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Santa Fe

The City of Santa Fe (Spanish for Holy Faith, but no mention of which one) is nestled in the north of New Mexico. A river runs through it! Many tourists. There is even a state capitol there! Spread the word, it’s a nice place to visit.

In Santa Fe, skilled artisans known as “daubers” create elaborate structures out of dirt and spit.
Oldest church structure in the US! Constructed by enslaved Native Americans.
Statue of Keteri Tekakwitha, first Native American canonized by the Roman Catholic cultural imperialists.
In Santa Fe, they have a hostel for visiting dragons.

 

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Giant Gorge, Awesome Camp Sites Discovered

My survey of New Mexico yielded an exciting geological feature I call the Taos Gorge (because Taos, NM, is nearby) or sometimes the Rio Grande Gorge (because the Rio Grande rushes through its depths). It is maybe a third-scale or half-scale mini Grand Canyon. Even better, there are free camp sites along the rim of the gorge. Private, serene, cool in the summer and, I suspect, bitterly cold in the winter. I’ll refrain from giving specific locations so you will not rush to the place and take all the good sites.

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Manzanar, American Concentration Camps

Manzanar is the internment camp in bleak, desolate Owens Valley, California, that housed Americans of Japanese ancestry during War World II. The site is now a National Historic Site, but there’s not much left to see. Survivors received $20,000 from the Federal Government in reparations. The curious can read more about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzanar

Sign at the front gate of the Manzanar Ware Relocation Center.

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An Archeologist’s Dream

Massive steel sculpture of a dragon's head.

Acting on a tip from intrepid explorers Jack and Tres, I have located a mother lode of fossil artifacts. According to legend, a tornado spawned by the Great Blow of 2015 vacuumed up several feet of the desert surface, uncovering magnificently preserved fossils from the distant past. This vast trove will keep fossilologists gainfully employed for a period of time. Read more.

A large steel sculpture of a scorpion behind a white pickup truck of the same size.
Fossil of a prehistoric scorpion of Tacoma size.

Steel sculpture of a man tending a grapevine.
One of our early ancestors engaged in hunter/gatherer behavior. Death caught him in mid-task, suggesting that an immediate catastrophe struck without warning.
Massive steel sculpture of a prehistoric camel and her suckling young.
In prehistoric times, offspring would gain nourishment by forcefully taking glandular secretions from its parent, rather than foraging for its own food.
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Vast White Landscape Discovered

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

I discovered an enormous swath of the Earth covered with sand as white as snow. I call it “White Sands” and it is right off US70 in New Mexico.

As you can observe from the attached photo record of the expedition, “White Sands” reminds one of Tatooine, childhood home of Luke Skywalker.

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Xena, Warrior Princess, Stashes Her Toys

Xena, Warrior Princess, hides her toys in my shoes.

In an unanticipated development, Xena, Warrior Princess, has opted to hide her toys in my shoes. When I first discovered a pebble, one of her favorite toys, in my shoe, I assumed some sort of accident placed it there. Now, however, I have found a micro-tennis ball. She clearly is trying to hobble me so I’ll stay home with her.