Our first overnight of the season - trying to remember where everything is stashed. This is a small campground in a pretty setting, with outstanding petroglyphs (photos above) nearby. It is the site of a Jornada Mogollon - a tribe related to southern desert tribes, even the Aztecs - settlement of some size. The circle with an x and surrounded by dots (as in the 2nd photo above) is also found in the Aztec civilization.
Three Rivers was on a trade route...a meeting place for Plains and Southwest tribes, as well as an agriculture community - as 3 rivers were near here. The settlement flourished until 1300, when it withered - as did all the other Native American settlements in New Mexico. It is thought that severe drought was the cause.
There are some remnants and recreations of the earlier civilizations.
Green chile cheese breakfast rolls
On the road to a more primitive campsite in foothills
This more rustic site, no hookups, is 14 miles on dirt road from a highway, up into the the foothills - with hiking and riding trails. This is ranch land - big cattle country. We saw maybe 4 ranch houses along the way. We hope it is our next camping destination.
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