I take a lot of photographs on our trips. When we visit a site like Chaco, I photograph it so that we can relive the walk around.
Sorry, wrong camera. It was my D80, well before the D750 was available. the visit was in February of 2009. I took 789 photographs during the walk around. I am going to re-visit today...
A sample of the stonework...
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