The Towers of Hovenweep and Four Corners

The canyon and mesa country north of the San Juan River holds many archeological sites where ancestors of today's Pueblo Indian tribes lived. Round, square and D-shaped towers grouped at canyon heads most visibly mark once thriving communities. No one has lived in them for over 700 years, but they are still inspiring.

By the 1200s the population had grown dramatically, and pollen studies show that much of the tree cover had been removed. Perhaps drought and depleted resources figured prominently in the ancestral Pueblo people's sudden departure in the late 1200s.

Next we went to "Four Corners". This is the only place in the United States where four states merge and form "Four Corners".

You can stand with one foot in Utah and the other in either Arizona, New Mexico or Colorado. The Monument is owned by the Navajo Indian Tribe and they charge a small fee to visit the sight. The drive to it is about 38 miles east of Cortez, CO and by the time you arrive you're in New Mexico.

Since this is the only location of this kind, it's well worth the drive to see and experience the uniqueness of it.