Paula’s (Lost in Translation) challenge this week is slightly different than usual in that she has provided a list of words from which to pick one to illustrate.
I am going for decrepit: adjective meaning – worn out or ruined because of age or neglect; dilapidated; rickety; run-down; broken-down; ramshackle; worn-out; derelict; falling to pieces; on its last legs
I like photographing old and decrepit things and on a trip around the Canyons a few years ago we came across this abandoned ‘village’ near Marble Canyon, AZ. During the Great Depression, a few white settlers built a small town of wooden structures with shingle roofs that still cling to gigantic boulders in a moon-like setting at the foot of Vermilion Cliffs. They were known as the Cliff Dwellers.
How anyone survived in this desolate landscape I have no idea.
Please pop over to see Paula if you would like to join in.
TRAVEL WORDS 
What comes to mind is the expression “it’s a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there” 😉
They must have roasted, I wonder how long ago it was abandoned. What a photogenic place and it fits decrepit perfectly, top marks that girl!
Well I do have a lot of decrepit photos, but this place sprang to mind first and I thought the photos deserved an outing 🙂
I have never seen a boulder amazing as these. What a pleasant surprise, Jude! I am very grateful for this virtual travel to a place I am not likely to see in real life. Thank you for joining this challenge 🙂
I enjoy your challenges Paula, just been a bit tied up over the past week!
Lovely photos, and fit the theme very nicely, eh? But where did they find water?
The Colorado River is not too far away.