I am really looking forward to start building the lessons for the younger children to teach them about the Salado people. Thinking about how they traded with other people to get rocks that they made arrowhead and used them for hunting small game. With trading, you could get things that were on the other side of the country cost to cost. If they could not get the rocks though trading then they could not make arrowheads, jeweler, and many other things. Without the arrowheads then they could not easily hunt small game or deer. They would have had to use traps and dead drops that are not easy to set up. They also don't have a high kill rate so it is very hard to use them.
The pottery that they made to carry their water in felt kind of bumpy and the gum they chewed felt rough. It was really nice to listen to all of the pretty sounds of the area. Some of the sounds were the creek water that was flowing, the birds singing, and the slight breeze through the bushes. I really liked the prickly pear candy that Matt bought from the visitor center and shared with us. The wet rocks at the bottom of the canyon gave off a fresh-air smell. About 2/3rds of the way up the mountain there was a place that we stopped which had a great view of the lake that was created be the dam.
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