THE PECOS

This morning I got up before sunrise again and headed north towards Santa Fe. Twenty five miles east of Santa Fe to be exact.

I had seen the signs pointing to Pecos National Historic Park when I went to visit Fort Union.

Pecos Pueblo [14th century] rivaled Taos Pueblo as one of the largest in New Mexico. Some of the buildings were four and five stories high and at its peak was home to about 2000 inhabitants.

And then came the Spanish.

Like Acoma Pueblo, the native population was forced to build a mission, part of which still stands.

The drive is only about 90 minutes from Albuquerque and easy to get to. If you are staying in Albuquerque or Santa Fe its a nice way to spend a morning.










































































I'm out.

www.nps.gov/peco

Patience young Jedi, I am working on a new post. Downloading pics and video as well as writing commentary takes some time.

I'm out.

post script:

Man I'm gonna miss Billy Mays. Rest in peace pal.

"Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence!" -- Bones McCoy

That being said, it didn't seem to stop the procedings on 19 June 2009 when the first commercial spaceport began construction. In case you missed it and were still asleep here is a report:





www.spaceportamerica.com
www.virgingalactic.com

I'm out.

post script:

Like so many other kids of the day, Farrah and MJ played a part in my life as a young person.

Every week my family use to watch Charlies Angels after dinner and somehow I even ended up with the 'Farrah' poster.




I recall as a freshman at university riding my bike home as fast as I could the day the THRILLER video was supposed to premiere. What an event that was.




Losing both of these cultural icons in the same day just sort of makes mortality that much more final.

Rest in peace Michael and Farrah and peace to your families.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DALE!!

Just a quick shout out to my friend Dale of DALES RANTS, RAVES, RAMBLES AND THE OCCASIONAL RECIPE.

Happy birthday buddy I hope you had a good one!!