We have been home for almost a month. Halloween and Thanksgiving
have passed and Christmas looms. Just so you don't wonder if we are going to leave you hanging, wondering how the trip ended, here is an account of our return home from Santa Fe.
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| We didn't stay here. We got the photo, then scrammed. |
We attended the annual
meeting of the national association for hand papermakers, an organization
called
The Friends of Dard Hunter. We have enjoyed camaraderie and learned much in the many years of our connection to this organization.
Here is a short clip of the conference band
performing one of our book arts folk songs called "Minnie the Bookbinder," a
parody of Cab Calloway’s "Minnie the Moocher." Wait. It's not working. I'll get back to you soon....
In Santa Fe, among other things, we found a dilapidated vintage tiny home.
While in Phoenix we visited the
Musical Instrument Museuem.
They brag that it is one of the top 10 museums in the country. I would agree. You
get a head set when you enter and each exhibit has videos with music
representative of what is being displayed.
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| Peter makes this kind of stuff |
Our last stop was in
Joshua Tree National Park. The campgrounds were completely full, but some folks, who were climbers and had seen the gypsy wagon
when we were camping at
Vedauwoo State Park in Wyoming on our last trip, let us squeeze in.
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| We shared the campsite with full time RVers, theirs is a converted Sprinter van. |
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| Pumpkin pie, made in the caravan! |
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| Joshua Tree sunrise |
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| Donna likes hiking in these kind of places |
So now we are home binding books and working on plans for our 2017-8 celebration of 40 years as book artists. Our next trip will be in the fall of 2017. We will keep you posted.
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| If you are ever in Flagstaff, stop at the Joy Cone Co and pick up a pack of free waffle cones! |
