The sign tells the story of the dinner turned home in the rock. Robert Christensen built this amazing house. overview of the grounds. This is the main doors to the home. It is 5000 sq ft with 14 rooms. You can Google holeintherock.com to see more about the house and builling of it. Looking across the bed to the fireplace and setting area. This was Gladys' bedroom after Robert passed. She lived n the home 17 more years and left it with instructions in her will that it be a landmark for all to see. Some of the dolls here are over100 years old. As you can see there are pillars in the home. There are 3 that serve to separate some of the rooms as well as for support. Robert used a hammer and chisel to level the floor. Gladys used them to put little shelves in the stone for ornaments to sit on. Gladys completed the fireplace after he passed away. They were both laid to rest in the rock garden area of the house rock.
Robert made the head of Lincoln on what was to be the patio on the roof of the house. It was to be 100 steps up from the inside, but he had a heart attack before he could finish it. Robert loved Roosevelt and made this memorial in the side of the house.
We headed for Mexican Hat-click to enlarge the photo to see the road at the base of the mountain. It was quit a road to drive on. You could see yourself coming and going. The road was narrow gravel. This is the view across the valley from above that road. The warning for the road -they were very serious and the sign was very accurate. Looking at the road from the side part way down the mountain. This is one of the boulders that threatens the road from above. Looking back across the valley once we were down. The mountains look like an Indian blanket with the different colors and designs. This rock is the reason the town is called Mexican Hat. We found this old suspension bridge on the way to Cisco. It has not bottom to the bridge so no driving or walking on it. It was a good thing we dd not plan on staying or eating in Cisco. Turns out it is pretty much abandoned. This was the old Post Office for the now defunct town. There were a few people there and a small store but not much else. One of the typical houses and cars left in the town. A look across the town or at least part of it. We stopped to see some Petroglyphs near the Colorado River. This is the whole rock they were on.This is a tree ladder in the crack of the rock that the early people used to get to the top of the rock in the above photo. Finally here are the Petroglyphs. Some of the people along the river have built their homes right into the rock. Here is a garage that was built into the rock. We also saw the use these type garages for horses.
This is Natural Bridges Park - some of the bridges and sights we saw.
Church rock - you can even see a "door" at the bottom. one of the long bridges notice the sun coming through the bridge. close up of one of the bridges A few shots from Canyonlands National Park. This area is know as the Neck-the road straddles two sides of the canyon. If you click to make it bigger it is easier to see. the view below after a long hike up the mountain. Bil following up the mountain to get a great view of the canyons. In the early 1900's John Shafer & other ranchers drove their cattle down this trail in winter to the sheltered canyons. It drops 2100 feet and was more rugged back then and cattle would slip off the cliff. The uranium boom in the 1950's caused them to widen the road for vehicles. Castle rock one of the walks we took in Canyonlands (following are all Arches National Park) one of the stone walls One of the caves that is turning into an arch as time passes and the weather wears on it. One of the arches in the distance. across the landscape. One of the arches as seen along the drive. This formation is known as Windows. many trees look like this across the park. Another formation along the way. The warning about enough water or dehydration. This is known as the Three Gossips. Balanced Rock sits and waits for it to topple perhaps years in the future. This is Delicate Arch.
overview of the grounds.
This is the main doors to the home. It is 5000 sq ft with 14 rooms. You can Google holeintherock.com to see more about the house and builling of it.
Looking across the bed to the fireplace and setting area.
This was Gladys' bedroom after Robert passed. She lived n the home 17 more years and left it with instructions in her will that it be a landmark for all to see. Some of the dolls here are over100 years old.
As you can see there are pillars in the home. There are 3 that serve to separate some of the rooms as well as for support. Robert used a hammer and chisel to level the floor. Gladys used them to put little shelves in the stone for ornaments to sit on.
Gladys completed the fireplace after he passed away.
They were both laid to rest in the rock garden area of the house rock.
Robert made the head of Lincoln on what was to be the patio on the roof of the house. It was to be 100 steps up from the inside, but he had a heart attack before he could finish it.
Robert loved Roosevelt and made this memorial in the side of the house.
