Zuni

 We headed to Zuni Pueblo to visit with friends from Anchorage who now work on this Native American Reservation.  It took us back to our time in Port Hardy, BC and the strong sense of community we experienced there.  We are happy that these doctors could practice anywhere, but were led to serve here.  They are very involved in promoting health and help with youth sports programs.  Jerry was able to participate in a  7 mile run called Coronado's Curse on Sunday morning with Barb. We were blessed by the fellowship, conversations, and meals we shared together.

UFO?

We had a complete New Mexican experience in that we spotted a UFO in the skies above Route 53.  There were other cars pulled over watching it, too!

As we headed east we stopped at El Morro National Monument. We saw some of the over 2000 inscriptions and petroglyphs on the rock face of the mesa that dated from pre-Spanish contact to the early 20th century.  Our next stop was Acoma Pueblo, one of the longest occupied pueblos in the US.  The Acoma people are descendants of the Ancestral Puebloans who migrated south from Mesa Verde in Colorado.  Thirteen families have residences  live atop the mesa community which still functions without electricity or water and sewer systems. This was one of the Pueblo groups that received an ebony cane from President Lincoln in 1864.