Joel and I had about a day and a half to explore Bluff and the surrounding area before heading home. We walked through town to the San Juan Mission/Bluff Fort Historic site which had great displays from the LDS mission to settle Bluff. In a nutshell, the 250 missionaries from the Salt Lake area embarked on a journey that was supposed to take 6 weeks but, due to the difficult travel, took 6 months. After visiting the fort we had to stop to eat!

Petroglyphs and Rock Art Panels at the Sand Island site were also on the agenda.

And another meal in town at the Comb Ridge Grill where Joel had the “Ring of Fire” burger!

And then spent time taking pictures of his eclipse photos from his good camera to send to his stargazer friends in UT and MN.

Neither of us had actually visited the Four Corners Monument so we decided to drive over there. This is the area where Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona meet. It is all on tribal lands so our National Parks Pass did not work so we paid the fee to visit the site but decided not to stand in line to step on the four pieces of concrete.

Instead, we hiked the Stateline Trail which was much more rewarding – no people!

We had a great time viewing the eclipse and exploring Bluff – the only negative was that we couldn’t celebrate with the whole family like in 2017 – but if not in body we think that everyone was there in spirit!