On April 27th, 2012, Kris Lajeskie embarked on an adventure of a lifetime…walking one of the great pilgrimages on this planet – the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain. (500 miles – 33 days – 20 lbs on her back) All Roads lead to Santiago de Compostela Also called Saint James Way, popular tradition has it that the Apostle James preached in Spain (before he was beheaded by Herod in Jerusalem), and his disciples brought his body back to Spain by boat. As early as the 9th century – [Read More]
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument invites the public to return to the Gila Cliff Dwellings. Superintendent Steve Riley announced today that the Gila Cliff Dwellings reopened at 9 am on Tuesday, January 10, 2012. This reopening follows the completion of repairs to the West Fork Bridge on New Mexico Highway 15, one mile south of the cliff dwellings. The repairs were necessary due to damage caused by flooding in 2008 and 2010. The cliff dwellings will remain open every day from 9 am to 4 pm. There is a $3.00 [Read More]
Owners of Oldest Continuously Inhabited Community in North America Enters Into Cooperative Agreement with National Trust (Acoma Sky City, New Mexico January 31, 2007) Sixty miles west of Albuquerque, atop a sheer-walled, 370-foot sandstone mesa, Acoma Sky City has remained suspended in time for hundreds of years. With an eye toward the future, North America’s oldest continuously inhabited community in North America, Acoma Sky City is now the 28th National Trust Historic Site, named by the National Trust. Overlooking a vast desert-and-mountain sweep of northern New Mexico and dating back [Read More]
