Wednesday 4 March 2015

Casa Grande National Monument: Coolidge, Arizona

Wednesday, March 4, 2015
                                               http://www.nps.gov/cagr/index.htm



"Hohokam" comes from the Pima Indian (Akimel O'odham) word for "those who have gone", the contemporary Native American inhabitants of southern Arizona.  "Ancestral Sonoran Desert People" is the term now used to refer to the people that lived in the Sonoran desert from 5, 500 B.C.E. to the early 1400’sTheir ancestors are the Akimel O'odham and Tohono O'odham peoples in Southern Arizona









Picacho Peak: Picacho, Arizona

 Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015

                                                       Our hike to Saddleback Mountain

                                                            22 million years old!

These views are from Saddleback Mountain:



                                            The steep hike from Saddleback Mountain

                                 We hiked around the corner of Picacho Peak to its' back.

                        This is where I waited for Jonathan as he climbed to the peak.
                                                    Jonathan's climb to Picacho Peak.
The climb up becomes a climb along the edge of the peak to its' summit.

 Jonathan navigated this area by pulling himself with his hands on each of the cables. The incline is about 70 degrees. Jonathan had to return this way, also.

                                                     View from Picacho Peak

                       *Return hike to Saddleback Mountain*       Oh... it was steep!

Sunday 1 March 2015

Heard Museum: Phoenix, Arizona

Friday, February 27, 2015
Intertribal Greeting: Doug Hyde

Time Exposures: Picturing a History of Isleta Pueblo in the 19th Century

From this exhibit, I learned more about the history of why photographs are not allowed on Pueblo lands. 





                                                    I did not include this image.