[Ron] You were in four corners? Get to see mesa Verdi?
[Krimel] Yeah, we went to Mesa Verde; a truly awesome place. We drove way out to the Hopi Mesas which are about a 100 miles from anywhere. It was torture because they won't let you take pictures on the Mesas but we bought a couple of kachinas from the carvers there. They also invited us to a ceremony which I didn't catch the name or the purpose of. I thought it might be something for tourists but when we got there, there weren't many other tourists but a couple hundred Hopis. I got the impression this was not a commercial enterprise when these guys in deer costumes started throwing produce, candy and cigarettes out to the people standing around them. We also visited Zuni. It is weird because with all that we decided we didn't have time to go to the Grand Canyon. In South Dakota we stayed at Fort Robinson where Crazy Horse was captured and killed under a flag of truce. We spent some time at Pine Ridge and went to a big powwow in Rapid City. There we were invited to a releasing of spirits ceremony for a young man who was killed in Daddy Bush's Iraq War. We got to meet Red Cloud's grandson and lots of other nice people. Ron: I really enjoyed the black hills, Mount Rushmore seemed So insignificant, almost like graffiti. Bringing form back into the Conversation, when traveling the four corners region, a region of extremes, I really liked traveling through the canyons and desert , the rock formations reminded me of the temples of India, rock Croppings took on all sorts of form going through marble canyon. I wondered how much natural formations influenced our perception. At the time it seemed most certain we mimicked the canyons in our structures. Being alone in the vast expanse was daunting. I lived on ravioli and Beer. Stayed at state parks where I could and rest stops and motel Parking lots when I couldn't. Noticed the Navajo weren't overly friendly. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
