all my pictures from the summer (not enough i tell you).
philmont
Friday, August 29, 2003
Thursday, August 28, 2003
more thoughts on the whole international travel and experience thing... from dave
In a general sense, although I don't think I'll fully realize how the trip has affected me for years, I know that it's opened my mind a bit. It's made me realize how unaware Americans are of the world surrounding them. We only come into contact with the rest of the world through the tv. But there are real people out there with different views on life and politics and culture, and that's great. As Americans, we have everything we need right here. We--right or not, I'm not sure--have a hard time seeing how other countries view our culture and lifestyle. While the trip hasn't vastly altered my beliefs or made me anti-American, it has shown me that there are different ways of thinking out there, and they need to be acknowledged. On a less serious level, I've found that Americans are very out of touch with history (theirs' and others') and geography, etc... Europeans seem to have a greater respect for their history and take time to learn about that of others. I almost expected them to know where Denver was, but before this trip, I could hardly pinpoint Madrid on a map.
In a general sense, although I don't think I'll fully realize how the trip has affected me for years, I know that it's opened my mind a bit. It's made me realize how unaware Americans are of the world surrounding them. We only come into contact with the rest of the world through the tv. But there are real people out there with different views on life and politics and culture, and that's great. As Americans, we have everything we need right here. We--right or not, I'm not sure--have a hard time seeing how other countries view our culture and lifestyle. While the trip hasn't vastly altered my beliefs or made me anti-American, it has shown me that there are different ways of thinking out there, and they need to be acknowledged. On a less serious level, I've found that Americans are very out of touch with history (theirs' and others') and geography, etc... Europeans seem to have a greater respect for their history and take time to learn about that of others. I almost expected them to know where Denver was, but before this trip, I could hardly pinpoint Madrid on a map.
HEY... the place i was all summer is the number one road trip... here you go. visit. we can do this!
1. THE “ENCHANTED CIRCLE” AND THE “SANTA FE TRAIL”
Here’s a first example; since all of New Mexico has fewer people than Phoenix, Arizona, most motoring routes are pleasantly uncrowded. Starting in Albuquerque (“Old Town,” Sandia Peak Tram, San Felipe Mission,) you pick up a self-drive car and head along a sparsely-trafficked State Highway 14 (“the Turquoise Trail”) past the gold-mining towns of Golden, Madrid and Cerrillos to Santa Fe (Old Plaza, Palace of the Governors, Sans Miguel Mission, adobe-style homes). Next day, you tour the Indian pueblos on U.S. 4/285, then head for Chimayo (Spanish weavers and woodcarvers) and Taos for overnight. You tour Taos (birthplace of southwestern art) next morning, then proceed along the “Enchanted Circle” in late afternoon by driving to little Red River, a gold-mining village of the 1860s, where you can stay for, say, two nights at one of six guest ranches nearby. Next, drive past the ghost town of Elizabethtown to Eagle Nest and Angel Fire, then double back to enjoy a 23-mile drive on “Scenic U.S. 64” through Cimarron Canyon State park and to the historic, well-preserved Santa Fe Trail town of Cimarron. Next day, tour “Old Cimarron,” then head south on State Highway 21 and due east on Highway 199 to Springer, and then south on Interstate 25 to the village of Wagon Mound. Continue to Watrous, detour to Fort Union, then return to the Interstate for 18 further miles to the Victorian town of Las Vegas (New Mexico). Next day, take Interstate 25 past the Pecos National Monument to Albuquerque, ending a week of awesome vistas and cultures.
1. THE “ENCHANTED CIRCLE” AND THE “SANTA FE TRAIL”
Here’s a first example; since all of New Mexico has fewer people than Phoenix, Arizona, most motoring routes are pleasantly uncrowded. Starting in Albuquerque (“Old Town,” Sandia Peak Tram, San Felipe Mission,) you pick up a self-drive car and head along a sparsely-trafficked State Highway 14 (“the Turquoise Trail”) past the gold-mining towns of Golden, Madrid and Cerrillos to Santa Fe (Old Plaza, Palace of the Governors, Sans Miguel Mission, adobe-style homes). Next day, you tour the Indian pueblos on U.S. 4/285, then head for Chimayo (Spanish weavers and woodcarvers) and Taos for overnight. You tour Taos (birthplace of southwestern art) next morning, then proceed along the “Enchanted Circle” in late afternoon by driving to little Red River, a gold-mining village of the 1860s, where you can stay for, say, two nights at one of six guest ranches nearby. Next, drive past the ghost town of Elizabethtown to Eagle Nest and Angel Fire, then double back to enjoy a 23-mile drive on “Scenic U.S. 64” through Cimarron Canyon State park and to the historic, well-preserved Santa Fe Trail town of Cimarron. Next day, tour “Old Cimarron,” then head south on State Highway 21 and due east on Highway 199 to Springer, and then south on Interstate 25 to the village of Wagon Mound. Continue to Watrous, detour to Fort Union, then return to the Interstate for 18 further miles to the Victorian town of Las Vegas (New Mexico). Next day, take Interstate 25 past the Pecos National Monument to Albuquerque, ending a week of awesome vistas and cultures.
positive affimations from friends:
"He's also doing the job search thing too without luck. Its not easy to find a job in the States right now, engineering jobs aren't easy to find, management jobs want experience, business jobs are the only ones around. Consulting jobs and other cushy jobs that WU prepares us for just don't exist anymore." ~joe sheehan
"He's also doing the job search thing too without luck. Its not easy to find a job in the States right now, engineering jobs aren't easy to find, management jobs want experience, business jobs are the only ones around. Consulting jobs and other cushy jobs that WU prepares us for just don't exist anymore." ~joe sheehan
Sunday, August 24, 2003
Ok, so my friend dave smalle has WAY too much time on his hands... (you know, not a very good job and lives wiht his parents!?!) but this means that there is a lot of ability to be unusefully creative... and he made this sweet cartoon.
homestar megamix
homestar megamix
the big dilemma has been what to do... job search, fire rehab, crawl under a rock and hide? i picked everyones braind and tried to get them to make my decision for me, and i ended up having to really think for myself (proabbly harder than i used to think about some of my school work) about what I really wanted to do and where i really saw myself this fall...
how to feel better about not being in the real world... from gene.
tell my parents they needed to trust me...I told them they were showing a tremendous lack of faith that I would make the right choices after a year of screwing around. They just need to have some faith that you'll eventually come to the right conclusion, even if there are a few detours before you get there. I'd rather have taken an interesting route than to get there first.
and aunt joette:
I am a big believer in doing what youwant. Way too many people get trapped in positions that are in their field
and they don't like the work they stay because the pay and benefits become more important than their happiness.
how to feel better about not being in the real world... from gene.
tell my parents they needed to trust me...I told them they were showing a tremendous lack of faith that I would make the right choices after a year of screwing around. They just need to have some faith that you'll eventually come to the right conclusion, even if there are a few detours before you get there. I'd rather have taken an interesting route than to get there first.
and aunt joette:
I am a big believer in doing what youwant. Way too many people get trapped in positions that are in their field
and they don't like the work they stay because the pay and benefits become more important than their happiness.
Monday, August 04, 2003
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