So on Tuesday, November 8, we left our little non-descript RV park (at least there were no howling coyotes or quicksand!) and headed towards Sky City, or the Acoma Pueblo, the oldest inhabited Indian pueblo in the United States. I was going to get a little more archaeological yayas out, and we would finally be out of Arizona!! We arrived at the almost 400 ft. mesa where the Acoma people have lived since 1150 A.D. Approximately 4800 tribal members live in that area, and the mesa has 250 dwellings where some of the Acoma live. There is also a catholic mission, the San Esteban del Rey Mission, atop the mesa. Its construction began in 1629 and it is still a functioning structure. While we were there we ended up buying some Acoma pottery to add to my pottery collection...Jeff says I conned him into buying pottery but whatever...we got a smokin' deal from some of the craftsmen that live on the mesa...pretty cool stuff! Of course as we left the pueblo something else happened to the RV and Jeff had to get down on his hands and knees and fix whatever was wrong this time...it was becoming a daily thing (see top right photo). Welcome to my world. By the way, that is NOT a hickey on Jeff's keister.
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