Chaco Canyon Makes "10 Great Places" List

 

[Photo taken from north road into Chaco, December 2007, (c) Christina Solstad]

USA Today includes Chaco Canyon as one of their picks for "10 great places to leave the beauty unspoiled."

I have mixed feelings about the inclusion of Chaco:

• I'm thrilled the word is getting out about Chaco and its wonders.
• I'm concerned that visitors will trample the place and it will lose its charm.

The list is compiled by Jonathan Tourtellot, director of the National Geographic Society's Center for Sustainable Destinations, who says about Chaco, "A long, unpaved access road helps keep this archaeologically rich site untrampled."

Yay for the unpaved road. And yes, let's keep Chaco "untrampled."