The next two pictures are scenes we found in Bisbee. They were house scenes set up within the walls of houses and buildings that were burned or torn down.
Taking the Copper Queen Mine Tour
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Tuesday
Bisbee Scenes
The next two pictures are scenes we found in Bisbee. They were house scenes set up within the walls of houses and buildings that were burned or torn down.
Great Sand Dunes and Zapata Falls
We got up really early one morning and hiked the hike to Tall Dune at the Great Sand Dunes.
Here we are at the top. It was really windy!
Our first night out we camped at a new campground at Zapata Falls. The campground had just opened for the first time the week before we arrived. It was quiet, with beautiful views of the San Luis Valley. The road up to the falls was pretty rough, but driving slowly we did ok.
Below, Joel is putting on his shoes at Zapata Falls after walking over to the falls through the river.
Here we are at the top. It was really windy!
Our first night out we camped at a new campground at Zapata Falls. The campground had just opened for the first time the week before we arrived. It was quiet, with beautiful views of the San Luis Valley. The road up to the falls was pretty rough, but driving slowly we did ok.
Below, Joel is putting on his shoes at Zapata Falls after walking over to the falls through the river.
Last Picnic - Near Galina, NM
We had our last trip picnic of breakfast burritos in the forest near Galina, NM. Joel is cooking the eggs.
Monday
Tucson
When we arrived we went straight from the airport to the Tucson Zoo where we could enjoy some time in the sun.
Friday morning we took the "Shake Rattle and Roll" Segway tour. We were the only people on the tour. We loved the Segway tour we took last year, and really enjoyed this tour too. This tour took us on to the University of Arizona campus, through the historic neighborhoods, through some public art (including the snake bridge and the basket bridge) and ended with....
A milkshake! Yum!
After the Segway tour we went to the Postal History Foundation, a museum and library devoted to stamps and educating children through the use of stamps (teaching kids art, math, geography, history through images on stamps). They also collect historic postal service items like bags, boxes, and cancellation stamps. They take donations of canceled stamps - any kind any year. They sort the donated stamps - remove them from the envelopes and use them in their education programs for kids. Below is a sorting box one of the volunteers uses for sorting and later filing the stamps.
We toured Sabino Canyon. I wasn't feeling well, and we arrived late in the day so we took a trolley tour of the canyon. Maybe in the years ahead we will hike. Below is a cardinal. They had just arrived in the Tucson area.
Below are some images from The Lost Barrio. We went there to find local art galleries, but found most of the stores are imported "rustic" furniture. In the store below, I found one artist who had work displayed - photographs. As I approached the photos I saw the name of the artist was Karen Hymer Thompson, my photography teacher in high school! I bought one of her pieces. It was a great unexpected surprise.
It was kind of a sad visit to Tucson, with the funerals of the shooting victims happening while we were there. The Safeway where the shooting occurred was just across the street from the hotel we have stayed at for the last 2 years. The hotel had changed ownership in the last year, so we had decided to stay somewhere else. We did drive by the parking lot, on the day the grocery store reopened. It was totally packed with people - shopping and mourning.
Tucson is a city in mourning. One of the very special events we happened across is a public art project called Ben's Bells. On the news the evening we arrived, there was talk of this strange "Ben's Bells" phrase. As one of the injured people left the hospital they were given a "Ben's Bell" by a strange, and other "Ben's Bells" events were planned during the weekend. On our Segway tour the first stop we made was at the non-profit foundation --- Ben's Bells. So what is Ben's Bells? It is a movement, using public art, encouraging people to be kind to each other. It was a movement well underway before the shooting. The organization had been contacted by national news outlets and the New York Times, ironically, the weeks before the shooting. The organization was started by a family who unexpectedly lost their 3 year-old-son to a sudden illness. In honor of Ben's life, the family started making ornaments and hanging them around Tucson. They wanted people to take the ornaments and be kind to each other. Like finding the bell is both a blessing and a reminder of responsibility.
The morning we visited the non-profit headquarters, they had hung hundreds of bells at the Safeway parking lot. The volunteer we spoke to said the FBI was still at the parking lot, and was of course curious about what the people were doing. When they said they were hanging the bells for other people to take as a message of kindness, the FBI agents helped them hang the bells from the trees. I think it is a beautiful way to celebrate life and community.
Here is their mission:
Our mission is to inspire, educate and motivate each other to realize the impact of intentional kindness and to empower individuals to act according to that awareness, thereby changing our world.
Friday morning we took the "Shake Rattle and Roll" Segway tour. We were the only people on the tour. We loved the Segway tour we took last year, and really enjoyed this tour too. This tour took us on to the University of Arizona campus, through the historic neighborhoods, through some public art (including the snake bridge and the basket bridge) and ended with....
A milkshake! Yum!
After the Segway tour we went to the Postal History Foundation, a museum and library devoted to stamps and educating children through the use of stamps (teaching kids art, math, geography, history through images on stamps). They also collect historic postal service items like bags, boxes, and cancellation stamps. They take donations of canceled stamps - any kind any year. They sort the donated stamps - remove them from the envelopes and use them in their education programs for kids. Below is a sorting box one of the volunteers uses for sorting and later filing the stamps.
We toured Sabino Canyon. I wasn't feeling well, and we arrived late in the day so we took a trolley tour of the canyon. Maybe in the years ahead we will hike. Below is a cardinal. They had just arrived in the Tucson area.
Below are some images from The Lost Barrio. We went there to find local art galleries, but found most of the stores are imported "rustic" furniture. In the store below, I found one artist who had work displayed - photographs. As I approached the photos I saw the name of the artist was Karen Hymer Thompson, my photography teacher in high school! I bought one of her pieces. It was a great unexpected surprise.
It was kind of a sad visit to Tucson, with the funerals of the shooting victims happening while we were there. The Safeway where the shooting occurred was just across the street from the hotel we have stayed at for the last 2 years. The hotel had changed ownership in the last year, so we had decided to stay somewhere else. We did drive by the parking lot, on the day the grocery store reopened. It was totally packed with people - shopping and mourning.
Tucson is a city in mourning. One of the very special events we happened across is a public art project called Ben's Bells. On the news the evening we arrived, there was talk of this strange "Ben's Bells" phrase. As one of the injured people left the hospital they were given a "Ben's Bell" by a strange, and other "Ben's Bells" events were planned during the weekend. On our Segway tour the first stop we made was at the non-profit foundation --- Ben's Bells. So what is Ben's Bells? It is a movement, using public art, encouraging people to be kind to each other. It was a movement well underway before the shooting. The organization had been contacted by national news outlets and the New York Times, ironically, the weeks before the shooting. The organization was started by a family who unexpectedly lost their 3 year-old-son to a sudden illness. In honor of Ben's life, the family started making ornaments and hanging them around Tucson. They wanted people to take the ornaments and be kind to each other. Like finding the bell is both a blessing and a reminder of responsibility.
The morning we visited the non-profit headquarters, they had hung hundreds of bells at the Safeway parking lot. The volunteer we spoke to said the FBI was still at the parking lot, and was of course curious about what the people were doing. When they said they were hanging the bells for other people to take as a message of kindness, the FBI agents helped them hang the bells from the trees. I think it is a beautiful way to celebrate life and community.
Here is their mission:
Our mission is to inspire, educate and motivate each other to realize the impact of intentional kindness and to empower individuals to act according to that awareness, thereby changing our world.
Taos and Hike to Lake Williams
Lake Williams - about 2 miles (up hill) from the Bavarian Hotel in Taos Ski Valley.
We took a lunch and had a picnic. It was a little cold.
These birds were really friendly and followed us about a mile into our hike all the way to the lake. They knew we would give them bread.
These are some views from the Ski Valley.
Sunday
Visit to the UP
Here was our picnic spot in Winneconne, WI.
We made it to Uncle Bobby and Jeannie's house. This picture was the next morning.
Joel and I took out the jet ski and so did Joel's dad.
In the afternoon Joel and I took a bike ride to the places he played with his cousins when he was little.
In the evening we went on a boat ride out to Lake Superior and then had dinner in Houghton.
Here we all are on Lake Superior. The water was calm and the weather was perfect - no wind and warm.
It was a little cold on the way back.
The sun was setting as we made our way back to Point Mills - you can see the bridge connecting Houghton and Hancock in the far end of the picture.
The next day we headed back to Wisconsin with a stop at Dave's Falls for lunch.
We made it to Uncle Bobby and Jeannie's house. This picture was the next morning.
Joel and I took out the jet ski and so did Joel's dad.
In the afternoon Joel and I took a bike ride to the places he played with his cousins when he was little.
In the evening we went on a boat ride out to Lake Superior and then had dinner in Houghton.
Here we all are on Lake Superior. The water was calm and the weather was perfect - no wind and warm.
It was a little cold on the way back.
The sun was setting as we made our way back to Point Mills - you can see the bridge connecting Houghton and Hancock in the far end of the picture.
The next day we headed back to Wisconsin with a stop at Dave's Falls for lunch.
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