The Nomadic Neuman's
February 2007

Just before we departed, Danny Ray Thomas entertained us one fine full-moon evening with his music & song.
  

  
Feb. 7, 2007- Feb 11, 2007
Gila Bend, AZ
Augie's Quail Trail RV Park

Dan's attending the "RV 2-Way Sat" Rally here.
A group of about 200 RVer's congregate, attend seminars & hear all the latest about their internet satellite dishes.

Folks went on a walking tour around the park of different satellite systems.

Feb. 11, 2007
Casa Grande, AZ
The The Arizona Gypsy Gathering Rally at Pinal County Fairgrounds.

Nice, well-kept fairgrounds. They were always busy with something going on.
 
There was a 4-H Exhibition going on and I caught one of the contestants preening her goat for the show.
  
Here we are on the left, parked with a beautiful view of the mountains.
Dan's chatting with our neighbor, Jack, who runs his coach with vegetable oil.

	On the left is short Nick (editor, and main man of the Gypsy Journal) & tall Ed (6'10") Dan & Jack really enjoyed chatting about all sorts of things.

Thanks Nick & Terry for putting together a good rally!
      

 Sun. Feb 18, 2007
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Coolidge, AZ
Outside the "Big House" ruins, Dan talked for nearly an hour with a San Diego client.
    
These are ruins from the "Hohokum" society which thrived here in the 1300's.
The house has openings in alignment with the sun & moon.
It appears they devised a calendar system based on the motions of the sun & moon,
and incorporated that knowledge into architecture. Like England's Stonehenge,
the Casa Grande may have served as an astronomical observatory and calendar.
  
These are some of the artifacts of the society:
A ceramic bowl, a paint pot, stone censors (used perhaps in curing ceremonies) & human effigy pots.

The rangers had a demonstration with some of the native birds of the area.
These two osprey were gorgeous.
  

We drove around the area and you can see how large these seguaros are next to Dan!
He found some dried cholla cactus to save as souveniers of the AZ desert.
    

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