Karla and Maya, Karla is an old friend from Vancouver, WA now living in Los Alamos, NM

Patrick, Carolina and Emma came from Albuquerque, NM. We first met them in Haifa.

Martha Yazzie, a Navajo, from Chinle, AZ, she makes jewelry and weaves rugs, she is a new friend we hope to go and visit her home and her hogan–stayed tuned.

Some of the participants . . .

Sunrise across Grants.

The Harley’s came visiting this weekend. We headed out but the town was packed with folks in black leather making loud rumbling sounds. It was the annual “Fire and Ice” festival

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Taylor_(New_Mexico)

On the way to Grants we stopped in Moab, Utah. It is a touristy town fueled by two National parks close by, we visited one of them today.

On the way out of Salt Lake City we drove close by these (posted for Shaun).

We also drove by these Buttes (posted for Carissa)

And now Arches . . .

Driving through a lake bed

Great skies nearing the Utah border

Summer flowers

Then lunch in Snowville, UT, population 3,000