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July 8th 2009

Published: July 9th 2009

The sun's rays come streaming down through empty sky, thunderclouds and aspen leaves - and strike an ant next to me scurrying about for its morning meal coffee black as night on my other side the sound of the ocean lapping with the wind in the trees Thunder rumble approaching tumbling nearer clouds swell, the ocean swells the sun's rays disappear A drop of rain strikes my nose like a river to th... Read Full Entry

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Our Camp for the night

Outside of Chaco Canyon, NM

Chaco Canyon 1

Chaco Canyon is a Huge Anasazi Ruin in New Mexico

Chaco Canyon 2

Chaco Canyon 3

We got to explore these ruins, unlike the ones at Canyon de Chelly

Chaco Canyon 4

Our camp medicine wheel

Nice Sky

Milliways Camp

One of the kitchens at the Rainbow Gathering

Rainbow Gathering Main Meadow

Imagine 20000 people here on the 4th of july holding hands and praying for peace

Main Meadow

A nice meadow in the mountains

Down a 30 mile dirt road from the gathering

Bushwacking out of the Rio Grande Gorge

I almost fell down the ravine into the river with my bike...

The Rio Grande Gorge

Jeff's Farm in Taos

The Earthships

A community of more than 100 completely sustainable homes outside of taos. They're built out of stacked tires with rammed earth and covered in mud or plaster. All their water comes from a roof rainwater catchment system and then inside is a greywater system. All the electricity is solar or wind powered. Pretty cool homes.

The inside of an unfinished earthship

Some of the walls were made from bottles, like here

Another Earthship

Here you can see the stacked tires.

9th July 2009

Mom
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Enjoy the Land of Odaroloc
Hi Son, You have drunk from the mysterious backwards waters -- communicating in backwards delusion -- but it's OK because MOM is MOM no matter which way you spell it. Enjoy the Land of Odaroloc and expecially Edirullet! Thanks for the stories! Love love and happy trails. Mom

12th July 2009

Tom G
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Journey on
Journey on my wayward son. Because when the Journey's off. It ain't a Journey no more. Live it, Dream it. Hold it, Speak it. Share it, Give it. Then let it go! Best wishes, Papa and remember: When there is a fork in the road; take it!

22nd July 2009

Darrell Robertson
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Bon Appetit
Kyle, I hope you are well and that your journey is full of adventure and glorious sights. It was nice meeting you in Sgnirps-Asogap. I hope your rig is holding up. I was so fortunate to have not a single flat tire on my ride from Durango to Taos. The climb up through Tierra Amarilla was tough. I walked my rig for about 5 miles in intervals. The descent was sweet though, especially with the BOB Yak helping me down. A cinnamon-colored juvenile black bear came within a quarter mile of my campsite and a road angel named Terry West took a picture of it. The bear never bothered me. I spent the night under the first lean-to that I came upon at the top of the mountain. My jounral is posted at www.crazyguyonabike.com Search for "Durango".....or should I say "Ognarud"?

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