It has been several years since posting. The other medium is less private but easier. The posts of the Middle East and Africa I did have a concern for the safety of the people we helped. That was not the case in 2022 during a three wk. An Ag irrigation consulting trip to Tunisa. I May post that one someday.
For now, our trip to take in the culture we found in New Mexico and Utah merits the time to post here.
Santa Fe dates 400 years. But first to live in region was 500 AD. I have seen Mesa Verda in Colorado, but our American Natives are properly honored at many New Mexico sites. This trip was to one site.
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The Indian Hoop Boy Dancer
on museum hill
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| The Hispanic Artisans today represent Spanish contributions of the first explorers, missionaries, a successful Pueblo uprising in 1680 reflected in local governance and memorial to Franciscan Martyrs. |
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The Santa Fe Trail Started in Missouri 1821 with first 40 wagons arriving in 1824. These trade goods and then Americans shifted the culture. Annexation followed by 1848. Territory to statehood by 1912.
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Today these cultures are integrated only as New Mexico can. On Palm Sunday three inner city churches proceed to the City Plaza. A Bagpipe Player, a Scottish tradition, leads the first NM Protestant Church.
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The changes from the pine and snowcap mountains to the upper Colorado River floor is dramatic. | | Entrance into Arches NP requires a steep serpentine drive up a sandstone cliff. |
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Arrived at the Delicate Arch early morning.
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