It's Christmas Eve and I always feel a little sappy and sentimental this time of year; regardless, it's good to take any opportunity to say thanks. A little gratitude in the heart is good for the soul.
Big thanks to all of you who are faithfully reading Field Notes - frankly, I'm stunned, and never expected it would gain a following. Wow. I'm delighted you are enjoying it and dogging me for more. I'll keep going, but I look forward to your feedback, re: getting boring? Bogged down in detail? Too cynical?
There's LOTS to tell, and I could be at this for as long as it took for all of it happen.
Love and Gratitude to all. Merry Christmas.
Californians, no doubt...
From the humorous Duckboy Card collection.
Navajo Blanket - This one's a beauty
Click through for sticker shock.
Navajo blanket
Specifically, a saddle blanket
Mesa Verde Pot
I wonder how they got this one?
Anazazi Pot
Click through and dig the prices these things fetch..
Carved Fetishes
Not what you think, perv.
Natural Turquoise
from the Bisbee, Arizona mine
More Arizona turquoise
From the Kingman mine
Some fabulous Persian turquoise
More gorgeous Persian
Wow.
Mancos Town Hall
Scene of much exciting drama
Mesa Verde
Roughly across the road from the trading post
The Mud Creek Hogan
An attention grabber.
My new home...
The Enchanted Mesa Motel
My New Uniform
Chic journalist safari-wear
Accessories
Love that turquoise...
Site of the Rally that Wasn't
Note the beautiful miniature golf course.
Not as much fun as miniature golf, obviously...
The Durango/Silverton Narrow-Gauge Train
Canyon of the Ancients
Still can't beat miniature golf...
A cool petroglyph
Anasazi grafitti tagging
Sleepy bear
but he's waking up...
Human Resources
You bet'cha.
The Editor's Desk pre-me
Not really, it wasn't quite this bad.
Designing newspapers..
for fun and profit.
Start the presses...
and put in your earplugs.
The scene of the crime
Note the lovely, southwestern color palatte.
Mancos Day 1
The Bakery in the Bauer Bank Building
Mancos Day 1
Alpenglow on the La Platas
Mancos Day 1
Sleeping Ute Mountain west of Cortez
Mancos Day 1
Highway 160 through Cortez, looking east toward the La Platas
Mancos Day 1
My new home in Cortez...with heat. And bedding.
Mancos Day 1
The local epicenter of retail, the Cortez Walmart. Mecca.
Mancos Day 1
Ahh...a bed. Hit the light switch on the way out, would you?
Another map...
An ariel topo of Mancos Valley - upper left corner. The big bumps are the LaPlatas.
The Road to Mancos Part 3
Highway 160 from San Luis to Mancos follows the route of the Old Spanish Trail.
The Road to Mancos Part 3
The Pagosa Springs hot springs resort.
The Road to Mancos Part 3
Gorgeous shot of Chimney Rock
The Road to Mancos Part 3
Downtown Durango at night. Bikes are big in the Four Corners.
The Road to Mancos Part 3
Map of Mancos - but where I ended up is not on the map.
The Road to Mancos Part 3
Western author Loius L'Amour once owned a ranch between Mancos and Durango. His lovely widow still lives there.
The Road to Mancos Part 3
The Cortez Econo-Lodge, where I eventually ended up
Yikes!
Scary Red Mountain Pass
Can't get enough of that Shiprock
Love it.
Cool View of Shiprock
Just a little southwest of Cortez
The Milky Way
Sigh.
Handsome fellow
Love them coyotes.
Weber Canyon
Rance's land before house
The Road to Mancos Part 2
The Road to Mancos Part 2
Descending the south side of Poncha Pass. Sangre de Christos on the east.
The Road to Mancos Part 2
Crestone Needle in the Sangre de Christos
The Road to Mancos Part 2
Horses on Highway 19 in the San Luis valley
The Road to Mancos Part 2
Looking west toward Pagosa Springs from the top of Wolf Creek Pass
Mancos Valley
The valley - wide, lush and green. Looking east toward the La Platas
Mesa Verde Entrance
Official entrance to the Park
Mesa Verde
Lookout Point, just beyond the entrance to the park. One of several white-knuckle driving experiences in the park.
Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings
A shot by Ansel Adams. I wonder if he stayed in Mancos?
Mesa Verde Pottery
An ancient, intact Mesa Verde coffee mug. (Lighten up, archeologists, it's a joke.)
Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde
EVERYBODY takes a picture of this place.
Mesa Verde
A laser scan of the Spruce Tree House at Mesa Verde
Dolores River Valley
North of Mancos
Lizard Head Pass
Source of the Dolores River
Downtown Durango
A well-preserved mining town.
A view across Durango
Looks kind of peaceful, doesn't it?
Mancos, Colorado
Battlefield location: The Mancos Senior Center in the basement of the Masonic Lodge
Mancos, Colorado
The long-abandoned Gateway Service Station, Grand Avenue
Mancos, Colorado
Montezuma County on a Colorado County Map
The Road to Mancos
Dinosaur track on the Front Range. What a weird critter this must have been.
The Road to Mancos
Front Range road cut
The Road to Mancos
Turkey Creek Canyon and the Collegiate Peaks
Mancos Valley
A view to the east toward the La Platas and Mt. Hesperus
Mancos Valley
Looking south toward Mt. Menefee. Beyond lie the Ute Tribal Park reservation lands.
Grand Ave., Mancos, CO
The Opera House of the Damned
Baseline Road
The Road to Mancos
A view across South Park
Sunset over Mesa Verde
A shot from my Mancos front porch. Mesa Verde on the left.
The 40th Parallel
Mt. Neva, where the 40th crosses the Continental Divide
Interesting stuff to look at...
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