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2022-10-10  ————— in English
姜  10:32 1st stop

An interesting fashion show by Native American designers at Santa Fe 😀姜 

10-12  —————
21:23   2nd stop

Nine hot springs at Ojo Caliente an hour North from Santa Fe. Nice to soak in mineral rich waters and clean up, plus the Indian key-hole door image, rock formations as the walls of the 9 pools.

10-13  —————
3rd stop

Mesa Verde, CO: There is quite a climb to get to the Pueblos cliff dwellings. This one called Cliff Palace is quite large; it had about 200 people a big village living up there for about 700 some years. The view down there was and is fabulous. However, the Pueblos obviously had to carry woods and resources on their back climbing those stairs to survive…

姜  20:41    4th stop

The forces of nature at the Arches NP, Moab UT.

2022-10-18  —————
姜  20:41    the 5th stop

Canyonlands NP & Capitol Reefs NP: The artists, who are the rains and winds, have sculptured the mountains in these two NPs in a totally different style from what they do about the arches and fins in the Arches NP. The pioneers exploring the Capitol Reefs signed their names as early as 1911 if you enlarge the picture and look for their writing on the stone.

2022-10-19  —————
姜  16:46   the 6th stop

The Capitol Reefs NP Utah: Sandstones and limestones dominate. They’re best in their sizes: huge, tall, and wide. The camera does not do its Justice. The NPs hold and preserve 5 land areas where the stones reveal the experiences of our Earth. We can consider the five places as siblings since they are related by blood. Capitol Reefs is the number 2 son of the 5 siblings. If the oldest, the Grand Canyon, is 80 year old, the stones in the Capitol Reefs is 75 which is about 100 million years.

From late May to early October the locals at Capitol Reefs traditionally grow a variety of fruits. Visitors can pick the fruits in the orchard if they are ripe.

2022-10-20  —————
姜  10:38 the 7th stop

Bryce Canyon NP, Utah: Bryce has the youngest stones; in other words it’s the 5th son of the siblings at age of 60. If you enlarge the picture you can see the details of erosions done to make all the hoodoos out of the stones in the area.

2022-10-22  —————
姜  13:51    the 8th stop

The Zion NP, Utah: It is the 3rd son at 70 years old of the 5 rock siblings. Natural and man-made tunnels are passes into the park from the east gate. I have to say it is the wettest of all the NPs. The Virgin River runs through the entire park: clear, quiet and cold. We went to the head of the waterfall before the Narrows but we were not prepared to wade through the chilling water to the foot of the falls. The park is home for many animals like this Mule Deer. The cliffs are so steep and high that the mountain climbers challenge themselves to climb them; we saw quite a few little human dots hanging on them.

2022-10-23  —————
姜  10:04     the 9th stop

A little more about Zion NP: The Virgin River is a tributary to the Colorado river. Water seeks through the rocks everywhere, forms water holes and flows into Virgin River and then into the Colorado River in the middle image. Not far outside the Grand Canyon lies the Vermillion where dinosaurs roamed but no where to be found in the Grand Canyon. Tourists stop and write down their names or poetry inspired by its look and story.

2022-10-24  —————
姜  10:02     the 10th stop

The Grand Canyon NP, North Rim, AZ: In the previous NPs, we had to raise our heads high and stretch our necks long to get a glimpse of the summits of the mountains. In the Grand Canyon NP, we looked down; the canyons run deep about a mile into the Earth. The narrow ridge is only 3′ wide — John was holding onto his dear life looking down both sides of deep cliffs…

姜  13:12    the 11th stop

Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ: Today we turned away from mountains, canyons and rivers to the sky. By all these machines in the images, we were able to see with our own eyes the Jupiter, the Saturn and other galaxys. Lucky the sky is perfect for looking at them: not a cloud, extremely dark, and warm enough to stand in the line waiting for our turns at each telescope. The most popular is the Saturn of course.

BTW: The 1st image shows an experiment that was done at a lecture on the site. Visitors are invited to touch the liquid nitrogen (minus 320 degrees F.) — the stuff that a dermatologist uses to burn your skin growth…

姜  22:03    the 12th stop

The Petrified National Forest, AZ: Best to view this picture horizontally and enlarge it. The petrified tree logs everywhere in this area used to be living here 225 million years ago. The Earth’s crust lifted Colorado plateau, plus other natural elements like rocks and dirt, eroded the top layers and have exposed them on the surface. The park is located out of nowhere, it’s far away from highway but it’s totally worth the effort.


姜  10:00  the 13th stop

Painted Desert at the entrance of the Petrified National Forest, RZ: This is the 3rd section of land that the National Forest has acquired. Wonderful to include this spot where rocks display different colors.

姜  11:03     the 14th stop

Albuquerque, NM: It’s the city that pleasantly surprised us. Its hotels, parking, market, and entertainment provide a good comfort level for visitors. However, the city also built 17 miles trails along the river that only local residents have easy access to. The city government a long time ago decided to put aside 1% of the the tax dollars for arts in the city: so we can see a lot of them: murals and sculptures in the streets around the town. The private homes look very different– stucco, low, well- kept but you can also see high end houses built by architects living here.

2022-10-26  —————
姜  10:25   the 15th stop: returning home

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