IN HAWAII WE VISITED THE BISHOP MUSEUM FOUNDED IN 1889. THEIR EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REACHES AN AVERAGE OF 35,000 STUDENTS PER YEAR. THIS MUSEUM HAS OVER 25 MILLION ITEMS IN THEIR COLLECTION. THEY EVEN HAVE AN EXTENSIVE NATURAL SCIENCE COLLECTION OF PLANT AND ANIMALS. I REMEMBER SEEING TONS OF TAPA CLOTH AND VIEWING THE STAGES OF HOW THEY MADE IT. I REMEMBER ALSO LOOKING AT VARIOUS BASKETS MADE FROM THE VARIOUS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. IT WAS A VERY SMALL MUSEUM BACK THEN.
THEIR ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT IS CONCERNED WITH INVESTIGATING AND PRESERVING THE HERITAGE OF THE PACIFIC RIM. THEIR ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION. CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE MILLION ARTIFACTS FROM CULTURES ACROSS THE PACIFIC AND NEW GUINEA AS WELL AS OTHER SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS.
THEY ALSO PUBLISH SOME OF THEIR RESEARCH IN THEIR ARCHIVES. OUR FAMILY HAS NOT TRAVELED ANYWHERE ELSE ON THIS ISLAND.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
BIG ISLAND TRAVELS
THIS IS BY FAR THE LARGEST ISLAND IN HAWAII AND IT'S THE YOUNGEST ISLAND. IT HAS THE TALLEST SEA MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD AT 33,000 FEET. WE TOURED THE HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK. THIS IS AN INTERESTING PARK WHICH HAS SEVERAL ACTIVE VOLCANOES - IF YOU WALK TOO CLOSE THE SULPHUR REALLY STINKS AND THE HEAT IS TOO HOT. THE LAVA FLOWS INTO THE OCEAN AND CREATES A SIZZLE. SINCE 1983 THE LAVA FLOWS OF THE VOLCANO HAS BEEN ACTIVE! THEY HAVE HELICOPTER RIDES OVER THIS ACTIVE VOLCANOE. THEY HAVE A LODGE BESIDE AN INACTIVE VOLCANOE AND WE HIKED A WAYS TO THE BOTTOM - IT LOOKS LIKE A METEOR CRATER. WE HIKED ON SOME WOODEN AND AND LAVA TRAILS THAT INTERPRET THE PETROGLYPHS. THEY HAVE MOSTLY GEOGLYPH DESIGNS WITH SOME HUMAN FORMS. SOME CUPULE LIKE PETROGYPHS ARE WHERE THE ANCIENT PLACED THEIR PLACENTA FOR THE GOOD LUCK OF THE BABY. SOME HAVE HUMAN FORMS OR THEY MAY MARK SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE. SOME REPRESENT CANOES, FISH OR TURTLES.
WE FOUND PUOKE PETROGLYPHS BY STUDYING THEM BEFORE THE TRIP. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE AND IMPORTANT AREAS IN HAWAII. MANY GLYPHS ARE MAN LIKE WHILE OTHERS HAVE NOT BEEN INTERPRETED. SOME MAY RECORD BIRTHS. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN DATED BUT LOOK VERY OLD AS THEY ARE CARVED ON REDDISH LAVA.
WE LOVED VISITING LAPAKAHI STATE PARK AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC STATE PARK ON THE NORTHEAST COAST. WE SNORKELED THERE AND FOUND SOME MULTICOLORED FISH THAT WERE BEAUTIFUL. WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT WERE BEAUTIFUL. WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THERE AND NOTICED THAT THEY HAD SENT SOME SALT COLLECTING ROCKS AND AN AREA BUILT OF LAVA FOR BALL GAME OF SORTS. THESE WERE MARKED BY THE INTERPRETERS. IT TOOK THEM 1500 YEARS FOR THEM TO REACH HAWAII, THE NORTHERN FRONTIER. THE LANGUAGE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE ISLAND GROUPS, NEW ZEALAND AND EASTER ISLAND FORMED WHAT IS NOW CALLED THE POLYNESIAN TRIANGLE.
THEY ARRIVED IN HAWAII ABOUT 1000 A.D. THE ARTIFACTS INDICATE THAT THE HAWAIIANS CAME FROM POLYNESIA ISLAND GROUPS. SOME ORAL HISTORIES INDICATE THAT THE ISLANDERS WERE ORIGINALLY FROM TAHITI. THE SETTLERS BROUGHT TARO , BANANAS. AND BREADFRUIT, COCONUTS, AND OTHER FOODS WE CONSIDER AS NATIVE HERE. POLYNESIANS ALWAYS ADAPTED TO COOPERATION IN ORDER TO SURVIVE BETWEEN FISHERS AND FARMERS. HAWAIIANS INVENTED FISH PONDS FROM WHICH A READY SUPPLY OF FISH COULD BE CAUGHT. GARDENING WAS SOMEWHAT LIMITED BUT TARO PONDS AND DRY LAND. GARDENING WAS SOMEWHAT LIMITED BUT TARO PONDS AND DRY LAND FARMING WAS LIMITED. IN TIME ONCE POPULATIONS GREW, THE TRIBES HAD ACCESS TO MOUNTAIN AREAS AS WELL AS THE OCEANS,
ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE EXAMINED THEIR HOUSE SITES NEXT TO THE OCEAN. PRIOR TO WESTERN INFLUENCE THEY MADE CLUSTERS OF STRUCTURES CALLED KAUHALE VS. A SINGLE HOUSE. A HOUSE CLUSTER WOULD HAVE SEPARATE SLEEPING AND EATING AREAS FOR MEN AND WOMEN. FARMERS HAD SHELTERS IN THE FIELD, SMALL SHELTERS WERE BUILT ALONG TRAILS, AND SOME FOLKS IN FAMILIES ALSO LIVED IN GROUPS ACROSS THE LANDSCAPES.
THE HAWAIIAN SOCIETY OF OLD TIMERS WAS DEPENDENT UPON GENEALOGY AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS. SOME FOLKS WERE ALI I NUT OR HIGH CHIEFS WHO COMMANDED SEVERAL RANKS OF LOWER CHIEFS. THEY ALSO HAD COMMONERS WHO WERE CALLED MAKA' AINANA. ARCHAEOLOGISTS STUDY HOW THESE DIFFERENCES DEVELOPED AND HOW THESE CLASSES AFFECTED EVERYDAY LIFE. HEIAU OR TEMPLES WERE SET ASIDE FROM THEIR LIVING AREAS. AND HAVE NO FOOD OR ARTIFACT ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR HOMES. THE RULING CHIEFS IMPOSED THEIR ORDER ON RECTANGULAR BOUNDARIES OF THE FARMS ON THE BIG ISLAND.
OUR FAMILY USUALLY FOUND VERY REASONABLE BED AND BREAKFAST HOUSES TO STAY IN ON THE ISLANDS. KILAUEA IS ONE OF THE 5 SHIELD VOLCANOES SPEWING MUCH HAWAIIAN LAVA. THE WORD MEANS MUCH SPREADING. THIS PARK WAS AN AMAZING PARK TO VISIT AS THERE IS ACTIVE LAVA FLOWING WHEN MY FAMILY WAS THERE IN THE 1990.
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WE FOUND PUOKE PETROGLYPHS BY STUDYING THEM BEFORE THE TRIP. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE AND IMPORTANT AREAS IN HAWAII. MANY GLYPHS ARE MAN LIKE WHILE OTHERS HAVE NOT BEEN INTERPRETED. SOME MAY RECORD BIRTHS. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN DATED BUT LOOK VERY OLD AS THEY ARE CARVED ON REDDISH LAVA.
WE LOVED VISITING LAPAKAHI STATE PARK AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC STATE PARK ON THE NORTHEAST COAST. WE SNORKELED THERE AND FOUND SOME MULTICOLORED FISH THAT WERE BEAUTIFUL. WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT WERE BEAUTIFUL. WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THERE AND NOTICED THAT THEY HAD SENT SOME SALT COLLECTING ROCKS AND AN AREA BUILT OF LAVA FOR BALL GAME OF SORTS. THESE WERE MARKED BY THE INTERPRETERS. IT TOOK THEM 1500 YEARS FOR THEM TO REACH HAWAII, THE NORTHERN FRONTIER. THE LANGUAGE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE ISLAND GROUPS, NEW ZEALAND AND EASTER ISLAND FORMED WHAT IS NOW CALLED THE POLYNESIAN TRIANGLE.
THEY ARRIVED IN HAWAII ABOUT 1000 A.D. THE ARTIFACTS INDICATE THAT THE HAWAIIANS CAME FROM POLYNESIA ISLAND GROUPS. SOME ORAL HISTORIES INDICATE THAT THE ISLANDERS WERE ORIGINALLY FROM TAHITI. THE SETTLERS BROUGHT TARO , BANANAS. AND BREADFRUIT, COCONUTS, AND OTHER FOODS WE CONSIDER AS NATIVE HERE. POLYNESIANS ALWAYS ADAPTED TO COOPERATION IN ORDER TO SURVIVE BETWEEN FISHERS AND FARMERS. HAWAIIANS INVENTED FISH PONDS FROM WHICH A READY SUPPLY OF FISH COULD BE CAUGHT. GARDENING WAS SOMEWHAT LIMITED BUT TARO PONDS AND DRY LAND. GARDENING WAS SOMEWHAT LIMITED BUT TARO PONDS AND DRY LAND FARMING WAS LIMITED. IN TIME ONCE POPULATIONS GREW, THE TRIBES HAD ACCESS TO MOUNTAIN AREAS AS WELL AS THE OCEANS,
ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE EXAMINED THEIR HOUSE SITES NEXT TO THE OCEAN. PRIOR TO WESTERN INFLUENCE THEY MADE CLUSTERS OF STRUCTURES CALLED KAUHALE VS. A SINGLE HOUSE. A HOUSE CLUSTER WOULD HAVE SEPARATE SLEEPING AND EATING AREAS FOR MEN AND WOMEN. FARMERS HAD SHELTERS IN THE FIELD, SMALL SHELTERS WERE BUILT ALONG TRAILS, AND SOME FOLKS IN FAMILIES ALSO LIVED IN GROUPS ACROSS THE LANDSCAPES.
THE HAWAIIAN SOCIETY OF OLD TIMERS WAS DEPENDENT UPON GENEALOGY AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS. SOME FOLKS WERE ALI I NUT OR HIGH CHIEFS WHO COMMANDED SEVERAL RANKS OF LOWER CHIEFS. THEY ALSO HAD COMMONERS WHO WERE CALLED MAKA' AINANA. ARCHAEOLOGISTS STUDY HOW THESE DIFFERENCES DEVELOPED AND HOW THESE CLASSES AFFECTED EVERYDAY LIFE. HEIAU OR TEMPLES WERE SET ASIDE FROM THEIR LIVING AREAS. AND HAVE NO FOOD OR ARTIFACT ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR HOMES. THE RULING CHIEFS IMPOSED THEIR ORDER ON RECTANGULAR BOUNDARIES OF THE FARMS ON THE BIG ISLAND.
OUR FAMILY USUALLY FOUND VERY REASONABLE BED AND BREAKFAST HOUSES TO STAY IN ON THE ISLANDS. KILAUEA IS ONE OF THE 5 SHIELD VOLCANOES SPEWING MUCH HAWAIIAN LAVA. THE WORD MEANS MUCH SPREADING. THIS PARK WAS AN AMAZING PARK TO VISIT AS THERE IS ACTIVE LAVA FLOWING WHEN MY FAMILY WAS THERE IN THE 1990.
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
PETRIFIED FOREST
THIS ANCIENT FOREST IS LOCATED JUST BEFORE CALISTOGA. THIS IS A MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION. IT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1807 BY WILLIAM TRAVERS. IT IS OWNED PRIVATELY AND HAS PETRIFIED REDWOOD TREES. IN 1880 IT WAS OWNED BY CHARLES EVANS. THIS FOREST WAS CREATED BY AN EXPLOSION OR MORE OF LAVA FROM NEARBY VOLCANOES. THE GROUND BECAME SATURATED FROM ASH AND SILICA THAT WAS PRESENT IN MOLECULAR FORM. THE SILICA REPLACED WOOD ONE MOLECULE AT A TIME., AND WOOD TURNED INTO SOLID SILICA, QUARTZ, AND SOLID STONE. ONCE STREAMS WASH BROKEN ROCK AND ASHES TO THE SEA, THE VOLCANOES ARE ERODED INTO JUST STUMPS. YOU CAN WATCH THE LANDSCAPE CHANGE TO RUGGED HILLS AND MOUNTAINS OF ASH FLOWS.
THE NATIVE AMERICANS PICK UP SOME OF THE PETRIFIED WOOD TO SEE IF IT CAN BE USED FOR TOOLS, BUT THEY KNOW THE OBSIDIAN FROM MOUNT KONOCTI, MOUNT ST. HELENA, AND BORAX LAKE IS MUCH BETTER TO USE FOR TOOLS.
PETRIFIED FOREST CHARLIE UNEARTHED AN ENTIRE TREE AND BECAME THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FOREST, CHARGING ADMISSION TO VIEW THE TREES FROM 1870 - 1900. OLLIE BOCKE CAME WITH HER HUSBAND IN 1910 TO DEVELOP IT AS A PUBLIC ATTRACTION. SHE ADVERTIZES THE FOREST AND SOON PEOPLE WORLDWIDE CAME TO SEE THIS UNIQUE ATTRACTION AS WELL AS TO VISIT THE HEALING SPRINGS OF CALISTOGA. THERE IS ONLY ONE PINE TREE THAT WAS PETRIFIED. IT WAS 2000 YEARS OLD WHEN IT BECAME PETRIFIED.
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THE NATIVE AMERICANS PICK UP SOME OF THE PETRIFIED WOOD TO SEE IF IT CAN BE USED FOR TOOLS, BUT THEY KNOW THE OBSIDIAN FROM MOUNT KONOCTI, MOUNT ST. HELENA, AND BORAX LAKE IS MUCH BETTER TO USE FOR TOOLS.
PETRIFIED FOREST CHARLIE UNEARTHED AN ENTIRE TREE AND BECAME THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FOREST, CHARGING ADMISSION TO VIEW THE TREES FROM 1870 - 1900. OLLIE BOCKE CAME WITH HER HUSBAND IN 1910 TO DEVELOP IT AS A PUBLIC ATTRACTION. SHE ADVERTIZES THE FOREST AND SOON PEOPLE WORLDWIDE CAME TO SEE THIS UNIQUE ATTRACTION AS WELL AS TO VISIT THE HEALING SPRINGS OF CALISTOGA. THERE IS ONLY ONE PINE TREE THAT WAS PETRIFIED. IT WAS 2000 YEARS OLD WHEN IT BECAME PETRIFIED.
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ALIGNING YOUR MERIDIANS
YOUR BODY GOES THROUGH A TWELVE HOUR CYCLE THAT CORRESPONDS TO YOUR ENERGY FLOWS OR YOUR MERIDIANS. EACH MERIDIAN COMES INTO HIGH TIDE OR POWER TIME LIKE CLOCK WORK. YOU CAN BECOME FAMILIAR WITH HOW THE CYCLES OF YOUR BODY CORRESPOND WITH THE MERIDIAN FLOWS BY KEEPING A CAREFUL LOG OF THE TIMES OF DAY. FIND OUT IF YOU LOSE YOUR ENERGY AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE DAY. LOOK FOR PATTERNS IN YOUR ENERGY OR LACK THEREOF.
THE SPINAL SUSPENSION INCREASES THE WEAK LINK IN YOUR ENERGIES. SO IF YOU ARE GETTING TIRED OF BETWEEN THREE TO FIVE PM, DO THE SPINAL SUSPENSION.
1) STAND WITH YOUR FEET WIDE APART AND
2) PLACE HANDS ON THIGHS ABOVE YOUR BENT KNEES AND STRAIGHTEN YOUR ARMS. YOU MAY LOOK LIKE YOU ARE SITTING ON AN INVISIBLE CHAIR! TAKE SOME DEEP BREATHS.
3) KEEP YOUR KNEES DIRECTLY ABOVE YOUR ANKLES AND KEEP YOUR BACK STRAIGHT.
4) SLOWLY STRETCH ONE SHOULDER ACROSS AND DOWN TOWARD THE OPPOSITE KNEE. REPEAT WITH THE OTHER SHOULDER. YOU CAN FEEL THE STRETCH ACROSS YOUR NECK AND BACK.
5) SLOWLY RAISE YOURSELF WITH YOUR ARMS HANGING DOWN UNTIL YOU ARE IN A STANDING POSITION.
NATIVE AMERICANS AND CHINESE HAVE KNOWN THESE ANCIENT HEALING TOOLS.
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THE SPINAL SUSPENSION INCREASES THE WEAK LINK IN YOUR ENERGIES. SO IF YOU ARE GETTING TIRED OF BETWEEN THREE TO FIVE PM, DO THE SPINAL SUSPENSION.
1) STAND WITH YOUR FEET WIDE APART AND
2) PLACE HANDS ON THIGHS ABOVE YOUR BENT KNEES AND STRAIGHTEN YOUR ARMS. YOU MAY LOOK LIKE YOU ARE SITTING ON AN INVISIBLE CHAIR! TAKE SOME DEEP BREATHS.
3) KEEP YOUR KNEES DIRECTLY ABOVE YOUR ANKLES AND KEEP YOUR BACK STRAIGHT.
4) SLOWLY STRETCH ONE SHOULDER ACROSS AND DOWN TOWARD THE OPPOSITE KNEE. REPEAT WITH THE OTHER SHOULDER. YOU CAN FEEL THE STRETCH ACROSS YOUR NECK AND BACK.
5) SLOWLY RAISE YOURSELF WITH YOUR ARMS HANGING DOWN UNTIL YOU ARE IN A STANDING POSITION.
NATIVE AMERICANS AND CHINESE HAVE KNOWN THESE ANCIENT HEALING TOOLS.
DONNA EDEN
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
APACHE INDIANS
APACHES WERE SOUTHERN ATHABASKANS WHO LIVED IN COLORADO BETWEEN 1000 TO 1500 A.D. THEIR MIGRATIONS THROUGH TIME ARE NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. BUT AFTER 1500'S THEY SEPARATED INTO SEVERAL SMALL GROUPS. THEY BECAME MORE ISOLATED FROM EACH OTHER AND DEVELOPED DIFFERENT 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 EASTERNMOST GROUP. THE CIBEQUE APACHE WERE ON THE SALT RIVER ABOVE THE MOGOLLON RIM.
THE WESTERN APACHE WERE HUNTERS AND GATHERERS AND THEY CULTURE WAS 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 TRAVELLED A LARGE DISTANCE TO HARVEST MESCAL. IN MAY THEY HAD BUILT AND USED IRRIGATION DITCHES AND PLANTED CROPS. IN JULY THEY HARVESTED SAGUARO IN THE GILA VALLEY. THEIR ACORN HARVEST TOOK A MONTH AND THEY COLLECTED THEIR PLANTED CROPS IN SEPTEMBER. IN FALL AND WINTER THEY 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 AND WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR RAIDS.
THE APACHE WERE DEFEATED BY 1875 BY GENERAL CROOK AS HE BURNED MOST OF THEIR 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 VALLEY OF THE 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 EASTERNMOST GROUP. THE CIBEQUE APACHE WERE ON THE SALT RIVER ABOVE THE MOGOLLON RIM.
THE WESTERN APACHE WERE HUNTERS AND GATHERERS AND THEY CULTURE WAS 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 TRAVELLED A LARGE DISTANCE TO HARVEST MESCAL. IN MAY THEY HAD BUILT AND USED IRRIGATION DITCHES AND PLANTED CROPS. IN JULY THEY HARVESTED SAGUARO IN THE GILA VALLEY. THEIR ACORN HARVEST TOOK A MONTH AND THEY COLLECTED THEIR PLANTED CROPS IN SEPTEMBER. IN FALL AND WINTER THEY 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 AND WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR RAIDS.
THE APACHE WERE DEFEATED BY 1875 BY GENERAL CROOK AS HE BURNED MOST OF THEIR 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 VALLEY OF THE WHITE RIVER WHERE THEIR HOMELANDS WERE LOCATED AND THEY COULD RAISE CORN, BEANS AND SQUASH.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
ANGEL ISLAND STATE PARK
MY FAMILY HAS TAKEN OUR MOUNTAIN BIKES TO ANGEL ISLAND MANY TIMES VIA TIBURON FERRY. IT IS AN UP HILL CLIMB ON THE ROADS AND TRAILS AS WELL AS DOWNHILL. ONCE ON THE ISLAND THERE ARE VARIOUS MANY SMALL ROADS, THE MILITARY BARRACKS AND A BEAUTIFUL VICTORIAN HOUSE WHERE THE COLONEL LIVED IN THE 1800S. MY SONS FIFTH GRADE CLASS TOOK AN OVERNIGHT FIELD CLASS THERE MARCHING WITH THEIR OVERBURDENED BACKPACKS AND HEAVY CAMPING GEAR. THEY WERE TOO SMALL TO CARRY ALL THAT STUFF AND MANY WERE COMPLAINING THEN ONCE SITUATED AT CAMP REYNOLDS THEY WERE TO REPLICATE A SOLDIERS LIFE. THEY DID NOT GET WATER BREAKS WHICH REALLY ANNOYED THEM AND I SPOKE TO THE TEACHER-SHE ALLOWED MY SON WATER BECAUSE HE GOT MIGRAINES! AT NIGHT WE ALL HAD TO CLIMB THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN AND WE GOT TO THE TOP AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS AND GOT TO BED AFTER TEN OCLOCK. THE KIDS WERE NOT ADULTS YET THEY MADE THEM WAKE UP AT ALL HOURS TO STAND GUARD FOR ENEMY SHIPS AS THE ORIGINAL SOLDIERS DID! IT WAS A LITTLE TOO REGIMENTED FOR THEIR AGE AND AFTER WE BOARDED THE FERRY BACK TO TIBURON, MOST OF THE KIDS WHISPERED THAT THEY DID NOT LIKE LIVING HISTORY! WELL SO MUCH FOR FUN FIELD TRIPS.
OUR FAMILY ENJOYED OUR TRIPS THERE AS WE TOOK TIME TO RELAX AND TOOK IT EASY AS WE STOPPED AT THE OVERVIEWS TAKING PHOTOS AND TIME FOR PLENTY OF WATER. WE LOOKED AT THE WAY THE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT AND ENJOYED THE SAN FRANCISCO VIEWS.
ONE LARGE PICNIC SITE IS THERE FOR PARKS TO HAVE A NICE CONFERENCE OUTSIDE. ANGEL ISLAND WAS KNOWN AS ELLIS ISLAND OF THE WEST AND PROCESSED MILLIONS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM 1910 TO 1940. THESE WERE MOSTLY ASIANS. UNTIL 10,00 YEARS AGO ELLIS ISLAND WAS PART OF THE MAINLAND AND ONCE SEA LEVELS ROSE IT WAS CUT OFF DUE TO THE END OF THE LAST ICE AGE.
TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO THE COAST MIWOKS FISHED AND HUNTED HERE. THE FIRST NON EUROPEAN HERE WAS FROM SPAIN, JUAN DE AYALA. IT WAS USED FOR CATTLE RANCHING. THE US ARMY ESTABLISHED FORT MCDOWELL IN 1863 AND DEVELOPED OTHER OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE CALLED THE EAST GARRISON OR CAMP MCDOWELL. DURING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR THE ISLAND SERVED AS A DISCHARGE DEPOT FOR RETURNING TROOPS AND THEY HAD A QUARANTINE STATION AT AYALA COVE. TROOPS DURING WORLD WAR I EMBARKED FROM AND RETURNED TO THESE ISLANDS.
DURING WORLD WAR II THE NUMBER OF TROOPS NEEDED WAS GREAT AND ANGEL ISLAND EXPANDED AND PROCESSING WAS DONE AT FORT MASON IN SAN FRANCISCO. MAQNY IMMIGRANTS SPENT YEARS WAITING ON THE ISLAND FOR ENTRY TO THE STATES.
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OUR FAMILY ENJOYED OUR TRIPS THERE AS WE TOOK TIME TO RELAX AND TOOK IT EASY AS WE STOPPED AT THE OVERVIEWS TAKING PHOTOS AND TIME FOR PLENTY OF WATER. WE LOOKED AT THE WAY THE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT AND ENJOYED THE SAN FRANCISCO VIEWS.
ONE LARGE PICNIC SITE IS THERE FOR PARKS TO HAVE A NICE CONFERENCE OUTSIDE. ANGEL ISLAND WAS KNOWN AS ELLIS ISLAND OF THE WEST AND PROCESSED MILLIONS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM 1910 TO 1940. THESE WERE MOSTLY ASIANS. UNTIL 10,00 YEARS AGO ELLIS ISLAND WAS PART OF THE MAINLAND AND ONCE SEA LEVELS ROSE IT WAS CUT OFF DUE TO THE END OF THE LAST ICE AGE.
TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO THE COAST MIWOKS FISHED AND HUNTED HERE. THE FIRST NON EUROPEAN HERE WAS FROM SPAIN, JUAN DE AYALA. IT WAS USED FOR CATTLE RANCHING. THE US ARMY ESTABLISHED FORT MCDOWELL IN 1863 AND DEVELOPED OTHER OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE CALLED THE EAST GARRISON OR CAMP MCDOWELL. DURING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR THE ISLAND SERVED AS A DISCHARGE DEPOT FOR RETURNING TROOPS AND THEY HAD A QUARANTINE STATION AT AYALA COVE. TROOPS DURING WORLD WAR I EMBARKED FROM AND RETURNED TO THESE ISLANDS.
DURING WORLD WAR II THE NUMBER OF TROOPS NEEDED WAS GREAT AND ANGEL ISLAND EXPANDED AND PROCESSING WAS DONE AT FORT MASON IN SAN FRANCISCO. MAQNY IMMIGRANTS SPENT YEARS WAITING ON THE ISLAND FOR ENTRY TO THE STATES.
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MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GRADUATE STUDENT I SPENT A MONTH WORKING WITH THE FLAGSTAFF MUSEUM CATALOGUING VARIOUS SLIDES AND RESEARCHING SOME NORTHERN ARIZONA SITES. I SPENT MY TIME CATALOGUING VARIOUS SLIDES AND RESEARCHING SOME NORTHERN ARIZONA SITES AND LOOKING AT THEIR LIBRARY. I REMEMBER THEIR FESTIVALS AS BEING INTERACTIVE WITH HOPIS COMING TO MAKE PIKI BREAD, NAVAJO WEAVERS SELLING RUGS, AND JEWELRY , AND VARIOUS POTTERY. THEY HAD SOME DANCES AS WELL. I BOUGHT A RUG AND A WATER SEALED POT. THE MUSEUM'S MISSION IS TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE SCIENCE AND ART, PRESERVE MODERN AS WELL AS PREHISTORIC ARTIFACTS, PROTECT HISTORIC AND PREHISTORIC SITES, SCENIC AREAS AND MAINTAIN A PLACE FOR IN THE CITY FOR FOR AESTHETIC ENJOYMENT.
THE MUSEUM WAS FOUNDED IN 1928. IT INTERPRETS THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND HAS EVOLVED INTO A REGIONAL CENTER OF LEARNING THAT PRESERVES THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH EXHIBITS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND DANCES. THEY NOW HAVE MORE THAN 500 MILLION NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS. THEY HAVE OVER 40 BUILDINGS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. THEIR LOGO IS FROM NAMPEYO'S POTTERY.
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THE MUSEUM WAS FOUNDED IN 1928. IT INTERPRETS THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND HAS EVOLVED INTO A REGIONAL CENTER OF LEARNING THAT PRESERVES THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH EXHIBITS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND DANCES. THEY NOW HAVE MORE THAN 500 MILLION NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS. THEY HAVE OVER 40 BUILDINGS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. THEIR LOGO IS FROM NAMPEYO'S POTTERY.
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