AS A STATE PARK ARCHAEOLOGIST IN 1985 I WORKED AT MANY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PARKS DOING SURVEYS. I WAS ASSIGNED TO SUPERVISE A GROUP OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS TO SAMPLE SURVEY THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK. WE FOCUSED ON RECORDING SOME SOUTHERN POMO PREHISTORIC BASALT AND OBSIDIAN QUARRIES AND SMALL TEMPORARY CAMPS. APPARENTLY THERE ARE SOME PERMANENT VILLAGES THERE AS WELL. THERE ARE MANY HISTORIC TRAILS AND CAMPS THAT THE ITALIANS MADE AS THEY CUT THE BASALT FOR PAVING STREETS IN PETALUMA AND SAN FRANCISCO. THERE WAS A RAILROAD AT THE BASE OF THE HILL HEADING SOUTH. THEY USED TRAMS TO SLIDE THE STONE DOWNHILL TO THE RAILS.
THE PARK HAS 5000 ACRES OF MODERATE HILLS AND A LAKE. IT IS FREQUENTED BY HORSEMEN, BIKERS, HIKERS, AND PHOTOGRAPHERS. WE SPOKE TO OTHER SCIENTISTS IN THE PARKS WHO SAID IT HAS ABUNDANT OAK WOODLAND. WE NOTICED IT IS PACKED WITH POISON OAK!
THERE ARE MANY TRAILS. HOWEVER OUR SURVEY INCLUDED TRANSECTS THROUGH MEADOWS AND HILLS. IN 1837 THE AREA WAS INCLUDED IN A MEXICAN LAND GRANT COVERING 19,000 ACRES. THE 1880'S SAW SOME SHEEP AND CATTLE GRAZING WHICH ENDED AS COBBLESTONES WERE MADE FROM THE BASALT, AFTER THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE, THIS MATERIAL WAS IN HIGH DEMAND. THE NAME ANNADEL COMES FROM A GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE PRINCIPAL OWNER IN 1900. SHE WAS KNOWN AS "ANNIE DELL'.
IN THE 1960'S A MAN BOUGHT SOME OF THE PROPERTY FOR MINING PERLITE, AN OBSIDIAN PRODUCT USED FOR INSULATION. IN 1971 THIS AREA BECAME A STATE. I WROTE UP THE SURVEY REPORT AND COMPLETED SITE RECORDS.
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO MISSION
THIS MISSION IS IN ORANGE COUNTY SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES. THEY HAVE MANY PADRES LIVING IN THE SOUTH WING OF THE MISSION DURING THE 18TH CENTURY. IT IS THE 7TH MISSION IN A CHIN OF 21. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1776 BY FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA. THE BRONZE REPLICA SHOWS THE ITEMS NEEDED FOR THE FOUNDING OF THE MISSION.
THEY HAVE AN OLIVE MILLSTONE POWERED BY A BOY OR DONKEY. IT WAS USED FOR CRUSHING OLIVES FOR OIL. OLIVE OIL HAD MANY USES AT THE MISSION INCLUDING COOKING AND IT WAS TRADED FOR OTHER GOODS. IT NEEDS PRESERVATION. THE SOLDIERS BARRACK'S WERE BUILT IN 1791 AND HOUSED ABOUT SIX SPANISH SOLDIERS STATIONED AT THE MISSION. THEY HOUSED BLACKSMITHS, AND HAD STABLES DURING THE RANCHO PERIOD, 1845 - 1865.
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY INCLUDES A SHELTER MADE OUT OF WILLOW BRANCHES AND TULE LEAVES AND WAS CALLED A KIICHA. THIS HOUSE WAS FOR THE JUANENO INDIANS BEFORE THE SPANISH ARRIVED. THEY HAD MORTARS AND PESTLES. THEY HAD MORTARS AND PESTLES TO GRIND ACORNS.
THE MISSION CONTAINED A DORMITORY, AND KITCHEN, PANTRY, PADRES LIVING ROOM, GUEST BEDROOM, PADRES DINING ROOM, EXHIBITS FROM THE RANCHO PERIOD. THE MISSION INDUSTRIAL CENTER WAS EXCAVATED IN 1930'S AND IT REVEALED THE INDIANS MADE SOAP, CANDLES, GREASE AND OINTMENTS FROM ANIMAL FAT. MISSION INDIANS DEVELOPED WAYS TO DYE THEIR WOOL AND SHEARED THE SHEEP, AND SPUN THE WOOL INTO YARN. THEY USED BIG TALLOW VATS TO DYE THE WOOL. THE VATS WERE NEXT TO THE CATALAN FURNACES, THE OLDEST METAL FURNACES IN CALIFORNIA. SOUTH OF THE FORGE AREA IS THE KITCHEN WHERE THE INDIANS THEIR FOOD.
THEY HAVE A MUSIC ROOM AND MUSIC SIGNED BY A LEON RENE AND A PIANO HE USED IN 1939. HE WROTE A SONG ABOUT THE SWALLOWS THAT RETURN TO THE MISSION. THE PLAZA OR COURTYARD WAS THE HEART OF MISSION LIFE. THERE ARE THREE WATER CHANNELS THROUGH THE MISSION AND UNDER THE WEST WING TO THE INDUSTRIAL AREA. THEY BUILT A SPANISH FOUNTAIN AND DEDICATED IT TO THE FOUR SULLIVANS. AND THEY PLANTED MOST TREES IN THE 1920'S. MOST OF THEIR CONCERTS ARE OUTDOORS HERE.
SERRA CHAPEL WAS BUILT IN 1788, IN CALIFORNIA STILL STANDING WHERE FATHER SERRA GAVE SACRAMENTS. IN THE EARLY 1920'S THEY RESTORED THE CHAPEL. THE ALTAR IS FROM SPAIN AND IS GOLD LEAF OVERLAY WOOD (OVER 400 YEARS OLD). NEAR THE ENTRY IS THE ORIGINAL BAPTISMAL FORMAT THAT ONCE STOOD IN THE GREAT STONE CHURCH. THE CHAPEL IN 2008 WAS RESTORED FOR $118 MILLION.
THE MISSION CEMETERY HOLDS 2000 CATHOLICS AND MOST JUANERO INDIANS ARE IN UNMARKED GRAVES. FATHER SULLIVAN'S TOMB IS AT THE FOOT OF THE MONUMENT.
THEY HAVE A SACRED GARDEN AND BELL WALL. THE BELLS WERE IN A TOWER UNTIL THE 1812 EARTHQUAKE. BELLS ARE IMPORTANT TO EARLY MISSION LIFE. THEY RANG FOR DINNER TIME, FOR RECREATION, AND FOR RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
THE GREAT STONE CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1787 AND TOOK 9 YEARS TO BUILD. IN DECEMBER 1812 AN EARTHQUAKE STRUCK DURING MORNING MASS KILLING 42 INDIAN WORSHIPPERS. IT WAS ONLY STABILIZED RECENTLY. THEY HAVE A STATUE OF FATHER SERRA AND AN INDIAN BOY WAS COMMISSIONED BY J. O'SULLIVAN IN 1914 TO BUILD THE STATUE. IT SYMBOLIZES THE MEETING OF THE TWO CULTURES, THE OLD AND NEW WORLDS. A CROSS WAS ADDED IN 2009, AFTER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ORIGINAL DISAPPEARED. THE MISSION BASILLICA IS HOME TO THE GRAND TABLE AND WAS BUILT IN 2007. THIS IS A CHURCH THAT MOST OF THE MISSION PARISH COMMUNITY ATTEND.
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THEY HAVE AN OLIVE MILLSTONE POWERED BY A BOY OR DONKEY. IT WAS USED FOR CRUSHING OLIVES FOR OIL. OLIVE OIL HAD MANY USES AT THE MISSION INCLUDING COOKING AND IT WAS TRADED FOR OTHER GOODS. IT NEEDS PRESERVATION. THE SOLDIERS BARRACK'S WERE BUILT IN 1791 AND HOUSED ABOUT SIX SPANISH SOLDIERS STATIONED AT THE MISSION. THEY HOUSED BLACKSMITHS, AND HAD STABLES DURING THE RANCHO PERIOD, 1845 - 1865.
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY INCLUDES A SHELTER MADE OUT OF WILLOW BRANCHES AND TULE LEAVES AND WAS CALLED A KIICHA. THIS HOUSE WAS FOR THE JUANENO INDIANS BEFORE THE SPANISH ARRIVED. THEY HAD MORTARS AND PESTLES. THEY HAD MORTARS AND PESTLES TO GRIND ACORNS.
THE MISSION CONTAINED A DORMITORY, AND KITCHEN, PANTRY, PADRES LIVING ROOM, GUEST BEDROOM, PADRES DINING ROOM, EXHIBITS FROM THE RANCHO PERIOD. THE MISSION INDUSTRIAL CENTER WAS EXCAVATED IN 1930'S AND IT REVEALED THE INDIANS MADE SOAP, CANDLES, GREASE AND OINTMENTS FROM ANIMAL FAT. MISSION INDIANS DEVELOPED WAYS TO DYE THEIR WOOL AND SHEARED THE SHEEP, AND SPUN THE WOOL INTO YARN. THEY USED BIG TALLOW VATS TO DYE THE WOOL. THE VATS WERE NEXT TO THE CATALAN FURNACES, THE OLDEST METAL FURNACES IN CALIFORNIA. SOUTH OF THE FORGE AREA IS THE KITCHEN WHERE THE INDIANS THEIR FOOD.
THEY HAVE A MUSIC ROOM AND MUSIC SIGNED BY A LEON RENE AND A PIANO HE USED IN 1939. HE WROTE A SONG ABOUT THE SWALLOWS THAT RETURN TO THE MISSION. THE PLAZA OR COURTYARD WAS THE HEART OF MISSION LIFE. THERE ARE THREE WATER CHANNELS THROUGH THE MISSION AND UNDER THE WEST WING TO THE INDUSTRIAL AREA. THEY BUILT A SPANISH FOUNTAIN AND DEDICATED IT TO THE FOUR SULLIVANS. AND THEY PLANTED MOST TREES IN THE 1920'S. MOST OF THEIR CONCERTS ARE OUTDOORS HERE.
SERRA CHAPEL WAS BUILT IN 1788, IN CALIFORNIA STILL STANDING WHERE FATHER SERRA GAVE SACRAMENTS. IN THE EARLY 1920'S THEY RESTORED THE CHAPEL. THE ALTAR IS FROM SPAIN AND IS GOLD LEAF OVERLAY WOOD (OVER 400 YEARS OLD). NEAR THE ENTRY IS THE ORIGINAL BAPTISMAL FORMAT THAT ONCE STOOD IN THE GREAT STONE CHURCH. THE CHAPEL IN 2008 WAS RESTORED FOR $118 MILLION.
THE MISSION CEMETERY HOLDS 2000 CATHOLICS AND MOST JUANERO INDIANS ARE IN UNMARKED GRAVES. FATHER SULLIVAN'S TOMB IS AT THE FOOT OF THE MONUMENT.
THEY HAVE A SACRED GARDEN AND BELL WALL. THE BELLS WERE IN A TOWER UNTIL THE 1812 EARTHQUAKE. BELLS ARE IMPORTANT TO EARLY MISSION LIFE. THEY RANG FOR DINNER TIME, FOR RECREATION, AND FOR RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
THE GREAT STONE CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1787 AND TOOK 9 YEARS TO BUILD. IN DECEMBER 1812 AN EARTHQUAKE STRUCK DURING MORNING MASS KILLING 42 INDIAN WORSHIPPERS. IT WAS ONLY STABILIZED RECENTLY. THEY HAVE A STATUE OF FATHER SERRA AND AN INDIAN BOY WAS COMMISSIONED BY J. O'SULLIVAN IN 1914 TO BUILD THE STATUE. IT SYMBOLIZES THE MEETING OF THE TWO CULTURES, THE OLD AND NEW WORLDS. A CROSS WAS ADDED IN 2009, AFTER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ORIGINAL DISAPPEARED. THE MISSION BASILLICA IS HOME TO THE GRAND TABLE AND WAS BUILT IN 2007. THIS IS A CHURCH THAT MOST OF THE MISSION PARISH COMMUNITY ATTEND.
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT LAKE IN TONTO NATIONAL FOREST
MY HUSBAND AND I USED TO SWIM AT APACHE AND ROOSEVELT LAKE WHEN WE HAD APACHE AND ROOSEVELT LAKE WHEN WE HAD A WEEK OFF FROM GRADUATE SCHOOL. IN 1925 MORMON FLAT DAM WAS COMPLETED TO FORM THESE BEAUTIFUL LAKES FOR RECREATION IN THE DESERT. WE USUALLY WENT TO SWIM AND CAMPED IN OUR VOLKSWAGEN MINIVAN. THE ROAD TO THE LAKES IS WINDY AND WAS GRAVEL IN THE 1980'S AND WE HAD A FLAT TIRE WITH NO SPARE. WE HAD TO GET AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE TO TOW US BACK TO TOWN AND PULL THE CAR INTO A STATION.
THE VEGETATION IN THIS 'DESERT FOREST' IS CREOSOTE, PRICKLY PEAR, JUMPING CHOLLA, SAQUARO, GREASEWOOD TREES, AND MESQUITE TREES. THERE ARE MANY DESERT ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY COYOTES AND A VARIETY OF BIRDS.
TORTILLA FLATS WAS OUR NEXT STOP AS THE HALFWAY SPOT AROUND THE LAKES. IT WAS AN OLD STAGE COACH STOP BUILT IN 1904. IT STILL HAS A RUSTIC LOOK TO THE BUILDING AND IT WAS A CENTER FOR THE GOLD DIGGERS DURING THE EARLY 1900'S.
ROOSEVELT LAKE IS THE LARGEST MAN MADE LAKE IN THE TONTO FOREST IN ARIZONA AND WAS ONCE THE LARGEST MAN MADE LAKE IN THE WORLD. IT COVERS 22,000 ACRES OF SURFACE WATER. TODAY THE ROADS ARE PAVED AND THE CLIFFS HAVE DEEP RAVINES THAT TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY. THERE ARE MANY SMALL LIZARDS, SNAKES, AND GILA MONSTERS. WE BOUGHT MOST OF OUR FOOD IN CANS TO COOK. THE MINIVAN HAD A SMALL REFRIGERATOR AND WE BROUGHT ANOTHER COOLER. OUR TIME AT THE LAKE WAS ALL ABOUT RELAXING AND HAVING FUN WITH OURSELVES IN THE HOT DESERT.
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THE VEGETATION IN THIS 'DESERT FOREST' IS CREOSOTE, PRICKLY PEAR, JUMPING CHOLLA, SAQUARO, GREASEWOOD TREES, AND MESQUITE TREES. THERE ARE MANY DESERT ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY COYOTES AND A VARIETY OF BIRDS.
TORTILLA FLATS WAS OUR NEXT STOP AS THE HALFWAY SPOT AROUND THE LAKES. IT WAS AN OLD STAGE COACH STOP BUILT IN 1904. IT STILL HAS A RUSTIC LOOK TO THE BUILDING AND IT WAS A CENTER FOR THE GOLD DIGGERS DURING THE EARLY 1900'S.
ROOSEVELT LAKE IS THE LARGEST MAN MADE LAKE IN THE TONTO FOREST IN ARIZONA AND WAS ONCE THE LARGEST MAN MADE LAKE IN THE WORLD. IT COVERS 22,000 ACRES OF SURFACE WATER. TODAY THE ROADS ARE PAVED AND THE CLIFFS HAVE DEEP RAVINES THAT TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY. THERE ARE MANY SMALL LIZARDS, SNAKES, AND GILA MONSTERS. WE BOUGHT MOST OF OUR FOOD IN CANS TO COOK. THE MINIVAN HAD A SMALL REFRIGERATOR AND WE BROUGHT ANOTHER COOLER. OUR TIME AT THE LAKE WAS ALL ABOUT RELAXING AND HAVING FUN WITH OURSELVES IN THE HOT DESERT.
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CARLSBAD CAVERNS, NEW MEXICO
WHILE I WAS WORKING AS AN ARCHAEOLOGIST AT SALMO RUINS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL I TRAVELED TO A NUMBER OF SITES AND NATIONAL PARKS IN NEW MEXICO. CARLSBAD CAVERNS IS AN UNIQUE CAVE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF NEW MEXICO. IT IS AN AMAZING CAVE WHICH ACTUALLY INCLUDES 117 KNOWN CAVE. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 400,000 BATS THAT LIVE IN THE CAVE. THEY ARE MEXICAN FREE-TAIL BATS. EACH EVENING THERE IS A SWARM OF BATS THAT LEAVE IN A FUNNEL SHAPED SWIRL TO FEED ON FLYING INSECTS. THEY FLY AROUND FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND ROOST IN THE CAVE DURING THE DAY.
THE PARK HAS BEEN THE HOME TO NATIVE AMERICANS 1400 YEARS AGO AND IT IS IN THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT. THIS CAVE IS ONE OF OVER 300 LIMESTONE CAVES FORMED BY AN INLAND SEA 250 MILLION YEARS AGO. BY 1500S THE SPANISH CLAIMED THE SOUTHWEST UNTIL 1821 WHEN MEXICO REVOLTED AGAINST HER AND CLAIMED INDEPENDENCE. MEXICO FOUGHT WESTWARD AGAINST THE US IN THE LATE 1840S, AND LOST THE SOUTHWEST TO THE U.S. IN 1850 NEW MEXICO WAS CREATED AND THEN FOR THIRTY YEARS THERE WAS A CONFLICT AGAINST THE NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE GOVERNMENT. CARLSBAD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1888, NEW MEXICO. DID NOT BECOME A STATE UNTIL 1912.
IN 1923 ROBERT HOLLEY OF THE LAND OFFICE SURVEYED AND MAPPED THE CAVERN, GUIDED BY JIM WRIGHT. THIS CAVE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED BY RAY DAVIS. THEY ESTABLISHED THIS CAVE AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT. IN 1924 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY EXTENSIVELY EXPLORED THE CAVERNS. IN 1925 A STAIRCASE TO THE NATURAL ENTRANCE TO BAT CAVE WAS INSTALLED SO THAT PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE TO USE A GUANO BUCKET TO ENTER THE CAVE. THEY HAD A PARK INTERPRETER GO THROUGH THE CAVERNS AND POINT OUT SPECIAL FEATURES AND TELL US ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE CAVE AND HOW THE BATS FEED.
IN 1937 JIM WHITE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THE CAVE BEGAN SELLING HIS BOOK IN THE VISITOR. IN 1963 THEY CONSTRUCTED A BAT FLIGHT AMPHITHEATRE AT THE NATIONAL ENTRANCE SO PEOPLE COULD SIT AND WATCH THE BATS LEAVE EVERY NIGHT.
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THE PARK HAS BEEN THE HOME TO NATIVE AMERICANS 1400 YEARS AGO AND IT IS IN THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT. THIS CAVE IS ONE OF OVER 300 LIMESTONE CAVES FORMED BY AN INLAND SEA 250 MILLION YEARS AGO. BY 1500S THE SPANISH CLAIMED THE SOUTHWEST UNTIL 1821 WHEN MEXICO REVOLTED AGAINST HER AND CLAIMED INDEPENDENCE. MEXICO FOUGHT WESTWARD AGAINST THE US IN THE LATE 1840S, AND LOST THE SOUTHWEST TO THE U.S. IN 1850 NEW MEXICO WAS CREATED AND THEN FOR THIRTY YEARS THERE WAS A CONFLICT AGAINST THE NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE GOVERNMENT. CARLSBAD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1888, NEW MEXICO. DID NOT BECOME A STATE UNTIL 1912.
IN 1923 ROBERT HOLLEY OF THE LAND OFFICE SURVEYED AND MAPPED THE CAVERN, GUIDED BY JIM WRIGHT. THIS CAVE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED BY RAY DAVIS. THEY ESTABLISHED THIS CAVE AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT. IN 1924 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY EXTENSIVELY EXPLORED THE CAVERNS. IN 1925 A STAIRCASE TO THE NATURAL ENTRANCE TO BAT CAVE WAS INSTALLED SO THAT PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE TO USE A GUANO BUCKET TO ENTER THE CAVE. THEY HAD A PARK INTERPRETER GO THROUGH THE CAVERNS AND POINT OUT SPECIAL FEATURES AND TELL US ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE CAVE AND HOW THE BATS FEED.
IN 1937 JIM WHITE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THE CAVE BEGAN SELLING HIS BOOK IN THE VISITOR. IN 1963 THEY CONSTRUCTED A BAT FLIGHT AMPHITHEATRE AT THE NATIONAL ENTRANCE SO PEOPLE COULD SIT AND WATCH THE BATS LEAVE EVERY NIGHT.
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ARIZONA SONORAN DESERT MUSEUM
THIS MUSEUM IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF TUCSON IN THE SONORAN DESERT. THERE MISSION IS TO INSPIRE THE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THE NATURAL WORLD BY FOSTERING LOVE AND APPRECIATION. IT IS A WORLD RENOWNED ZOO, MUSEUM AND GARDEN. THEY HAVE MOUNTAIN LIONS, PRAIRIE DOGS, GILA MONSTERS, GILA MONSTERS, LIZARDS, SNAKES, AND OVER ANIMAL SPECIES. THEY ALSO HAVE TWO MILES OF PATHS THROUGH 21 ACRES. I VISITED MY HUSBAND IN THE 1980'S WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO PHOENIX FOR OUR GRADUATE SCHOOL EDUCATION.
THE CENTER FOR SONORAN DESERT STUDIES FUNCTIONS AND CONDUCTS THE EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC FUNCTIONS OF THE MUSEUM AND IS A HUB FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CONVERSATION. THEIR PROGRAMS INCLUDE OUTREACH AND PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND ADVISING THEIR STAFF AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY HAVE VARIOUS TOURS INCLUDING ONES FOR MAMMALS, A WORLD FAMOUS HUMMINGBIRD TOUR, AND AN INVERTEBRATE TOUR, AND AN INVERTEBRATE AND HERPETOLOGY TOUR .
THEY HAVE AN ART INSTITUTE AT THE MUSEUM THAT OFFERS MANY CLASSES. THEY OFFER CLASSES IN PHOTOGRAPHING, PAINTING ANIMALS, LANDSCAPES. THESE INCLUDE PENCIL AND WATERCOLOR PAINTING, PRINTMAKING, AND SCULPTURE CLASSES.
THEY RESEARCH BIOLOGY OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES, PROMOTE HABITAT CONSERVATION, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES-ETHNOBIOLOGY, PALEOBIOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY, STUDIES, ETHNOBOTANY, MAMMALOGY, INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY, AND HERPETOLOGY. THEY FOCUS ON NONTECHNICAL LANGUAGE IN THEIR CLASSES. THEY HAVE SUMMER AND WINTER CAMPS . THEY TEACH TEACHERS HOW TO LEARN ABOUT THE DESERT AND ITS RESOURCES, AND HOW CERTAIN PLANTS AND ANIMALS CAN THRIVE IN SUCH AN ARID ENVIRONMENT. WORKSHOPS INCLUDE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
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THE CENTER FOR SONORAN DESERT STUDIES FUNCTIONS AND CONDUCTS THE EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC FUNCTIONS OF THE MUSEUM AND IS A HUB FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CONVERSATION. THEIR PROGRAMS INCLUDE OUTREACH AND PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND ADVISING THEIR STAFF AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY HAVE VARIOUS TOURS INCLUDING ONES FOR MAMMALS, A WORLD FAMOUS HUMMINGBIRD TOUR, AND AN INVERTEBRATE TOUR, AND AN INVERTEBRATE AND HERPETOLOGY TOUR .
THEY HAVE AN ART INSTITUTE AT THE MUSEUM THAT OFFERS MANY CLASSES. THEY OFFER CLASSES IN PHOTOGRAPHING, PAINTING ANIMALS, LANDSCAPES. THESE INCLUDE PENCIL AND WATERCOLOR PAINTING, PRINTMAKING, AND SCULPTURE CLASSES.
THEY RESEARCH BIOLOGY OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES, PROMOTE HABITAT CONSERVATION, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES-ETHNOBIOLOGY, PALEOBIOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY, STUDIES, ETHNOBOTANY, MAMMALOGY, INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY, AND HERPETOLOGY. THEY FOCUS ON NONTECHNICAL LANGUAGE IN THEIR CLASSES. THEY HAVE SUMMER AND WINTER CAMPS . THEY TEACH TEACHERS HOW TO LEARN ABOUT THE DESERT AND ITS RESOURCES, AND HOW CERTAIN PLANTS AND ANIMALS CAN THRIVE IN SUCH AN ARID ENVIRONMENT. WORKSHOPS INCLUDE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
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ANDERSON MARSH STATE PARK
AT ANDERSON MARSH STATE PARK I SUPERVISED A GROUP OF ARCHEOLOGISTS AND VOLUNTEERS TO TEST EXCAVATE A PREHISTORIC SITE WHERE ANCESTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST POMO LIVED CONTINOUSLY FOR 10,000 YEARS. THESES SITES ARE SOME OF THE OLDEST IN CALIFORNIA. OUR WORK WAS RESEARCH BASED AND PARKS WAS PUTTING IN A PLATFORM HERE TO VIEW THE AREA. WE WANTED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS VILLAGE SITE THAN WE KNEW BEFORE THE 1980'S. IT HAD BEEN TEST EXCAVATED BY GREG WHITE AND CALTRANS AS THE SITE CROSSES THE ROAD. THE SOUTHEAST POMO ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST GROUPS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE PREHISTORIC PEOPLE OF THE AMERICAS. THEIR DESCENDANTS STILL LIVE NEARBY AND HOLD BIG HEAD DANCES HERE, AS WELL AS BUILD TULE HUTS AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR CRAFTS THERE ALONG WITH SPECIAL EVENTS.
OUR EXCAVATIONS INDICATED THROUGH COLLECTION OF VARIOUS OBSIDIANS THAT THE SITE DATED TO AROUND 9 TO 10,000 YEARS OLD AND WAS USED AS A PERMANENT VILLAGE SITE. WE FOUND FISHING TOOLS, COOKING STONES, PREHISTORIC PROJECTILE POINTS, SCRAPERS, AND PIECES OF GROUND STONE. THE TESTING WAS DONE BY SOME STONES WHICH HAD PETROGLYPHS CARVED IN THEM. THE STATE PARK ARCHAEOLOGIST BELIEVED THESE PIT AND GROOVES MAY REPRESENT SOME OF OUR STARS - BUT WHO KNOWS? MY LABORATORY WORK AND REPORT WORK TOOK MONTHS AND SOME PEOPLE AT THE PARK OFFICE HELPED COUNT THE THOUSANDS OF FLAKES. THEY SAID IT WAS VERY TEDIOUS AS WELL.
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OUR EXCAVATIONS INDICATED THROUGH COLLECTION OF VARIOUS OBSIDIANS THAT THE SITE DATED TO AROUND 9 TO 10,000 YEARS OLD AND WAS USED AS A PERMANENT VILLAGE SITE. WE FOUND FISHING TOOLS, COOKING STONES, PREHISTORIC PROJECTILE POINTS, SCRAPERS, AND PIECES OF GROUND STONE. THE TESTING WAS DONE BY SOME STONES WHICH HAD PETROGLYPHS CARVED IN THEM. THE STATE PARK ARCHAEOLOGIST BELIEVED THESE PIT AND GROOVES MAY REPRESENT SOME OF OUR STARS - BUT WHO KNOWS? MY LABORATORY WORK AND REPORT WORK TOOK MONTHS AND SOME PEOPLE AT THE PARK OFFICE HELPED COUNT THE THOUSANDS OF FLAKES. THEY SAID IT WAS VERY TEDIOUS AS WELL.
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SAMUEL P TAYLOR STATE PARK SURVEY
IN 1985 AFTER COMING TO SANTA ROSA FROM PHOENIX I GOT A PART TIME JOB WITH STATE PARKS. THE SUPERVISOR WANTED ME TO SUPERVISE A SURVEY OF A 3700 ACRE STATE PARK LOCATED IN MARIN COUNTY ALONG LAGUNITAS CREEK.
THE PARK HAS ABOUT 600 ACRES OF OLD GROWTH REDWOOD. I DID PREFIELD RESEARCH AND INTERVIEWED A LONG TIME PARK ARCHEOLOGIST WHO HAD RESEARCHED THE PARK'S HISTORY AS WELL AS THE PARK MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR. THE LATER MAN WAS INTERESTED IN SHOWING ME SOME OF THE HISTORIC FEATURES AS WELL AS GAVE ME SOME POINTERS TO TO WHERE THE HISTORIC SITES WERE LOCATED. HIS INTERVIEW WAS TRANSCRIBED. WE FOUND ABOUT 14 HISTORIC SITES, TAYLOR'S HISTORIC HOME AND BARN FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS THE MILL BUILDING FOUNDATION AND MANY BOTTLE DUMP SITES. WE ALSO FOUND KENNETH REXROTH'S HISTORIC CABIN SITE ALONG A SMALL DRAINAGE. HE WAS A WORLD FAMOUS POET WHOSE POETRY WAS TRANSLATED INTO MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. HE LIKED TO USE THIS CABIN AS A RETREAT WHERE HE WROTE NATURE POETRY. HE ALSO WROTE A POEM ABOUT THE HISTORIC ORCHARD THERE AND ABOUT AN OWL THAT WOULD COME NEAR HIS CABIN EACH NIGHT. I ALSO INTERVIEWED HIS WIFE WHO HAD MANY INSIGHTS ABOUT LIFE IN THE 1930'S. SHE HAD THREE BABIES IN DUNCAN MILLS WHILE REXROTH HAD GONE TO PRISON IN WASHINGTON AS HE PROTESTED AGAINST THE POLITICS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
WE FOUND ONLY A COUPLE OF PREHISTORIC SITES ALONG THE CREEK AS THIS WAS A HEAVILY FORESTED AREA. THE SITES HAD MUCH LOCAL NATIVE CHERT. I WROTE A LARGE REPORT CITING SOME OF THE HISTORY FROM ANOTHER BOOK THAT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT TAYLOR.
THE PARK WAS NAMED FOR SAMUEL TAYLOR WHO FOUND GOLD DURING THE GOLD RUSH DAYS BUT HE ALSO BECAME FAMOUS FOR BUILDING CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PAPER MILL ALONG LAGUNITAS CREEK IN 1856. IN THE 1870'S THE NORTH PACIFIC RAILROAD WAS BUILT. THIS AREA BECAME FAMOUS AS A RESORT FOR SAN FRANCISCANS AND THEY HAD A HOTEL, TENT CAMP, DANCE PAVILION, BOATING, AND SWIMMING HOLE. EVEN AFTER TAYLOR'S DEATH, ANOTHER PARTY BOUGHT THE RESORT AND CONTINUED TO OPERATE IT UNTIL 1916 WHEN THE MILL BURNED DOWN. THEN IN 1945 THE STATE PARKS BOUGHT IT.
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THE PARK HAS ABOUT 600 ACRES OF OLD GROWTH REDWOOD. I DID PREFIELD RESEARCH AND INTERVIEWED A LONG TIME PARK ARCHEOLOGIST WHO HAD RESEARCHED THE PARK'S HISTORY AS WELL AS THE PARK MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR. THE LATER MAN WAS INTERESTED IN SHOWING ME SOME OF THE HISTORIC FEATURES AS WELL AS GAVE ME SOME POINTERS TO TO WHERE THE HISTORIC SITES WERE LOCATED. HIS INTERVIEW WAS TRANSCRIBED. WE FOUND ABOUT 14 HISTORIC SITES, TAYLOR'S HISTORIC HOME AND BARN FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS THE MILL BUILDING FOUNDATION AND MANY BOTTLE DUMP SITES. WE ALSO FOUND KENNETH REXROTH'S HISTORIC CABIN SITE ALONG A SMALL DRAINAGE. HE WAS A WORLD FAMOUS POET WHOSE POETRY WAS TRANSLATED INTO MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. HE LIKED TO USE THIS CABIN AS A RETREAT WHERE HE WROTE NATURE POETRY. HE ALSO WROTE A POEM ABOUT THE HISTORIC ORCHARD THERE AND ABOUT AN OWL THAT WOULD COME NEAR HIS CABIN EACH NIGHT. I ALSO INTERVIEWED HIS WIFE WHO HAD MANY INSIGHTS ABOUT LIFE IN THE 1930'S. SHE HAD THREE BABIES IN DUNCAN MILLS WHILE REXROTH HAD GONE TO PRISON IN WASHINGTON AS HE PROTESTED AGAINST THE POLITICS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
WE FOUND ONLY A COUPLE OF PREHISTORIC SITES ALONG THE CREEK AS THIS WAS A HEAVILY FORESTED AREA. THE SITES HAD MUCH LOCAL NATIVE CHERT. I WROTE A LARGE REPORT CITING SOME OF THE HISTORY FROM ANOTHER BOOK THAT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT TAYLOR.
THE PARK WAS NAMED FOR SAMUEL TAYLOR WHO FOUND GOLD DURING THE GOLD RUSH DAYS BUT HE ALSO BECAME FAMOUS FOR BUILDING CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PAPER MILL ALONG LAGUNITAS CREEK IN 1856. IN THE 1870'S THE NORTH PACIFIC RAILROAD WAS BUILT. THIS AREA BECAME FAMOUS AS A RESORT FOR SAN FRANCISCANS AND THEY HAD A HOTEL, TENT CAMP, DANCE PAVILION, BOATING, AND SWIMMING HOLE. EVEN AFTER TAYLOR'S DEATH, ANOTHER PARTY BOUGHT THE RESORT AND CONTINUED TO OPERATE IT UNTIL 1916 WHEN THE MILL BURNED DOWN. THEN IN 1945 THE STATE PARKS BOUGHT IT.
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
SPRING LAKE PARK
YESTERDAY I HIKED AROUND SPRING LAKE PARK AND THERE WERE A FEW SPRINKLES. THERE WERE MANY HIKERS AND CHILDREN WITH BIKES. SOME FAST BIKERS WERE VERY DIRTY FROM THE MUD. WE SAW TOWNSEND MOLE HOLES, BLACK BIRDS, CORMORANTS, MANY RAVENS, SEAGULLS, SNOW GEESE, MALLARDS, BLUE BIRDS, GOSLINGS, AND WOODPECKERS. THERE WERE SEVERAL FAMILIES WITH GRANDMOTHERS, CHILDREN, AND GRANDCHILDREN. IT WAS QUITE QUIET THIS DAY.
I SAW SOME MEN WALKING WITH THEIR FATHER'S. THEIR WAS ONLY ONE FISHING BOAT OUT. SOME PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO CATCH FISH ALONG THE SHORE BUT THEY SAID THEY DID NOT CATCH ANY YET.
I SAW SOME MEN WALKING WITH THEIR FATHER'S. THEIR WAS ONLY ONE FISHING BOAT OUT. SOME PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO CATCH FISH ALONG THE SHORE BUT THEY SAID THEY DID NOT CATCH ANY YET.
CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING
TODAY I WENT TO THE CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING AND THE THEME WAS DIVINE LIFE. REVEREND JEFF ANDERSON, WHO IS A PSYCHIC, WAS SPEAKING ABOUT ACTIVELY EXPLORING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SPIRIT. IN ORDER TO HAVE A DEEP CONNECTION WITH ETERNITY WE HAVE TO LET GO OF OUR FEARS OF BEING GOOD ENOUGH. GOD HAS GIVEN US THE POWER TO HAVE DIVINE LIFE WITHOUT CONDITIONS. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE MORE SPIRITUAL. IT IS POSSIBLE TO BECOME MORE AWARE OF DIVINE LIFE.
HE MENTIONED THAT HE WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH - THIS WAS AN OLD FEAR OF HIS. HE WENT ON TO MENTION THAT HERE HAD MANY OLD FEARS THAT EMERGED FROM A FAMILY OF ORIGIN. HE SUGGESTED TO DO HOUSECLEANING OF YOUR OLD FEARS AND BELIEFS. ASK YOURSELF IF THEY HELP OR HURT? BELIEFS DO NOT REFLECT TRUTHS. PRINCIPAL IS NOT BOUND BY PRECEDENCE. DISMANTLE THE WALLS THAT KEEP US FROM BELIEVING WE ARE GOOD AND PURE. THEN WHY ARE WE NOT HAPPY ALL THE TIME? MANY TIMES BELIEFS DON'T REFLECT THE TRUTHS. OUR BELIEFS ARE NOT THE SAME KNOWING THE TRUTH. THE QUEST IS PUTTING AWAY ILLUSIONS IN ORDER TO RECLAIM YOUR LIFE.
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HE MENTIONED THAT HE WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH - THIS WAS AN OLD FEAR OF HIS. HE WENT ON TO MENTION THAT HERE HAD MANY OLD FEARS THAT EMERGED FROM A FAMILY OF ORIGIN. HE SUGGESTED TO DO HOUSECLEANING OF YOUR OLD FEARS AND BELIEFS. ASK YOURSELF IF THEY HELP OR HURT? BELIEFS DO NOT REFLECT TRUTHS. PRINCIPAL IS NOT BOUND BY PRECEDENCE. DISMANTLE THE WALLS THAT KEEP US FROM BELIEVING WE ARE GOOD AND PURE. THEN WHY ARE WE NOT HAPPY ALL THE TIME? MANY TIMES BELIEFS DON'T REFLECT THE TRUTHS. OUR BELIEFS ARE NOT THE SAME KNOWING THE TRUTH. THE QUEST IS PUTTING AWAY ILLUSIONS IN ORDER TO RECLAIM YOUR LIFE.
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THE VOICE OF THE PRAIRIE
I WENT TO THE VOICE OF THE PRAIRIE AT THE SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE. THEY WERE IN A SMALL THEATRE AN THE FIRST THING THEY SAID WAS TO TURN YOUR CELL PHONES OFF. IT WAS A ROMANTIC COMEDY ABOUT TWO YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF RADIO. THE GIRL WAS BLIND AND THE BOY WAS FROM AN ALCOHOLIC FATHER. IT IS BASED IN THE 1920'S DURING A TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY FOLKS WERE ISOLATED FROM CITY FOLK. IT WAS A KIND OF PLAY WITHIN A PLAY. IT FEATURES A BOY WHO MET A BLIND GIRL, "FRANKIE" AND THE DECIDED TO JUMP ON A TRAIN TO SEE THE COUNTRY. HE EVENTUALLY SEPARATED FROM THIS GAL AS HE GREW UP. HE WAS ASKED BY A RADIO MANAGER TO TELL A STORY ABOUT HIS PAST. HIS STORIES BECAME SO POPULAR THAT THE NEW YORK STATIONS WANTED HIM TO GO THERE. HE WAS NERVOUS ABOUT IT BUT THE LOCAL RADIO MANAGER WANTED HIM TO GO. HE SAID JUST WRITE IT DOWN SO YOU DON'T GET NERVOUS. THE ACTORS SUNG A YARN WITHIN A YARN. A YARN IS A LENGTHY TALE OF REAL OR FICTITIOUS ADVENTURE. THEY PLAYED SOME FOLK MUSIC BEFORE THE PLAY AND DURING THE PLAY. THE MAIN RADIO STORYTELLER TOLD TALES ABOUT HIS FATHER'S DREAMS WHICH INCLUDED BEING A SNAKE, OR AT TIMES A BUTTERFLY. APPARENTLY HIS FATHER HAD MANY DREAMS ABOUT WHICH HE HAD MANY STORIES TO TELL. EVENTUALLY THE BROADCASTER FOUND "FRANKIE" AS A SCHOOL TEACHER IN KANSAS. HE ARRANGED FOR HER TO GO MEET HER OLD BOYFRIEND BY TRAIN IN NEW YORK. SOMEHOW THEY ENDED UP IN JAIL TEMPORARILY. THEY TALKED THINGS OVER. THE RADIO BROADCASTER PAID FOR THEM TO GET OUT. IT HAD A HAPPY ENDING AS THEY DECIDED TO STAY TOGETHER.
Friday, January 28, 2011
KINGMAN, ARIZONA
WHEN I WAS AN ARCHAEOLOGIST I WORKED FOR THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. I TRAVELED TO KINGMAN MANY TIMES IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF ARIZONA IN ORDER TO DO SOME GROUND SURVEYS FOR HISTORIC AND PREHISTORIC SITES. MOST OF THE AREAS IN THIS MOHAVE DESERT HAD VERY LITTLE VEGETATION EXCEPT FOR CREOSOTE AND JUMPING CHOLLA AND SOME PRICKLY PEAR. WE FOUND SCATTERED TEMPORARY CAMPSITES CONSISTING OF VARIOUS POTTERY SHERDS AND A FEW OBSIDIAN AND QUARTZ FLAKES FROM MANUFACTURING SCRAPERS AND PROJECTILE POINTS. OCCASIONALLY WE FOUND PIECES OF GROUND STONE.
KINGMAN IS ABOUT 3000' ABOVE SEA LEVEL MAKING IT A BIT COOLER THAN PHOENIX AND THE AIR QUALITY IS MUCH BETTER. IN 2006 THERE WERE 27,000 PEOPLE. IF YOU INCLUDE BUTLER AND GOLDEN VALLEY THE POPULATION IS 48,000. IN THE DESERT WE FOUND MANY USGS CAPS THAT INDICATED THE LOCATION OF SECTIONS. THE US WAR DEPARTMENT WAS ORDERED TO BUILD A WAGON ROAD NEAR KINGMAN AND TEST THE USE OF CAMELS AS PACK ANIMALS IN THE DESERT. US NAVEL OFFICER BEAL SURVEYED AND BUILT ROADS IN 1857 - 1859. REMNANTS OF THEE WAGON ROAD CAN BE SEEN IN WHITE CLIFFS OF KINGMAN.
KINGMAN IS NOTED FOR BEING A SIDING ALONG THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROADS. IT WAS NAMED AFTER LEWIS KINGMAN WHO SURVEYED ALONG THE RAILROAD. THE MOHAVE COUNTY SEAT WAS IN CERBAT IN 1871 AND AFTER 1887 IT MOVED TO KINGMAN. IN WWII THERE WAS AN ARMY AIRFIELD AND A TRAINING BASE HERE. IT BECAME ONE OF THE USAAF'S LARGEST TRAINING BASE WITH 35,000 SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN TRAINING HERE. FOLLOWING WWII THE AIRFIELD SERVED AS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN PLACES FOR OBSOLETE MILITARY AIRCRAFT.
IN 1955 FORD MOTORS DEVELOPED A COMPANY HERE FOR A PROVING GROUND. THE PEOPLE FROM KINGMAN ALSO WORKED IN THE DUVAL COPPER MINE IN CHLORIDE, AZ AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOHAVE GENERATING STATION IN NEARBY LAUGHLIN, NEVADA. A GENERAL CABLE PLANT PLANT WAS CONSTRUCTED AT A NEW KINGMAN AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL PARK FOR EMPLOYMENT.
THE HUALAPAI INDIANS LIVE HERE AROUND KINGMAN. THEY SPEAK DIALECTS OF THE YUMAN LANGUAGE. THEY SPEAK DIALECTS OF THE YUMAN LANGUAGE. THE YUMAN ARE PART OF THE LARGER HOKAN LANGUAGE FAMILIES. ONLY 1000 PAI SPEAKERS STILL EXIST AMONG THREE TRIBES IN NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA. THE HUALAPAI HAVE LIVED HERE FOR MILLENIA. THEY LOVE AND FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY. THEY HONOR THEIR COUNTRY. THEY HONOR THEIR CREATOR. THEY HONOR THEIR CREATOR AND RESPECT MOTHER EARTH. THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE PEOPLE OF THE TALL PINES.
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KINGMAN IS ABOUT 3000' ABOVE SEA LEVEL MAKING IT A BIT COOLER THAN PHOENIX AND THE AIR QUALITY IS MUCH BETTER. IN 2006 THERE WERE 27,000 PEOPLE. IF YOU INCLUDE BUTLER AND GOLDEN VALLEY THE POPULATION IS 48,000. IN THE DESERT WE FOUND MANY USGS CAPS THAT INDICATED THE LOCATION OF SECTIONS. THE US WAR DEPARTMENT WAS ORDERED TO BUILD A WAGON ROAD NEAR KINGMAN AND TEST THE USE OF CAMELS AS PACK ANIMALS IN THE DESERT. US NAVEL OFFICER BEAL SURVEYED AND BUILT ROADS IN 1857 - 1859. REMNANTS OF THEE WAGON ROAD CAN BE SEEN IN WHITE CLIFFS OF KINGMAN.
KINGMAN IS NOTED FOR BEING A SIDING ALONG THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROADS. IT WAS NAMED AFTER LEWIS KINGMAN WHO SURVEYED ALONG THE RAILROAD. THE MOHAVE COUNTY SEAT WAS IN CERBAT IN 1871 AND AFTER 1887 IT MOVED TO KINGMAN. IN WWII THERE WAS AN ARMY AIRFIELD AND A TRAINING BASE HERE. IT BECAME ONE OF THE USAAF'S LARGEST TRAINING BASE WITH 35,000 SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN TRAINING HERE. FOLLOWING WWII THE AIRFIELD SERVED AS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN PLACES FOR OBSOLETE MILITARY AIRCRAFT.
IN 1955 FORD MOTORS DEVELOPED A COMPANY HERE FOR A PROVING GROUND. THE PEOPLE FROM KINGMAN ALSO WORKED IN THE DUVAL COPPER MINE IN CHLORIDE, AZ AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOHAVE GENERATING STATION IN NEARBY LAUGHLIN, NEVADA. A GENERAL CABLE PLANT PLANT WAS CONSTRUCTED AT A NEW KINGMAN AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL PARK FOR EMPLOYMENT.
THE HUALAPAI INDIANS LIVE HERE AROUND KINGMAN. THEY SPEAK DIALECTS OF THE YUMAN LANGUAGE. THEY SPEAK DIALECTS OF THE YUMAN LANGUAGE. THE YUMAN ARE PART OF THE LARGER HOKAN LANGUAGE FAMILIES. ONLY 1000 PAI SPEAKERS STILL EXIST AMONG THREE TRIBES IN NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA. THE HUALAPAI HAVE LIVED HERE FOR MILLENIA. THEY LOVE AND FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY. THEY HONOR THEIR COUNTRY. THEY HONOR THEIR CREATOR. THEY HONOR THEIR CREATOR AND RESPECT MOTHER EARTH. THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE PEOPLE OF THE TALL PINES.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
SUNSET CRATER VOLCANO, ARIZONA
WHEN MY HUSBAND WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL WE VISITED SUNSET CRATER VOLCANO. A SERIES OF ERUPTIONS OCCURRED BETWEEN 1064 AND 1180 A.D. THIS WAS THE ONLY VOLCANO PEOPLE HERE HAD EXPERIENCED IN THE SOUTHWEST. THERE WAS ASH, CINDERS AND THE FORESTS BLACKENED THE LANDS DURING THE DAY AND AT NIGHT THIS HORIZON WAS RED. THIS VOLCANO IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF A CINDER COVE WITH LAVA FLOWS AND CINDERS. TODAY IT IS A NATIONAL MONUMENT THAT PROTECTS 3, 040 ACRES PRESENT IN THE COLORADO PLATEAU.
THIS ERUPTION DRASTICALLY AFFECTED THE WAY OF LIFE OF THE INDIANS DURING THE 11TH AND 12TH CENTURIES. THE ANASAZI, THE SINAGUA, AND COHONINA PERMANENTLY LEFT WITHIN 200 YEARS AS IT LEFT THE SOIL INFERTILE. THEY RETURNED MUCH LATER TO BUILD SETTLEMENTS THERE.
THIS ERUPTION DRASTICALLY AFFECTED THE WAY OF LIFE OF THE INDIANS DURING THE 11TH AND 12TH CENTURIES. THE ANASAZI, THE SINAGUA, AND COHONINA PERMANENTLY LEFT WITHIN 200 YEARS AS IT LEFT THE SOIL INFERTILE. THEY RETURNED MUCH LATER TO BUILD SETTLEMENTS THERE.
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BISBEE ARIZONA
MY HUSBAND AND I VISITED BISBEE WHEN WE WERE IN GRADUATE SCHOOL. WE TOOK OUR VAN AND TOURED THIS CITY 82 MILES SOUTH OF TUCSON. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1880 AS A COPPER GOLD AND SILVER MINING TOWN. YOU CAN VIEW THE COPPER QUEEN MINE AND IT IS VERY DEEP. THE TOWN WAS NAMED BY A JUDGE BISBEE. IN 1929 THE COUNTY SEAT MOVED FROM TOMBSTONE TO BISBEE, AND STAYED HERE. THE POPULATION WAS ABOUT 6,000 IN 2005. THE MINING WAS SO PROFITABLE THAT BY 1910 THE POPULATION INCREASED TO 9,000 PEOPLE AND IT HAD SEVERAL SUBURBS. BY 1917 THE OPEN PIT MINING MET THE COPPER DEMAND FOR WORLD WAR I. TURQUOISE WAS A BY PRODUCT OF COPPER AND HAS BEEN PROMOTED BY BISBEE BLUE. I REMEMBER SEEING MANY JEWELRY STORES THERE! THERE ARE MANY MINERALS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND UNDERNEATH THE TOWN AND ARE IN MUSEUMS WORLDWIDE. BY 1950 BOOM TIMES WERE OVER AND THE POPULATION WAS DROPPED TO 6,000.
BY THE 1970'S BISBEE HAD BEEN REBORN AS AN ARTISTS COLONY. THE LARGE HOTEL WAS RENOVATED . TOURISTS SPOKE WITH THE OLD TIMERS WHO RECOUNTED THE STORIES FROM LONG AGO. JOHN WAYNE LOVED THIS TOWN OF TOO. IN THE 1990'S THE BABY BOOMERS WERE THE ONES WHO DEVELOPED THE TOWN AND RENOVATED SOME OF THE OLD HOUSES. I ENJOYED CLIMBING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS LOOKING AT THE VICTORIAN HOUSES OF VARIOUS COLORS.
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BY THE 1970'S BISBEE HAD BEEN REBORN AS AN ARTISTS COLONY. THE LARGE HOTEL WAS RENOVATED . TOURISTS SPOKE WITH THE OLD TIMERS WHO RECOUNTED THE STORIES FROM LONG AGO. JOHN WAYNE LOVED THIS TOWN OF TOO. IN THE 1990'S THE BABY BOOMERS WERE THE ONES WHO DEVELOPED THE TOWN AND RENOVATED SOME OF THE OLD HOUSES. I ENJOYED CLIMBING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS LOOKING AT THE VICTORIAN HOUSES OF VARIOUS COLORS.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
WILLIAM BARCLAY MEMORIAL CONCERT
I ATTENDED THIS CONCERT LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS A SCHOLARSHIP CONCERT WHERE 200 KIDS FROM 6 HIGH SCHOOLS CAME TOGETHER AT SANTA ROSA HIGH SCHOOL. I SAT BY A SAMOAN MAN AND HIS SON. EACH SCHOOL SANG THREE SONGS. THE PINER HIGH SCHOOL SANG THREE RHYTHMS WITH THE LAST ONE BY JOHN MAYER. THE KIDS PLAYED TWO UKULELES AND THE DIRECTOR PLAYED A GUITAR. MOST OF THE SONGS WERE SUNG ACAPPELLA.
THE MARIA CARRILLO CHOIR SINGERS WERE VERY GOOD. THEY SANG A SPIRITUAL SONG, A FUN SONG, AND A SERIOUS SONG ALL IN ENGLISH. THE NEXT CHOIR WAS ELSIE ALLEN CHOIR. THEIR FIRST SONG WAS AN AFRICA SONG WHICH EVERYONE LOVED. THEIR NEXT TWO WERE IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH - "I GOT YOU".
THE MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT SANG A SPIRITUAL CHRISTMAS CHOIR. ANOTHER WAS A HEBREW, AND THEIR LAST SONG
'NOEL' WAS AFRICAN. IT WAS A GREAT CHOIR. THE SANTA ROSA CHOIR WAS A LARGE CHOIR AND IT HAD SEVERAL SOLOISTS AND AN ENGLISH SONG.
AFTER A BREAK THE REDWOOD CHORDS MEN GROUP SANG SOME FUN SONGS INCLUDING HOME ON THE RANGE AND YOU CAN'T GO WRONG! THE CHOIR DIRECTOR FROM SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY DIRECTED ALL THE CHOIRS AND SAID THAT BACH SAID MUSIC IS ALL THINGS ETERNAL. THEN ALL SIX CHOIRS SANG A SPANISH SONG, A LATIN SONG A HYMN AND AN ENGLISH SONG.
THE MARIA CARRILLO CHOIR SINGERS WERE VERY GOOD. THEY SANG A SPIRITUAL SONG, A FUN SONG, AND A SERIOUS SONG ALL IN ENGLISH. THE NEXT CHOIR WAS ELSIE ALLEN CHOIR. THEIR FIRST SONG WAS AN AFRICA SONG WHICH EVERYONE LOVED. THEIR NEXT TWO WERE IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH - "I GOT YOU".
THE MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT SANG A SPIRITUAL CHRISTMAS CHOIR. ANOTHER WAS A HEBREW, AND THEIR LAST SONG
'NOEL' WAS AFRICAN. IT WAS A GREAT CHOIR. THE SANTA ROSA CHOIR WAS A LARGE CHOIR AND IT HAD SEVERAL SOLOISTS AND AN ENGLISH SONG.
AFTER A BREAK THE REDWOOD CHORDS MEN GROUP SANG SOME FUN SONGS INCLUDING HOME ON THE RANGE AND YOU CAN'T GO WRONG! THE CHOIR DIRECTOR FROM SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY DIRECTED ALL THE CHOIRS AND SAID THAT BACH SAID MUSIC IS ALL THINGS ETERNAL. THEN ALL SIX CHOIRS SANG A SPANISH SONG, A LATIN SONG A HYMN AND AN ENGLISH SONG.
MISSION AT SAN LOUIS OBISPO
MY FAMILY TRAVELED HERE ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO. THIS WAS THE FIRST CALIFORNIA MISSION FOUNDED BY FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA ON SEPTEMBER 1772. IT WAS FOUNDED BY FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA ON SEPTEMBER 1772. IT WAS FOUNDED BY FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA IN 1772. IT WAS HIS 5TH MISSION. IT WAS NAMED AFTER ST. LOUIS BISHOP OF TOULOUSE IN FRANCE. IN 1769 FATHER SERRA GOT ORDERS FROM SPAIN TO BRING CATHOLIC FAITH TO THE NATIVES OF ALTA, CALIFORNIA. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. THE CHURCH ITSELF HAS A VERY HIGH WOODEN CEILING AND WOODEN BENCHES. AN ARTIST WAS COMMISSIONED TO PAINT THE VARIOUS COLORFUL EMBELLISHMENTS SEEN THROUGHOUT THE CHURCH. THERE IS A FLOWERY PAINTED EMBELLISHMENT THROUGHOUT THE CHURCH WALLS. THEY HAVE NUMEROUS OIL PAINTINGS ALONG THE WALL THAT WERE MADE IN LIMA, PERU. THEY HAVE MADE MANY RENOVATIONS TO THE CHURCH AND ALTAR AREA. THEY HAVE VERY ORNATE ARTWORK ABOVE THE CRUCIFIX AND THE ALTAR AND A WORSHIP AREA. IT LOOKS LIKE SPAIN. THEY HAVE A DARK, SMALL PRAYER ROOM WITH MANY LIT CANDLES DEDICATED TO THE VIRGIN MARY. EACH CANDLE IS LIT FOR A PRAYER FOR A BELOVED ONE.
OUTSIDE THEY HAVE A BIG FOUNTAIN BUILT FROM NATIVE ROCKS AND CEMENT. FATHER SERRA'S STATUE IS IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE. IN THE GARDEN THEY HAVE A WOODEN ARCHWAY WITH GRAPESVINES AND A WISHING WELL FOR WATER. THE ARCHWAY PROVIDES SHADE. IN THEIR GARDEN THEY ALSO HAVE A REPLICA OF A CHUMASH INDIAN OVEN. THEY HELPED TO BUILD TO BUILD THE MISSION. SOME CHUMASH WERE CONVERTED. AT ONE POINT IN 1790S THEY ADDED WOODEN SIDING.
IN 1769 GAPER DE PORTULA TRAVELLED THROUGH SAN LOUIS OBISPO TO REDISCOVER THE BAY OF MONTERREY. HIS EXPEDITION RECORDED THE NAME GIVEN TO THE AREA AS LLANO DE LOS OSOS, OR LAND OF THE BEARS.
IN 1770 FATHER SERRA FOUND HIS SECOND MISSION, SAN CARLOS BARREMEO IN MONTERREY. IT WAS MOVED THE NEXT YEAR TO CARMEL. IN 1772 THE PEOPLE IN THE MISSIONS SENT 25 MULE LOADS OF BEAR MEAT AND SEED TO RELIEVE THESE SOLDIERS AND BAPTIZED NATIVES IN MONTERREY AND CARMEL.
THE CHUMASH WERE FRIENDLY WITH THE MISSION PEOPLE HERE AND THEY TRADED SEED FOR MEAT. FATHER SERRA DECIDED TO ESTABLISH ANOTHER MISSION AT LA CANADA DE LOS OSOS. THIS AREA HAD PLENTY OF FRESH WATER AND FOOD, THE CLIMATE WAS MILD. WITH HIS SOLDIERS, PACK ANIMALS WITH MISSION SUPPLIES, AND MULES, FATHER SERRA SET OUT TO REACH THE VALLEY OF THE BEARS . IN SEPTEMBER 1772 HE CELEBRATED THE FIRST MASS WITH A CROSS NEAR SAN LUIS CREEK. THE NEXT DAY HE LEFTY FOR SAN DIEGO LEAVING FATHER CAVALLER WITH BUILDING THE MISSION. HE HAD FIVE SOLDIERS AND TWO BAPTIZED CHUMASH TO HELP WITH SAN LOUIS OBISPO DE TOLOSA.
AFTER 1850 WHEN CALIFORNIA BACAME A STATE, BISHOP JOSEPH ALEMANY PETITIONED THE GOVERNMENT TO RETURN SOME MISSION LANDS BACK TO THE CHURCH. THE CHURCH WING WITH WOODEN CLAPBOARD. THE BUILDINGS UNDERWENT RESTORATION TO TRANSFORM THEM TO EARLY MISSION STYLE. AN ANNEX HAD BEEN ADDED. MANY PEOPLE VISIT THESE MISSIONS TODAY.
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OUTSIDE THEY HAVE A BIG FOUNTAIN BUILT FROM NATIVE ROCKS AND CEMENT. FATHER SERRA'S STATUE IS IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE. IN THE GARDEN THEY HAVE A WOODEN ARCHWAY WITH GRAPESVINES AND A WISHING WELL FOR WATER. THE ARCHWAY PROVIDES SHADE. IN THEIR GARDEN THEY ALSO HAVE A REPLICA OF A CHUMASH INDIAN OVEN. THEY HELPED TO BUILD TO BUILD THE MISSION. SOME CHUMASH WERE CONVERTED. AT ONE POINT IN 1790S THEY ADDED WOODEN SIDING.
IN 1769 GAPER DE PORTULA TRAVELLED THROUGH SAN LOUIS OBISPO TO REDISCOVER THE BAY OF MONTERREY. HIS EXPEDITION RECORDED THE NAME GIVEN TO THE AREA AS LLANO DE LOS OSOS, OR LAND OF THE BEARS.
IN 1770 FATHER SERRA FOUND HIS SECOND MISSION, SAN CARLOS BARREMEO IN MONTERREY. IT WAS MOVED THE NEXT YEAR TO CARMEL. IN 1772 THE PEOPLE IN THE MISSIONS SENT 25 MULE LOADS OF BEAR MEAT AND SEED TO RELIEVE THESE SOLDIERS AND BAPTIZED NATIVES IN MONTERREY AND CARMEL.
THE CHUMASH WERE FRIENDLY WITH THE MISSION PEOPLE HERE AND THEY TRADED SEED FOR MEAT. FATHER SERRA DECIDED TO ESTABLISH ANOTHER MISSION AT LA CANADA DE LOS OSOS. THIS AREA HAD PLENTY OF FRESH WATER AND FOOD, THE CLIMATE WAS MILD. WITH HIS SOLDIERS, PACK ANIMALS WITH MISSION SUPPLIES, AND MULES, FATHER SERRA SET OUT TO REACH THE VALLEY OF THE BEARS . IN SEPTEMBER 1772 HE CELEBRATED THE FIRST MASS WITH A CROSS NEAR SAN LUIS CREEK. THE NEXT DAY HE LEFTY FOR SAN DIEGO LEAVING FATHER CAVALLER WITH BUILDING THE MISSION. HE HAD FIVE SOLDIERS AND TWO BAPTIZED CHUMASH TO HELP WITH SAN LOUIS OBISPO DE TOLOSA.
AFTER 1850 WHEN CALIFORNIA BACAME A STATE, BISHOP JOSEPH ALEMANY PETITIONED THE GOVERNMENT TO RETURN SOME MISSION LANDS BACK TO THE CHURCH. THE CHURCH WING WITH WOODEN CLAPBOARD. THE BUILDINGS UNDERWENT RESTORATION TO TRANSFORM THEM TO EARLY MISSION STYLE. AN ANNEX HAD BEEN ADDED. MANY PEOPLE VISIT THESE MISSIONS TODAY.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
SONOMA MISSION
OUR FAMILY HAS VISITED SONOMA MISSION MANY TIMES AND IT IS A RATHER DARK INTERIOR THAT THE STATE PARK AND RECREATION MAINTAIN. FATHER JOSE ALTIMIRA CAME FROM BARCELONA, SPAIN 1819 TO HELP AT MISSION DELORES. HE DEVISED A PLAN TO MOVE IT NORTH TO A WARMER SPOT AND TOLD THE MEXICAN GOVERNOR DON ARGUELLO HIS PLAN TO MOVE IT TO SONOMA TO KEEP THE RUSSIANS OUT OF CALIFORNIA NORTHERN. ON JULY 4TH , 1823, HE FOUNDED SONOMA MISSION. HE BROUGHT SOLDIERS AND SUPPLIES UP FROM SAN FRANCES. HE WANTED TO DISCONTINUE USE OF THE MISSIONS AT SAN RAFAEL AND SAN RAPHAEL AND SAN FRANCISCO. HOWEVER THE CHURCH INSISTED THEY REMAIN OPEN.
BETWEEN 1820-1830 FATHER ALTIMIRA'S SONOMA MISSION HAD A GOOD START. HE HAD ALMOST 700 OHLONES PLANT VINEYARDS, AND OTHER SEEDS FOR HARVESTING. ALTIMER WAS CRUEL AND HE IMPRISONED THE NATIVES TO CIVILIZE THEM. A LARGE GROUP OF OHLONES ATTACKED THE MISSION IN A REVOLT. THEY BURNED SOME OF IT AND ALTIMERA LEFT FOR SAN RAFAEL. THEN HE RETURNED TO SPAIN.
FATHER BUENAVENTURA FORTUNI WHO HAD WORKED AT SAN JOSE, REPLACED ALTIMIRA, AND HE REBUILT THE MISSION AND IT'S BUILDINGS AND BECOME FRIENDS WITH THE OHLONE. IN 1832 THERE WERE ALMOST 1000 OHLONE THERE. THE MISSION ALSO HAD PRODUCED WHEAT, BABY BEANS, PEAS AND CORN. UNFORTUNATELY IN 1833 THE NEXT FATHER IN CHARGE, GUTIERREZ, BEAT THE INDIANS TO CONTROL THEM. THE ZACATECAN FRANCISCANS FROM MEXICO TOOK CONTROL.
IN NOVEMBER, 1834, GENERAL VALLEJO, TOOK CONTROL. HE ALSO CONTROLLED THE PRESIDIO IN SAN FRANCISCO. HE TOOK THE PROPERTY FOR HIMSELF INSTEAD OF GIVING SOME TO THE INDIANS. HE FOUNDED SONOMA AROUND THE MISSION. UNTIL 1880 THE OLD CHAPEL WAS USED AS A CHURCH . IN 1903 THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS LEAGUE BOUGHT THE MISSION AND RESTORED IT IN 1926. THEY THEN GAVE IT TO THE STATE PARKS. IT IS IN THE NORTHERNMOST MISSION OF CALIFORNIA'S 21 FRANCISCANS MISSIONS. IN 1953 ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVERED THE WALKWAYS AND FOUNDATIONS OF ADOBE. THEY FOUND AN INDIAN DORMITORY TO THE NORTH OF THE CHURCH.
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BETWEEN 1820-1830 FATHER ALTIMIRA'S SONOMA MISSION HAD A GOOD START. HE HAD ALMOST 700 OHLONES PLANT VINEYARDS, AND OTHER SEEDS FOR HARVESTING. ALTIMER WAS CRUEL AND HE IMPRISONED THE NATIVES TO CIVILIZE THEM. A LARGE GROUP OF OHLONES ATTACKED THE MISSION IN A REVOLT. THEY BURNED SOME OF IT AND ALTIMERA LEFT FOR SAN RAFAEL. THEN HE RETURNED TO SPAIN.
FATHER BUENAVENTURA FORTUNI WHO HAD WORKED AT SAN JOSE, REPLACED ALTIMIRA, AND HE REBUILT THE MISSION AND IT'S BUILDINGS AND BECOME FRIENDS WITH THE OHLONE. IN 1832 THERE WERE ALMOST 1000 OHLONE THERE. THE MISSION ALSO HAD PRODUCED WHEAT, BABY BEANS, PEAS AND CORN. UNFORTUNATELY IN 1833 THE NEXT FATHER IN CHARGE, GUTIERREZ, BEAT THE INDIANS TO CONTROL THEM. THE ZACATECAN FRANCISCANS FROM MEXICO TOOK CONTROL.
IN NOVEMBER, 1834, GENERAL VALLEJO, TOOK CONTROL. HE ALSO CONTROLLED THE PRESIDIO IN SAN FRANCISCO. HE TOOK THE PROPERTY FOR HIMSELF INSTEAD OF GIVING SOME TO THE INDIANS. HE FOUNDED SONOMA AROUND THE MISSION. UNTIL 1880 THE OLD CHAPEL WAS USED AS A CHURCH . IN 1903 THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS LEAGUE BOUGHT THE MISSION AND RESTORED IT IN 1926. THEY THEN GAVE IT TO THE STATE PARKS. IT IS IN THE NORTHERNMOST MISSION OF CALIFORNIA'S 21 FRANCISCANS MISSIONS. IN 1953 ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVERED THE WALKWAYS AND FOUNDATIONS OF ADOBE. THEY FOUND AN INDIAN DORMITORY TO THE NORTH OF THE CHURCH.
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DAYTON ART MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE
WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I WENT TO THE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE TO HAVE FUN AND ENJOY THE SUMMER SCULPTURE COURSES THAT WERE OFFERED TO UNIVERSITY TEACHERS. I REMEMBER MAKING POTTERY AND SCULPTURES FROM CLAY WITH TEXTURES. OTHERS WERE WELDING STEEL AND METALS AND MAKING DIFFERENT LOST WAX SCULPTURES. I LEARNED HOW TO MAKE WAX SCULPTURES TO CAST IN BRONZE. THIS WAS AN ENTIRELY NEW TECHNIQUE FOR MR TO LEARN TO ME. WE WORKED DOWNSTAIRS AND THERE WERE QUITE A FEW ROOMS. WE COULD DECIDE WHICH KIND OF CLASS WE WANTED TO START IN. I ENJOYED CERAMICS AND I MADE SEVERAL TEXTURED POTS AND A WALL HANGING OF VARIOUS PEOPLE. IT WAS STOLEN DURING OUR SHOWING. I LEARNED ABOUT CASTING METAL SCULPTURES AND MANY OTHER KIDS WERE BETTER AT MAKING SOME POTTERY. I HAD TRIED TO THROW POTS ON A WHEEL, HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT ACHIEVED IN THIS. SOME FOLKS WERE VERY GOOD AT THIS.
THE MUSEUM HAS A NICE ROSE GARDEN AND IS 91 YEARS OLD. THERE ARE MANY FOUNDING PATRONS, INCLUDING ORVILLE WRIGHT AND PATTERSON BROTHERS. THE BUILDING WAS MODELED AFTER THE VILLA D ESTE IN ROME, SIMILAR TO THE 16TH CENTURY ITALIAN ARCHITECT. IT IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. IT HAS 26,000 OBJECTS OF ART HISTORY
THE MUSEUM HAS A NICE ROSE GARDEN AND IS 91 YEARS OLD. THERE ARE MANY FOUNDING PATRONS, INCLUDING ORVILLE WRIGHT AND PATTERSON BROTHERS. THE BUILDING WAS MODELED AFTER THE VILLA D ESTE IN ROME, SIMILAR TO THE 16TH CENTURY ITALIAN ARCHITECT. IT IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. IT HAS 26,000 OBJECTS OF ART HISTORY
Monday, January 24, 2011
MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIAN IN NOVATO
THIS MUSEUM IS ON AN ACTUAL SITE OF A COAST MIWOK VILLAGE.. I GAVE A TALK ON PETROGLYPHS THERE WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO SANTA ROSA. I COMPARED THE NORTH COAST RANGES PETROGLYPHS WITH THOSE IN ARIZONA. THIS MUSEUM SERVES AS A PLACE TO TEACH ELEMENTARY CHILDREN ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE. THEY HAVE ARTIFACTS AND ARTS FROM CALIFORNIA INDIANS AS WELL AS OTHER STATES . THE MUSEUM WAS BUILT IN 1967. THEIR PROGRAM FULFILLS THE CURRICULUM FOR SOCIAL STUDIES. THEY HAVE A SUMMER CAMP FOR CHILDREN AND A SIX PART LECTURE SERIES FOR ADULTS AND STORYTELLING BY NATIVE ELDERS. THEY ALSO HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND ANNUAL PUBLIC EVENTS AS THE TRADE FEAST.
THERE HAVE BEEN 600+ VILLAGE SITES RECORDED FOR THE COAST MIWOK. THEIR LANDS ARE THROUGHOUT MARIN AND THEY LIVE IN THEIR ANCESTRAL TERRITORIES. IN 2000 THE COAST MIWOK AND SOUTHERN POMO TRIBES WERE RESTORED TO FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES. IN THEIR CHILDREN CAMPS THEY LEARN HOW TO MAKE TULE BOATS, HOW TO MAKE ROPES, HOW TO MAKE PUPPETS FOR A SHOW, AND HOW TO MAKE MEDICINE BAGS.
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THERE HAVE BEEN 600+ VILLAGE SITES RECORDED FOR THE COAST MIWOK. THEIR LANDS ARE THROUGHOUT MARIN AND THEY LIVE IN THEIR ANCESTRAL TERRITORIES. IN 2000 THE COAST MIWOK AND SOUTHERN POMO TRIBES WERE RESTORED TO FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES. IN THEIR CHILDREN CAMPS THEY LEARN HOW TO MAKE TULE BOATS, HOW TO MAKE ROPES, HOW TO MAKE PUPPETS FOR A SHOW, AND HOW TO MAKE MEDICINE BAGS.
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SONOMA COUNTY MUSEUM
THIS WEEKEND I WENT TO THE MUSEUM DOWNTOWN AND HAD FUN VIEWING SOME KINETIC AND ROBOTIC SCULPTURES. MANY OF THESE ARTISTS HAD BEEN RESEARCH BIOLOGISTS, PHYSICISTS, AND NEUROSCIENTISTS INTERESTED IN TECHNOLOGY.
DR. ALAN RORIE GOT HIS PHD IN NEUROSCIENCE ANDS PUT HIS IMAGINATION INTO SEVERAL SCULPTURES. ONE WAS CALLED THE NEURON CHAMBER WHICH DEPICTS THREE NEURONS UNDER OBSERVATION IN A MYSTERIOUS PURPLE CHAMBER WHICH LOOKS LIKE A MINIATURE SUBMARINE WITH BRAZEN COPPER INSIDE. BY PRESSING BUTTONS THE VISITOR CAN SET OFF SEVERAL CHARGES. ANOTHER ONE OF HIS ART SCULPTURES "VIRA ENGINE" LOOKS LIKE A KINETIC WEATHER INSTRUMENT FOR NASA. IT HAS SIX GLASS CHAMBERS AND HE EXPLAINS HOW HE CONCEIVED IT AND DESIGNED IT IN A VIDEO. IT SERVES AS A HIGH VOLTAGE PHENOMENON CALLED DIALECTIC BARRIER DISCHARGE.
REUBEN MARGOLIN
REUBEN HAS A BACKGROUND IN MATH AND PHYSICS. HE MADE "THE PENTAGONAL WAVE". IT IS A LARGE WEAVING LIKE MACHINE ABOUT 20 ' LONG. IT CONTAINS UPPER AND LOWER WAVES THAT CREATE OPPOSING WAVES ONCE YOU PRESS A BUTTON. IT HAS 122 BLOCKS AND 120 STRINGS. IT IS FASCINATING TO WATCH. IT ALSO CORRESPONDS TO ANOTHER CEILING SCULPTURE ABOVE THAT UNDULATES ABOVE A FIVE POINT STAR AND YELLOW HOLLOW TUBES. THE CHILDREN LIKE TO LAY UNDERNEATH AND BE FASCINATED BY THE DIFFERENT UNDULATING TUBES THAT CREATE AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
MICHAEL COOPER
MICHAEL DEVELOPED A 4 ENGINE SMALL CAR WITH PNEUMATIC STEERING WHEELS. VARIOUS COMPONENTS WERE REINTERPRETED BY PUSHING BOUNDARIES. IT LOOKS LIKE A HIGH CLASS TRICYCLE OF METAL, WOOD AND PAINTED SEAT.
NED KAHN
HAS A BACKGROUND IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND WORKED FOR THE EXPLORATORIUM. HIS SCULPTURES ENCOURAGE CLOSE OBSERVATION INSPIRED BY NATURAL PHENOMENA. HIS PIECES CALLED "MAGMA CHAMBER" ARE TWO SQUARE COLUMNS FILLED WITH HOLLOW GLASS SPHERES SET IN MOTION BY THE VISITOR PUTTING A FINGER OVER A HOLE. THIS INJECTS AIR INTO THE WATER AND ORANGISH SPHERES AND MAKES FLOW PATTERNS OF ALL KINDS LIKE A VOLCANO ERUPTING. IT FASCINATED ME FOR OVER 15 MINUTES AND CHILDREN LOVED IT.
MICHAEL COOPER
MICHAEL WAS TRAINED AS A SCULPTOR AND TAUGHT ART FOR ABOUT 34 YEARS. HE WORKS IN BOTH WOOD AND METAL. HIS KINECTIC SCULPTURE IS A KIND OF WHEELCHAIR THAT GOES REVERSE AND FORWARD BY FRICTION. IT LOOKS LIKE A BICYCLE ALMOST.
DR. ALAN RORIE GOT HIS PHD IN NEUROSCIENCE ANDS PUT HIS IMAGINATION INTO SEVERAL SCULPTURES. ONE WAS CALLED THE NEURON CHAMBER WHICH DEPICTS THREE NEURONS UNDER OBSERVATION IN A MYSTERIOUS PURPLE CHAMBER WHICH LOOKS LIKE A MINIATURE SUBMARINE WITH BRAZEN COPPER INSIDE. BY PRESSING BUTTONS THE VISITOR CAN SET OFF SEVERAL CHARGES. ANOTHER ONE OF HIS ART SCULPTURES "VIRA ENGINE" LOOKS LIKE A KINETIC WEATHER INSTRUMENT FOR NASA. IT HAS SIX GLASS CHAMBERS AND HE EXPLAINS HOW HE CONCEIVED IT AND DESIGNED IT IN A VIDEO. IT SERVES AS A HIGH VOLTAGE PHENOMENON CALLED DIALECTIC BARRIER DISCHARGE.
NEMO GOULD
NEMO USES SALVAGE MATERIAL AND HIS SCULPTURES REMIND US OF SCIENCE FICTION, OR MAGICAL POP CULTURE OBJECTS. "NOWHERE FAST" IS A STEEL MOVING ROBOT PEDALING A WOODEN BICYCLE WITH A SMALL STEERING WHEEL. THE WHEEL OF THE BIKE IS AN OLD WAGON WHEEL. THE THEME IS SELF ABUSE, THERE IS A WOODEN CLUB POUNDING ON HIS HEAD AS HE IS PEDALING TO GET AWAY FROM THE CLUBBING. HE ALSO MADE "HOMUNDUS" OR A MINIATURE FULLY FORMED PERSON INSIDE THE BELLY OF ANOTHER ROBOTIC PERSON. HE HAS TRUMPET PARTS INSIDE OF AN OLD RADIO BOX WITH A MOVING PERSON MADE OUT OF BRASS. THE MAIN SCULPTURE HAS A SQUARE HEAD THAT MOVES WHEN YOU PRESS A BUTTON. THE MOUTH HAS TEETH FROM A VIOLIN AND RED LIGHTED EYES FROM DOOR HARDWARE. HE ALSO MADE "THE SPACESHIP" FROM A FLOOR POLISHER, MOTOR BOAT PROPELLER, GLASS TAXIDERMY EYES, OLD RECORD PLAYER, MEAT GRINDERS AND WIRE EYES THAT FLASH. WHEN YOU PUSH A BUTTON THE SPACESHIP MOVES WITH THE PROPELLERS. ANOTHER SCULPTURE HE CALLED "OCTOPUS" WAS MADE FROM A GUITAR PIECE, ROCKING CHAIR LEGS, A SALAD BOWL, AND SOME WOODEN BEADS. UNFORTUNATELY THIS PIECE DOES NOT MOVE.REUBEN MARGOLIN
REUBEN HAS A BACKGROUND IN MATH AND PHYSICS. HE MADE "THE PENTAGONAL WAVE". IT IS A LARGE WEAVING LIKE MACHINE ABOUT 20 ' LONG. IT CONTAINS UPPER AND LOWER WAVES THAT CREATE OPPOSING WAVES ONCE YOU PRESS A BUTTON. IT HAS 122 BLOCKS AND 120 STRINGS. IT IS FASCINATING TO WATCH. IT ALSO CORRESPONDS TO ANOTHER CEILING SCULPTURE ABOVE THAT UNDULATES ABOVE A FIVE POINT STAR AND YELLOW HOLLOW TUBES. THE CHILDREN LIKE TO LAY UNDERNEATH AND BE FASCINATED BY THE DIFFERENT UNDULATING TUBES THAT CREATE AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
MICHAEL COOPER
MICHAEL DEVELOPED A 4 ENGINE SMALL CAR WITH PNEUMATIC STEERING WHEELS. VARIOUS COMPONENTS WERE REINTERPRETED BY PUSHING BOUNDARIES. IT LOOKS LIKE A HIGH CLASS TRICYCLE OF METAL, WOOD AND PAINTED SEAT.
NED KAHN
HAS A BACKGROUND IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND WORKED FOR THE EXPLORATORIUM. HIS SCULPTURES ENCOURAGE CLOSE OBSERVATION INSPIRED BY NATURAL PHENOMENA. HIS PIECES CALLED "MAGMA CHAMBER" ARE TWO SQUARE COLUMNS FILLED WITH HOLLOW GLASS SPHERES SET IN MOTION BY THE VISITOR PUTTING A FINGER OVER A HOLE. THIS INJECTS AIR INTO THE WATER AND ORANGISH SPHERES AND MAKES FLOW PATTERNS OF ALL KINDS LIKE A VOLCANO ERUPTING. IT FASCINATED ME FOR OVER 15 MINUTES AND CHILDREN LOVED IT.
MICHAEL COOPER
MICHAEL WAS TRAINED AS A SCULPTOR AND TAUGHT ART FOR ABOUT 34 YEARS. HE WORKS IN BOTH WOOD AND METAL. HIS KINECTIC SCULPTURE IS A KIND OF WHEELCHAIR THAT GOES REVERSE AND FORWARD BY FRICTION. IT LOOKS LIKE A BICYCLE ALMOST.
ROSIE
WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WERE IN GRADUATE SCHOOL AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WE LIVED IN A SMALL HOUSE THAT DID NOT HAVE A WASHING MACHINE. ONE DAY WE WENT TO OUR NEARBY LANDRY AND FOUND A SMALL PUPPY . WE DECIDED TO ADOPT HER. SHE WAS A SMALL LABRADOR MIX AND A BIT LIKE A GREYHOUND, BUT NOT AS TALL OR SKINNY. WE LOVED ROSIE AND TOOK HER WITH US WHEN WE WENT ON HIKES AND WHEN WE WENT CAMPING. WE BOTH JOBS ONE SUMMER AT THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST AND LIVED IN A HOUSE IN TENANT. WE KEPT ROSIE ON A LEASH ON A CLOTHESLINE SINCE THE HOUSES HAD NO FENCES. ONE DAY SHE RAN OUT OF OUR SMALL HOUSE WHICH WAS HEATED WITH A WOOD BURNING STOVE. WE HEARD HER IN AN ABANDONED HOUSE. SHE HAD GOTTEN TRAPPED THERE ONE NIGHT. ONE OF US CLIMBED THROUGH A BROKEN WINDOW AND RESCUED HER. ONCE WE MOVED BACK TO PHOENIX WE STAYED IN OUR MOTOR HOME AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE WHICH HAD A LARGE YARD. SHE ESCAPED FROM THEIR YARD BY DIGGING UNDER THE FENCE. SHE ESCAPED FROM THEIR YARD AND WE WERE SO SAD! WE WENT TO TWO ANIMAL SHELTERS AND NEVER FOUND HER. WE ASSUMED SOMEONE PICKED HER UP AS SHE WAS A VERY FRIENDLY. WE HAD HER FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS AND LOVED HER SO MUCH.
DISNEY WORLD
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL MY FAMILY WENT TO VISIT FLORIDA DURING THE WINTER SEVERAL TIMES TO GET AWAY FROM THE COLD. WE WENT TO SANIBEL BEACH AND AROUND TO ST. AUGUSTINE. WE WENT TO DISNEY WORLD IN ORLANDO THE FIRST DAY THEY OPENED! IT WAS PACKED. I REMEMBER RIDING ON AN ELEPHANT AT THE ANIMAL KINGDOM PARK WHILE MY PARENT'S WATCHED. WE SAW MANY OF THE DISNEY CHARACTERS IN COSTUMES WALKING AROUND THE PARK. THEY HAD A NEAT MONORAIL TO RIDE IN THAT WAS LIKE A EUROPEAN TRAIN.
EPCOT CENTER IS A WORLD SHOWCASE THAT IS A PAVILION THAT WRAPS AROUND THEIR LAGOON. THEIR RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS AND ATTRACTIONS REPRESENT COUNTRIES. THEY ALSO HAD A LARGE TYPHOON LAGOON WITH WATER SLIDES THAT WE DID NOT GO ON SINCE THE LINES WERE LONG. THEY ALSO HAVE A SMALL SPACESHIP. THEY ALSO HAVE A RAILROAD THAT GOES THROUGH A WESTERN TOWN. WE JUST SPENT THE DAY WALKING AROUND THE PLACE. THEY HAVE A CASTLE FOR CINDERELLA, A HAUNTED MANSION, A RIVERBOAT, AND A LOT OF RIDES. I THINK WE MAY HAVE GONE ON A JUNGLE CRUISE, A 1930'S SAFARI BOAT THROUGH A LANDSCAPE OF JUNGLE WITH ALLIGATORS!
EPCOT CENTER IS A WORLD SHOWCASE THAT IS A PAVILION THAT WRAPS AROUND THEIR LAGOON. THEIR RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS AND ATTRACTIONS REPRESENT COUNTRIES. THEY ALSO HAD A LARGE TYPHOON LAGOON WITH WATER SLIDES THAT WE DID NOT GO ON SINCE THE LINES WERE LONG. THEY ALSO HAVE A SMALL SPACESHIP. THEY ALSO HAVE A RAILROAD THAT GOES THROUGH A WESTERN TOWN. WE JUST SPENT THE DAY WALKING AROUND THE PLACE. THEY HAVE A CASTLE FOR CINDERELLA, A HAUNTED MANSION, A RIVERBOAT, AND A LOT OF RIDES. I THINK WE MAY HAVE GONE ON A JUNGLE CRUISE, A 1930'S SAFARI BOAT THROUGH A LANDSCAPE OF JUNGLE WITH ALLIGATORS!
CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING
REVEREND JOYCE DUFFAL SPOKE ABOUT SPIRIT UNCAUSED. SHE IS THE ASSISTANT MINISTER. SHE SAID TO KEEP POSITIVE. WHATEVER WE IDENTIFY OURSELVES WITH WE BECOME...FOR ME I THOUGHT I AM STRONG AND HEALTHY!SPIRIT IS UNCAUSED AND WE WERE CAUSED BUT GOD WAS NOT CREATED WE CANNOT REASON SOME THINGS. JUST ACCEPT SPIRIT AS TRUE. THE FIRST CAUSE CREATED EVERYTHING. IN HINDU THEY SAY THE WAVE IS WITHIN ME. WHERE ARE WE LOOKING FOR THINGS TO BE CLEARER? SPIRIT BRINGS ABOUT INCOME. ALL GOOD IS GIVEN TO US.
SHE ASKED US TO BECOME SPIRITUAL DETECTIVE. SHE MENTIONED A METAPHOR OF A SLIDE PROJECTOR. THE LIGHT OF THE PROJECTOR SHINES BRIGHT. THE SLIDE IS WHAT WE EXPERIENCE. THE WAY TO CHANGE OUR PICTURE IS BY CHANGING OUR QUALITY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BRING FORTH WHAT IS HAPPENING.
I WAS WONDERING ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES AND THANKFUL THAT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN SUCH GOOD SKILLS IN COOKING, ARTISTRY, WISDOM ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS, AND A LOVE OF VARIOUS CULTURES, AND AN ABILITY TO DEVELOP INSTANT RAPPORT WITH MANY PERSONALITIES.
SHE ASKED US TO BECOME SPIRITUAL DETECTIVE. SHE MENTIONED A METAPHOR OF A SLIDE PROJECTOR. THE LIGHT OF THE PROJECTOR SHINES BRIGHT. THE SLIDE IS WHAT WE EXPERIENCE. THE WAY TO CHANGE OUR PICTURE IS BY CHANGING OUR QUALITY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BRING FORTH WHAT IS HAPPENING.
I WAS WONDERING ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES AND THANKFUL THAT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN SUCH GOOD SKILLS IN COOKING, ARTISTRY, WISDOM ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS, AND A LOVE OF VARIOUS CULTURES, AND AN ABILITY TO DEVELOP INSTANT RAPPORT WITH MANY PERSONALITIES.
Friday, January 21, 2011
WINTER CONCERT
LAST NIGHT I ATTENDED A HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR WITH BOTH MEN'S AND WOMEN'S ENSEMBLES FROM MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL AT THE GLASER CENTER. THEY SANG SOME VERY SIMPLE TUNES AND HAD SOME PURPOSEFUL OFF KEY TUNES. THEY SANG SONGS FROM ENGLAND, FRANCE, AFRICA, AND A HEBREW SPIRITUAL SONG.
I SAT BY A MOM FROM VIETNAM AND HER SKIN WAS THE SAME COLOR AS MINE . SHE SAID HER SON WAS IN THE CHOIR AND THEY ARE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST.
THE KIDS HAD VERY HANDSOME COSTUMES AND THEY SEEMED TO BE AT TIMES VERY SILLY. AND SOME SEEMED SERIOUS. DURING THE BREAK THEY WERE VERY RUCKESS AND DID A LOT OF GOOFY LAUGHING AND GAVE THEMSELVES "HIGH FIVES."
I SAT BY A MOM FROM VIETNAM AND HER SKIN WAS THE SAME COLOR AS MINE . SHE SAID HER SON WAS IN THE CHOIR AND THEY ARE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST.
THE KIDS HAD VERY HANDSOME COSTUMES AND THEY SEEMED TO BE AT TIMES VERY SILLY. AND SOME SEEMED SERIOUS. DURING THE BREAK THEY WERE VERY RUCKESS AND DID A LOT OF GOOFY LAUGHING AND GAVE THEMSELVES "HIGH FIVES."
UP WITH PEOPLE
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 14 I JOINED A GROUP WITH UP WITH PEOPLE WITH MY GIRLFRIENDS. THEY HAD JOYOUS SONGS AND UPLIFTING MUSIC. WE SANG FOR SOME AUDIENCES IN THE LOCAL AREA. IT WAS A NATIONWIDE SINGING PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS. I HAD A DEEP VOICE EVER SINCE I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.
WE SANG SONGS WITH MOVEMENT AT NIGHT. AND I THINK IT WENT FOR ABOUT AN HOURPER NIGHT. I REMEMBER OUR PARENTS PICKING US UP. THIS GROUP WAS STARTED IN 1965 DURING TURBULENT TIMES BY J. BELK, A MAN WHO WANTED PEOPLE TO SHARE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.
OVER THE YEARS THIS ORGANIZATION HAS BECOME KNOWN AS A TREMENDOUS FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, EDUCATION, AND ENTERTAINMENT. AN ESTIMATED 22 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE HAVE BEEN GREATLY IMPACTED BY UP WITH PEOPLE. THEY HAVE ATTRACTED 21,000 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FROM MORE THAN 96 COUNTRIES TO DELIVER A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND GOODWILL TO PEOPLE. THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO DO SERVICE PROJECTS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. THESE STUDENTS HAVE TO GO ON TO BECOME ENTHUSIASTIC LEADERS WITH THEIR TOWNS COUNTRIES AND THE WORLD.
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WE SANG SONGS WITH MOVEMENT AT NIGHT. AND I THINK IT WENT FOR ABOUT AN HOURPER NIGHT. I REMEMBER OUR PARENTS PICKING US UP. THIS GROUP WAS STARTED IN 1965 DURING TURBULENT TIMES BY J. BELK, A MAN WHO WANTED PEOPLE TO SHARE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.
OVER THE YEARS THIS ORGANIZATION HAS BECOME KNOWN AS A TREMENDOUS FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, EDUCATION, AND ENTERTAINMENT. AN ESTIMATED 22 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE HAVE BEEN GREATLY IMPACTED BY UP WITH PEOPLE. THEY HAVE ATTRACTED 21,000 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FROM MORE THAN 96 COUNTRIES TO DELIVER A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND GOODWILL TO PEOPLE. THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO DO SERVICE PROJECTS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. THESE STUDENTS HAVE TO GO ON TO BECOME ENTHUSIASTIC LEADERS WITH THEIR TOWNS COUNTRIES AND THE WORLD.
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DISNEYWORLD
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL MY FAMILY WENT TO FLORIDA SEVERAL TIMES TO GET AWAY FROM OHIO WINTERS. WE WENT TO DISNEY WORLD IN ORLANDO THE FIRST DAY THEY OPENED AND IT WAS PACKED! I REMEMBER RIDING AN ELEPHANT AT THE ANIMAL KINGDOM WHILE MY PARENTS WATCHED. WE SAW MANY OF THE DISNEY CHARACTERS IN COSTUMES WALKING AROUND THE PARK. THEY HAD A NEAT MONARAIL. TO RIDE IN THAT WAS LIKE A EUROPEAN TRAIN.
EPCOT CENTER IS A WORLD SHOWCASE THAT IS A PAVILION THAT WRAPS AROUND THERE LAGOON. THEIR RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, AND ATTRACTIONS REPRESENT COUNTRIES. THEY ALSO HAD A LARGE TYPHOON LAGOON WITH WATER SLIDES THAT WE DID NOT GO ON. THERE WERE ALL TOO MANY LINES. THEY ALSO HAD A LARGE TYPHOON LAGOON. IT WAS ALL TOO MANY LINES. THEY ALSO HAVE A SMALL SPACESHIP. THEY ALSO HAVE A RAILROAD THAT GOES THROUGH A WESTERN TOWN. WE JUST SPENT THE DAY WALKING AROUND THE PLACE. THEY HAVE A CASTLE FOR CINDERELLA, A HAUNTED MANSION, A RIVERBOAT AND A LOT OF RIDES. I THINK WE MAY HAVE GONE ON THE JUNGLE CRUISE, A 1930'S SAFARI BOAT THROUGH A LANDSCAPED JUNGLE. WE HAD A LOT OF FAMILY FUN.
EPCOT CENTER IS A WORLD SHOWCASE THAT IS A PAVILION THAT WRAPS AROUND THERE LAGOON. THEIR RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, AND ATTRACTIONS REPRESENT COUNTRIES. THEY ALSO HAD A LARGE TYPHOON LAGOON WITH WATER SLIDES THAT WE DID NOT GO ON. THERE WERE ALL TOO MANY LINES. THEY ALSO HAD A LARGE TYPHOON LAGOON. IT WAS ALL TOO MANY LINES. THEY ALSO HAVE A SMALL SPACESHIP. THEY ALSO HAVE A RAILROAD THAT GOES THROUGH A WESTERN TOWN. WE JUST SPENT THE DAY WALKING AROUND THE PLACE. THEY HAVE A CASTLE FOR CINDERELLA, A HAUNTED MANSION, A RIVERBOAT AND A LOT OF RIDES. I THINK WE MAY HAVE GONE ON THE JUNGLE CRUISE, A 1930'S SAFARI BOAT THROUGH A LANDSCAPED JUNGLE. WE HAD A LOT OF FAMILY FUN.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
CALISTOGA
I LOVE TO GO TO THE HOT SPRINGS OF CALISTOGA AND USE THEIR HOT POOLS AND MUD BATHS. THEY ARE VERY HEALING. THE INDIAN SPRINGS RESORT AND SPA IN NAPA VALLEY HA BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1862. HOWEWVER, THE WAPPO USED THESE SPRINGS FOR HEALING EVEN IN PREHISTORIC TIMES THERE ARE ABOUT 5000 PEOPLE HERE.
THE UPPER VALLEY WAS HOME TO A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION OF INDIGENOUAS FOLKS PRIOR TO THE LATE 1800'S. THERE WERE ABUNDANT OAK TREES AND ACORNS AS WELL AS BUCKEYES IN CALISTOGA. THEWAPPO HAD SEVERAL VILLAGES IN THE TOWN AREA. IN THE 1830'S -40'S THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT CAME HERE AND PARTITIONED THE LARGE RANCHOS AND THEY DISPOSED OF THE MISSION PROPERTIES.
SAMUEL BRANNAN WAS A LEADER OF A SHIP CALLED BROOKLYN IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1846. HE PUBLISHED A SAN FRANCISCO NEWSPAPER AND PURSUED MANY BUSINESS VENTURES MAKING HIM THE 1ST OF CALIFORNIA'S MILLIONAIRES. HE WAS FASCINATED BY CALISTOGA 'S MINERAL SPRINGS AND PURCHASED 2000 ACRES HERE. HE WAS THE FIRST OWNER OF CALISTOGA'S INDIAN HOT SPRINGS RESORT.
THE RICH AND FAMOUS STAYED HERE INTHE 1860'S IN 1868 HE BUILT A RAILROAD TO CALIFORNIA FROM SAN FRANCISCO. THIS TOWN'S ECONOMY WAS BASED ON MINING SILVER AND MERCURY ON MT SAINT HELENA, AS WELL AS GRAPES, PRUNES, WALNUTS AND TOURISM..
ROBERT LEWIS STEVENSON WAS A VISITOR HERE BEFORE HE BECAME FAMOUS. HE HAD NOT WRITTEN HIS NOVELS YET. HE MET HIS WIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1880 AND THEY HAD THEIR HONEYMOON IN CALISTOGA. WHILE WRITING HIS STORIES THEY LIVED IN AN ABANDONED CABIN AT SILVERADO MINE ON MOUNT SAINT HELENA. HE KEPT A JOURNAL WHILE LIVING UP THERE.
CALISTOGA IS A DINSTINCT DESTINATION AND IS ON THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THEY HAVE NO FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS THERE - IT IS BANNED!
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INDIANSPRINGS@CALISTOGA
THE UPPER VALLEY WAS HOME TO A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION OF INDIGENOUAS FOLKS PRIOR TO THE LATE 1800'S. THERE WERE ABUNDANT OAK TREES AND ACORNS AS WELL AS BUCKEYES IN CALISTOGA. THEWAPPO HAD SEVERAL VILLAGES IN THE TOWN AREA. IN THE 1830'S -40'S THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT CAME HERE AND PARTITIONED THE LARGE RANCHOS AND THEY DISPOSED OF THE MISSION PROPERTIES.
SAMUEL BRANNAN WAS A LEADER OF A SHIP CALLED BROOKLYN IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1846. HE PUBLISHED A SAN FRANCISCO NEWSPAPER AND PURSUED MANY BUSINESS VENTURES MAKING HIM THE 1ST OF CALIFORNIA'S MILLIONAIRES. HE WAS FASCINATED BY CALISTOGA 'S MINERAL SPRINGS AND PURCHASED 2000 ACRES HERE. HE WAS THE FIRST OWNER OF CALISTOGA'S INDIAN HOT SPRINGS RESORT.
THE RICH AND FAMOUS STAYED HERE INTHE 1860'S IN 1868 HE BUILT A RAILROAD TO CALIFORNIA FROM SAN FRANCISCO. THIS TOWN'S ECONOMY WAS BASED ON MINING SILVER AND MERCURY ON MT SAINT HELENA, AS WELL AS GRAPES, PRUNES, WALNUTS AND TOURISM..
ROBERT LEWIS STEVENSON WAS A VISITOR HERE BEFORE HE BECAME FAMOUS. HE HAD NOT WRITTEN HIS NOVELS YET. HE MET HIS WIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1880 AND THEY HAD THEIR HONEYMOON IN CALISTOGA. WHILE WRITING HIS STORIES THEY LIVED IN AN ABANDONED CABIN AT SILVERADO MINE ON MOUNT SAINT HELENA. HE KEPT A JOURNAL WHILE LIVING UP THERE.
CALISTOGA IS A DINSTINCT DESTINATION AND IS ON THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THEY HAVE NO FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS THERE - IT IS BANNED!
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SUN HOUSE IN UKIAH
THE GRACE HUDSON MUSEUM HOUSES 30,000 COLLECTIONS FROM CURRENT POMO AND OTHER LOCAL TRIBAL BASKETS AND OTHER ARTIFACTS. CA BASKETRY FROM THE CALIFORNIA INDIAN HERITAGE CENTER IS LOCATED HERE AND EXTENDS AT LEAST 5000 YEARS AGO. ALL CALIFORNIA INDIANS CREATED DISTINCT BASKETRY STYLES. WE VISITED THE MUSEUM ONCE WE MOVED TO UKIAH IN THE LATE 80'S.
BASKETS WERE A NECESSARY PART OF LIFE FOR THESE INDIANS AND THEY RELIED ON THEM FOR ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE VS. POTTERY. THEIR BASKETS WERE STRONG AND WATERTIGHT, AND PERFECTED TO THEIR LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY. THEY MADE BASKETS FOR COOKING, EATING, WINNOWING SEEDS, SIFTING FLOUR, STORING WATER, SERVING GUESTS AND CRADLING INFANTS. THEIR BASKETRY WAS MASTERFUL AND THEY HAD A BOUNDLESS VARIETY OF THEM. THEY WERE BOTANISTS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT AND KNEW THE QUALITIES OF ROOTS, REEDS, GRASSES THAT THEY WOVE TO MAKE MASTERPIECES OF ART.
GRACE CARPENTER HUDSON LIVED FROM 1865 TO 1937. SHE STUDIED ART FROM 1865 TO 1937. SHE STUDIED ART IN SAN FRANCISCO, BUT WAS BORN IN POTTER VALLEY. HER HUSBAND WAS BORN IN CALIFORNIA AND HAD BEEN A DENTIST TURNED ETHNOGRAPHER WITH THE SMITHSONIAN, AS HE ADORED THE LOCAL POMO PEOPLE. HE BEGAN COLLECTING BASKETS AND INTERVIEWED MANY OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE IN THEIR VILLAGE. THE PAINTER LADY - GRACE CARPENTER HUDSON, WRITTEN BY BOYNTON, DESCRIBES THE LIFE OF GRACE AS SHE PAINTED FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. HER PAINTINGS WERE PRIMARILY OF THE POMO, BUT SHE TRAVELED TO HAWAII AS WELL AND PAINTED SOME OF THESE FOLKS ALSO. THEIR SUN HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1911 OF REDWOOD.
ELSIE ALLEN, A FAMOUS POMO BASKET MAKER, WHO LIVED IN SONOMA AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES, WROTE A BOOK ON HOW TO WEAVE AND TWINE POMO BASKETS OF ALL TYPES. THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE POMOS LIKED AS THEY CONSIDERED THEIR BASKETS CEREMONIAL AND SPIRITUAL. HOWEVER, SHE DECIDED TO LET THE WORLD KNOW HOW TO WEAVE AND COIL THE BASKETS SINCE THIS CRAFT WAS DYING IN THEIR VILLAGES. AT THE TIME THERE WERE FEW GIRLS STILL INTERESTED IN IT. THERE IS A CALIFORNIA BASKET WEAVERS SOCIETY THAT GETS TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SHARE IDEAS AND HAVE FUN.
THE MUSEUM HAS ON DISPLAY MANY OF CARPENTER'S OIL PAINTINGS AND SOME NICE BASKETS AND A DISPLAY DISCUSSING HOW THEY ARE MADE. THEY HAVE A BASKETRY GARDEN OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM WITH PLANTS USED BY POMO WEAVERS. IN 2000 A LARGE ADDITIONAL WING TO THE MUSEUM WAS BUILT. IT HOUSES A PERMANENT DISPLAY OF GRACE HUDSON'S WORK.
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BASKETS WERE A NECESSARY PART OF LIFE FOR THESE INDIANS AND THEY RELIED ON THEM FOR ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE VS. POTTERY. THEIR BASKETS WERE STRONG AND WATERTIGHT, AND PERFECTED TO THEIR LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY. THEY MADE BASKETS FOR COOKING, EATING, WINNOWING SEEDS, SIFTING FLOUR, STORING WATER, SERVING GUESTS AND CRADLING INFANTS. THEIR BASKETRY WAS MASTERFUL AND THEY HAD A BOUNDLESS VARIETY OF THEM. THEY WERE BOTANISTS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT AND KNEW THE QUALITIES OF ROOTS, REEDS, GRASSES THAT THEY WOVE TO MAKE MASTERPIECES OF ART.
GRACE CARPENTER HUDSON LIVED FROM 1865 TO 1937. SHE STUDIED ART FROM 1865 TO 1937. SHE STUDIED ART IN SAN FRANCISCO, BUT WAS BORN IN POTTER VALLEY. HER HUSBAND WAS BORN IN CALIFORNIA AND HAD BEEN A DENTIST TURNED ETHNOGRAPHER WITH THE SMITHSONIAN, AS HE ADORED THE LOCAL POMO PEOPLE. HE BEGAN COLLECTING BASKETS AND INTERVIEWED MANY OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE IN THEIR VILLAGE. THE PAINTER LADY - GRACE CARPENTER HUDSON, WRITTEN BY BOYNTON, DESCRIBES THE LIFE OF GRACE AS SHE PAINTED FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. HER PAINTINGS WERE PRIMARILY OF THE POMO, BUT SHE TRAVELED TO HAWAII AS WELL AND PAINTED SOME OF THESE FOLKS ALSO. THEIR SUN HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1911 OF REDWOOD.
ELSIE ALLEN, A FAMOUS POMO BASKET MAKER, WHO LIVED IN SONOMA AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES, WROTE A BOOK ON HOW TO WEAVE AND TWINE POMO BASKETS OF ALL TYPES. THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE POMOS LIKED AS THEY CONSIDERED THEIR BASKETS CEREMONIAL AND SPIRITUAL. HOWEVER, SHE DECIDED TO LET THE WORLD KNOW HOW TO WEAVE AND COIL THE BASKETS SINCE THIS CRAFT WAS DYING IN THEIR VILLAGES. AT THE TIME THERE WERE FEW GIRLS STILL INTERESTED IN IT. THERE IS A CALIFORNIA BASKET WEAVERS SOCIETY THAT GETS TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SHARE IDEAS AND HAVE FUN.
THE MUSEUM HAS ON DISPLAY MANY OF CARPENTER'S OIL PAINTINGS AND SOME NICE BASKETS AND A DISPLAY DISCUSSING HOW THEY ARE MADE. THEY HAVE A BASKETRY GARDEN OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM WITH PLANTS USED BY POMO WEAVERS. IN 2000 A LARGE ADDITIONAL WING TO THE MUSEUM WAS BUILT. IT HOUSES A PERMANENT DISPLAY OF GRACE HUDSON'S WORK.
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WATER SKI VACATION IN FLORIDA
WHEN I GRADUATED FROM UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL IN OHIO I WENT ON A VACATION WITH A GIRLFRIEND TO HER BROTHER'S HOUSE NEAR TAMPA , FLORIDA. HE HAD A NICE AIR-CONDITIONED AND A LARGE BOAT WITH WATER SKIS. I REMEMBER IT BEING VERY HUMID AND WE WENT WATER SKIING AT LAKE TAMPA WHICH HAD DARK WATER AND SMALL ALLIGATORS! I WAS NOT THAT GOOD AT SKIING BUT MANAGED TO STAY ON THE SKIS A FEW MINUTES. IT WAS ALL GOOD FUN.
WE WALKED ALONG THE EDGE OF THE LAKE AND NOTICED SOME SMALL AND LARGE ALLIGATORS. HER BROTHER SAID NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THEM AS WE SKIED. THEY HAD OTHER FAMILY THERE AS WELL. WE ALL HAD FUN ON SOME FLOATS AND THE ALLIGATORS DID NOT BOTHER US LUCKILY. I THINK WE STAYED ONLY A FEW DAYS.
WE WALKED ALONG THE EDGE OF THE LAKE AND NOTICED SOME SMALL AND LARGE ALLIGATORS. HER BROTHER SAID NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THEM AS WE SKIED. THEY HAD OTHER FAMILY THERE AS WELL. WE ALL HAD FUN ON SOME FLOATS AND THE ALLIGATORS DID NOT BOTHER US LUCKILY. I THINK WE STAYED ONLY A FEW DAYS.
HEALDSBURG
OUR FAMILY HAS LIVED IN THIS TOWN SINCE ABOUT 1989. WE ENJOY THE SMALL TOWN CLOSENESS AND OUR ABILITY TO WALK TO TOWN AND ALL AROUND THE SQUARE. THE POPULATION IS ABOUT 10,700. IT HAS MANY WINERIES AND IT'S SOIL IS EXCELLENT FOR GROWING PRODUCE. IT HAS A 19TH CENTURY PLAZA WITH PALM AND REDWOOD TREES. THIS PROVIDES A FOCAL POINT FOR TOURISTS AS WELL. THERE IS A POND IN THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE WHICH THE POMO KNEW AS THE FROG POND. THERE WERE ABOUT 10,000 POMO HERE AT THE HEIGHT OF THE POMO REALM. THE FIRST WHITE SETTLEMENT WAS IN GRATON IN 1836.
IN 1857 HARMON HEALD, AN OHIO BUSINESSMAN, WHO HAD LIVED ON RANCHO SOTOYOME SINCE 1850, PURCHASED PART OF THE RANCHO IN 1850. IN 1867 HEALD'S SMALL TOWN BECAME INCORPORATED. IN 1850 PURCHASED PART OF THE RANCHO IN 1850. IN 1867 HEALD'S SMALL TOWN BECAME INCORPORATED. IN 1872 THE SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTH PACIFIC RAILROAD REACHED HEALDSBURG. THERE WAS LOGGING OF SOME DOUGLAS FIR AND REDWOODS FROM THE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS.
FARMING OF ORCHARDS, PRUNES, GRAPES, AND VEGETABLES WAS COMMON FROM THE 1890'S TO 1940'S. TODAY THEY HAVE LIVELY FARMERS MARKETS, AND IT IS A TOURIST DESTINATION. THERE MANY ANTIQUE STORES, VARIOUS PRICED RESTAURANTS, AND WELL AS SPAS, AND HOTELS. THERE HAVE BEEN ARTICLES ABOUT HEALDSBURG ART GALLERIES WRITTEN IN THE WALL ST JOURNAL. THE ARTISTS RANGE TO INTERNATIONAL MASTERS. THEY HAVE JAZZ FESTIVALS AND ANTIQUE AND RUSSIAN RIVER FOOD EVENTS IN THE PLAZA.
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IN 1857 HARMON HEALD, AN OHIO BUSINESSMAN, WHO HAD LIVED ON RANCHO SOTOYOME SINCE 1850, PURCHASED PART OF THE RANCHO IN 1850. IN 1867 HEALD'S SMALL TOWN BECAME INCORPORATED. IN 1850 PURCHASED PART OF THE RANCHO IN 1850. IN 1867 HEALD'S SMALL TOWN BECAME INCORPORATED. IN 1872 THE SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTH PACIFIC RAILROAD REACHED HEALDSBURG. THERE WAS LOGGING OF SOME DOUGLAS FIR AND REDWOODS FROM THE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS.
FARMING OF ORCHARDS, PRUNES, GRAPES, AND VEGETABLES WAS COMMON FROM THE 1890'S TO 1940'S. TODAY THEY HAVE LIVELY FARMERS MARKETS, AND IT IS A TOURIST DESTINATION. THERE MANY ANTIQUE STORES, VARIOUS PRICED RESTAURANTS, AND WELL AS SPAS, AND HOTELS. THERE HAVE BEEN ARTICLES ABOUT HEALDSBURG ART GALLERIES WRITTEN IN THE WALL ST JOURNAL. THE ARTISTS RANGE TO INTERNATIONAL MASTERS. THEY HAVE JAZZ FESTIVALS AND ANTIQUE AND RUSSIAN RIVER FOOD EVENTS IN THE PLAZA.
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WHISKERS
WHEN OUR FAMILY LIVED IN UKIAH I WAS WORKING AT THE FOREST SERVICE AND TRYING TO RAISE OUR SON. MY HUSBAND GOT A COMPUTER JOB. WE HAPPENED TO ADOPT A THREE YEAR OLD CAT WE NAMED WHISKERS AND MY SON LOVED THIS CAT. I BECAME A FULL TIME MOM AND WE MOVED BACK TO HEALDSBURG SO MY HUSBAND COULD HAVE MORE GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. WHISKERS HAD VERY LONG HAIR AND SHE HAD A LARGE FLUFFY TAIL. SHE WAS MOSTLY WHITE WITH BLACK AND YELLOW SPOTTING. SHE HAD A VERY GENTLE TEMPER. SHE RARELY PURED. SHE WAS MOSTLY AN OUTDOOR CAT AND WE FED HER IN OUR BACKYARD. MY STUDY OF EGYPT SAYS THAT ALL CAT BREEDS ORIGINATED IN EGYPT AND MIGRATED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE MOVED WITH HER TO HEALDSBURG AND MY SON DECIDED SHE COULD SLEEP WITH HIM. WE HAD HER IN TWO DIFFERENT HOUSES AND SHE LIVED TO BE ABOUT 17 YEARS OLD. I HAD TO NURSE HER BACK TO HEALTH AFTER SHE GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE. SHE LOST SIGHT IN ONE EYE. AS CATS GET OLDER SHE WANTED SOFT FOOD FOR HER TEETH. SHE DEVELOPED SOME KIND OF A THYROID CONDITION WHICH IS COMMON FOR CATS. SHE COULD HAVE GONE INTO A CAT SHOW AS SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL FOUND CAT.
SPRING LAKE PARK
LAST WEEKEND I TREATED MYSELF TO ANOTHER LONG HIKE AT SPRING LAKE PARK. THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL AT AROUND 70 DEGREES. THEY HAVE A NICE PAVED TRAIL AROUND THIS SPRING FED LAKE AND THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT DRIVE IN KIOSKS. I HELPED THE PARK PLANNERS BACK IN THE 80'S DEVELOP THE VISITOR CENTER. I HELPED THEM ADD A BASALT STORYTELLER'S CAVERN FOR TEACHERS AND OTHER NATIVES TO GIVE TALKS. MOST PEOPLE ENTER THE PARK FREE. AND HIKE ON THE DIRT AND CEMENT TRAILS. THERE WAS SOME MUD, BUT THE REST OF THE TRAIL WAS GREAT. WE NOTED CORMORANTS, GULLS,GEESE, AND GOSLINGS WERE FEEDING ON THE LAKES TO CATCH FISH. THE MAIN LAKE IS SPRING FED AND THEY HAVE A CAVERN THERE WHERE THE SPRING IS.
I POINTED OUT TO SOME PEOPLE THE SOAPROOT WHICH IS VERY GREEN IN THE WINTER AND HOW TO USE THE SOAP FOR HEALING YOUR SKIN OF POISON OAK. THEY ALSO HAVE SOME NATIVE BUNCH GRASS THAT WAS TRADITIONALLY USED BY THE POMO FOR FLOUR.
THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE KAYAKING AND FISHING HERE . THERE WAS A PADDLING CANOE AS WELL. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS AND PUSHING BABY STROLLERS. SOME OF THE CHILDREN WERE JOGGING IN SHORTS . ONE LADY WAS ON ROLLER SKATES. THEY HAD DOGS WALKING WITH THEM THAT DRANK THE LAKE WATER AND SWAM IN THE LAKE.
I POINTED OUT TO SOME PEOPLE THE SOAPROOT WHICH IS VERY GREEN IN THE WINTER AND HOW TO USE THE SOAP FOR HEALING YOUR SKIN OF POISON OAK. THEY ALSO HAVE SOME NATIVE BUNCH GRASS THAT WAS TRADITIONALLY USED BY THE POMO FOR FLOUR.
THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE KAYAKING AND FISHING HERE . THERE WAS A PADDLING CANOE AS WELL. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS AND PUSHING BABY STROLLERS. SOME OF THE CHILDREN WERE JOGGING IN SHORTS . ONE LADY WAS ON ROLLER SKATES. THEY HAD DOGS WALKING WITH THEM THAT DRANK THE LAKE WATER AND SWAM IN THE LAKE.
LAKE SONOMA SUMER HOUSEBOAT EXCURSION
ONE SUMMER WE HAD A GREAT WEEKEND VACATION WITH OUR FRIENDS , WE TOOK A HOUSEBOAT TRIP WITH OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS AND SOME OF THEIR EXTENDED FAMILY. IT WAS A HOT SUMMER AND WE SWAM IN THE LAKE WITH INNER TUBES. THEY HAD A SMALL SKI BOAT AND WE CAMPED OVERNIGHT ON THEIR HOUSEBOAT. IT WAS GREAT SCENERY AND WE PUTTED AROUND WITH THIS HOUSEBOAT AND SAW MANY BIRDS AND SOME FISH.
THE LAKE IS A HATCHERY FOR SALMON AND STEELHEAD TROUT. THERE ARE EAGLES AND PEREGRINE FALCONS PERCHED ON SOME OF THE TREES IN THE BACK COUNTRY MOUNTAINS. THE LAKE ATTRACTS MANY FISHERMEN. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW GOOD OUTLOOKS WHERE YOU CAN VIEW THE MOUNTAINS AND FIND FIND GOOD HIKING TRAILS.
THERE ARE A FEW TALL TREES AROUND THIS LAKE AND YO9U NEED TO BRING SUNSCREEN AND HATS AS IT GETS VERY HOT. THERE IS A NICE TREE COVERED TRAIL THAT I HAVE TAKEN MANY TIMES BY THE VISITOR CENTER. IT'S ONLY ABOUT AN HOUR HIKE.AND VERY GOOD VIEWS. THEIR VISITOR CENTER WAS CREATED BY CONTRACTS WITH A COUPLE OF COMPANIES. IT HAS A RECREATED POMO VILLAGE WITH SOME MANIKINS MAKING TOOLS AND SKINNING ANIMALS. THE MOMS CARRIED THEIR BABIES ON CRADLEBOARDS AS THEY COLLECTED VARIOUS SEEDS. THEY HAVE SOME POMO MINIATURE BASKETS AND SOME FEATHER BASKETS THAT ARE SACRED TO THE POMO.
THEIR DIORAMAS EXPLAIN HOW THESE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE USED TO LIVE AND HOW THEY MADE NETS AND BASKETS. ALSO IT SHOWS HOW THEY MADE NETS AND BASKETS FOR COLLECTING FISH FROM THE RIVERS. IT ALSO TELLS A STORY OF HOW THEY MADE SOME OF THEIR TRADE ALLIANCES WITH THE TRIBES IN CLOVERDALE AND ALONG THE RUSSIAN RIVER AND ALONG THE COAST. THEY HAVE ANIMALS FROM THE AREA IN A NATURAL SETTING IN THE MUSEUM. IN THE 70'S THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS DECIDED TO FLOOD THE AREA AND CREATE A LARGE DAM AS WELL AS A WATER STORAGE LAKE FOR NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY. THEY NEEDED TO MITIGATE THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. IN ORDER TO DO SO THEY HIRED ALL KINDS OF SCIENTISTS AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS. THE POMO SITES WERE TEST EXCAVATED AND SOME OF THE ARTIFACTS WERE PUT ON DISPLAY IN THE VISITOR CENTER. THEY ALSO MITIGATED THE AREA WHERE THE POMO COLLECTED SEDGE ROOT FOR MAKING BASKETS. THIS IS THE PRIMARY GRASS USED BY THEM APPARENTLY THEY RELOCATED SOME PLANTS FOR A NEW BED NEARBY THE VISITOR CENTER. THIS MITIGATION COST A LOT OF MONEY.
THE LAKE IS A HATCHERY FOR SALMON AND STEELHEAD TROUT. THERE ARE EAGLES AND PEREGRINE FALCONS PERCHED ON SOME OF THE TREES IN THE BACK COUNTRY MOUNTAINS. THE LAKE ATTRACTS MANY FISHERMEN. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW GOOD OUTLOOKS WHERE YOU CAN VIEW THE MOUNTAINS AND FIND FIND GOOD HIKING TRAILS.
THERE ARE A FEW TALL TREES AROUND THIS LAKE AND YO9U NEED TO BRING SUNSCREEN AND HATS AS IT GETS VERY HOT. THERE IS A NICE TREE COVERED TRAIL THAT I HAVE TAKEN MANY TIMES BY THE VISITOR CENTER. IT'S ONLY ABOUT AN HOUR HIKE.AND VERY GOOD VIEWS. THEIR VISITOR CENTER WAS CREATED BY CONTRACTS WITH A COUPLE OF COMPANIES. IT HAS A RECREATED POMO VILLAGE WITH SOME MANIKINS MAKING TOOLS AND SKINNING ANIMALS. THE MOMS CARRIED THEIR BABIES ON CRADLEBOARDS AS THEY COLLECTED VARIOUS SEEDS. THEY HAVE SOME POMO MINIATURE BASKETS AND SOME FEATHER BASKETS THAT ARE SACRED TO THE POMO.
THEIR DIORAMAS EXPLAIN HOW THESE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE USED TO LIVE AND HOW THEY MADE NETS AND BASKETS. ALSO IT SHOWS HOW THEY MADE NETS AND BASKETS FOR COLLECTING FISH FROM THE RIVERS. IT ALSO TELLS A STORY OF HOW THEY MADE SOME OF THEIR TRADE ALLIANCES WITH THE TRIBES IN CLOVERDALE AND ALONG THE RUSSIAN RIVER AND ALONG THE COAST. THEY HAVE ANIMALS FROM THE AREA IN A NATURAL SETTING IN THE MUSEUM. IN THE 70'S THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS DECIDED TO FLOOD THE AREA AND CREATE A LARGE DAM AS WELL AS A WATER STORAGE LAKE FOR NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY. THEY NEEDED TO MITIGATE THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. IN ORDER TO DO SO THEY HIRED ALL KINDS OF SCIENTISTS AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS. THE POMO SITES WERE TEST EXCAVATED AND SOME OF THE ARTIFACTS WERE PUT ON DISPLAY IN THE VISITOR CENTER. THEY ALSO MITIGATED THE AREA WHERE THE POMO COLLECTED SEDGE ROOT FOR MAKING BASKETS. THIS IS THE PRIMARY GRASS USED BY THEM APPARENTLY THEY RELOCATED SOME PLANTS FOR A NEW BED NEARBY THE VISITOR CENTER. THIS MITIGATION COST A LOT OF MONEY.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
EGYPTIAN MUSEUM OF SAN JOSE
MY FAMILY TRAVELED TO THE BEST MUSEUM FOR EGYPTIAN PREHISTORY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. THE GUIDE WAS A COMEDIAN OF SORTS. THIS MUSEUM HAS OVER 4000 ARTIFACTS FROM EGYPT AS WELL AS A MUMMY. THEY ALSO MADE BRONZE AND WOODEN SCULPTURES OF CATS. CATS WERE FIRST DOMESTICATED IN EGYPT OVER 6000 YEARS AGO. EGYPTIANS CONSIDERED THEIR CATS TO BE PROTECTORS OF THEIR HOMES. ALL OF OUR CATS ARE DESCENDED FROM EGYPTIAN CATS. SOME CATS EVEN WORE JEWELRY. MOST EGYPTIANS DID NOT HAVE NAMES. THEY MUMMIFIED THEIR . SOME OF THE PRINCES HAD THEIR CATS MUMMIFIED AND BURIED IN A STONE COFFIN. THIS IS THE ONLY EGYPTIAN MUSEUM IN THE WORLD THAT HOUSES AUTHENTIC EGYPTIAN ARTIFACTS.
CATS ARE TREATED BETTER HERE THAN IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY. THE EGYPTIANS HAVE SO MANY GODS THAT THEY BELIEVE IN. THE NILE HAS SUPPORTED LUSH GREEN VEGETATION AND HAS SUPPORTED LIFE IN A REGION OF SCANT RAINFALL FOR OVER 5000 YEARS. (SIMILAR TO THE GILA RIVER IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA).
THERE WERE SO MANY KINGDOMS AND DYNASTIES WHO LIVED AND VANISHED HERE. VERY FEW PEOPLE COULD READ OR WRITE . THE PEOPLE WHO COULD WERE CALLED SCRIBES. SCRIBES LEARNED THE SKILL OF WRITING IN THE SCHOOLS OF EGYPT OR HOUSES OF LIFE. ONLY BOYS ATTENDED THESE SCHOOLS, HOWEVER SEVERAL WOMEN WERE SCRIBES. IT WAS A DIFFICULT SCHOOL AS THEY HAD TO LEARN 500 DIFFERENT SIGNS.
THEIR FIRST LEARNINGS WERE HIEROGLYPHICS AND WERE MORE LIKE SYMBOLS. THEY MADE PAPYRUS AND THEIR SCRIBES USED HIEROGLYPHS IN THEIR TEMPLES AND PALACES FOR SACRED AND ROYAL WORK. THEY WROTE ON THE WALLS AND STONES.. AFTER 332B.S. THE EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE WAS WRITTEN WITH GREEK LETTERS. BY 1600 YEARS AGO ALL PEOPLE COULD DO WAS TO MAKE UP STORIES BASED UPON THE ANIMALS THE HIEROGLYPHS REPRESENTED. EGYPT BECAME A MYSTERY.
THE ROSETTA WAS A NAME OF THE VILLAGE OF THE ANCIENTS. A STONE WAS DISCOVERED THERE THAT ALLOWED RESEARCHERS TO UNDERSTAND ANCIENT EGYPTIAN WRITING. IN 1798 A SOLDIER FOUND PART OF THE STONE BY AN ACCIDENT. THIS ROCK BECAME KNOWN AS THE ROSETTA STONE. IT WAS ERECTED IN 196 BC TO COMMEMORATE THE 9TH YEAR OF PTOLOMY'S REIGN. IT LISTED THE BENEFITS THAT PTOLEMY BROUGHT TO HIS PEOPLE.
THE STONE BECAME FAMOUS BECAUSE IT HELPED TO DECIPHER THE EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE. IT BECAME FAMOUS BECAUSE IT HELPED TO DECIPHER THE EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE THAT HAD LONG BEEN OUT OF USE. THE ROSETTA STONE HAD AN INSCRIPTION WRITTEN IN HIEROGLYPHS, DEMONIC (NATIVE SCRIPT), AND IN GREEK. PEOPLE COULD READ GREEK. THEY HAD A KIND OF CONTEST TO SEE WHO COULD DECIPHER THE EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE FIRST. A 17 YEAR OLD BOY, JEAN CHAMPELLION, WON THE CONTEST! AT 32 YEARS OF AGE HE FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THE ANCIENT HIEROGLYPHS. HE REVEALED THE HIEROGLYPHS WERE THE WRITTEN FORM OF THE COPTIC LANGUAGE. HIS WORK WAS AN OPENING FOR THE OTHER EGYPTOLOGISTS TO BEGIN DECIPHERING ANY EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE.
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CATS ARE TREATED BETTER HERE THAN IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY. THE EGYPTIANS HAVE SO MANY GODS THAT THEY BELIEVE IN. THE NILE HAS SUPPORTED LUSH GREEN VEGETATION AND HAS SUPPORTED LIFE IN A REGION OF SCANT RAINFALL FOR OVER 5000 YEARS. (SIMILAR TO THE GILA RIVER IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA).
THERE WERE SO MANY KINGDOMS AND DYNASTIES WHO LIVED AND VANISHED HERE. VERY FEW PEOPLE COULD READ OR WRITE . THE PEOPLE WHO COULD WERE CALLED SCRIBES. SCRIBES LEARNED THE SKILL OF WRITING IN THE SCHOOLS OF EGYPT OR HOUSES OF LIFE. ONLY BOYS ATTENDED THESE SCHOOLS, HOWEVER SEVERAL WOMEN WERE SCRIBES. IT WAS A DIFFICULT SCHOOL AS THEY HAD TO LEARN 500 DIFFERENT SIGNS.
THEIR FIRST LEARNINGS WERE HIEROGLYPHICS AND WERE MORE LIKE SYMBOLS. THEY MADE PAPYRUS AND THEIR SCRIBES USED HIEROGLYPHS IN THEIR TEMPLES AND PALACES FOR SACRED AND ROYAL WORK. THEY WROTE ON THE WALLS AND STONES.. AFTER 332B.S. THE EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE WAS WRITTEN WITH GREEK LETTERS. BY 1600 YEARS AGO ALL PEOPLE COULD DO WAS TO MAKE UP STORIES BASED UPON THE ANIMALS THE HIEROGLYPHS REPRESENTED. EGYPT BECAME A MYSTERY.
THE ROSETTA WAS A NAME OF THE VILLAGE OF THE ANCIENTS. A STONE WAS DISCOVERED THERE THAT ALLOWED RESEARCHERS TO UNDERSTAND ANCIENT EGYPTIAN WRITING. IN 1798 A SOLDIER FOUND PART OF THE STONE BY AN ACCIDENT. THIS ROCK BECAME KNOWN AS THE ROSETTA STONE. IT WAS ERECTED IN 196 BC TO COMMEMORATE THE 9TH YEAR OF PTOLOMY'S REIGN. IT LISTED THE BENEFITS THAT PTOLEMY BROUGHT TO HIS PEOPLE.
THE STONE BECAME FAMOUS BECAUSE IT HELPED TO DECIPHER THE EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE. IT BECAME FAMOUS BECAUSE IT HELPED TO DECIPHER THE EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE THAT HAD LONG BEEN OUT OF USE. THE ROSETTA STONE HAD AN INSCRIPTION WRITTEN IN HIEROGLYPHS, DEMONIC (NATIVE SCRIPT), AND IN GREEK. PEOPLE COULD READ GREEK. THEY HAD A KIND OF CONTEST TO SEE WHO COULD DECIPHER THE EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE FIRST. A 17 YEAR OLD BOY, JEAN CHAMPELLION, WON THE CONTEST! AT 32 YEARS OF AGE HE FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THE ANCIENT HIEROGLYPHS. HE REVEALED THE HIEROGLYPHS WERE THE WRITTEN FORM OF THE COPTIC LANGUAGE. HIS WORK WAS AN OPENING FOR THE OTHER EGYPTOLOGISTS TO BEGIN DECIPHERING ANY EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
WESTERN APACHE IN COLORADO INDIANS
THESE APACHE WERE SOUTHERN ATHABASKANS WHO LIVED IN COLORADO BETWEEN 1000 - 15000 A.D. THEIR MIGRATIONS THROUGH TIME ARE NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. BUT AFTER 1500S THEY SEPARATED INTO SEVERAL SMALL GROUPS. THEY BECAME MORE SEPARATED INTO SEVERAL SMALL GROUPS. THEY BECAME MORE ISOLATED FROM EACH OTHER AND DEVELOPED DIFFICULT CULTURAL TRAITS.
THERE ARE FIVE SUBTRIBAL GROUPS OF THE WESTERN APACHE WHO OCCUPIED CONTIGUOUS REGIONS IN THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL PORTION OF ARIZONA. THE SAN CARLOS APACHE LIVED SOUTH OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU. THE WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE WERE THE EASTERNMOST GROUP. THE CIBEQUE APACHE WERE ON THE SALT RIVER ABOVE THE MOGOLLON RIM.
THE WESTERN APACHE WERE HUNTER AND GATHERERS AND THEY WERE MODIFIED AFTER CONTACT WITH PUEBLOS. BY 1600S THEY DEVELOPED A COLLECTION STRATEGY OF FOOD GATHERING AND PLANTING SOME CROPS BY THEIR VILLAGES IN SPRING AND SUMMER. THEY TRAVELED A LARGE DISTANCE TO HARVEST MESCAL. IN MAY THEY HAD BUILT AND USED IRRIGATION DITCHES AND PLANTED CROPS. IN JULY THEY HARVESTED SAQUARO CACTUS IN THE GILA VALLEY. THERE ACORN HARVEST TOOK A MONTH AND THEY COLLECTED THEIR PLANTED CROPS IN SEPTEMBER. IN FALL/WINTER THE MEN HUNTED. EXCEPT FOR EARLY SPRING THEY WERE CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE. THEY LEARNED TO RAID OTHER TRIBES FOR SECURING CATTLE. DURING THE 1600'S THEY ACQUIRED HORSES FROM THE SPANISH. THE APACHE WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR RAIDS.
THEY WERE DEFEATED BY 1875 BY GENERAL CROOK AS HE BURNED MOST OF THE STORES OF MEAT SEEDS AND WINTER DIET. AS THEY WERE PLACED ON RESERVATIONS THEIR CYCLE OF HUNTING AND GATHERING WAS FOREVER DESTROYED. THEY WERE ALL PLACED ON THE SAN CARLOS RESERVATION WHICH WAS SOUTH OF THEIR SACRED BIRTH PLACE. THE FORT APACHE WERE IN THE SOUTH WHITE RIVER WHERE THEIR HOMELANDS WERE LOCATED, AND THEY COULD RAISE CORN, BEANS AND SQUASH.
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THERE ARE FIVE SUBTRIBAL GROUPS OF THE WESTERN APACHE WHO OCCUPIED CONTIGUOUS REGIONS IN THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL PORTION OF ARIZONA. THE SAN CARLOS APACHE LIVED SOUTH OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU. THE WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE WERE THE EASTERNMOST GROUP. THE CIBEQUE APACHE WERE ON THE SALT RIVER ABOVE THE MOGOLLON RIM.
THE WESTERN APACHE WERE HUNTER AND GATHERERS AND THEY WERE MODIFIED AFTER CONTACT WITH PUEBLOS. BY 1600S THEY DEVELOPED A COLLECTION STRATEGY OF FOOD GATHERING AND PLANTING SOME CROPS BY THEIR VILLAGES IN SPRING AND SUMMER. THEY TRAVELED A LARGE DISTANCE TO HARVEST MESCAL. IN MAY THEY HAD BUILT AND USED IRRIGATION DITCHES AND PLANTED CROPS. IN JULY THEY HARVESTED SAQUARO CACTUS IN THE GILA VALLEY. THERE ACORN HARVEST TOOK A MONTH AND THEY COLLECTED THEIR PLANTED CROPS IN SEPTEMBER. IN FALL/WINTER THE MEN HUNTED. EXCEPT FOR EARLY SPRING THEY WERE CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE. THEY LEARNED TO RAID OTHER TRIBES FOR SECURING CATTLE. DURING THE 1600'S THEY ACQUIRED HORSES FROM THE SPANISH. THE APACHE WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR RAIDS.
THEY WERE DEFEATED BY 1875 BY GENERAL CROOK AS HE BURNED MOST OF THE STORES OF MEAT SEEDS AND WINTER DIET. AS THEY WERE PLACED ON RESERVATIONS THEIR CYCLE OF HUNTING AND GATHERING WAS FOREVER DESTROYED. THEY WERE ALL PLACED ON THE SAN CARLOS RESERVATION WHICH WAS SOUTH OF THEIR SACRED BIRTH PLACE. THE FORT APACHE WERE IN THE SOUTH WHITE RIVER WHERE THEIR HOMELANDS WERE LOCATED, AND THEY COULD RAISE CORN, BEANS AND SQUASH.
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Monday, January 17, 2011
KAUIA TRIP
BEFORE MY HUSBAND AND I HAD OUR SON WE HIKED ON THE KALALAU TRAIL ON THE NAPALI COAST WHICH IS ON THE NORTH SHORE AND IS A RUGGED AND BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE OCEAN. CENTURIES AGO HAWAIIAN SETTLEMENTS FLOURISHED HERE AS THEY WERE SELF SUFFICIENT ON FOOD THEY GREW AND FISH THEY ATE. THIS TRAIL IS OFTEN FLOODED AND HAS MANY MOSQUITOES HERE. BE SURE TO BRING SOME BUG REPELLENT. WE BROUGHT OUR BACKPACK TENT AND STAYED OVERNIGHT. WE TRIED TO GET TO AN ISLAND WATERFALL BUT THE TRAILS BECAME SO SLIPPERY AND FULL OF FROGS WE TURNED BACK. WE HAD TO CROSS THE RIVER MANY TIMES. THE CLIFFS DROP 4000 FEET DOWN TO THE OCEAN AND THERE ARE MANY WATER FALLS, HEIAU OR SACRED SITES. THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HERE ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP THEIR CULTURE ALIVE. THEIR ANCIENT SITES ARE CALLED CITIES OF REFUGE. THEY ARE NOT TO BE TOUCHED OR DAMAGED. THE ROCK WALLS ARE NOT TO BE CLIMBED ON EITHER.
WAILUA COMPLEX HAS PETROGLYPHS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE RIVER. THE DESIGNS INCLUDE HUMAN FORMS, FISH AND GEOMETRIC FORMS. THE RIVER HAS A TOURIST BOAT THAT WE TOOK AND IT GOES TO A SMALL FERN GROTTO. THEY TALK ABOUT A SLEEPING GIANT THAT IS A ROCK FORMATION. IT IS THE ONLY NAVIGABLE RIVER RIVER IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. IN WAILUA THERE ARE TWO DRAMATIC FALLS TOGETHER THAT MY FAMILY HAS VISITED. THEY ARE 80' TALL AND FALL INTO A BIG POOL OF WATER.
AT HANALEI BAY, WE SWAM AT THIS WHITE SAND BEACH AND THERE WAS A GOOD PLACE TO SURF. MY HUSBAND BODY SURFED AND I TRIED TO SURF WITH A BEACH BOARD AND HAD SOME LUCK. IT IS FAMOUS FOR THE SONG "PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON".
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WAILUA COMPLEX HAS PETROGLYPHS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE RIVER. THE DESIGNS INCLUDE HUMAN FORMS, FISH AND GEOMETRIC FORMS. THE RIVER HAS A TOURIST BOAT THAT WE TOOK AND IT GOES TO A SMALL FERN GROTTO. THEY TALK ABOUT A SLEEPING GIANT THAT IS A ROCK FORMATION. IT IS THE ONLY NAVIGABLE RIVER RIVER IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. IN WAILUA THERE ARE TWO DRAMATIC FALLS TOGETHER THAT MY FAMILY HAS VISITED. THEY ARE 80' TALL AND FALL INTO A BIG POOL OF WATER.
AT HANALEI BAY, WE SWAM AT THIS WHITE SAND BEACH AND THERE WAS A GOOD PLACE TO SURF. MY HUSBAND BODY SURFED AND I TRIED TO SURF WITH A BEACH BOARD AND HAD SOME LUCK. IT IS FAMOUS FOR THE SONG "PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON".
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REVEREND KIM KAISER AT CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING
THE THEME OF KIM'S TALK WAS A DIVINE LIFE. HE STARTED WITH THE THOUGHT THAT WE ARE ETERNAL AND TO FIND WAYS TO TASTE ETERNITY. HENRY THOREAU DID NOT THINK OF TIME AS IMPORTANT OR AS A VARIABLE. HE SAW NATURE AS ETERNITY AND MENTIONED TO LAUNCH YOURSELF ON A WAVE.
ERNEST HOLMES APPARENTLY MENTIONED TO TURN TO THE FRIEND WITHIN YOU WHO IS THE GOD WITHIN YOU. HE SUGGESTED TO GET INTO A NEW SONG INSTEAD OF REPEATING AN OLD SONG. THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF TIME IS SOMETHING WE CONCENTRATE ON ETERNITY IS STEPPING THROUGH TIME. OUR STORIES ARE TOLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN. TELLING JOKES ARE GOOD.
MANY PEOPLE MEASURE WHAT THEY ARE WORTH BASED UPON WHAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO MAKE YOUR LIFE WORTHWHILE. REALIZE THAT YOUR SOUL IS INFINITE AND ABOVE FEAR, BEYOND PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD.
HE GAVE US A TREATMENT IN THE FORM OF A PRAYER. PASS FROM SEPARATION TO ONENESS. LIVE AN ETERNAL DISCOVERY OF FINDING GOOD. DROP YOUR HAVE TO'S, TURN TO THE FRIEND WITHIN YOU, THE GOD WITHIN YOUR OWEN SOUL.
ERNEST HOLMES APPARENTLY MENTIONED TO TURN TO THE FRIEND WITHIN YOU WHO IS THE GOD WITHIN YOU. HE SUGGESTED TO GET INTO A NEW SONG INSTEAD OF REPEATING AN OLD SONG. THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF TIME IS SOMETHING WE CONCENTRATE ON ETERNITY IS STEPPING THROUGH TIME. OUR STORIES ARE TOLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN. TELLING JOKES ARE GOOD.
MANY PEOPLE MEASURE WHAT THEY ARE WORTH BASED UPON WHAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO MAKE YOUR LIFE WORTHWHILE. REALIZE THAT YOUR SOUL IS INFINITE AND ABOVE FEAR, BEYOND PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD.
HE GAVE US A TREATMENT IN THE FORM OF A PRAYER. PASS FROM SEPARATION TO ONENESS. LIVE AN ETERNAL DISCOVERY OF FINDING GOOD. DROP YOUR HAVE TO'S, TURN TO THE FRIEND WITHIN YOU, THE GOD WITHIN YOUR OWEN SOUL.
ARCATA MARSH AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
THIS AREA WAS IN POOR CONDITION PRIOR TO THE ARCATA WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY - ALLEN MARSH CONTAINED HIGH LEVELS OF TANNIN FROM THE OLD LOGGING DECK, GIVING THIS MARSH A TEA BROWN COLOR. THE OBSERVATION AREA WAS ONCE A LANDFILL CALLED MOUNT TRASHMORE. THE LAKE WAS DUGOUT IN ORDER TO COVER MOUNT TRASHMORE. THERE ARE THREE ENTERTAINMENT MARSHES, A VISITOR CENTER, A LAKE, AND AN OBSERVATION AREA THAT NOW MAKE UP THE ARCATA MARSH AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY THAT COVERS 150 ACRES. WE SPENT 1/2 DAY HIKING THERE AS IT WAS A UNIQUE PLACE MENTIONED ON OUR MAP. THERE WERE SOME UNUSUAL BIRDS AND PLANT LIFE.
SINCE THE SANCTUARY WAS CREATED THEY PLANTED DIFFERENT PLANTS TO RECLAIM THE DUMPING SITE. THE WILDLIFE HAS CHANGED TO INCLUDE 200 SPECIES OF BIRDS AS WELL AS OTHER HEALTHY ANIMALS. SECONDARY TREATMENT WATER FLOWS THROUGH THE CHAIN OF CONSTRUCTED TREATMENT WETLANDS, MARSHES, AND IS CLEARER THAN THE BAY ITSELF. OUR FAMILY VISITED THIS SANCTUARY ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO. AND WE LIKED THE MARSH PLANTS AND PEACEFULNESS THAT WAS THERE. THE VISITOR CENTER WAS ALSO WELL CONCEIVED. IT COST THE CITY 5 MILLION IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE WASTE WATER MARSH SYSTEM. VERY FEW PEOPLE WERE HIKING THERE.. THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY SUPPORTED A NEW PLAN TO ENHANCE THE WATER QUALITY. THEY WERE ABLE TO SIMULATE AN ENVIRONMENT INVOLVING OCEAN SALT WATER AND RECLAIMING WATER THAT FISH COULD SURVIVE IN.
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SINCE THE SANCTUARY WAS CREATED THEY PLANTED DIFFERENT PLANTS TO RECLAIM THE DUMPING SITE. THE WILDLIFE HAS CHANGED TO INCLUDE 200 SPECIES OF BIRDS AS WELL AS OTHER HEALTHY ANIMALS. SECONDARY TREATMENT WATER FLOWS THROUGH THE CHAIN OF CONSTRUCTED TREATMENT WETLANDS, MARSHES, AND IS CLEARER THAN THE BAY ITSELF. OUR FAMILY VISITED THIS SANCTUARY ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO. AND WE LIKED THE MARSH PLANTS AND PEACEFULNESS THAT WAS THERE. THE VISITOR CENTER WAS ALSO WELL CONCEIVED. IT COST THE CITY 5 MILLION IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE WASTE WATER MARSH SYSTEM. VERY FEW PEOPLE WERE HIKING THERE.. THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY SUPPORTED A NEW PLAN TO ENHANCE THE WATER QUALITY. THEY WERE ABLE TO SIMULATE AN ENVIRONMENT INVOLVING OCEAN SALT WATER AND RECLAIMING WATER THAT FISH COULD SURVIVE IN.
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TRINITY RIVER BOAT TRIP
OUR FAMILY TOOK A VACATION TO OUR OLD STOMPING GROUNDS BY THE KLAMATH RIVER. WE SHOWED OUR SON THE AREAS WE SURVEYED FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES. TRINITY RIVER IS ONE OF THE LONGEST TRIBUTARIES TO THE KLAMATH RIVER. IT IS A LEVEL FOUR KAYAKING RIVER THAT WE WILL NEVER GO ON AGAIN. IT IS ABOUT 100 MILES IN LENGTH. IT DRAINS THE COASTAL RANGES AND THE SOUTHERN KLAMATH MOUNTAINS. IT IS VERY SCENIC AND FLOWS SWIFTLY THROUGH TIGHT CANYONS. IT FLOWS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE TRINITY ALPS.
THIS RIVER AS WELL AS THE KLAMATH HAS BEEN MINED FOR GOLD BY PLACER OR BASIN BOWLS, AS WELL AS LARGE SCALE HYDRAULIC MINING SINCE THE1850'S . IT IS POPULAR FOR WHITE WATER.. IT HAS SALMON AND TROUT HATCHERIES. IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT RIVER TO KAYAK IN. ALL THREE OF US DECIDED TO TAKE INFLATABLE KAYAKS DOWN THE RIVER ABOUT 4 MILES. MY SON GOT DUNKED IN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES. THEN MY HUSBAND GOT DUNKED, AND THEN I DID AND I LOST MY FLOPPY HAT. LUCKILY WE HAD HELMETS ON. WE HAD A ROUGH TIME ON THAT RIVER AND IT TOOK MUCH LONGER THAN THEY SAID IT WOULD. WE WERE COLD , WET AND GLAD TO HAVE THE ENERGY TO CARRY OUT OUR KAYAKS, BACK TO THE STARTING POINT IN OUR SUV. LUCKILY I CARRIED MY KAYAK ON THE RIVER BANK INSTEAD ON RISKING SOME OF THE RAPIDS. APPARENTLY THE LOWER RIVER OFFERS SOME EASIER FAMILY FLOATS AND SWIMMING SECTIONS.
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THIS RIVER AS WELL AS THE KLAMATH HAS BEEN MINED FOR GOLD BY PLACER OR BASIN BOWLS, AS WELL AS LARGE SCALE HYDRAULIC MINING SINCE THE1850'S . IT IS POPULAR FOR WHITE WATER.. IT HAS SALMON AND TROUT HATCHERIES. IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT RIVER TO KAYAK IN. ALL THREE OF US DECIDED TO TAKE INFLATABLE KAYAKS DOWN THE RIVER ABOUT 4 MILES. MY SON GOT DUNKED IN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES. THEN MY HUSBAND GOT DUNKED, AND THEN I DID AND I LOST MY FLOPPY HAT. LUCKILY WE HAD HELMETS ON. WE HAD A ROUGH TIME ON THAT RIVER AND IT TOOK MUCH LONGER THAN THEY SAID IT WOULD. WE WERE COLD , WET AND GLAD TO HAVE THE ENERGY TO CARRY OUT OUR KAYAKS, BACK TO THE STARTING POINT IN OUR SUV. LUCKILY I CARRIED MY KAYAK ON THE RIVER BANK INSTEAD ON RISKING SOME OF THE RAPIDS. APPARENTLY THE LOWER RIVER OFFERS SOME EASIER FAMILY FLOATS AND SWIMMING SECTIONS.
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HOOVER DAM RIVER RAFTING
WE TRAVELED TO MANY NATIONAL PARKS ONE SUMMER WHEN OUR SON WAS ABOUT 12. WE STOPPED TO TOUR THE GIGANTIC HOOVER DAM. THIS TOUR TAKES SEVERAL HOURS AND YOU GO THROUGH A LOT OF CHAMBERS IN ORDER TO IN ORDER TO GET TO THE VARIOUS MECHANICAL ROOMS THAT OPEN OPERATE THE FLOW OF WATER.
WE TOOK A SHORT 4 HOUR RAFTING TRIP AFTER WALKING DOWN A 100 FOOT STAIR STEP TO THE COLORADO RIVER . THE GUIDE THAT SUMMER WAS PREVIOUSLY A WAITRESS. AND OUR BOAT GOT STUCK ON THE WAY BACK. I GUESS THE BATTERY DIED. LUCKILY THEY HAD WALKIE TALKIE PHONES AND SOMEONE CAM OUT TO FIX IT. WE BROUGHT A SNACK AND THEY HAD WATERMELON FOR US ALL AS IT WAS WAY OVER 100 DEGREES. IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR THE STORY ABOUT THE EXPLORER JOHN WESLEY POWELL. HE WAS THE SON OF A PREACHER, WHO WANTED HIM TO FOLLOW HIS FOOTSTEPS. BUT HE WENT TO COLLEGE AND STUDIED NATURAL HISTORY. HE WAS ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. IN THE LATE 1800'S HE MADE A HUGE RIVER TRIP OF OVER 600 MILES WITH ABOUT 6 MEN. HE MADE IT TO THE COLORADO RIVER AND THE GUIDE DESCRIBED THEY WERE BASICALLY OUT OF FOOD AND HAD TO HUNT AND GATHER WHAT WAS IN THE CANYON. IT MUST HAVE BEEN A PRETTY TOUGH LIFE BACK THEN AS THEY EXPLORED THE RIVERS!
WE TOOK A SHORT 4 HOUR RAFTING TRIP AFTER WALKING DOWN A 100 FOOT STAIR STEP TO THE COLORADO RIVER . THE GUIDE THAT SUMMER WAS PREVIOUSLY A WAITRESS. AND OUR BOAT GOT STUCK ON THE WAY BACK. I GUESS THE BATTERY DIED. LUCKILY THEY HAD WALKIE TALKIE PHONES AND SOMEONE CAM OUT TO FIX IT. WE BROUGHT A SNACK AND THEY HAD WATERMELON FOR US ALL AS IT WAS WAY OVER 100 DEGREES. IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR THE STORY ABOUT THE EXPLORER JOHN WESLEY POWELL. HE WAS THE SON OF A PREACHER, WHO WANTED HIM TO FOLLOW HIS FOOTSTEPS. BUT HE WENT TO COLLEGE AND STUDIED NATURAL HISTORY. HE WAS ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. IN THE LATE 1800'S HE MADE A HUGE RIVER TRIP OF OVER 600 MILES WITH ABOUT 6 MEN. HE MADE IT TO THE COLORADO RIVER AND THE GUIDE DESCRIBED THEY WERE BASICALLY OUT OF FOOD AND HAD TO HUNT AND GATHER WHAT WAS IN THE CANYON. IT MUST HAVE BEEN A PRETTY TOUGH LIFE BACK THEN AS THEY EXPLORED THE RIVERS!
TAHOE SKI RESORTS
WHEN OUR FAMILY WAS WANTING TO HAVE A SNOWY VACATION, WE HEADED FOR THE LAKE TAHOE AREA WITH SNOW CHAINS. OUR SON WAS ABOUT 10 TO 15 AND HE LOVED TO BE IN THE SNOW DURING THANKSGIVING BREAK. WE HEADED TO A SKI RESORT AND STAYED OVERNIGHT IN SOME HOTELS WITH FIREPLACES SOMETIMES. WE WENT BOTH DOWNHILL SKIING ON SKI BIKES THAT YOU TAKE UP TO THE LIFTS AND JUMP OFF WITH THEM. THEY GIVE YOU A HELMET AND WE RENTED BOOTS TO STOP WITH . THEY ARE SO DANGEROUS WE WILL NEVER BE DOING IT AGAIN. WE ALSO WENT TO KIRKWOOD RESORT WHERE WE HAD A GOOD WORKOUT WITH CROSS COUNTRY SKIS THAT WE RENTED. I THINK IT TOOK ALL DAY TO GO INTO A VALLEY WITH OUR BACKPACKS AND CLIMB UP HILL AGAIN.
WE ALSO WENT DOWNHILL SLEDDING AT BOREAL, DONNER, AND OTHER PLACES AROUND LAKE TAHOE WHEN OUR SON WAS INTERESTED IN HAVING SOME SNOW FUN. THEY HAVE SOME PRETTY FAST DOWNHILL RUNS. WE WILL SOMEDAY DO THIS AGAIN.
I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN DOING SOME SNOWSHOE WALKING IN THE WINTER FOR EXERCISE. WE USUALLY PACKED A LUNCH AND BROUGHT OUR WATER AND THICK GLOVES. IT WAS GOOD FUN TO PLAY IN THE SNOW.
WE ALSO WENT DOWNHILL SLEDDING AT BOREAL, DONNER, AND OTHER PLACES AROUND LAKE TAHOE WHEN OUR SON WAS INTERESTED IN HAVING SOME SNOW FUN. THEY HAVE SOME PRETTY FAST DOWNHILL RUNS. WE WILL SOMEDAY DO THIS AGAIN.
I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN DOING SOME SNOWSHOE WALKING IN THE WINTER FOR EXERCISE. WE USUALLY PACKED A LUNCH AND BROUGHT OUR WATER AND THICK GLOVES. IT WAS GOOD FUN TO PLAY IN THE SNOW.
FERNDALE - A TOURIST'S TOWN
THIS A SMALL LOGGING TOWN WHICH IS A TOURIST ATTRACTION FOR MANY REASONS. THE ENTIRE TOWN LOOKS LIKE AN OLD FASHIONED MOVIE. OUR FAMILY STAYED OVERNIGHT JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN. IT'S BEEN CALLED THE BEST PRESERVED VICTORIAN TOWN IN CALIFORNIA. WE LOVED IT! IT IS LOCATED ALONG THE LOST COAST OF THE PACIFIC AND IS WITHIN DAIRY COMMUNITIES. THERE ARE OLD FASHIONED CARS AND THE MAIN STREET BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN METICULOUSLY PAINTED IN METICULOUSLY VICTORIAN COLORS. THEY HAVE AN OLD FASHIONED MERCANTILE THAT SELLS ALL SORTS OF THINGS INCLUDING CANDIES. THERE ARE ANTIQUE SHOPS, ART GALLERIES, SPECIALTY SHOPS, AND A BEAUTIFUL NURSERY STORE. EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE A FAIRY TALE SETTING IT IS AN AMERICAN TOWN WHICH TAKES PRIDE IN ITS CULTURAL HERITAGE. THE TOWN WAS INHABITED IN LATE 1800'S BY SCANDINAVIANS, SWISS-ITALIANS, AND PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS. THE ENTIRE TOWN IS ON THE CALIFORNIA HISTORIC LANDMARKS. WE NOTICED A WACKY PLACE WHERE THEY MAKE ALL KINDS OF MOBIL SCULPTURES FOR A KINETIC RACE. IT IS AN EVENT THAT THEY HAVE WITH MACHINERY THAT MOVES AND SCULPTURES THAT MAKE NO SENSE FOR THREE DAYS. CHRISTMAS IN THIS TOWN BECOMES MAGICAL.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
HEARST CASTLE
YOU CAN GO ON A SELF GUIDED TOUR NOW AND GO THROUGH THE ESPLANADE , STROLL THROUGH THE GARDENS, RELAX ON ONE OF THE TERRACES AND SOAK IN THE VIEWS. OUR FAMILY USED TO GO TO THE HEARST CASTLE IN SAN SIMEON DURING CHRISTMAS AND GO TO SEVERAL OF THE STATE PARKS ON THE WAY DOWN AND STAY AT A CAMBRIA HOTEL WHERE THEY HAVE AN INDOOR POOL. WE ENJOYED DOING A FAMILY CHRISTMAS THERE AS THE CASTLE IS DECORATED IN MANY ROOMS.
MR. HEARST, BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO, HAD MANY GUESTS HERE DURING THE 1930'S. HIS ARCHITECT, JULIA MORGAN, WORKED COLLABORATIVELY TO CREATE THIS HUGE GARDEN ESTATE OVERLOOKING THE OCEAN. JUST SOUTH OF BIG SUR.. SHE DESIGNED THE ROMAN INDOOR POOL WITH MOSAIC TILE ON THE FLOOR. MANY MOVIE STARS SWAM HERE. SHE ALSO DESIGNED A LARGE OLYMPIC LOOKING NEPTUNE OUTDOOR POOL WITH FULL SIZE MARBLE SCULPTURES OF CHILDREN AND BIRDS AND PILLARS.
HEARST CAME FROM A RICH FAMILY THAT HAD ACQUIRED MONEY FROM MINING. HE TOURED EUROPE WITH HIS FAMILY AT A YOUNG AGE. AND HE DECIDED HE LOVED THE CASTLES HE SAW THERE AND DREAMED OF CREATING ONE IN THE US. HE WENT TO HARVARD AND EXCELLED IN JOURNALISM. HE DECIDED TO ACQUIRE SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS TO MANAGE. AT HIS PEAK HE OWNED OVER 2 DOZEN NEWSPAPERS HOLDING NATIONWIDE. LIKE MANY OF HIS FRIENDS HE AMASSED A GREAT QUANTITY OF ART COLLECTIONS FROM EUROPE AND AROUND THE WORLD. THESE WERE MUSEUM LIKE PIECES. HE HAD FIVE CHILDREN AND DIED WHEN HE WAS 88. HIS GRANDSON IS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE HEARST CORPORATION.
THEY HAVE A THEATRE HERE WHERE THEY GIVE INTERPRETIVE TOURS OF THE PROPERTY. THEY HAVE ABOUT 700,00 TOURS PER YEAR.
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MR. HEARST, BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO, HAD MANY GUESTS HERE DURING THE 1930'S. HIS ARCHITECT, JULIA MORGAN, WORKED COLLABORATIVELY TO CREATE THIS HUGE GARDEN ESTATE OVERLOOKING THE OCEAN. JUST SOUTH OF BIG SUR.. SHE DESIGNED THE ROMAN INDOOR POOL WITH MOSAIC TILE ON THE FLOOR. MANY MOVIE STARS SWAM HERE. SHE ALSO DESIGNED A LARGE OLYMPIC LOOKING NEPTUNE OUTDOOR POOL WITH FULL SIZE MARBLE SCULPTURES OF CHILDREN AND BIRDS AND PILLARS.
HEARST CAME FROM A RICH FAMILY THAT HAD ACQUIRED MONEY FROM MINING. HE TOURED EUROPE WITH HIS FAMILY AT A YOUNG AGE. AND HE DECIDED HE LOVED THE CASTLES HE SAW THERE AND DREAMED OF CREATING ONE IN THE US. HE WENT TO HARVARD AND EXCELLED IN JOURNALISM. HE DECIDED TO ACQUIRE SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS TO MANAGE. AT HIS PEAK HE OWNED OVER 2 DOZEN NEWSPAPERS HOLDING NATIONWIDE. LIKE MANY OF HIS FRIENDS HE AMASSED A GREAT QUANTITY OF ART COLLECTIONS FROM EUROPE AND AROUND THE WORLD. THESE WERE MUSEUM LIKE PIECES. HE HAD FIVE CHILDREN AND DIED WHEN HE WAS 88. HIS GRANDSON IS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE HEARST CORPORATION.
THEY HAVE A THEATRE HERE WHERE THEY GIVE INTERPRETIVE TOURS OF THE PROPERTY. THEY HAVE ABOUT 700,00 TOURS PER YEAR.
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MAUI ISLAND
OUR FAMILY HAS TRAVELLED TO MAUI ABOUT THREE TIMES. MY MOM WAS THERE ON OUR LAST VISIT. IT IS THE MOST HIGHLY DEVELOPED OF THE ISLANDS WE HAVE BEEN ON. THE LARGEST TOWN IS LAHAINA WHICH IS AN ARTIST'S COLONY. EVERY FRIDAY THEY HAVE A GROUP OF ARTISTS WHO EXHIBIT THEIR CRAFTS AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR ART TALENTS. THEY HAVE ROCK SCULPTORS, PAINTERS, POTTERS, AND JEWELERS. WE STAYED ONCE IN A CONDO AND IN SEVERAL BED AND BREAKFASTS. WE WENT UP TO HALAKALA NATIONAL PARK ON THE SOUTHEAST COAST. THE MOUNTAIN PEAK IS 10,000 FEET HIGH. THE NAME MEANS HOUSE OF THE SUN. THE LEGEND IS THAT THE DEMIGOD MAUI LASSOED THE SUN FROM IT'S JOURNEY ACROSS THE SKY AS HE STOOD ON THE EDGE OF THE VOLCANO, TRYING TO SLOW IT'S DESCENT TO MAKE THE DESCENT LAST LONGER. THE PARK HAS 30,000 ACRES. PEOPLE COME UP TO THE PEAK TO WATCH THE SUNSET AND THE SUNRISE. EACH ONE IS VERY DIFFERENT. MY FAMILY TOOK A BIKE TOUR ALONG THE ROAD OF THIS MOUNTAIN ONE SUMMER ABOUT 12,000 YEARS AGO. THERE ARE TOUR VANS THAT BRING YOUR BIKES AND YOU UP TO THE MOUNTAIN. YOU WERE A HELMET AND COAST DOWNHILL AT YOUR OWN PACE. THERE ARE SOME UPHILL SLOPES AS WELL. WE ALL HAD FUN!
WE STOPPED AT MANY OVERLOOKS TO SEE THE DOLPHINS AND HUMPBACK WHALES THAT BREECH AND ARE POPULAR DURING FEBRUARY. MANY FOLKS HAD NOT SEEN THESE WHALES. YOU MAY ALSO SEE GIANT TURTLES THAT SWIM IN THE OCEAN. KAANAPALI BEECH WAS OUR FAVORITE BEACH TO SWIM IN. IT IS FULL OF FINE GRAINED WHITE SAND AND THE WAVES ARE USUALLY QUITE CALM WITH FEW RUGGED STONES UNDER THE WATER AND A VERY GRADUAL SLOPING BEECH. THIS BEECH WAS THE FORMER RETREAT FOR ROYALTY OF MAUI . WE STAYED AT SEVERAL OF THERE CONDOS THERE.
ON OUR SECOND VISIT TO MAUI MY FAMILY AND MY MOM WENT TO HAVE A VACATION AT THE WESTIN OCEAN RESORT. THEY HAVE FIVE POOLS. ONE HAS A SLIDE GOING INTO THE POOL. THEN YOU CAN SWIM UNDER A TUNNEL AND GO INTO ANOTHER POOL. THEY HAVE MUSEUM OF SORTS IN THEIR HALLWAYS AND ON THE SECOND FLOOR IN THE HALLS AND IN SOME ROOMS. IT IS ALL OLD CHINESE WOOD WORK SOME ARE PAINTED GOLD , SOME ARE OLD PIECES, SOME ARE DETAILED OIL PAINTINGS. THEIR IS AN ENTIRE HALL OF WOODEN STATUES OF CHINESE PEOPLE AND THERE ARE MIRRORS SURROUNDED BY DETAILED ETCHED WOODEN CARVINGS. IT IS AN UNUSUAL RESORT. THEY HAVE A BEAUTY PARLOR, SEVERAL RESTAURANTS. A ROOM THAT SHOWS OTHER WESTIN RESORTS AND MANY OTHER GIFT STORES. WE TYPICALLY BROUGHT CEREAL FOOD INTO OUR ROOM AND TOOK OUR LUNCH WHEN WE WENT OUT. WE ATE OUR DINNER AT RESTAURANTS. WE ATE A GOOD BREAKFAST AT THE RESORT. WE TOOK A MOVIE OF THIS RESORT AND SO DID MY SON. HE LOVED SHOOTING FILMS ON OUR VACATIONS.
WE FOUND SOME VERY SMALL OUT OF THE WAY BEACHES AND DECIDED TO SWIM AND SNORKEL IN A SOUTHERN BEACH. WE ALSO WENT TO A BEACH JUST SOUTH OF KAANAPALI. THAT HAD DEEPER WATER AND REEFS TO SNORKEL WITH THE FISH AND OCTOPUS. WE ALSO WENT UP TO THE MOUNTAINSIDE AND FOUND SOME NURSERIES WITH NONNATIVE PLANTS LIKE BIRD OF PARADISE, ORCHIDS, ANTHURIUMS, GINGER, HELICONIA, AND PLUMERIA.
WE SPENT ABOUT 1/2 DAY AT MAUI'S OCEAN CENTER. THEY HAVE AN INTERACTIVE ACQUARIUM WHERE YOU CAN SEE VARIOUS REEFS. ONLY MY HUSBAND AND SON TOOK A BOAT TRIP TO SEE THE HUMPBACK WHALES AND SOME GIANT TURTLES.
THE CENTER HAS AN AQUARIUM WITH 20 SHARKS. THEY ACTUALLY LET PEOPLE SWIM WITH THE SHARKS IN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. HAWAIIAN FISH IN TANKS INCLUDE A HUGE VARIETY SUCH AS FROG FISH, BUTTERFLY FISH, HAWAIIAN DASCOGLLUS, DEVIL SCORPION FISH, HAWK FISH, FILLFISHES, FLAME ANGELS, HAMMERHEAD SHARKS, PUFFERFISH,MOI, SNAPPERS, AND UNICORN FISH, THEY HAVE THREE TYPES OF SEA TURTLES, STINGRAYS; AND A POOL FOR CHILDREN TO TOUCH SHELL FISH, AND SEA URCHINS, ETC. WE ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.
LATER WE WENT ON A LARGE CATAMARAN TO GO SNORKELING AND THE WHALES WERE FOLLOWING OUR BOAT. WE SPOTTED SEVERAL LARGE TURTLES UNDERWATER AND THEY FED THE FISH SO WE COULD SEE SCHOOLS OF THE MULTICOLORED FISH. IT WAS VERY FUN. HOWEVER, I DON'T LIKE TO GO IN THE DEEP WATER.
WE ALSO TRAVELED TO THE LAHAINA SUGAR CANE TRAIN WHEN OUR SON WAS A YOUNG KID. THIS IS AN OPEN COACH TRAIN THAT IS BUILT LIKE THE HISTORIC STEAM TRAINS FOR LOADING SUGAR CANE . YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OTHER ISLANDS FROM THE TRAIN. AT ONE TIME THE ISLAND HAD OVER 200 MILES OF RAILROAD TO CONNECT THE SUGAR PLANTATIONS TO THE MILLS. BY THE MID 1950'S TRUCKS REPLACED TRAINS. BY THE MID 1950'S TRUCKS REPLACED THE TRAINS. THIS AREA HAS A GOOD VIEW OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS.
WE VISITED SEVERAL EVENTS NEAR THE WESTIN HOTEL TO WATCH SOME HULA DANCERS THAT DID NOT WEAR THE TRADITIONAL COSTUMES OF THE POLYNESIANS. HOWEVER, THE DRUMMING AND DANCING ARE SIMILAR TO THE OLD TIME DANCES. HULA IS THE SOUL OF HAWAII AND MOST AGREE THAT IT WAS PERFORMED BY A GOD OR GODDESS THAT MAKES THE DANCE SACRED. IT WAS ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY MEN AS FAR AS A FORM OF WORSHIP DURING CERMONIES. BUT TODAY IT IS INVOLVED INTO AN ENTERTAINING DANCER. EVERY MOVEMENT HAS A SPECIFIC MEANING AND EVERY EXPRESSION OF THEIR HANDS HAS A GREAT SIGNIFICANCE. THEIR BODY MIGHT REPRESENT PLANTS ANIMALS AND EVEN WAR. TRADITIONALLY IT WA THE WORDS NOT THE DANCE THAT COUNTED THE MOST TODAY FEW UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE. THE TRADITIONAL DANCERS WORE A LEI FOR THEIR HEAD AND SHOULDERS, A PAW OR SKIRT OF TAPA. AND ANKLETS FASHIONED OUT OF WHALE BONE. EACH ISLAND TRAINED DANCERS AT A HULA SCHOOL. THEY COULD NOT CUT THEIR HAIR OR NAILS OR EAT CERTAIN FOODS. SEX WAS FORBIDDEN. TODAY THERE ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED SCHOOLS ON EVERY ISLAND AND THEY TEACH IT TO STUDENTS AND KEEP IT ALIVE. HULA IS HISTORY PORTRAYED IN THE PERFORMING ARTS.
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WE STOPPED AT MANY OVERLOOKS TO SEE THE DOLPHINS AND HUMPBACK WHALES THAT BREECH AND ARE POPULAR DURING FEBRUARY. MANY FOLKS HAD NOT SEEN THESE WHALES. YOU MAY ALSO SEE GIANT TURTLES THAT SWIM IN THE OCEAN. KAANAPALI BEECH WAS OUR FAVORITE BEACH TO SWIM IN. IT IS FULL OF FINE GRAINED WHITE SAND AND THE WAVES ARE USUALLY QUITE CALM WITH FEW RUGGED STONES UNDER THE WATER AND A VERY GRADUAL SLOPING BEECH. THIS BEECH WAS THE FORMER RETREAT FOR ROYALTY OF MAUI . WE STAYED AT SEVERAL OF THERE CONDOS THERE.
ON OUR SECOND VISIT TO MAUI MY FAMILY AND MY MOM WENT TO HAVE A VACATION AT THE WESTIN OCEAN RESORT. THEY HAVE FIVE POOLS. ONE HAS A SLIDE GOING INTO THE POOL. THEN YOU CAN SWIM UNDER A TUNNEL AND GO INTO ANOTHER POOL. THEY HAVE MUSEUM OF SORTS IN THEIR HALLWAYS AND ON THE SECOND FLOOR IN THE HALLS AND IN SOME ROOMS. IT IS ALL OLD CHINESE WOOD WORK SOME ARE PAINTED GOLD , SOME ARE OLD PIECES, SOME ARE DETAILED OIL PAINTINGS. THEIR IS AN ENTIRE HALL OF WOODEN STATUES OF CHINESE PEOPLE AND THERE ARE MIRRORS SURROUNDED BY DETAILED ETCHED WOODEN CARVINGS. IT IS AN UNUSUAL RESORT. THEY HAVE A BEAUTY PARLOR, SEVERAL RESTAURANTS. A ROOM THAT SHOWS OTHER WESTIN RESORTS AND MANY OTHER GIFT STORES. WE TYPICALLY BROUGHT CEREAL FOOD INTO OUR ROOM AND TOOK OUR LUNCH WHEN WE WENT OUT. WE ATE OUR DINNER AT RESTAURANTS. WE ATE A GOOD BREAKFAST AT THE RESORT. WE TOOK A MOVIE OF THIS RESORT AND SO DID MY SON. HE LOVED SHOOTING FILMS ON OUR VACATIONS.
WE FOUND SOME VERY SMALL OUT OF THE WAY BEACHES AND DECIDED TO SWIM AND SNORKEL IN A SOUTHERN BEACH. WE ALSO WENT TO A BEACH JUST SOUTH OF KAANAPALI. THAT HAD DEEPER WATER AND REEFS TO SNORKEL WITH THE FISH AND OCTOPUS. WE ALSO WENT UP TO THE MOUNTAINSIDE AND FOUND SOME NURSERIES WITH NONNATIVE PLANTS LIKE BIRD OF PARADISE, ORCHIDS, ANTHURIUMS, GINGER, HELICONIA, AND PLUMERIA.
WE SPENT ABOUT 1/2 DAY AT MAUI'S OCEAN CENTER. THEY HAVE AN INTERACTIVE ACQUARIUM WHERE YOU CAN SEE VARIOUS REEFS. ONLY MY HUSBAND AND SON TOOK A BOAT TRIP TO SEE THE HUMPBACK WHALES AND SOME GIANT TURTLES.
THE CENTER HAS AN AQUARIUM WITH 20 SHARKS. THEY ACTUALLY LET PEOPLE SWIM WITH THE SHARKS IN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. HAWAIIAN FISH IN TANKS INCLUDE A HUGE VARIETY SUCH AS FROG FISH, BUTTERFLY FISH, HAWAIIAN DASCOGLLUS, DEVIL SCORPION FISH, HAWK FISH, FILLFISHES, FLAME ANGELS, HAMMERHEAD SHARKS, PUFFERFISH,MOI, SNAPPERS, AND UNICORN FISH, THEY HAVE THREE TYPES OF SEA TURTLES, STINGRAYS; AND A POOL FOR CHILDREN TO TOUCH SHELL FISH, AND SEA URCHINS, ETC. WE ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.
LATER WE WENT ON A LARGE CATAMARAN TO GO SNORKELING AND THE WHALES WERE FOLLOWING OUR BOAT. WE SPOTTED SEVERAL LARGE TURTLES UNDERWATER AND THEY FED THE FISH SO WE COULD SEE SCHOOLS OF THE MULTICOLORED FISH. IT WAS VERY FUN. HOWEVER, I DON'T LIKE TO GO IN THE DEEP WATER.
WE ALSO TRAVELED TO THE LAHAINA SUGAR CANE TRAIN WHEN OUR SON WAS A YOUNG KID. THIS IS AN OPEN COACH TRAIN THAT IS BUILT LIKE THE HISTORIC STEAM TRAINS FOR LOADING SUGAR CANE . YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OTHER ISLANDS FROM THE TRAIN. AT ONE TIME THE ISLAND HAD OVER 200 MILES OF RAILROAD TO CONNECT THE SUGAR PLANTATIONS TO THE MILLS. BY THE MID 1950'S TRUCKS REPLACED TRAINS. BY THE MID 1950'S TRUCKS REPLACED THE TRAINS. THIS AREA HAS A GOOD VIEW OF THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS.
WE VISITED SEVERAL EVENTS NEAR THE WESTIN HOTEL TO WATCH SOME HULA DANCERS THAT DID NOT WEAR THE TRADITIONAL COSTUMES OF THE POLYNESIANS. HOWEVER, THE DRUMMING AND DANCING ARE SIMILAR TO THE OLD TIME DANCES. HULA IS THE SOUL OF HAWAII AND MOST AGREE THAT IT WAS PERFORMED BY A GOD OR GODDESS THAT MAKES THE DANCE SACRED. IT WAS ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY MEN AS FAR AS A FORM OF WORSHIP DURING CERMONIES. BUT TODAY IT IS INVOLVED INTO AN ENTERTAINING DANCER. EVERY MOVEMENT HAS A SPECIFIC MEANING AND EVERY EXPRESSION OF THEIR HANDS HAS A GREAT SIGNIFICANCE. THEIR BODY MIGHT REPRESENT PLANTS ANIMALS AND EVEN WAR. TRADITIONALLY IT WA THE WORDS NOT THE DANCE THAT COUNTED THE MOST TODAY FEW UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE. THE TRADITIONAL DANCERS WORE A LEI FOR THEIR HEAD AND SHOULDERS, A PAW OR SKIRT OF TAPA. AND ANKLETS FASHIONED OUT OF WHALE BONE. EACH ISLAND TRAINED DANCERS AT A HULA SCHOOL. THEY COULD NOT CUT THEIR HAIR OR NAILS OR EAT CERTAIN FOODS. SEX WAS FORBIDDEN. TODAY THERE ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED SCHOOLS ON EVERY ISLAND AND THEY TEACH IT TO STUDENTS AND KEEP IT ALIVE. HULA IS HISTORY PORTRAYED IN THE PERFORMING ARTS.
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