One of the places that Georgia O'Keefe
painted was a place that is a little northeast of Abiquiu. She
called it 'The White Place' but it's official name is Plaza Blanca.
It is actually perhaps a little more gray than white but who am I to
argue.
The area is owned by Dar al Islam: ' a
non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating greater
understanding of Islam among Americans of all faiths in order to
establish our commonalities and build stronger relationships.' Even
though this is private property, they allow people to come and
experience this very special space. Even better, they let dogs come
and experience this also.
Miko and I were the only ones out there
hiking. Perhaps it was because we drove out to Plaza Blanca mid
afternoon. Mid-afternoon – hottest part of the day. Add on to
this, the fact that these rock formations are white which adds a lot
of radiant heat. Miko and I soldiered on though and made it.
There were lots of little tiny slot
canyons and we followed a few of them. There was one slot where it
got quite narrow and there was a big step up – too big for Miko to
get up. I wanted to see where the slot went so I lifted Miko up and
had to scramble myself to get up there. Turns out this slot went
nowhere, we immediately rounded a corner and it was a dead end. I,
of course, had not taken into account that we had to somehow get out
of this slot – we had to get down this now giant step. Miko, being
the brains of the operation, knew that she couldn't make it. I tried
coaxing her and then I guess I maybe accidentally pushed her a bit.
She ended up sort of splayed out in mid air with her legs braced
against each side of the slot, hanging in mid air. I grabbed her
harness and pulled her back up. Sorry Miko. I then got myself
splayed out halfway down, reached out, grabbed her harness and then
lifted her down. I ended up sliding down a bit on my butt and we
walked out of that slot with our head held high as though nothing
happened.
Notice that there are no Red Rock
pictures. It is all about White Rocks.
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| Miko Ears |
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| Proceeding down this slot was way above our abilities |
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