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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
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.
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.
Rainbow over Vermilion Cliffs & House Rock Valley
It’s so different having huge open sky above when you live under a forest.
And unless I walk to the canyon’s rim (I know that’s not really tough) I rarely see the moon and stars.
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.
To view more skies from around the world, or to share your own, go to Sky Watch Friday by clicking here.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
I’m out of space!
My hard drive only has 1.72GB of space left out of 138GB, but no bugs.
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.
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.
We’ve been hiking and I’m working on that post.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Debra is a Hopi educator teaching in the Flagstaff school system. She also teaches young girls important lessons to carry on their cultural traditions.
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”
To see more of what’s happening around the world, or to share your own stories, go to My World Tuesday by clicking here.
Mike and I are in Flagstaff for our days off so I may not get this linked.