Road Trips

Can you trust anyone wearing a mask?

We were just having our morning coffee along Route 66 and in walks Buck. As if on cue. This shot with iphone the second I saw him. Buck is an ex cop, champ with a bull whip, and serious fast draw expert. After breakfast Buck tested my skills at fast draw. I hit the target …

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The  wild wild west. Romantic? Sure in movies and stories of western lore. Yet all of the symbols above signify expansion into indigenous lands. Just the way it all came down. No stopping it. The tide of history ebbs and flows.

fast coffee stop on our way to the Grand Canyon. Rez was proud of his U.S. Air Force service and quick to remind me of the Navajo Code Talkers who baffled the Japanese during WWII. The people of the land. Safe travels Rez.

Krista “Suzi” Richards, 19, is a gold medalist archer and coach. Here with her two month old Aeden who is now the youngest tribal member. She says he will be trained as a first class archer as well. Suzi’s father is on the Ute tribal council serving 1,489 tribal members since 1991. Suzi’s mother and …

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ate a Navajo dog wrapped in fry bread at sunset here where Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico meet on these tribal lands. Peace is the feeling in this land that seems to go forever.

Last night made ski/cowboy town Durango, Colorado appear a bit more cosmopolitan than many might view it. Surely late night in Durango usually has me playing dominos with my mother and so this was my first “night out” ever in Durango. Well surely Halloween parties are for those who want to become somebody else. I …

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