A blog about our experiment in living a simple and itinerant lifestyle.
Day 228: Goodbye West Texas
Location: Marfa, TX
Day 223: Brain Depository
Location: Fort Davis, TX
Day 221: Our Nemesis!
Location: Marfa, TX
The train runs straight through the center of town, which makes it hard to escape. But, our house sits right next to the track. It is not subtle!
Day 217: Bird Watching!
Location: Davis Mountains State Park, TX
The park has several areas with viewing stations where they put all kinds of bird seed and food. You could stay and watch for hours.
Day 215: Marfa, TX
Location: Fire House, Marfa TX
Day 211: Ghost Town of Shafter
Location: Shafter, TX former Silver Mining capital of Texas
Day 210: (Just) North of the Border
Location: Rio Grande, Big Bend Ranch State Park, TX
Day 208: Monsoon Season!
Location: W El Paso St, Marfa TX
Day 203: Downtown Marfa
Location: Marfa, TX Courthouse
Day 201: Fort Davis
Location: Fort Davis, TX
The row of buildings is the officer's quarters, which were built on magnetic north. The outlines of the foundations are the first infantryman's quarters, which were built to true north. In the mid-to-late 19th century this fort was responsible for maintaining safety of the mail and passengers along the trail.
Day 197: Marfa TX
Location: Highway 90 outside of Marfa, TX
Day 195: Meet the Neighbors
Location: Cortez, CO
We stopped off on the side of the road to take some shots of the sheep...and happened to park right in front of the mailbox of Art. He was kind enough to invite us in to take some pictures of his "pets". Cows, calves, sheep, geese, turkeys...there was a lot going on!
Day 189: Twilight Tour of Cliff Palace
Location: Mesa Verde National Park, Cliff Palace
Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in the United States if is over 200 ft wide, but some 150 rooms.
This is a picture of our Ranger guide, David Night Eagle, a Lakota who also makes flutes. He announced our presence to the ancestors at the begging and thanked them for their hospitality at end of the tour with a song...it was really very cool.
Day 186: Sand Canyon/ Rock Creek Trail
Location: Canyon of the Ancients, Sand Canyon, Cortez, CO
We didn't see any pueblos on this hike, but our eyes are those of the novice, so we might have walked right by.
Day 184: Hovenweep
Location: Hovenweep National Monument
We camped here for one not...not fully realizing that it would be so much hotter than Cortez. Whoops!
Day 182: Behind the scenes tour!
Location: Ansazi Hertigage Center. Delores, CO.
We went behind the "Do Not Enter - Employees Only" doors at this BLM museum and research center. The center was created in the 80's as part of a massive effort to conserve artifacts 126 pueblo and ranch town sites before they were flooded for a reservoir. It was a great tour.
This is a pic of bracelets made of clam shells...the shells were traded into the area. They are believed to have been brought from the Gulf Coast of Texas.
Day 179: Arches
Location: Arches National Park. Double Arch in Windows section.
One of the busiest in the National Parks system. It was cool, but perhaps a little bit overhyped?
Day 177: Canyon of the Ancients
Location: Sand Canyon Trail, Canyon of the Ancients.
There are about 1,400 documented ruins on this trail.
Day 175: Country Roads
Location: Canyon of the Ancients National Monument, Colorado
Visiting this monument requires driving for a few hours on backroads; some with views similar to the painted desert, others which display the full power of irrigation! Wendy forgot her good camera, so we only captured a small part of what we saw.
Day 178: Work Day
Location: Cortez, CO
Rufus (and truthfully Wendy & Curtis) are taking full advantage of the numerous public parks in Cortez.
Day 174: Hopi Dancers
Location: Mesa Verde National Park, Mancos, Colorado
Hopi butterfly dance, performed by the Lomayestewa Family of Shungopovi Village, Second Mesa, Arizona.
Day 172: Horse Country
Location: Cortez, CO...down the road from our cabin.
Day 165: Nambe Falls
Location: Nambe Pueblo, NM
Day 165: Prince Tribute
Location: Santa Fe RailYard
The kids quickly lost their spot, but didn't seem to mind.
Day 164: Petroglyphs!
Location: Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, NM
Day 159 : This old house
Santa Fe claims that this adobe pueblo is one of the oldest houses in the US.
Day 152: That's not a filter, it's just the sky
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Day 151: Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks
Location: Cochiti Pueblo, outside Sante Fe, NM
Day 146: Santa Fe National Forest
Location: Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico
Hiking at 10,000 ft...Aspens are plentiful!
Day 145: Santa Fe Blooms
Location: RailYard, Santa Fe NM
Day 144: Petrified Forest!
Location: Petrified Forest
We stopped by the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert on our way from Flagstaff to Sante Fe. It was quick tour...but worth the stop.
Day 143: Takin' It Easy
Location: Winslow, AZ
Stopped by this corner in Winslow, AZ...the town is determined to have tourism...there was a steady stream of Eagles fans getting their pic taken here.
Day 142: Packin'
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Typical Flagstaff weather.
