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We’re not in Kansas anymore
Or Nebraska, or Iowa… After being thoroughly depressed by the story of the Sand Creek Massacre, we headed east-northeast through Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. Along the way we hit a few wildlife refuges – Kerwin National Wildlife Refuge in Kansas, DeSoto NWR in Iowa, and the Touch the Sky Prairie unit of the Northern Tallgrass…
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Sand Creek, 1864
Today’s quotes: “Damn any man who sympathizes with Indians! … I have come to kill Indians, and believe it is right and honorable to use any means under God’s heaven to kill Indians. … Kill and scalp all, big and little; nits make lice. Col. John Chivington, Civil War hero, Methodist pastor. And: “Men, I…
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Raton – Clayton Volcano Field
Came east on US-64. Saw a sign for Capulin Volcano National Monument. Conquered the rim trail. The Capulin Volcano is a relatively recent volcano in a large volcanic field that stretches across northeast New Mexico from near Raton to Clayton. Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field covers about 7500 sq. miles of New Mexico and smidgens of Colorado…
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Bandelier National Monument
We’re in N. New Mexico, having spent a few days camping at Bandelier National Monument. The Monument preserves the remains of an ancient Pueblo civilization that lived, farmed, and hunted in the area of the Pajarito Plateau. The Pueblo people lived in dwellings carved into the soft volcanic rock (tuff) and built from blocks of tuff.…
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“The men are to be slain whenever and wherever they can be found…
Today’s quote: “The men are to be slain whenever and wherever they can be found; if they beg for peace, their chiefs and twenty of their principal men must come to Santa Fe to have a talk here…” Brigadier General James H. Carleton, 1862 We spent a few hours at Fort Union National Monument, which…
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..where the wind comes sweeping down the plain…
That would be Oklahoma, for those of you who are not familiar with the Rogers and Hammerstein musical. There’s nothing down here to slow the wind from the south (yesterday, 30+mph) or the north (today, 30+mph), or any other direction for that matter. I tried eating out on a picnic table last evening. Tough to…
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Michael Janke 