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I own no land, instead I have wheelestate. I’ve been a full time RVer since 1997. Working summers as a Park Ranger takes me to many beautiful places and playing during the winter takes me to many more. This blog is simply the story of my life's adventures.

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Friday, August 20, 2010

Dear park ranGer,

01 Gaelyn at campfire program 6-10 NR GRCA NP AZ by Mike (1024x525)
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

SWF – House Rock Valley skies

Last Sunday after Mike got off work I had the camper loaded and we left for our two day weekend headed for Flagstaff.

01 Cloudy sky above Kaibab Plateau AZ (1024x767)

We planned to just get off the Kaibab Plateau east about 1.5 hours away and camp on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) House Rock Valley.

02 Rainbow over Vermilion Cliffs & sunset over House Rock Valley AZ (1024x414)

Rainbow over Vermilion Cliffs & House Rock Valley

It’s so different having huge open sky above when you live under a forest.

03 Moon in clouds from House Rock Valley AZ (1024x768)

And unless I walk to the canyon’s rim (I know that’s not really tough) I rarely see the moon and stars.

04 1st quarter moon over House Rock Valley AZ (1024x768)

So I took advantage of this Big Sky and played around with the camera on the tripod to capture a big moon. OK, I know it’s not full big, but it is the first shot that’s been clear enough to tell it’s the moon.

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

I’m out of space!

01 Long-horned beetle NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x768)

My hard drive only has 1.72GB of space left out of 138GB, but no bugs.

02 Hopi Dance Group Nuvatukya-Ovi Sinom Native American Heritage Days NR GRCA NP AZ (767x1024)

Hopi Dance Group Nuvatukya-Ovi Sinom Native American Heritage Days

I’m not even sure what all th is means. But when I try to download more photos the machine complains. I seem to have a lot of “stuff” that I don’t understand taking up space. Yet I’m very afraid to just delete uninstall make it go away.

03 David Nighteagle Native American Heritage Days NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x740)

David Nighteagle Native American Heritage Days

I’ve already taken mega old photos off the hard drive and backed them up on DVDs and the external hard drive. Took a bit of time as I don’t 100 percent trust the technology and have to double and triple check that everything actually saved.

04 Gaelyn surrounded by wildflowers on Widforss trail NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x768)

We’ve been hiking and I’m working on that post.

05 Grand Lodge at night NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x753)

Plus our last weekend went to Flagstaff and all photos are still in the camera.

Monday, August 16, 2010

MWT – Native American Heritage Days Grand Canyon National Park North Rim

I interact with some of the most awesome people from around the world who come to visit this most amazing place.

01 View S from Cape Royal NR GRCA NP AZ pano (1024x475)

After two days of Native American Heritage Days watching so many cultures interact in harmony I went out on the Walhalla Plateau Saturday and heard many visitors still talking about this festival.

02 Jimenez men singing at Native American Heritage Days NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x766)

The young Jimenez Pueblo brothers captured everyone with their native songs. It made no difference whether we could understand the words because their passion came through.

03 Ramson glass blowing at Native American Heritage Days NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x896)

Ramson is a Hopi artist and educator, a teacher to the youth in his culture. He’s recently introduced a new art to his people, glass blowing. This is no more a “new art” than any other yet he uses the earth’s gift of minerals to create representations of marks made on the rocks by his ancestors.

04 Ramson's evening program Native American Heritage Days NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x765)

Friday night Ramson spoke about his  Hopi culture. The audience was riveted. He said, every culture has its own myth which is the collective truth of the people. If you are comfortable with your myth there is no need to convert others, just let them live their own way.

05 Debra preparing grinding stone Native American Heritage Days NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x755)

Debra is a Hopi educator teaching in the Flagstaff school system. She also teaches young girls important lessons to carry on their cultural traditions.

06 First Attendant & Miss Hopi Native American Heritage Days NR GRCA NP AZ (955x1024)

She chaperoned this year’s Miss Hopi and her First attendant to our festival sharing stories and explaining the corn grinding ceremony.

If only more people could live in harmony with the land and themselves. Maybe if we try what I saw on a T-shirt, “Don’t worry, be Hopi”

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Mike and I are in Flagstaff for our days off so I may not get this linked.

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