October 31, 2017
One just can’t go by this part of the west without stopping at Four Corners- and so, here we are…

As usual, Rhylee was not allowed inside near the mark, but he did walk through all four states…(check out his page!)
One night at Navajo NPS- free all year! Walked to another cliff dwelling and learned more about the plant life in this area.

Pine Nuts come from Pinon Trees and this is harvest time. We saw people collecting, buying and selling. Apparently it takes two years for a pine cone to mature the pine nuts, then they are harvested by hand off the tree, dried, then separated from the cone and then hulled and roasted. IF we had been on Forest Service Land or BLM land, we could have picked up to 25lbs of pine nuts without a permit, but we were on National Park and Navajo land.