Day 8: Petroglyph National Monument

Albuquerque is New Mexico’s largest city with a population of nearly 450,000 people. At 4,900 feet, it is also one of the highest metropolitan cities in the United States. Maggie visited here roughly a year and a half ago, when she interviewed for a clinical internship position at the University. Albuquerque was founded in 1706 by a group of Spanish colonists, however ancient and native peoples lived on this land as far back as 3,000 years ago. Evidence of these early peoples is found at Petroglyph National Monument, where more than 20,000 ancient rock carvings are found in the black volcanic rock. Maggie and Tommy visited this spot while passing through Albuquerque, and enjoyed venturing up the paths and taking photographs of the petroglyphs. Maggie was more than slightly off-put by the signs warning of rattlesnakes, but none were sighted during our tour. Whew.