June 23, 2016

June 23, 2016

From Las Cruces, NM, it is less than five hours back to Tucson.  As we leave the hotel, I tell Aimee we got one last spot to see.  Aimee responds "The fun never ends".  Finally, Aimee is embracing this quest to see every national site!

With some difficulty we find Prehistoric Trackways National Monument.  This hillside just outside Las Cruces is filled with prehistoric reptile footprints.  What makes this unique from the several dinosaur tracks we have visited in the West is that these prints are from the Paleozoic 'pre-dinosaur' era.  So the tracks are way different and much smaller.  They are more like claw marks than footprints.  Unfortunately for us tourists, all the tracks have been removed as they have been found and sent to museums.  We don't know where to look, so after talking to a guy flying his drone, we get back on the road for the last push home.