We are on a guided tour through the Ute Reservation in Southwest Colorado and are immediately surprised by the amount of broken pottery we are shown. That these small fragments of cultural treasure are lying here for us to witness is lucky for us. Thank you to everyone else who has ever visited and withstood the desire to walk away with a souvenir shard.

Pictographs are easily spotted in nearly all directions.

While the rock formations are of great interest, too.

But it is the fragments of dwellings that draw us in.

An old visitor center that operated from 1971 to 1981 is near the foot of Chimney Rock.

From one reservation, we headed to another south of us. The Zuni Reservation is in northwest New Mexico. We were looking for some food but found art and fell deeply in love with Zuni art.

At the time, we couldn’t afford a piece from the collection we were checking out, and I regret it.

Our drive back to Phoenix is filled with beautiful landscapes and dramatic skies.