Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument

Through our travels one of our favorite things has become going to State Parks, National Parks, and National Monuments. While we were staying in Santa Fe, NM my sister Sarah recommended that we go to Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument. "Kasha-Katuwe" means"White Cliffs" in Keresan which is a language spoken by the Cochiti Tribe. The Cochiti are descendants of the people who occupied Bandelier National Monument. Here is the link to our blog post about Bandelier.

At the end of September we finally made a trip out to the monument. We really didn't do much planning before and kind of on the fly we decided to do the Cave Loop Trail. We would later find out by my sister that the best trail was the Slot Canyon Trail. This resulted in a rushed trip to see the "right trail". Sisters can be so pesty sometimes...but she was right the Slot Canyon Trail was way better.

Cave Loop Trail- Visit I

This thing looks like a little mushroom house

After we did the Cave Loop Trail we drove up to the Veterans Memorial Overlook. It was a super bumpy drive but we thought it was worth it. It was pretty up there.

Slot Canyon Trail- Visit II

The only day we were able to go back before leaving Santa Fe was one day after work. We really had to try and hurry before the park closed.

This time we were on the right going to the Slot Canyon Trail

Ok the slot canyon was WAY cooler hence the ridiculous pose

After I showed my sister these pictures she pointed out we will have to go back again sometime earlier in the day since the sun was setting and casting shadows through out the trail. lol Love you Sarah.

We made it to the top but didn't get to walk around long.
A park ranger told us we needed to start making our way back. Damn

I love when nice people on trails offer to take our picture. Doesn't happen often. 

In all seriousness we really enjoyed our hikes at Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks. We hope if you are ever in the area you will check it out.

Have you ever been? If so what did you think? Tell us in the comments below.