A More Permanent Hell

So you know we went to the Grand Canyon, but one of the highlights was returning to Wupatki National Monument. What's Wupatki? It's an ancient pueblo ruin, the major one, in a park filled with many ruins of pueblos.



Wupatki is the largest pueblo in the park. A self-guided trail begins behind the visitor center.

People gathered here during the 1100s, gradually building this 100-room pueblo with a community room and ballcourt. By 1182, perhaps 85 to 100 people lived at Wupatki Pueblo, the largest building for at least fifty miles. Within a day's walk, a population of several thousand surrounded Wupatki.

Wupatki appears empty and abandoned. Though it is no longer physically occupied, Hopi believe the people who lived and died here remain as spiritual guardians. Stories of Wupatki are passed on among Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and perhaps other tribes. Members of the Hopi Bear, Sand, Lizard, Rattlesnake, Water, Snow, and Katsina Clans return periodically to enrich their personal understanding of their clan history. Wupatki is remembered and cared for, not abandoned.

ninjababe and I have been here several times over the years, and this visit mimicked our first - arriving at sunset after the last ranger had gone home for the evening. If you're ever in the Flagstaff area, I highly recommend you take the time to visit this remarkable historic site.

( Pics below!! )

He's one of the strays we look out for.

A cousin I met via Ancestry.com had sent me this. My great-grandparents and my grandfather, great aunts and uncles. My grandfather is the second oldest in the photo.



( Full size below. )

I know I'm not doing the meme, but if I was, it would include this:



It's from ( the magazine below. )

I think the majority of the 100 things would be Hiddles related at this point. I may need an intervention [g]

I've been collecting Tom pics and am going to make the promised icon set. Just need to remember I have to make dinner tonight!

I know I'm not doing the meme, but if I was, it would include this:



It's from ( the magazine below. )

I think the majority of the 100 things would be Hiddles related at this point. I may need an intervention [g]

I've been collecting Tom pics and am going to make the promised icon set. Just need to remember I have to make dinner tonight!

It was awesome! Here's a pic, not so awesome ;)

Well, some of them. And Nick Fury's pet dragon. Bet you didn't know he had one of those! You see, he found a path to Pern, and.... Okay, I'll stop now.



(Yes, the walls of my bedroom really are painted that dark. It's called 'thunderstorm'. Thor approves.)

Well, some of them. And Nick Fury's pet dragon. Bet you didn't know he had one of those! You see, he found a path to Pern, and.... Okay, I'll stop now.



(Yes, the walls of my bedroom really are painted that dark. It's called 'thunderstorm'. Thor approves.)

This was a kinda blurry pic of Caffrey, so I experimented on it a little.