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From: TexasShadow on 24 Jun 2010 22:15 On Jun 24, 10:40 am, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:00:26 -0700 (PDT), TexasShadow > > <ev.newmex...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >On Jun 22, 10:02 pm, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: > > >> We rented a Jeep in Moab and enjoyed a little off roading. Looking at > >> those canyons from within offers an entirely different perspective.... > > Heh, heh, heh, I would be more concerned with my phobia of heights > than I would be with the bike. <g> I would like to camp down near the river for a few days sometime. Jeep or bikes (we have an older Jeep Comanche now :) > >We plan to spend several months in that area when we get on the road > >traveling in 2012, with rotating base camps. I hope you'll come down > >for a visit then. > > I think there is a very good chance I will come down to see you folks. Very cool! > >(I'm thinking of coming up with a turtle name since > >our home will be with us ;) > > Well the turtle or tortoise have been personified in a variety of > ancient mythologies and often used in children's stories. Ijapa, World > Turtle or Yertle come to mind as possibilities. Yup. Wiley, the mascot coyote that often accompanies me, tells a story about how the world was formed, on a turtle's back. Adapted from the many versions of NE Native Am. creation stories. https://sites.google.com/site/desertrats2009/home/closed-canyon-1/a-hike-in-closed-canyon
From: don (Calgary) on 24 Jun 2010 23:06 On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:15:16 -0700 (PDT), TexasShadow <ev.newmexico(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> >(I'm thinking of coming up with a turtle name since >> >our home will be with us ;) >> >> Well the turtle or tortoise have been personified in a variety of >> ancient mythologies and often used in children's stories. Ijapa, World >> Turtle or Yertle come to mind as possibilities. > >Yup. Wiley, the mascot coyote that often accompanies me, tells a story >about how the world was formed, on a turtle's back. Adapted from the >many versions of NE Native Am. creation stories. >https://sites.google.com/site/desertrats2009/home/closed-canyon-1/a-hike-in-closed-canyon I have missed reading your stuff Elzi. I've missed the pictures too. I hope you heal up soon and get back to having too much fun.
From: TexasShadow on 27 Jun 2010 18:53
On Jun 24, 10:06 pm, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: > I have missed reading your stuff Elzi. I've missed the pictures too. > > I hope you heal up soon and get back to having too much fun. Thanks, Don. I hope so, too. Meanwhile, I still go exploring, in the Jeep. Have a run of post on Texas forts on my blogsite. |