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The Navajo Nation encompasses about 25,000 square miles, mostly in Arizona but also extends into Utah and New Mexico.</div>
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Most Navajo speak English to some degree, but Navajo is frequently used and for some it is their only language. Radio stations broadcast in both English and Navajo languages.<br />
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Today there are approximately 175,228 people living in Navajo country. We stayed last night at the visitors center in Window Rock, Az., capitol of the Navajo Nation.<br />
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Small herds of sheep, goats, cattle and horses are common here. This is open range country and herds move freely along and across roads.<br />
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Hogans are the traditional homes of the Navajo. They also serve as places for ceremonies. They may be eight sided (female) or six sided (male) and are built from whatever material is readily available.<br />
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The doorway always faces east to welcome the new day. Many do not have electricity or running water and most are heated with a central wood-burning stove.<br />
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Navajos live in family groups spread throughout the nation. Small clusters of hogans, trailers and a house or two may signify more than one generation of a family.<br />
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In 1965, Congress made Hubbell Trading Post a national historic site and it continues to be a working trading post today.</div>
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You can still buy cowboy coffee, Blue Bird flour, pottery, jewelry and baskets here.</div>
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Original Navajo rugs and blankets are bought and sold here. <br />
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The Hubbell long gun collection represents a continual progression of new and improved gun models. It contains an evolution of firearms technology from the early smoothbore muzzle-loaders to the famous Winchester rifle. <br />
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Traditionally, the male hogan is where ceremonies are held and war plans are made. It is generally considered a very aggressive place. The female hogan is where the family stays. It is filled with love, peace and kindness.<br />
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After a wonderful Hopi meal, we spent the night camped next to the Hopi Cultural Center on Second Mesa of the Hopi Reservation. This is Hopiland. </div>
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Completely surrounded by the Navajo Nation, here is found the oldest continuously inhabited community in the United States. The first mesa-top villages were settled around 1125 AD.</div>
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In the morning we met our guide, who took us to his ancestral village of Mishongovi on Second Mesa, where he still lives. </div>
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There are twelve Hopi villages on three mesas with about 10,000 Hopi living here in Hopiland and about 7,000 more Hopi around the world. Few outsiders come here and there are very strict rules for those who do. Our visit would not have been possible without our guide.<br />
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We met several villagers and were invited into their homes. We were shown their personal kachina collections and were able to purchase a original kachina from a craftsman in his home.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"> This is a children's kachina from the Badger Clan.</span></div>
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People have continuously lived here in the same ancestral houses clinging to the edges of this rocky escarpment for over 800 years.<br />
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Photography is banned, but is limited with a guide. So here are the few pictures we were able to take.<br />
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This house belongs to our guides wife's grandmother and has a commanding view of the whole valley below and the distant San Francisco peaks. She has lived here her whole life, as have most of the few remaining villagers.<br />
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Judy with our guide Lamar Honyaketewa and the view from his wife's grandmothers house. Lamar is a member of the Bear Clan. The view extends for over one hundred miles.<br />
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Holes in the rocks were used for ancient ceremonies, many of which are very unique and are still observed today.<br />
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The cemetery on the overlook below. The mesa cliffs abruptly drop 600 feet to the valley below.<br />
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A typical home that has been continuously inhabited with almost no change for over 800 years.<br />
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The roofs are made of logs, sticks and clay.<br />
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Fields of corn, squash, melons and peaches are far below. Wealth here is still measured in how much corn one has. Planting is done by hand with a traditional planting stick, and many prayers and ceremonies take place to insure a good crop.<br />
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Water and electricity are very limited, with most homes having none. There are community outhouses and a community well. There is limited propane use, with most homes heated with coal obtained from a distant mine. <br />
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Many ancient rituals are still adhered to. The above photo shows clan Kivas with ladders sticking from the roofs. These are occupied by the Kachinas during ceremonies. We hope to come back here to observe a ceremony, and our guide has a parking spot for us! To learn more about the Hopi: http://www.experiencehopi.com.<br />
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Wupatki National Monument covers 56 square miles of rugged land 38 miles north east of Flagstaff. It protects a number of ancient ruins of puebloan peoples. <br />
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This monument contains over 800 ruins and had a population of over 4,000 people. <br />
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Wupatki Pueblo is the largest site in the monument. <br />
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There is a ceremonial ballcourt.<br />
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It had a community room that served as a meeting place.<br />
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We end our day by driving through the Navajo Reservation so we can visit Hopiland tomorrow. Hopiland is the Hopi Reservation, completely surrounded by the Navajo and in a very remote area, containing the longest continually inhabited communities in the United States.<br />
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The Verde Canyon Railroad was originally built to haul copper from the mines in Jerome and later people, livestock and supplies to several local ranches in the Verde Valley.<br />
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Scenic passenger excursions began from Clarkdale in 1990.<br />
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Passengers actually purchase two seats for the price of one because tickets include both inside seating and bench seating on open-air viewing cars.<br />
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The weather was perfect today and we enjoyed the scenery from this open-air car. <br />
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The four hour round trip was well narrated by excellent guides on each car.<br />
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Several Sinagua cliff dwellings, dating back to 600AD, are seen along the trip. <br />
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The Sinagua are thought to be the first residents of the Verde Canyon. <br />
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We pass through one tunnel on the trip.<br />
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There are several old bridges to cross and many nice views of the Verde River.<br />
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This was once a water stop for the original steam locomotives.</div>
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When the railroad switched to diesel locomotives, Perkinsville evolved into a ghost town.</div>
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Our drive today took us on the Red Rock Scenic Byway south of Sedona, Arizona.<br />
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This area is famous for its red rock color and formations.<br />
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The petroglyphs on this sandstone bluff-1032 have been identified so far- make up the largest and best preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley. Most were done over 800 years ago-between AD 1150 and 1400. </div>
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This petroglyph area contains concentric circles and snake-like figures suggesting a system for marking time.</div>
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To mark time, petroglyphs were placed in specific locations that align with the light and shadow effects cast by two boulders caught in the crevice above.<br />
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The summer solstice and spring and fall equinox were easily determined in this way. Corn planting was a central focus of this calendar. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147250200381202084.post-71317797905481795572013-03-23T14:48:00.000-05:002013-03-23T14:48:00.619-05:00Tuzigoot National Monument<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tuzigoot National Monument is located 52 miles south of Flagstaff near Clarkdale, Arizona.</div>
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It crowns the summit of a long ridge that rises 120 feet above the Verde Valley.<br />
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At one time the settlement was home to around 250 people and had up to 110 rooms, some 2-3 stories high, but was abandoned sometime in the 15th century.<br />
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Here one finds the remains of one of the largest and best preserved ruins of the 12th century Sinagua Indians in the Verde River valley, built between 1000-1400 AD. <br />
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The site was excavated from 1933-1935 by the University of Arizona and the museum has a nice display of artifacts found at the site.<br />
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These were peaceful village dwellers with a nice climate, rich soil and water in the valley.<br />
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They were primarily farmers with trade connections for hundreds of miles and supplemented their crops by hunting and gathering.</div>
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Pottery from the Hopi Mesas, seashells from the Pacific Ocean, and the remains of a scarlet macaw from Mexico are all evidence of the ties to communities far from the Verde Valley.<br />
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Archaeologists found many pieces of Jeddito yellow ware-- a pottery type made only at the Hopi Mesas to the northeast. These beautiful bowls indicate a shared religion or belief system. During gatherings or ceremonies, people may have brought them filled with food as an offering.<br />
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We will soon be heading to Hopiland and the Mesas on the Hopi Reservation to learn more about this native American culture.<br />
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We love our truck camper for it's ease of travel and today's drive is no exception. <br />
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We left the Prescott area and took Arizona highway 89A north toward Jerome. <br />
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The mobility of the camper allowed us to explore a few very scenic side roads that were both rugged and remote.</div>
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The main route itself is mostly very steep grades up and down with continuous switchbacks for 13 miles. <br />
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Our diesel truck with exhaust brake is well suited for this type of travel and took these grades as though they were babies. This is what diesel trucks and exhaust brakes are all about. <br />
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In 1876 mining claims and a mill were located near here.<br />
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The town itself is located over rich ore deposits.<br />
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By the mid 1920s the population had grown to 15,000 people.<br />
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Although it survived numerous fires, many of today's buildings are the same ones that remain from it's heyday.</div>
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When the mines shut down in the 1950's, the population was below 100.<br />
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When we first visited in the early 1980's, it was almost a ghost town.</div>
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Today the population is close to 500 and it is a thriving destination tourist town and national historic landmark.<br />
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We woke up this morning in another beautiful campsite in the Tonto National Forest near Payson, Az.</div>
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Our drive today is along the Mogollon Rim toward Prescott, Az.</div>
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It's a beautiful, warm day with winter's last snow along the rim.<br />
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We made camp overlooking the Prescott Valley and these colorful bluffs in the distance.<br />
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This campsite is in a free National Forest Service 14 day stay area.<br />
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Continuing on through Prescott took us past the largest Kokopelli in the world.<br />
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Tonight's camp is north of Prescott, Az. in the Prescott National Forest.<br />
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With nice, sunny weather, and spring in the air, we headed out for a ride on the Apache Trail.<br />
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The Apache Trail, 76 miles North East of Phoenix, is famous for its steep, narrow and winding descent.<br />
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Towering cliffs and broad vistas greet you at every turn.</div>
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In some places, rock fills 75 feet high were needed to provide a usable road bed.</div>
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In other places, rock had to be cut 60-70 feet deep.<br />
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Even so, the trail climbs the hill at a 10% grade.<br />
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The road is quite rough in many places and a wreck or two far below remind one to stay away from the edge.<br />
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Several nice waterfalls drop into Fish Creek.<br />
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Beautiful Apache Lake is along the trail high up in the mountains.</div>
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Roosevelt Dam was first built on the Salt River over a five year period. It created Roosevelt lake, which at that time was the largest man-made lake in the world. <br />
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When completed in 1911, it was the largest stone dam in the world. It was originally 280 feet high.<br />
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After modification between 1989-1996, it is now 357 feet high.<br />
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After the Winter Blast, we headed toward Mesa, Az. for a week or so of camping in the Tonto National Forest. While there, we visited the Superstition Mountain Museum with Jim and Lynnae.<br />
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This is the location for many Hollywood Western movies.<br />
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Gunfights are still part of the action here.<br />
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Jim also got a great deal on a High Spirits flute and graciously gave it to Lynnae.<br />
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There are still lots of wild horses and burros roaming the West.<br />
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After Jim and Lynnae headed for home in Minnesota, we headed to Roosevelt Lake higher up in the Tonto National Forest.<br />
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On the way, we visited the Tonto National Monument and the ruins there.<br />
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We were first here several years ago.<br />
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This is a beautiful drive.<br />
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Our first view of Roosevelt Lake.<br />
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Camping in the Tonto National Forest with water and dump available.<br />
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A million dollar view for only $3 a night.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147250200381202084.post-39367073268447827992013-02-18T12:42:00.000-06:002013-02-20T17:39:44.346-06:00Winter Blast<br />
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This is our second trip to the Winter Blast, held every February in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. </div>
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Presented by the Western Pyrotechnic Association, it brings together both amateur and professional pyrotechnists for four days of teaching seminars led by some of the most accomplished pyrotechnists in the US. <br />
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We are here early with some of our best friends.</div>
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This gives us the best seats and it's fun to watch everything get set up for the big show.</div>
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Major companies are here, featuring and testing items never seen before.</div>
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Each night is different, with a variety of professional shows showcasing items which you never get to see at public displays.<br />
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This is a major production, with a lot of serious rockets, shells and explosives set up every night.<br />
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Coming early gives us a chance to talk with club members, who are well dressed for the occasion, and will wear additional fire protection gear when on the field.<br />
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It takes a lot of powder, makes quite a bang, shakes the earth, sets off car alarms, and really grabs ones attention when these things blast high over the fence 40-60 feet in the air. </div>
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Shooting begins early and goes on until around 10:30 each night.<br />
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To learn more about Western Pyro, go to www.westernpyro.org.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147250200381202084.post-27562369698216412732013-02-14T07:30:00.000-06:002013-02-18T21:17:01.723-06:00The Native American Flute<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Kokopelli figure has been found in ancient ruins from as early as 200AD to as late as the 16th century. As a minor god, he was responsible for creating rain, food, music, merriment, dance and many other needs for his people. His likeness varies, but is unmistakable - dancing and always playing some kind of flute. </div>
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Thus, the origin of the Native American flute lies deep within ancient culture. </div>
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Native Americans did not have a written language, so songs and techniques were passed on through rituals and practice. This resulted in a gentle music created spontaneously with much feeling and emotion.</div>
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After some heartfelt thought, we decided today was the day to buy our first Native American flute! We had talked with many flute makers over the last two years and kept coming back to this same place. <br />
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It was Rick and Rose Gnerich, makers of Native American Style High Spirits Flutes, that always held our attention. They show genuine concern for matching their customers with a flute that best fits their style and musical interest. <br />
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We like the sound of the Golden Eagle aromatic cedar flute and it plays well for us. It is one of the original woods used by early Native Americans and has a warm, soft and soothing sound.</div>
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You can learn about Native American High Spirit Flutes at; www.highspiritflutes.com.</div>
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You can contact Rick and Rose Gnerich at; www.flutingfromtheheart.com. </div>
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To hear Native American flute music by one of our favorite musicians-- www.invinciblemusic.com/estun-bah.<br />
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This is our third visit to Casa Grande Ruins and our second time to be here for the Annual Native American Music Festival.</div>
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The Monument is in Coolidge, Arizona</div>
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These ruins and surrounding area have been protected and covered since the early 1900's.<br />
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This is home to the Pima River Nation of Native Americans.</div>
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This is primarily a music festival, but Native American crafts are also displayed and sold.<br />
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Lots of intricate beadwork, metal and woodcarvings are displayed here.<br />
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Loren Russel is an accomplished Native American storyteller and flute player. He entertained us with many wonderful stories, handed down through generations of Native Americans.<br />
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Gabriel Ayala has won many major awards on the classical guitar. He recently played at the Vatican in Rome. He is a Yaqui Native American.<br />
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Arvel Bird, Paiute violinist and flutist.<br />
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Rona Yellow Robe, flute player and wonderful vocalist, is of the Cree nation.<br />
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No day at the festival is complete without a Native American Taco.<br />
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The Ajo Mountain Drive is a 21 mile graded, one-way dirt road. It winds and dips through the Ajo Mountains and allows one to explore the primitive landscape, geology, flora and fauna of this unique area.<br />
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The Sonoran Desert covers 120,000 square miles and is the most diverse desert in North America, home to over 4,000 species of plants and animals.<br />
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Large numbers of the very distinctive organ pipe cactus are found here.</div>
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This is a great place to learn about the plants of the desert southwest.</div>
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High mountain ranges here affect how much rain falls in any one area, helping to create a diversity of habitats for specially adapted plants and animals to survive.</div>
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Engelmann prickly pear cactus</div>
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Typical varied landscape of the Ajo Mountains, with many plant species in view.</div>
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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, established in 1937, protects most of the natural habitat of the organ pipe cactus in the US.</div>
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We have been in all four deserts of North America and have traveled the entire length of both the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts.<br />
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We always enjoy the diverse beauty and quietness here and have crossed the border here on our way to southern Mexico.<br />
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The organ pipe is rare in the US, but it is common in Mexico. <br />
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There are many types of desert plants here, including 28 cactus species.<br />
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As a protected area, one of Earth's major ecosystems survives here almost unspoiled under nearly ideal wilderness conditions.</div>
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The United Nations has designated this monument as an International Biosphere Reserve, along with it's southern counterpart in Mexico.</div>
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We took two leisurely days heading from Quartzsite to Ajo, Arizona to visit friends and explore Organ Pipe national Monument. The free overnight campsite above is in a little known county park complete with trash barrels, picnic tables, fire rings and washrooms.<br />
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Ajo is just North of the US/Mexican border and cross-border incursions are common here.<br />
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The town has a wonderful main square that is being restored.<br />
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It's a pleasant place to spend a few hours in the shops and have lunch in the warm Arizona sun.<br />
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Two beautiful churches face the square and remind us of those small towns in Mexico.</div>
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Between Yuma and Quartzsite, Arizona lie the rugged canyons of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge.</div>
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Following the rough dirt and gravel road east for seven miles brings one to the trailhead of Palm Canyon.</div>
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Tucked away here in narrow, rugged canyons, these California Fan Palms are likely the only native palms in Arizona. </div>
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They are unique and probably the descendants of palms growing in this region during the last periods of North American glaciation.</div>
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The half mile foot trail is easy to follow, but is rough most of the way with some steep, rocky sections.<br />
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Palo verde and ironwood trees are found all along the trail and near the top are numerous Kofa Mountain Barberry bushes, found only in the southwest corner of Arizona.<br />
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These palms are able to survive in the micro-climate of these narrow, protected side canyons where direct sunshine is limited but some moisture is available. <br />
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As you walk out in the shade of the narrow canyon you notice the relative coolness and look out across the La Posa Plains to the Dome Rock Mountains, 30 miles away. </div>
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We have seen Intaglios before in this region, but this is the first time we have come to see the Bouse Fisherman.</div>
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Intaglios are a rare form of Native American rock art, sometimes found near the lower Colorado River.</div>
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Intaglios are best seen from the air, and are usually found from low flying planes.<br />
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One can see the fish above and a fish and wavy water line below. <br />
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GPS co-ordinates for the Bouse Fisherman Intaglio near Bouse, Arizona are: N33.4745 W114.0557.</div>
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We are back in the Imperial Valley near Yuma, Arizona. </div>
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This whole area is a crop grower's paradise.</div>
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Lynnae and Judy decided to cut their own cauliflower for $1.00 a head.</div>
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We also visited the Sun Gardens Date Farm and had the traditional date shake.</div>
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We are heading to meet friends near Quartzsite, where we will stay a week or two boondocking in the desert. This is route 95 heading north from Yuma with "Castle Dome" at the highest point on the mountain and "Fat Albert" in the sky above. Fat Albert is one of a series of US observation blimps tethered to the ground that keep an eye on the US/Mexico border.<br />
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Algodones, Mexico is a tourist town just west and south of Yuma, Arizona.<br />
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It's a fun place to spend a day shopping and getting glasses, hearing aids, dental work, prescriptions filled and other medical procedures done at extremely low prices. <br />
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We have gone to this dental office for several years now and are very happy with the care given there.<br />
I have had cleanings, endodontic root canal treatment and crowns done there and the quality and materials are the same as I had in my own office near Chicago for 27 years. As a fellow dentist, I have talked with a number of dentists there and the education, equipment, materials, and sterilization procedures are as good and many times even better than what we have back at home. The latest in digital xrays and computer technology is often used. <br />
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This motorbike is a Mexican postal vehicle, wonderful for getting around the narrow and crowded streets in these small towns.</div>
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Jim would have liked to have one of these instead of the desk he had for over 40 years in postal management.</div>
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I once had our truck washed in a place like this. It took two guys over two hours and it was spotless inside, outside and underneath also. Total cost was around $6.00US.</div>
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On a recent trip to San Antonio, we stopped in Alamo Heights and made an appointment to see Barney Smith, the well known toilet seat artist. </div>
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Barney, a 92 year old retired plumber, has converted his garage into a museum of sorts.</div>
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He has designed almost 1,000 toilet seats and is passionate about his work.<br />
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His garage museum is a virtual Geocache location.<br />
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We signed the Escapee RV Club seat and documented it in Barney's log book.<br />
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I signed the Dental seat<br />
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Barney showing Judy his family shield seat.<br />
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Barney has been featured in many magazines and TV shows.<br />
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He has seats with items sent from around the world.<br />
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You can see more of Barney at: www.unusualmuseums.org/toilet<br />
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The relatively small archaeological site of Labna was home to as many as 4,500 Mayans. We saw only four other tourists on the day we were there. <br />
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Architecture here is typical Puuc style.</div>
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There are the usual serpents, some with human heads in their open jaws.</div>
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There are many arches, columns and Chac masks with large protruding noses.</div>
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There are a number of Chultuns here. These sites are so quiet, peaceful and enjoyable to visit and explore when there are so few other tourists to share them with.<br />
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The sacbe or "white road", made of raised limestone, can be easily seen here and connects the main palace with other parts of the city. <br />
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Another well preserved and still working chultun.<br />
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Chac noses and detailed workmanship.<br />
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Judy taking a nice morning walk on the sacbe just as the Mayans did over a thousand years ago. <br />
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The main palace has over 60 rooms and is 393 feet long.<br />
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The very dramatic end of the sacbe in Labna.<br />
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Kabah is another important Mayan site in the Yucatan.<br />
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Second in size to Uxmal, it covers over 2470 acres, much of it still covered in heavy jungle.<br />
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It is known for its Palace of Masks. The palace is covered with over 250 of these hook-nosed rain god Chac masks.<br />
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The Yucatan peninsula is a flat limestone plain, with no rivers or streams. It is pockmarked in many areas with sinkholes called cenotes. These provided water for the Mayan cities. This region, however, has no natural cenotes, so the Mayans had to depend on rain for all their water here. This is the importance of the rain god, Chac. <br />
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This large site was occupied from the 9th--12th centuries.<br />
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These 3D human figures, called atlantes, are extremely rare in Mayan architecture.<br />
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Entrance to a Mayan building.<br />
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The Mayans built cisterns here to catch rain water. Over 60 of these cisterns, or chultuns, have been found so far. Some of these hold as much as 7,000 gallons of water and are still working today. <br />
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The arch at the end of a sacbe. This one connects Uxmal, Sayil, Kabah and Labna.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147250200381202084.post-3924048959934224102013-01-07T07:30:00.000-06:002013-01-07T07:30:02.278-06:00Uxmal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The archaeological site of Uxmal was once one of the largest cities in the Yucatan.</div>
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It's centerpiece, The Pyramid of the Magician, was built in five layers or stages.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">At one time, visitors were allowed to enter the inside through the lower door and also at the temple on the top.</span><br />
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Over 25,000 Maya lived here from 600-900 AD. This site also presided over the nearby cities of Kabah, Sayil and Labna, with several sacbe's or white roads connecting these sites.</div>
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This area, known as the Puuc Route, has architecture with several predominant features.</div>
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Vaulted archways that are not usually seen at other Mayan sites.<br />
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Buildings often have plain lower sections and richly decorated upper sections.<br />
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Carvings often contain serpents, lattice work and masks of the god Chac, the god of rain.<br />
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A double jaguar in front of one of the best examples of a Mayan arch way. <br />
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