The Five Day "Walkabout"

Candy and I just got back from a five day jaunt that took us from Tucson through Fort Apache, Petrified Forest and Painted Desert in Arizona, over to Gallup, NM and to Albuquerque for the "Gathering Of Nations" ... the largest annual assemblage of native peoples in the United States. On the way back we spent a few hours at White Sands National Monument.

We're back now ... so I'll post pix a little at a time as i get them cleaned up and presentable.


Gathering of Nations
Albuquerque, NM

More than 500 tribes were represented from North, Central and South America.

One side comment. They all brought their children. Their children were:

1. Respectful of other people.
   
2. Quiet - they didn't whine, they didn't beg, they didn't think everything was all about them.
3. They didn't run in the halls or on the stairs.
4. Happy ... they smiled a lot and enjoyed themselves.
5. The older children took care of the younger children without complaint or resentment.
   
6. They were civil.
7. They were dignified.
   
8. And they reflected so well on their parents.

We were very proud and gratified to be among such civil and civilized human beings.