"One hundred years from now, as people look back on
our use of this continent, we shall not be praised for our
reckless use of its oil, nor the loss of our forests;
we shall be heartily damned for all these things.
But we may take comfort in the knowledge that we
shall certainly be thanked for the national parks."

~Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur, 1931

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

Holy Moly, How Long Has It Been?

I went to the east coast.

Attended a wonderful wedding.

Had a tree fall on my car (in Phoenix!?)

Drove 20 hours in 4 days to visit Pam in Sequoia.

Saw a Black Bear.

Discovered there will be black bears at my new park.

Am completely somewhat overwhelmed by all I have to do.


And in 4 days I'm moving. Oh and did I mention my car is in the shop for another 3 days?

My new mailing address at Bandelier National Monument is on facebook, my alum-blitz auto reply, or you can contact me for it.


I would like to end with a poem a visitor wrote for me last week:
Many many years ago
you weathered timeless, Knowing winds
here we are, upon your steps,
standing near your kin
were you proud of your great masterpiece?
or were you just living day to day
We are truly in great awe of you sacred space
Many years have passed between
yet, were our places to be switched-...
would you be so awed of our sacred space as we are of yours?

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