April 08
Taos, New Mexico to Jimez, New Mexico
After seeing the world heritage site of Taos... what could be better? Taos has been here for a thousand years. The river running through Taos feeds into the Rio Grande river. The snowcapped mountains in the background were really good!
Headed out Hwy 64 to gorge bridge... an engineering phenomenon in itself! That's 650' down to the river.
On through New Mexico hwy 502 / 501 to Los Alamos... past Bandolieer national monument... the bright ridge outside of Los Alamos. Transitioning from high arid plains to northern forested New Mexico... really beautiful to drive in the mountains / mesas.
Stopped and ate dinner at De Colores resturaunt at the edge of town and watched planes land at the airfield. It's been 30 years since an Emmaus walk so De Colores dinner was supposed to be. The guard tower across the street was the base / facility gate for security entrance check a long time ago. Now Los Alamos research is on a more secured base / site and traffic passes through the town normal.
Motel overnight and next morning headed out on Hwy 501 to AZ Hwy 4, down to Jimez before heading onto 4 Corners and Monument valley in the next few days. .
The forested Northern New Mexico country is beautiful.... really beautiful. mountainous / forested with ponderosa / lodgepole pines, and amazing geography.
We come to the Jimez village and go through the Jimez ruins beside the present town / village. Jimez has been here a thousand years. Actually the ancestral native americans have been here some 4,500 years.
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Also see http://stonebeartracks.blogspot.com/2011/02/mesa-verde-jimez-dancers.html post from the ITW blog ITW= Into The West
The Jimez tribe... Jimez, New Mexico... dates back about 4,500 years. Strong Tribal Family traditions that still survive today! A proud people! ... A proud Tribe! While near Spruce Treehouse in Mesa Verde...just by luck... stumbled onto an exibition in an ampitheater of the Jimez Tribe doing some of their ancestral dances. What a TREAT! For 30 minutes watched and listened to the Jimez chants and drums while young tribal members carring on the tradition danced sacred traditional tribal dances. Thank you
Jimez tribe!!! **** A side track note --- under construction and not ready yet... but eventually will direct you to the Jimez village post from an earlier road trip... stonebeartracks 4 corners... while driving through Jimez Springs stopped and walked through the Jimez ruins / church... where in the 1,600s after only 50 years of uninvited blackrobes... the Jimez wised up and murdered the Fransican priests and burned the catholic church to the ground. Evidently the Jimez did not appreciate the catholic church trying to convert them from their ancestral religion they had practiced for thousands of years... Go figure. Way to go Jimez; can we throw a parade for your tribe! ***
Anyway... to watch the Jimez kids dance today was phenomenal. ... think a thousand years ago around the village bonfire... These kids are still dancing as their ancestors did. Thank You!!! To the Jimez kids that danced.... You danced for your Tribe; A great honor!
That's some of the text. Go to that post to see pix of the Jimez youth dancing for their tribe
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Went down into a kiva. said a prayer for the Jimez tribe. The Jimez pottery is reaally unique. Time to go
Headed to Monument Valley.
4 Corners Tracks of the StoneBear ABQ to Taos
April 08
Taos, New Mexico to Jimez, New Mexico
After seeing the world heritage site of Taos... what could be better? Taos has been here for a thousand years. The river running through Taos feeds into the Rio Grande river. The snowcapped mountains in the background were really good!
Headed out Hwy 64 to gorge bridge... an engineering phenomenon in itself! That's 650' down to the river.
On through New Mexico hwy 502 / 501 to Los Alamos... past Bandolieer national monument... the bright ridge outside of Los Alamos. Transitioning from high arid plains to northern forested New Mexico... really beautiful to drive in the mountains / mesas.
Stopped and ate dinner at De Colores resturaunt at the edge of town and watched planes land at the airfield. It's been 30 years since an Emmaus walk so De Colores dinner was supposed to be. The guard tower across the street was the base / facility gate for security entrance check a long time ago. Now Los Alamos research is on a more secured base / site and traffic passes through the town normal.
Motel overnight and next morning headed out on Hwy 501 to AZ Hwy 4, down to Jimez before heading onto 4 Corners and Monument valley in the next few days. .
The forested Northern New Mexico country is beautiful.... really beautiful. mountainous / forested with ponderosa / lodgepole pines, and amazing geography.
We come to the Jimez village and go through the Jimez ruins beside the present town / village. Jimez has been here a thousand years. Actually the ancestral native americans have been here some 4,500 years.
******
Also see http://stonebeartracks.blogspot.com/2011/02/mesa-verde-jimez-dancers.html post from the ITW blog ITW= Into The West
The Jimez tribe... Jimez, New Mexico... dates back about 4,500 years. Strong Tribal Family traditions that still survive today! A proud people! ... A proud Tribe! While near Spruce Treehouse in Mesa Verde...just by luck... stumbled onto an exibition in an ampitheater of the Jimez Tribe doing some of their ancestral dances. What a TREAT! For 30 minutes watched and listened to the Jimez chants and drums while young tribal members carring on the tradition danced sacred traditional tribal dances. Thank you
Jimez tribe!!! **** A side track note --- under construction and not ready yet... but eventually will direct you to the Jimez village post from an earlier road trip... stonebeartracks 4 corners... while driving through Jimez Springs stopped and walked through the Jimez ruins / church... where in the 1,600s after only 50 years of uninvited blackrobes... the Jimez wised up and murdered the Fransican priests and burned the catholic church to the ground. Evidently the Jimez did not appreciate the catholic church trying to convert them from their ancestral religion they had practiced for thousands of years... Go figure. Way to go Jimez; can we throw a parade for your tribe! ***
Anyway... to watch the Jimez kids dance today was phenomenal. ... think a thousand years ago around the village bonfire... These kids are still dancing as their ancestors did. Thank You!!! To the Jimez kids that danced.... You danced for your Tribe; A great honor!
That's some of the text. Go to that post to see pix of the Jimez youth dancing for their tribe
***************
Went down into a kiva. said a prayer for the Jimez tribe. The Jimez pottery is reaally unique. Time to go
Headed to Monument Valley.
