Pictures of the Gila

We went to the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Park this morning.  

They were well worth the stop.  Pretty amazing how they lived and how they were able to build with primitive tools.

Then it was back to the Gila river.  The part of the trail we are on is not official CDT but a popular alternate.  We took another alternate back to the river called Little Bear Canyon.  

It was a beautiful little canyon that narrowed like a slot canyon, then opened up at the middle fork of the Gila.  There was a big flood here last fall so there are a lot of downed trees an nonexistent trail.  We stopped at Jordan hot springs which was on trail.  Water cascaded out of the rock and formed two pools of hot water.

 Are group has split up and Pounce and I are hiking together.  However we are all spread out down the same trail & see each other at breaks and camp.  We are very tired from walking in the river, stumbling over rocks, and wading through deep sand.  Time to sleep.