Travels of the Agnew Family in the "Dog House" 2006-2007

Not far from Silver City is the "City of Rocks State Park". “Formed of volcanic ash welded together 30 million years ago, then sculpted by wind and water into rows of monolithic blocks, these incredible rock formations give City of Rocks its name. Theory is that these formations were thrown 180 miles from a volcano near Albuquerque.” Regardless of where they came from and how they were created, the rocks are fun. Each one is a unique shape and you can see giants chairs, dogs, monsters, just about anything in them.


This place reminded us a bit of Stonehenge.


Zaph checking out the rocks.


Rock City with Table Mesa in the background


Rocks


Rocks


and more Rocks


As the park has an observatory all of the sites were given astronomical names --- Zaph found his favorite.