Cochiti Canyon Flood - Dixon Apple Orchard

Kadizzle and the Commander hiked up this canyon yesterday.  We found a lot of Indian sites and more pottery shards of higher quality than we have ever found.  The internet here at Cochiti Lake is driving Kadizzle crazy.  If Kadizzle can get the right connection more will be added to this story.
With high winds we got stuck at Lake Cochiti.  To burn up time the Kadizzles decided to do some hiking.  As luck would have it we stumbled upon a creek that led up into the Dixon Apple orchard.  First we ran into an old dog lady.  A dog lady is similar to a cat lady.  The dog lady was on the road we werer exploring.  The dog lady had three dogs she rescued and was walking them.  Dog lady suggeste the Kadizzles might walk up the next stream they encountered.  Taking dog ladies advice the Kadizzles set off up the stream.  Not far up the stream the Kadizzles came into the Dixon Apple Farm, which had a very interesting history.  The farm had recently been hit by two disasters.  First a fire, then a flood.   Walking up the stream the Kadizzles could see there had been the mother of all floods.

As we walked up the stream the damage that had been done by the flood was amazing. When we got to the Dixon Apple Orchard it was sad to see how these people had been wiped out. Some of the trees however were still producing and we ate some very good apples.

Exploring the area we found an astounding number of excellent pottery shards. The shards were often large and had white, red, and black paint. Kadizzle found one very unusual one and my be able to post a picture later. Walking down the canyon there was a place where a stream had eaten through an old site. Many artifacts were scattered around.

After the hike we took the truck up a very rugged mountain road with a great view. Today the plan is to unload they Yamaha and ride it back up that road and explore the top of the mountain.