Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument and Chama

After breakfast in the hotel we headed to the Tent Rocks area to see some cool rock formation and get some nature. They have 2 hikes you can take there, one is about a mile and goes over to a cave, that sounded doable. Unfortunately I failed at sign reading and we accidentally took the tough 3 mile round trip slot canyon trail to the top of the formation, I think it was 650 feet up. This trail involved some pretty tough going, basically climbing in some areas and with pretty significant drop-offs in other areas. We found out later the trail is classified as "Moderately strenuous", which I guess means if you 50 and not in great shape you're going to feel this one. Also, of course it was hot and dry so we used up all our water by the time we made it down. The view from the top was pretty cool, never seen formations like that. But Precious is still referring to this as "The day my husband tried to kill me", so don't think we'll be repeating anything like this anytime soon. After that adventure we got in the car and drove to Chama, where we will be taking a train ride through the mountains tomorrow. Along the way we stopped at Echo Amphitheater just to take pictures because it looked cool from the road and to have a potty break. We arrived in Chama, which is a tiny town in northern New Mexico and checked into the Elkhorn lodge for the night. We had dinner at Boxcar Cafe, decent food but SLOOOW service, and I mean SLOOOWW. Back to the room to crash, no problem sleeping this night. A couple of things about Elkhorn Lodge, it's pretty nice, but no A/C, just a ceiling fan. I guess this isn't a problem 99% of the time, as it's pretty high up in the mountains, but it was a little warm when we were there. Also the shower was evidently designed for little people. My chest was nice and clean by the time I was done.