After the first day back at work, I have pulled together a few final observations from the road and even more photographs from our trip out west. Thanks to all for the nice comments (both public and private) on the travelogues. You helped by allowing us to share the joy of travel. More to come… DJB Image: Detail from Acoma by Claire Brown
I mentioned in an earlier post that my daughter Claire took black & white photos during our western trip on my old film camera that she calls “the classic.” We just had that film processed (since Claire doesn’t have access to the dark room at school during the summer) and I thought I’d post a couple of her shots for all to see. The shot above was taken in the church yard of the 1760 mission church in Las Trampas, on the High Road to Taos. Claire said this was her favorite of about 140 shots she took during the trip. The second photo I’ve posted is from Acoma, where Claire took two full rolls of film. She loved the mission church at Acoma, so I’ve posted a shot she took of the bell tower early in our tour of the site. There are so many great opportunities for photos at Acoma — the buildings and landscape are so evocative both individually and together. In the photo at right, I liked the interplay of the …
Yesterday was magical for the Browns as we visited Acoma Sky City, the country’s oldest continuously inhabited community, on a splendid summer day. Acoma Sky City is a National Trust for Historic Preservation Historic Site and one of this country’s very special places. Rising early we arrived at the spectacular Sky City Cultural Center – a center that blends with the land and was designed only after the community held a series of focus groups with tribal members ranging from age 4 to 96. Every detail at the center has been thoughtfully considered, and we received a top-to-bottom tour from Center Operations Director Randy Howarth. Randy was our host for the day and saw to it that we got to experience all that Acoma had to offer. Acoma Sky City – the spiritual home of the pueblo – sits on the top of a 357 foot mesa. We joined a tour group that included some bikers from Belgium who were riding Historic Route 66 from Chicago to LA. After riding to the top of the mesa, …
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