Ron still wanted to go view some more ruins on another mesa, but, it was getting later. The place we wanted to eat was only open until 8, and I didn't want to miss eating there, so we stopped for the day and went to eat dinner. After that, we went to relax in our room and enjoy the views. Our room faced east, so we didn't get to see the sunset from our room. We thought, that's okay, we'll see the sunrise tomorrow morning.....hmmmm....

The next morning when we got up, we thought it was a little stuffy, so opened the window and in the distance we heard a couple of bull elk bugling, it was such a neat sound. I looked out to the east and saw a bit of red, but, knew we wouldn't be seeing a sunrise that day. The entire sky was covered with clouds and as we walked outside it was RAINING!!! It was cold, too! We wondered as we drove to the restaurant if they were going to cancel the tour, but, soon found out, it was still on. Of course, I didn't even think about bringing a rain poncho and Ron has a full set of rain gear, but, all that was back at the rig...so, I decided to bring my umbrella, which worked just as well, probably even better.

There was about 15 of us in the tour and as we got going, I realized the bus heater worked very well, which was a good thing. We had opted for the 700 year tour, so we got all the history of these people, how they lived, etc. The first few stops, the ruins were under cover, so even though we weren't getting rained on, it was still cold. Once or twice, we went outside to look at some ruins across the canyon that aren't open to the public. The ranger said there were lots more that were uncovered when the last big fire went through a few years ago. It was fortunate that even though it was raining, we had no fog, that would have been terrible for far viewing.