Art and travel have some things in common and the more you see the more your mind opens. It was Mark Twain that said :Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.
And while Cadillac Ranch wasn’t exactly my kind of art I do appreciate it exists. It’s both ridiculous and iconic and in a way fits into its stark prairie background. It was moved to its current site in 1997 2 miles to the west right off where historic Route 66 once laid. I just hope when they moved it and reburied them nose-first in the ground, it’s still at an angle corresponding to that of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. #cadillacranch #amarillo #amarillobymorning #marktwain#noreservations
In the Echo Amphitheater inside the Carson National Forest we hiked to the face and let out our own rallying cry,listening for the returning echos ringing through the desert. A powerful place with an odd feeling of both being both alone but with a distinct sense of someone watching...... Legend has it that In the spring of 1861, some farmers who had come from Iowa to settle and farm in Northern New Mexico were set upon by a band of Navajo. The settlers were taken to the top of the amphitheater and executed. Their blood spilled into the amphitheater, staining its walls.
Three years later, when the Navajo were being forced on the “Long Walk” to Bosque Redondo by the U.S. Army, ten Navajo men were killed at the top of the amphitheater in retribution for the earlier deaths. Once again, blood spilled down the walls of the amphitheater. The blood seeped into the pores of the rock and dried and supposedly is still visible today.
It is said that in the echoes returned from the cliff’s walls one can hear the anguished cries of the dead, hence its name,
#echoampitheater #carsonnationalforest #getoutside#explore#newmexico#walkinginthedesert #onahorsewithnoname
Hello Late Summer greetings
i would like to see if the person that created these wood creations is interested in helping me build a Healthy small wagon. a friend of his suggested i contact him.
Marta
phone 505 995 9699
Hello Marta,
My name is Tohner and I would be the guy responsible for the wood creations. I am intrigued by your healthy small wagon idea. I can also appreciate the wish for building a healthy building, one in which I would assume would be filled with natural building products.I am interested to hear more details/wishes of what this wagon would look like, be built out of, time frame and what your budget limitations are. I don’t know about the feasibility of helping you from my current location in Texas but I often fantasize about interesting projects such as you describe.
Very fun stuff on your blog! I only dabble in this stuff but love to see what other people do.
Thanks, sometimes its the dabblers that really create some unique stuff because they approach it from a very different point of view.
Keep truckin,
T.s.J