Yes, it is me with a Blog Post. It has been a long while. Facebook, texting and other social media sources seem to have taken over but I miss sharing and writing in this older fashioned way. Paul and I are on the road having many adventures. He has shared many of them in his blog. We have discovered Shiprock, NM and many of you have been here. Just like Lone Pine, CA, that we visited 2 weeks ago, we have made another surprising discovery. Lone Pine was more spectacular perhaps, but Shiprock has surprises, the biggest being the rock that provided the town’s name.
The Boondockers welcome website sent us to a unique place to camp for 3 nights in the parking lot of a Navajo Country church and a delightful Pastor (John Greydanus), a man of many charms and skills. He is thin and willy, friendly and funny and welcomed us warmly to his site.
Shiprock is in the North West corner of New Mexico, a Navajo Nation reservation. Our first morning here Paul at the wheel of our new Jeep and its many off-road tricks, we drove to the Shiprock to see it for ourselves.
It appears as the end point of a long Dyke of eroding walls leading to the tall rock. Climbing is forbidden as it is sacred Navajo land. However I bet rock climbers salivate when they visit. I have attached photos in case you have not been there.
Back in the church lot, Paul Particularly helped unload the 18 wheeler truck that brought food for the folks in this area, heavy and plentiful boxes and bags of foods and supplies. I helped hand out the meal boxes and others placed, butter, heavy packages of staples and dry goods into the cars for a full hour until supplies ran out. The folks we worked with were very friendly and full of life and good humor. The recipients were grateful and each of the over 75 recipients received packages enough for the number of people in the family. What a pleasure to help in this small way.
On Thursday we head to Albuquerque to spend 5 days with our wonderful niece Erica coming in from Florida giving us more adventures to share.