cliff dwellers

Driving up through 

Northern Arizona 

You know you’re almost there 

when you see the Cliff Dwellers

 


























Indigenous peoples 

Once lived in these boulders

And up in the Vermilion Cliffs 

Most of the Tribesmen 

Built Hogans or Pit Dwellings. 

Just the rocks remain. 

Coffee and previously 

downloaded YouTube videos. 

Wearing my fuzzy Eddie Bauer 

Pseudo moccasins. 

Sitting in a little craftsman

Nostalgic fishing lodge. 

Getting tan the Arizona way 

10 years ago I never dreamed

My life would be where I am today. 

Basically the same, 

But I seem to understand it

On a much deeper level.

I think vacations help with that. 

same little lodge

jacobs lake

river raft ride

Kevin and Doug’s place

Finally made it to Albuquerque!

Trader Joe’s gave me this nice bag for free. 

Ho Ho! 

Trekkie wanted me to 

show off her new shoes. 

Pretty, no? 

The irresistible smell of lilacs

Fill the foothills of Albuquerque. 

Yes. That is the moon. 

Lol. That’s also the double moon! 

The hosts are married men. 

So refreshing so be out 

And free with openly gay people. 

Celebrating their sexuality. 

The chickens were “totes adorbs”

They even have a cat 

Who doesn’t want

 anything to do with me. 

Cold and rainy here.  

Broody. Moody. 

Just the way I like it. 

After this, no more rain is forecast.