More Southwestern shots

[mnaz]

Here are four pics from Southwestern trips over the last few years....



Grosvenor Arch, Utah



Navajo Reservation, Ariz.



Bryce Canyon, Utah



San Rafael Desert, Utah

Interesting rocks, indeed.....

[Sober Duck]

Now these photos are just amazying.

[jimboloco]

with scenery like this, who needs religion?

[Arcadia]

beautiful photos!

[jimboloco]

that one of the pink rocks jutting upward
with pockets of dark made
i to wonder, ja, about the Tibetan monasteries
how they are placed in hard to reach places
yet somehow survive
they have gardens and crop lands
somewhere and are virtually self sustaining
possible from the sale of tankas at half-yearly festivals
where they go to play their trumpets and chant

only i would vote for a co-ed community

but back on track
there must be some communities out there in special places
green canyons with spring fed streams
the temperate alpine mountain tops above the desert
semiii-arid regions where the rainfall is collected in cisterns
and saved

have you ever visited arcosanti
paolo solari's vision north of phoenix?
looks like i just missed an event with him last week at the st pete college in tarpon springs
about 45 min north of here
urban sprawl all the way

i have an old quaker friend, jan (yan) reiner
who is an architect
the old guy who lives across the street from kerouac's house
jan's house is embedded in tall green walls all around,
bamboo and oak
i coulda driven him up thar
c'est la vie

[mnaz]

with scenery like this, who needs religion?

Exactly, jimbo. It's my adopted faith.

Arcosanti.... interesting project. I wish I'd known about it last summer when I was down there. I could have checked it out....
One good thing about desert metropolises.... there is a definite end to the city, where the arid land takes over, nearly in full. Even though the Phoenix sprawl is fearsome, eventually one reaches open desert. Here in Seattle, I can drive a hundred miles in any direction and never quite escape a network of roads and farms and people hiding from each other in the trees, except for the highest mountain zones, perhaps....

Sober, Arcadia.... glad you enjoyed the shots!

[jimboloco]

I'd head east for apple and wheat country!

then follow the high desert all the way down to Hermosillo. What a trip that would be.