We visited the Anasazi Museum in Dolores, CO on a whim and were delighted. What an excellent job they have done with this small place. Lots of artifacts and explanations about the evolution of their pottery and tools and a reconstructed pit house. We then moved on to Hovenweep to see the towers that were built there. We went to the campground and picked out a site and paid for our night. We made some quick sandwiches and then hiked the 3 mile loop trail into the canyon and around the rim to view the sites. Not many folks were here and now I know why. We noticed a lot of gnats. Not a r
eal big deal usually as gnats are annoying but we can get around them. But they were flying into our ears and there were clouds of them that we hiked through. These gnats were annoying the hell out of me and Steve kept telling me that they weren't bothering him much. Turns out this place is famous for a hatch of them and we were in the middle of it. They are the biting Pinyon Gnats and the ranger said that bug repellent does not work but actually makes them worse.They loved me. I have so many bites on my legs and arms I look like I have the measles. Our van filled up with gnats while we had the door opened. No way could we camp here. We left there after a few hours and headed south about 60 miles to Bluffs and camped along the San Juan River in a beautiful spot. Petroglyphs covered many of the canyon walls. Fantastic! Except some of t
he gnats came with us in the van. We tried opening the windows and blowing them out as we drove but still had some with us. Steve got a few bites that night and was now more sympath
etic to my
plight.
We visited the Anasazi Museum in Dolores, CO on a whim and were delighted. What an excellent job they have done with this small place. Lots of artifacts and explanations about the evolution of their pottery and tools and a reconstructed pit house. We then moved on to Hovenweep to see the towers that were built there. We went to the campground and picked out a site and paid for our night. We made some quick sandwiches and then hiked the 3 mile loop trail into the canyon and around the rim to view the sites. Not many folks were here and now I know why. We noticed a lot of gnats. Not a r
eal big deal usually as gnats are annoying but we can get around them. But they were flying into our ears and there were clouds of them that we hiked through. These gnats were annoying the hell out of me and Steve kept telling me that they weren't bothering him much. Turns out this place is famous for a hatch of them and we were in the middle of it. They are the biting Pinyon Gnats and the ranger said that bug repellent does not work but actually makes them worse.They loved me. I have so many bites on my legs and arms I look like I have the measles. Our van filled up with gnats while we had the door opened. No way could we camp here. We left there after a few hours and headed south about 60 miles to Bluffs and camped along the San Juan River in a beautiful spot. Petroglyphs covered many of the canyon walls. Fantastic! Except some of t
he gnats came with us in the van. We tried opening the windows and blowing them out as we drove but still had some with us. Steve got a few bites that night and was now more sympath
etic to my 
plight.
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