From: TexasShadow on
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
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
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.
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