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jbeegoode

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Valley of the Gods: Bears Ears IV
« on: July 22, 2024, 12:55:15 AM »
We drive back down the Moki Dugway and begin traveling through the loop that runs through The Valley of the Gods. It is aptly named. We find a colorful hike.

https://thefreerangenaturist.org/2024/07/21/valley-of-the-gods-bears-ears-iv/

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Re: Valley of the Gods: Bears Ears IV
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2024, 10:10:07 PM »
I think I'm going to stop commenting on these blog posts...I'm running out of superlatives.  This terrain is so alien to anything we might have in the UK or in my experience (except maybe for our trip to the Southwestern USA some years ago.  It makes one wonder if it's real!  No contest of course but a vague and distant longing to see some of this stuff for myself.  I'm only 1/100th as intrepid as you two...I think I'll have to settle for the vicarious experience.  Looking forward to next instalment!  Thank you, as ever, Jbee.
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Re: Valley of the Gods: Bears Ears IV
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2024, 10:18:26 AM »
The geology is surreal. The archeology and history fascinating and abundant. The thrill of finding ancient ruins and artifacts was somewhat addicting. It all brought an enlightened context of natural living and by that course naked living, just what I have brought up and we have speculated here. What they ate, wore, farmed, hunted, social structures, and it all compares with medieval Europe. It wasn't a simple stone-age, but a complexity. There was paleontology with the geology. There are effects that only alone in the wilderness gives.

So, I have notes and thousands of photos to sort through and elaborate the experience and entertain. Lots of the photography turned out exceptional, entertaining. This will be a very fun series just by that.

As for your comments, it should hopefully bring about discussion about man and his place on Earth, particularly naked man and what we actually are. I'm hoping that I will hear from you and Bob in particular, on some of these issues. It will be more than a "we did this and that" trip report, but an exploration of humanity, spirit and naked living through ages and now, its place, how it all relates and reveal truths.
Jbee
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