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My hike team went to the Manzano mountains while I opted out for the balloon fiesta, but I did make up the hike by hiking the foothills of the Sandias. It is obvious that winter is right around the corner. So this was my last preparation before the feature hike of Mount Taylor. I am ready to take it on!

My 6th hike was to Chaco Canyon and this was actually an easy hike, and I needed a break from the last one! But I have to say Chaco Canyon is my favorite place. It is amazing that an ancient culture could build such amazing structures with precise circles and stone work. The architect came out in me and I wondered how they accomplished building these structures.
I have been to Chaco before and thought I had seen most of the ruins but this hike introduced me to more. The hike took our team up the side of the cliffs through a path in the stone up on top of the Mesa. The hike loop was a little over 5 miles with stops at two ruins (still unearthed) and then along the rim. The view from the top was a complete 360 degrees of northern New Mexico. Along the rim I could look down on the ruins and see it in plan view. We descended off the cliff just as it started to rain so the timing was perfect.

Hike #5 was up by the Santa Fe ski slopes. I hiked a trail that started near the ski slopes and ended at Nambe lake. The leaves on the aspens are changing and the colors vary from all shades of green to yellow and some red. It is beautiful and if you get a chance go for a drive in the mountains because the aspens are in full color. Get out your cameras and sketchbooks and go visit a mountain.

I will start a list from my previous notes:

Not sure what the calling is but it is there.
Maybe the architecture of Sydney.
Maybe I just want to see a kangaroo in the wild.
Maybe I just want to sit on the beach and experience the waves.
Maybe to take in a new culture, the food, the drinks, the music, ands the arts.
Maybe just to learn how to throw a boomarang!
Thought about catching a blues concert in Melborne and have to research the taste of Australian beers.
Mybe to taste the wine in the wine country.
Maybe I can find time to go fishing.
Maybe to see the natural beauty of the land.
Maybe I just need to go and find out why it calls me.