April 20,2022: Chaco Canyon and Beyond

 

"I only knew three things about Chaco Canyon. It was the furthest north that the Star Elders had traveled to; the existence of a sun dagger, and a solar calendar at the top of Fajada Butte. Oh yeah . . . one other thing . . . I knew about its infamous, remote location with the long and bumpy, wash board, dirt roads that can rearrange your brain. Yet, after living in the southwest all my life, I finally made the journey to where it all ended . . . and yet strangely where it all begins."   ---Aluna Joy Yaxk'in