Vacation 08

Dear Friends,

As promised, I am posting a pic from my vacation. I will also be including a link to more pics.

Just a little back ground. Juan and I went back to New Mexico for 11 days. Originally, we were going back to help take care of my aunt who was scheduled to have shoulder surgery. Unfortunately, due to the Labor Dept, her surgery never happened. So our trip turned into a nice little vacation for the both of us.

My mom's family is from the Pueblo of Acoma, a reservation an hour west of Albuquerque. The above picture is a sample of houses that some families still live in on the reservation. I know that for Juan, the trip was surreal. He has had no prior exposure to this type of landscape or living conditions. I, on the other hand, used to visit the reservation as a child and my mother was born and raised on the reservation.

I know that many of you probably have questions. I'll try to answer as many as I can on here. First, there are several villages that have modern houses and the conveniences enjoyed by us all. The picture on here was taken on the mesa where our ancestors built their homes. On the mesa, there is no running water or electricity. Some families do live on top of the mesa year round.

If you have any other questions, which I'm sure you will, please feel free to contact me online or on here.

Below is a link to more pics: http://gallery.me.com/sjgee/100110

kuhaya06