Ceja Pelon Badlands Time Travel Hike March 27, 2011

Are you up for an adventure? Journey back 65 million years to the time when the New Mexico San Juan Basin was covered by thick, tropical jungles and palm tree fringed swamps. The dinosaurs were long gone and the first large mammals were beginning to dominate the ecosystems. Evidence of this history is preserved in stone at The Ceja Pelon Badlands. UNM Continuing Education invites you to explore with us, one of the biggest concentrations of huge, colorful petrified logs in the southwest. Brilliantly colored, giant quartz trunks and root balls lie crosswise in primeval log jams. Palm tree bases erode out of sandstone mesa edges. The rippling, finely layered bedrock formed from original sand dunes, shorelines and stream beds are carved into numerous hoodoos and strangely shaped formations. This hike is intended for reasonably fit, experienced cross country hikers. The $85 tuition fee includes transportation and guide. This trip departs from the UNM Continuing Education east parking lot, located at 1634 University Blvd. NE in Albuquerque, NM on Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 8am and will return at 6pm. For more information visit dce.unm.edu/story-of-new-mexico.htm or call Joan Cok at 505-277-0563. To register visit dce.unm.edu.

Official Website: http://dce.unm.edu/story-of-new-mexico.htm