Day 2: Reimagining the Rio Chiquito and Bishop’s Pond.
Rivers Run Through Us
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~ Friday, May 17 ~
~ Wednesday, May 15 ~
Great first day of “5 Days, 5 Sites: One River.” 5th grade “scientists” and their 3rd grade “assistants” educated us about native species by the river.
~ Thursday, May 9 ~
We are gearing up for 5 days of wonderful events on the Santa Fe River next week. Check out this great series of events from May 15-20, 2013 at 5 sites on the river. All free and open to the public. Please join u!
~ Saturday, March 16 ~
Four Poets: Rivers Run Through Us
with Valerie Martinez, Jasmine Cuffee, Jamie Figueroa and Shelle Sanchez
presented by Littleglobe for Women & Creativity Month
Wells Fargo Theatre, National Hispanic Cultural Center
Saturday, March 16
7 pm, free and open to the,public
Join us for the 5th annual performance by “Four Poets Respond.” Each
year four women, poets, come together to create an unusual poetry
experience—part reading, part theater, part spoken word performance.
This year, it’s all about rivers.
~ Tuesday, December 11 ~
Join the Rivers Run Through Us artist team at CCA-Cinematheque in Santa Fe on Friday, December 28 at 7 p.m. for a showing of “Chasing Ice,” James Balog’s haunting documentary about climate change and disappearing glaciers, followed by a reception where you can learn more about the Rivers Run Through Us project and our efforts on behalf of the endangered Santa Fe River, rivers, and water.
~ Monday, May 21 ~
Made it to the confluence at 2:28 pm and gave our deep thanks for the journey, deep reverence for the river, deep commitment to continuing our work on her behalf. More later. Time to rest.
last day
4:45 am
Awake. Borrowed a phone from our amazing support team last night. We could “see” the eclipse from this beautiful rural place by the Santa Fe River. Stunning. Rooster crowing, wind lightly moving through the trees sounds like ocean waves, cars humming on I-25 in the distance. Today 6 more miles to the confluence of river and Rio. No photos, video, sketching on Pueblo land but we have been allowed one photo of pouring our river water (taken from headsprings) into the Rio. In credible walk for our river.
~ Sunday, May 20 ~
Eventful Day
5:29 p.m.
Well, it’s been an interesting day. Left early, and our first visitor was a great horned owl. Then, an arduous journey through La Bajada Canyon. Magnificent but challenging, crossing the river many times, bumping into rock faces and cliffs, rerouting, lots of thorny bushes. Lost GPS tracking about 11 a.m. when Val fell into the river with her cell phone. No more contact with civilization for us; no more tracking. Every step, otherwise was magnificent. Petroglyphs. Mule deer. Dragonflies galore. Hawks. Caves. The river is beautiful in here, winding in S’s through the canyon—lushes river marshes, forests of apache plume, lots of water. Disconcerting—the enormous numbers of Tamarisk. Anyway, after 7 1/2 hours of hiking, we emerged at La Bajada. Too late to continue, so we are adding a day and will make it to the Rio Grande tomorrow, Monday, noon. It takes 5 days, we have learned. We have so much to tell but now need to rest, feel (if not see) the eclipse on Cochiti land. Our legs ache and we are scratched and a little bruised. But this is an amazing journey.
4:45 am
Up and unpitching our tents. Owl in the distance. Sound of hummingbird wings. Bird after bird. Last day with many hours to walk. Down through La Bajada Canyon then across high desert to Cochiti. Hope to make it by the eclipse. River running here. 39 miles behind us with twists and turns. We think 10 to go.
~ Saturday, May 19 ~
3:41 pm
Downstream from the wastewater treatment plant. Water again! The water smells. Damselflies. Algae. Russian olives. Tamarisk but signs of tamarisks being cut and cleared. Water after a day of dry sandy riverbed. The sound of the water lovely.
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