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pippinwhitepaws

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so i went out in a fit...drove halfway to the property...turned into walnut canyon...national monument...
i normally stay out of the area...tourists everywhere...there were germans, english, i think a few french, and a class of 5th graders...dang group of little native girls took one look at me and followed me everywhere...their mothers were a bit shy and stayed at eyeball.
ended up helping a couple of teachers give the tour..lol...nope i know nothing.
i was just trying to get some pic's...
stop in the trail to take one...here comes a crowd..i stand aside...
then the smokie puts his hand on my shoulder as he is addressing the crowd...a group of adults from back east had said..." oh,i bet they (the sinagua) curled up in muddy corner to stay warm"

BEEEEP WRONG!
he puts his hand on my shoulder..." i beg your pardon, but, they lived more like hippies....peaceful, naked, eating nuts and berries, loved jewelry..." and went on to give them a wonderfully accurate description of the natives life style...
of course big mouth here is chittering along...poor tourists...hope they retained some of it.
i hope you all enjoy these shots...i need a modern camera.

PS. the entire canyon complex probably had about two thousand residents...every overhang had someone living there at one time..
 

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more....this is a wonderful place...steep canyon cut through hematite and sponge limestone, and volcanic slag.
 

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Mental Granny

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Oh! It is absolutly beautiful, breath taking that is a place I would love to see in person. Thank you!
 

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they have a small museum there...lots of examples of ceramics and jewelry...
i was too exhausted to go inside to take pics...one mile loop trail does about a 1,8oo ft change in altitude ,
cliff to citadel and back again...i am getting old...i used to run up those stairs..

heard a rumor today..from someone in the loop...the national park system is looking to close a few of the developed sites in the area...a great loss if they do...
 

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These are some great views. I love Arizona. we spent aweek in Sedonand then a wek in Oro Valley near Tucson. We took in a lot of sites, but there was so much more that we didn't have the time to see. Your place was one of the places that we
didn't see.

Thanks for sharing.

Ray
 

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pippinwhitepaws

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there are not many walnuts left...and a big fine cutting one...
flagstaff area was clear cut for the mines and railroad. forest service is real picky about what can be harvested.
there are some in the bottom of the canyon...
sin= without
agua=water...sinaqua...they were the culture group that occupied the area 900+ ago...

this site is oh...twenty miles from the site i posted yesterday...three miles south, 20 west...the cinders begin about 1 mile north of this site...then it all drops off into lava flows, cinder cones and drifts...some juniper, pinon...

here is a linkwith images.
http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/up/upc.html
 

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Those are great photo's pippin, I can just sit here & imagine the people that once lived there. Thanks again for the directions to the other place.


Chris
 

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Once again some really great photos. Thanks a lot.The natural beauty of the place is breathtaking. I bet it feels very peaceful there.

john
 

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pippinwhitepaws

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thanks everyone.
i will post more in the future...i am always into something...problem is remembering the camera.
 

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