2.10.2006

One of the best day trips from Santa Fe...





...is to Bandelier National Monument. The detached Tsankawi section of Bandelier is near Los Alamos; it's 11 miles north of Frijoles Canyon on NM 4. This large unexcavated ruin on a high mesa provides sweeping views of the Rio Grande valley, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the east, and the Jemez Mountains to the west.