We visited Fort Ancient today. It's a large earthworks site with over 3.5 miles of earthen hills. (There used to be timber poles around it, too.) It was a religious site of the Hopewell Indians and took over 400 years to build. It also had astronomical purposes (solstices, moonrises, sunrises, etc.). There are plenty of other mounds around as well. (None are burial mounds.)
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I thought it was interesting that the Hopewell (and their predecessors the Adena) had as their closest living relatives the Apache, the Sioux, and the Yakima. (Does that mean the Hopewell/Adena moved out of Ohio and became the Apache/Sioux/Yakima? Or that the Apache/Sioux/Yakima ancestors also traveled to Ohio and became the Hopewell/Adena?)
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Yakima! That's a long way from Ohio. They're in Washington state!
Or maybe it's a different group with the same name (or close to it: Yakama, though the whole area has "Yakima" in place names, including a major town). Wikipedia tells me the Yakama nation has always lived in that area in Washington.
Or maybe it's a different group with the same name (or close to it: Yakama, though the whole area has "Yakima" in place names, including a major town). Wikipedia tells me the Yakama nation has always lived in that area in Washington.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
No, it's definitely the Yakima (sorry, Yakama) of Washington. I'm trying to find an answer to this question. The Hopewell were in Ohio (and the Eastern US) from about 200 BC to AD 500. I don't know when the Yakama first appeared in Washington.
So is there a common ancestor? Or did the Hopewell, who had an extensive trade network stretching pretty far west, blend into other groups, eventually becoming the Yakama (and other groups)? I found that the Apache arrived in the Southwestern US around AD 1000.
<shrug> It's intriguing to me. I'd bet they have a common ancestor, particularly in the case of the Yakama, but then that begs the question: What happened to the Hopewell? I don't think people typically disappear entirely.
So is there a common ancestor? Or did the Hopewell, who had an extensive trade network stretching pretty far west, blend into other groups, eventually becoming the Yakama (and other groups)? I found that the Apache arrived in the Southwestern US around AD 1000.
<shrug> It's intriguing to me. I'd bet they have a common ancestor, particularly in the case of the Yakama, but then that begs the question: What happened to the Hopewell? I don't think people typically disappear entirely.
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Since there are entirely too many pics in that album (it was so beautiful and I got carried away
), here are a few highlights:
Since there are entirely too many pics in that album (it was so beautiful and I got carried away
), here are a few highlights:-
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Lovely, Lali! 
And all of them could have been taken in Oregon, within ten miles of here. Higher praise I cannot give.
And all of them could have been taken in Oregon, within ten miles of here. Higher praise I cannot give.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
Hey even in Oklahoma you can take pretty pictures.
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Eru, you could take beautiful pictures anywhere, but, yes, apparently Oklahoma is pretty, too! 
I thought I'd share some pictures I took on a hike here in the Netherlands. I did a 16km hike with other expats. I posted them on Facebook but I'm not friends with all of you there:
http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/Er ... 0IJmuiden/
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Lovely, Eru! The beach is beautiful, but I think my favorite shots were in the trees, especially that long leaf-covered avenue with the fountain (I think?) just visible at the end.
I miss your photos! I know they're on Facebook, but I somehow just don't get over there very often. It's kind of you to link them here!
The beach is beautiful, but I think my favorite shots were in the trees, especially that long leaf-covered avenue with the fountain (I think?) just visible at the end.I miss your photos! I know they're on Facebook, but I somehow just don't get over there very often. It's kind of you to link them here!
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Been awhile but in October the wife and I got away to Moab for a week and here are some pictures:
Delicate Arch in the distance Arches Natl Park
Parade of the Elephants Arches Natl Park
Double Arch Arches Natl Park
Balancing Rock Arches Natl Park
The Three Gossips Arches Natl Park
First Canyon you can hike through Arches Natl Park
Old Tree Arches Natl Park
I have a few more I'll share, perhaps tomorrow of Dead Horse State Park and of Canyonlands Natl Park. [/img]
Delicate Arch in the distance Arches Natl Park
Parade of the Elephants Arches Natl Park
Double Arch Arches Natl Park
Balancing Rock Arches Natl Park
The Three Gossips Arches Natl Park
First Canyon you can hike through Arches Natl Park
Old Tree Arches Natl Park
I have a few more I'll share, perhaps tomorrow of Dead Horse State Park and of Canyonlands Natl Park. [/img]
1. " . . . (we are ) too engrossed in thinking of everything as a preparation or training or making one fit -- for what? At any minute it is what we are and are doing, not what we plan to be and do that counts."
J.R.R. Tolkien in his 6 October 1940 letter to his son Michael Tolkien.
2. We have many ways using technology to be in touch, yet the larger question is are we really connected or are we simply more in touch? There is a difference.
J.R.R. Tolkien in his 6 October 1940 letter to his son Michael Tolkien.
2. We have many ways using technology to be in touch, yet the larger question is are we really connected or are we simply more in touch? There is a difference.
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Beautiful, AJ—not just the subjects but how you shot them. I can instantly see the Three Gossips, for example, huddling together over a fence just after supper, swapping juicy details.
And there are some startlingly weird formations in the upper parts of the canyon you can hike!
And there are some startlingly weird formations in the upper parts of the canyon you can hike!
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Thanks Prim and Voronwë. Here are a couple more.
Canyonlands 1
Canyonlands 2
Canyonlands Don't Look Down
Green River near the Colorado
My personal favorite is the next one. We stayed at a ranch style place not far from here (about a 30 minute drive) and it is called Fisher's Tower. Glows nice and red at sunset.
Canyonlands 1
Canyonlands 2
Canyonlands Don't Look Down
Green River near the Colorado
My personal favorite is the next one. We stayed at a ranch style place not far from here (about a 30 minute drive) and it is called Fisher's Tower. Glows nice and red at sunset.
1. " . . . (we are ) too engrossed in thinking of everything as a preparation or training or making one fit -- for what? At any minute it is what we are and are doing, not what we plan to be and do that counts."
J.R.R. Tolkien in his 6 October 1940 letter to his son Michael Tolkien.
2. We have many ways using technology to be in touch, yet the larger question is are we really connected or are we simply more in touch? There is a difference.
J.R.R. Tolkien in his 6 October 1940 letter to his son Michael Tolkien.
2. We have many ways using technology to be in touch, yet the larger question is are we really connected or are we simply more in touch? There is a difference.
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Thanks everyone. Yes, Fisher's Tower is wonderful as are some of the other shots I got.
Voronwë, if you want to include Bryce in that trip you better do it soon. The BLM has given initial approval for the expansion of an open pit coal mine that will impact the traffic (a truck driving on Hwy 89 every 7 minutes) and the dirt in the air will be impacting the sky quality there. Many are opposed but it looks like the mining company will probably win on this.
If someone is every out here and you get off the beaten path a little and get to Great Basin Natl Park (in NV, on the border with Utah), having grown up in the Bay Area me and another friend always want to call it Big Basin . . . it has wonderful scenery, a cave you can go through and 5000 year old Bristlecone Pines and a real dichotomy of habitat ranges going from desert and sage brush to oak and then pine and aspen forests to an alpine environment. You can see some images at the parks website located here. I go there to do public outreach with my telescopes in the summer. A hidden gem of the National Parks.
Voronwë, if you want to include Bryce in that trip you better do it soon. The BLM has given initial approval for the expansion of an open pit coal mine that will impact the traffic (a truck driving on Hwy 89 every 7 minutes) and the dirt in the air will be impacting the sky quality there. Many are opposed but it looks like the mining company will probably win on this.
If someone is every out here and you get off the beaten path a little and get to Great Basin Natl Park (in NV, on the border with Utah), having grown up in the Bay Area me and another friend always want to call it Big Basin . . . it has wonderful scenery, a cave you can go through and 5000 year old Bristlecone Pines and a real dichotomy of habitat ranges going from desert and sage brush to oak and then pine and aspen forests to an alpine environment. You can see some images at the parks website located here. I go there to do public outreach with my telescopes in the summer. A hidden gem of the National Parks.
1. " . . . (we are ) too engrossed in thinking of everything as a preparation or training or making one fit -- for what? At any minute it is what we are and are doing, not what we plan to be and do that counts."
J.R.R. Tolkien in his 6 October 1940 letter to his son Michael Tolkien.
2. We have many ways using technology to be in touch, yet the larger question is are we really connected or are we simply more in touch? There is a difference.
J.R.R. Tolkien in his 6 October 1940 letter to his son Michael Tolkien.
2. We have many ways using technology to be in touch, yet the larger question is are we really connected or are we simply more in touch? There is a difference.