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Information on places to gather
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== Abiquiu, NM ==
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After leaving Santa Fe, New Mexico and driving about an hour, you enter the landscape of vast vistas, table-topped mesas, tall cliffs, winding rivers bordered by huge old cottonwood trees, mountains in the distance and more and more beauty around every bend in the winding road. “It is not a country of light on things,” said Georgia O’Keeffe. “It is a country of things in light.”
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The light, the air and the land are what bring visitors back time and again to Northern New Mexico and 21,000 acres of Ghost Ranch.
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== Ghost Ranch ==
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The towering rock walls and vivid colors hold a hypnotic power. This is O’Keeffe Country.Visitors to Ghost Ranch will feel they’ve stepped back in time to days before the bells and whistles of technology vied relentlessly for our attention.
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*[http://ghostranch.org/ghost-ranch-workshops/lodgingmeals/4-night-lodging-meals/ Details for lodging and meals for a 4-night stay] 
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=== Outside of Ghost Ranch ===
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Ghost Ranch itself has more than plenty to offer.  That said, here are some places outside of Ghost Ranch that Peter and I have been to that you might be interested in seeing:
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*The White Place - http://newmexicooutdoor.com/The_White_Place.html
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*Echo Ampitheatre. This natural rock formation just north of Ghost Ranch is a favorite stopping place to eat a packed lunch in the picnic grounds. Walk to the base of the huge hollow area worn from the side of the cliff, call out your name, and it will be echoed back to you. The shades of red, gold and brown in the cliffs in this area make it an ideal place for photographs.
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*Pueblo ruins. A little south of Abiquiu, just past Trujillos Store, there’s a small parking lot marked with a National Forest Service sign. A short but steep walk from the parking lot will take you to the ruins of the Poshuouinge Pueblo, inhabited in the 15th century. Looking down from the marker at the end of the trail you will see the remains of 700 ground floor rooms encircling two plazas and a large central kiva.
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Ghost Ranch workshop - Something New – a 2013 sampler for families.
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Family Week provides rich opportunities for families of all shapes and sizes to enjoy time together in study, creative arts, play and adventure.
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Activities include campfires, games, hikes, yoga, waterfront activities, an arts center for creativity, a musical concert, outdoor movie nights and Coffee House, the Ghost Ranch version of a talent show. To celebrate independence day there will be a parade and July 4th celebration with fireworks (weather permitting) which includes a cookout with our neighbors from the surrounding communities.
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Instead of focusing on one subject for the entire week, family members can enjoy a variety of one-day workshops mixed with a variety of fun activities. Following the rich inter-generational worship at The Agape Center, families will join in one of eight available workshops. As a family, choose five of the following workshops. Upon arrival you will be given a schedule of the order of activities you have been assigned for the week.
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Art–A Canvas for Families
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Beyond Words-The Color of Prayer
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Dinosaurs, Fossils & Fun
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Making Music as Families-Stomp Style
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Getting into the Great Outdoors-Nature & Families
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In the Arms of a Story-Storytelling & Families
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Outdoor Adventures
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Pottery-Bonding for Families
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View a chart of your lodging options for this 6-night workshop -  Rates include meals.
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*Venues
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**[http://www.lsa.umich.edu/mbg/plan/rentals.asp Matthaei Botanical Gardens]
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*Catering
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**[http://eatannarbor.com eat]
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***whole grilled salmon with sesame-soy-ginger marinade – served with an asian cucumber salad with red onion and toasted sesame.
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***mezze vegetable platter - an assortment of mediterranean style marinated veggies: minted chickpeas, cumin-scented beets, honey-glazed carrots, lemon-oregano marinated mushrooms, and dill green beans.
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**Sava's?
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Ask people to introduce themselves so that they will create 5 +/- 2 categories. (Person 1 introduces self in a category (e.g., participation research?), all the other people who belong to that category introduce selves. Then next person defines self in a new category (e.g., educator?) and others join in. This creates a community-built mental model.
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== Vegan desserts ==
 
== Vegan desserts ==
  
 
*Mexican Wedding Cookies - $0.75 each at the [http://www.peoplesfood.coop/ People's Food Coop]
 
*Mexican Wedding Cookies - $0.75 each at the [http://www.peoplesfood.coop/ People's Food Coop]
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Big City Small World has vegan ding-dongs, cakes, and cookies.
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at [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/230420/restaurant/Detroit/Ayses-Cafe-Ann-Arbor Ayse's Cafe]
 
*Noah's pudding - $3.25
 
*Noah's pudding - $3.25
 
*Compotes - Whole pear, Apricot, Cranberry, Apple - $3.25
 
*Compotes - Whole pear, Apricot, Cranberry, Apple - $3.25
 
*Helva - $2.25 at [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/230420/restaurant/Detroit/Ayses-Cafe-Ann-Arbor Ayse's Cafe]
 
*Helva - $2.25 at [http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/230420/restaurant/Detroit/Ayses-Cafe-Ann-Arbor Ayse's Cafe]
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== Possible retreat venues ==
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*http://www.pearlstonecenter.org/
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Latest revision as of 17:43, 12 May 2013

Information on places to gather

Abiquiu, NM

After leaving Santa Fe, New Mexico and driving about an hour, you enter the landscape of vast vistas, table-topped mesas, tall cliffs, winding rivers bordered by huge old cottonwood trees, mountains in the distance and more and more beauty around every bend in the winding road. “It is not a country of light on things,” said Georgia O’Keeffe. “It is a country of things in light.”

The light, the air and the land are what bring visitors back time and again to Northern New Mexico and 21,000 acres of Ghost Ranch.

Ghost Ranch

The towering rock walls and vivid colors hold a hypnotic power. This is O’Keeffe Country.Visitors to Ghost Ranch will feel they’ve stepped back in time to days before the bells and whistles of technology vied relentlessly for our attention.

Outside of Ghost Ranch

Ghost Ranch itself has more than plenty to offer. That said, here are some places outside of Ghost Ranch that Peter and I have been to that you might be interested in seeing:

  • Echo Ampitheatre. This natural rock formation just north of Ghost Ranch is a favorite stopping place to eat a packed lunch in the picnic grounds. Walk to the base of the huge hollow area worn from the side of the cliff, call out your name, and it will be echoed back to you. The shades of red, gold and brown in the cliffs in this area make it an ideal place for photographs.
  • Pueblo ruins. A little south of Abiquiu, just past Trujillos Store, there’s a small parking lot marked with a National Forest Service sign. A short but steep walk from the parking lot will take you to the ruins of the Poshuouinge Pueblo, inhabited in the 15th century. Looking down from the marker at the end of the trail you will see the remains of 700 ground floor rooms encircling two plazas and a large central kiva.