We cross the border into New Mexico.

As we enter New Mexico, the terrain begins to look like this.

You can see some sort of a mine in the distance. We're not

sure what they were mining for.

Our first stop in New Mexico was the Aztec Ruins.

Early settlers mistakenly surmised that people of the famous

Aztec Empire in Mexico created these striking buildings. Hence the

name of the town Aztec, New Mexico.

Archeologists later determined that the builders were ancestors

of people of many southwestern tribes. Although the descendents

call their ancestors by different names depending on the tribe, they

are generally called "ancestral Puebloans".

Entrance to the Great Kiva.

This is a video of the Great Kiva. Archeologists

agree it was a public building, built and used by people

of the community and others nearby for ceremonial

and other community functions.

As we travel further into New Mexico and on to Alburquerque

the terrain begins to look like this and the road was very straight.