Comments on: CHACO CANYON: Primal Fire (Part I)

By: Robb

Robb — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:57:06 +0000

Kia ora Robin,
I am looking forward to reading and viewing the next installments. I love it, and as a parent appreciate your thoughts on children in the wilderness. I love marshmellows over the fire, and mine would be burnt black, yum! I never used a thermarest till I started experiencing a few cold and damp New Zealand nights in a tent, and quickly appreciated being off the ground just a wee bit. have a great day Robin.
Rangimarie,
Robb

By: the fearless blog

the fearless blog — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:45:56 +0000

My family and I have traveled up and down the east coast and as far west as the Mississippi, but I long to travel farther west and see all of these amazing sites you write about and photograph. There is something magical in these “red places” as I call them…the desert, the mountains, valleys and canyons. Just looking at your photographs I can feel my body gently floating and in my stomach I feel the butterflies. Thank you so much for sharing these moments and inspiring my mind and heart to wonder there if only in my imagination. Perhaps some day, I too will walk these ancient “red places” that have stared up at the stars and moon for millions of years.

By: Whiteotter

Whiteotter — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:26:13 +0000

Robin, Thank you for such a beautiful post. I am a bit behind, as I missed this one until your part II came up.. I was ????? But I found it! It is so wonderful that you could have the understanding and compassion for these parents with the little kids. Proves once again that you are truely a giving and loving person, and not so wrapped up in yourself. I thank you for that. There are just so many self obsorbed people out there that will never truely understand the beauty in life. Have a beautiful day Robin… I am off to read part II

By: Bird

Bird — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:17:53 +0000

Whoops… I think I just lost a long and heartfelt comment about loving your shadow picture, how important it is to give children a place in nature and how my mouth waters at the prospect of such huge landscapes… but this simple summing up seems to have got the flavour across so I’m not too sad

Looking forward to what comes next!

By: Bird

Bird — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:12:50 +0000

I love the shadow picture! This lovely post is making me feel full of anticipation, I’m looking forward to seeing all your pictures and reading your account. Although the hills and mountains of the UK can give you a sense of wilderness and are truly dangerous, my mouth waters at the thought of being in such a truly VAST landscape. I’ve only ever had that in India. The landscape you are showing me here is the America I’ve always wanted to visit. And giving children a place in nature? Absolutely vital, I’d say.

By: JOURNEYTIME

JOURNEYTIME — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:03:53 +0000

robin,
great intro to a magikal place—
thanks
derick

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:55:38 +0000

I do still like my television in small doses, but especially this time of year, I rarely turn it on.

This was a lovely post, Robin (no dog’s brekkie here!) and so cool to be brought along on your fantastic vacation! I love the way you see the world and describe it to us. So nice of that family to offer you their site…and so cool that they are taking their kids out into the real world to see some of it…Fajada Butte looks SO cool.

Can’t wait to see more!

By: PetMono

PetMono — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:38:56 +0000

hey robin, chaco canyon! i visited the area for five summers. i designed a logo for the center of american archeology and they paid me with free summer camps for my kids. my kids hated it at the time = they toiled all day in the sun/heat searching for artifacts. when they found some they could not keep them!

i also collected indian pottery throughout new mexico and arizona. chaco is beautiful to the eye and rich in american indian heritage.

thanks for the post and sharing with us your great POV!

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:53:14 +0000

Hi Robin:

Your comments about the saturation of TV really struck a chord with me. I grew up watching tv, and in certain respects it was more of a “parent” to me than my own workaholic parents. We cut off the TV in our home about three years ago (though I must confess to a certain movie addiction), and since then the kids have blossomed. Like you, we haven’t had the opportunity to go on a vacation in years, but the time spent as a family is just as precious. Watching the kids blossom, and develop interests better suited to their own personalities, rather than mass media programming has been a huge joy for Dawne and I.

Looking forward to the rest of your adventures in this beautiful place

Cheers, Marc

By: phoenix

phoenix — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:53:11 +0000

This was a really nice post, and awesome photos.. you mentioned hiking on my blog, and I after reading this I think I want to go hike this weekend, take my camera and go hike… and it’s so true what you said about TV, instead of watching other people’s fantasies, why not go out and live your own fantasy!!

I too went on holiday earlier this year, first time in a few years, and it felt so good to go out in nature, I went water rafting (a first for me) and next time I go I want to go mountain climbing/abseiling…

Thanks for a nice post, very inspiring writing you have going on here!