On August 13th, I drove up to Hovenweep National Monument for the first time. And here I am to stay for the next four months as an intern with the Student Conservation Association, learning what it's like to be a Park Ranger: helping people out in the visitor center, patrolling our outlier sites, and giving presentations on aspects of this place that most interested me. Hovenweep protects several ruins left behind by the Ancestral Puebloan people about 750 years ago--here's a glimpse of some you might see if you came to visit:
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| Square Tower and Hovenweep Castle |
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| A tower (built right around two boulders) and multi-roomed home at the Cajon site |
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| Cutthroat Castle |
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| A mostly-tumbled wall and a round tower at the Cutthroat site |
Two weeks in, I'm already in love with this fascinating place out in the middle of the desert. From where I am right on the border between Colorado and Utah, there are so many interesting things to explore within a few hours' drive that I'm overwhelmed just trying to decide where to go on my next weekend. Stay tuned for more about where I've explored thus far!
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