San Joaquin

Joe Christensen from Charles' work told him to come look for these pyramid ruins. He gave very clear instructions how to get there. So after climbing Bernal we decided to see if we could find this place. Little did we know that we would be driving two hours to find it and that it would go 33 km up some switch back mountains. There is no shoulder on the drop off side, no guard rails, no safety protection. All you do is look down, lose your breath, and then say a little prayer. It is so amazingly high. The area before this place is dead, rocks and not a pretty drive through a town know as marble town.

It makes you wonder why they would have pyramids here. But as your going up this mountain towards the end it suddenly turns into what looks like a rain forest. It is so amazing to see the shade of greens and the clouds as they come past you. San Joaquin is a small beautiful town on the top of a mountain. They have two sites of pyramids, some caves, and waterfalls. Because we got there one hour before closing we just went to this site. We hope to return to see the rest. Just as we were going to do a family photo we felt a rain drop. Then a down pour. We were soaked through by the time we got to the car. We asked the kids what their favorite part was and they said the rain. It took three hours to get home but it was so worth it.