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🎒Cultural Tour Guide 🦔 Showcasing Northwest New Mexico's Legacy 🐾🌄 Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, Shiprock, Chaco Culture National Historical Park
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Sunday #stunday at sunset. 🗣 (Petrified tree stump in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness)
Out here in the Valley of Dreams, the area telling a story older than memory. Each tour reminds us that we’re not just walking through history, we’re walking with it.

I’m third to right with my other guide Gilbert. Check out our tours @navajotoursusa.com

#HumansofBluesky #newmexicotrue
Birthday party bound after work!
Summer rains in the San Juan Basin create the perfect moment to travel. The quiet escape you've been looking for with epic clouds, glowing light, and surreal landscapes. ✨️
Trading the noise for nature this Sunday.
We don’t just hike here. We listen. We remember, where wild horses roam in the hoodoos of Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah.
The etched lines of Bisti, timeless
Needed to grill. Got our teenagers gathered (voluntarily, shockingly) and gave my wife a well-earned break.
Rising four storied levels, 600+ rooms, the 11th-century marvel Chetro Ketl's north wall.

#IndigenousHeritage
Prickly pear cactus will be blooming soon. East humidity has entered the SW region.
We'll take this April snow. #nmwx
Evening Moon, Twilight Hike
These cracked, round rock formations are called the Cracked Eggs in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness.

Special effects courtesy of erosion and millions of years of drama.

#HatchThisWay #RockingTheWilderness
Leaving New Mexico is one thing but returning? That’s soul work. The colors just don't shine, they sing. The land doesn’t just feel familiar, it wraps around you. It teaches, it remembers, and it never forgets who you are, no matter how far you’ve wandered.
Currently en route despite the weather. See you there!

Possibly getting stuck 16 miles in, but hey, adventure doesn’t begin until my tires give up, right? #nmwx
Na’azísí Bito’ (Gopher Spring) Cuba, New Mexico 9:40 a.m. #nmwx
Aways a special time when our kids come home for spring break and we can reconnect and share our traditions. Our kids are back from San Jose, and they’re excited to enjoy our traditional foods again. We welcome all our children home, surrounded by the strength and protection of our sacred lands.
🌟🌌 My ancestors understood the celestial sky, wove its meaning and ceremony into their lives. Archaeoastronomy doesn’t just confirm this, we’ve always known it, our oral traditions have always told it.

The Chaco World has alignment, intention, and precision. And the cosmic expanse backs it up. 🌌 ✨️
Our ancestors at Chaco Canyon didn’t need Gothic cathedrals or Roman arches to be called “civilized.” They were master engineers, architects, astronomers, and urban planners. A travel guest looks, by line of sight, along the Equinox wall at Pueblo Bonito.
"As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. She learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi...consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers."
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
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Off to Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Navajo this morning, hoping to catch the Alien Throne with a fresh dusting of snow. ❄️ #nmwx #WinterWonderland #NewMexicoMagic
During our outing this week with photographers, "Get lower to capture the tiny mushrooms at the base." #NaturePhotography
Snow has finally reached Cuba, NM, hope our wipers aren’t older than our last oil change!
#nmwx 2:00 p.m. 1/29/25
2024 results are in from @Flickr 'Year In Review'! 📸 No surprise...our travel guests favored the #1 non-phone camera on the list. As for me, I used #4 non-phone camera all year. What about you?
What year would you upload from if you were a time traveler? ⏳📸

😂"...all #Flickr users CHECK YOUR DATE SETTINGS to avoid upsetting the temporal scientific community...snaps dated 03/16/9095 or 04/27/1524, metadata...sparks debate about existence of time travelers." flickr.com/year-in-revi...
The 2024 Year in Review | Flickr
A look back at the highlights, insights, and trends in the world of photography in 2024.
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