Saturday Comic

Today’s comic comes from July 3, 1969, when bare feet reached their most recent peak. The strip is Hi and Lois, written (back then) by Mort Walker and Dik Browne.

Hi and Lois, July 3, 1969

I can answer that. It’s the one who doesn’t let them atrophy all day long.

 

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Chaco Canyon—Tsin Kletsin

Later in the day (August 16) after seeing Una Vida, I hiked the South Mesa Trail to Tsin Kletsin.

This was a trail I’d hiked before.

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Chaco Canyon—Una Vida

One of the reasons I stayed at Chaco Canyon for a fairly long time was to visit some of the sites that I had not visited on previous visits. (Also, I just wanted to take my time and enjoy the whole experience.)

One of the sites I’d never bothered visiting was Una Vida, so I went there on the morning of August 16.

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Saturday Comic

Six Chix is a comic strip written by six different women. This one was done by Stephanie Piro. This strip appeared on August 16, 2014.

Six Chix, August 16, 2014

I think I see at least one side effect I find useful . . .

 

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At Chaco Canyon

On August 15 I left El Malpais and headed up to Chaco Canyon. This was my third time there, but every visit is always fascinating.

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Opening the Window

It’s still August 14, since after leaving Lobo Canyon (around 1:00pm) I stopped at La Ventana, which was along the drive back to my campground.

You may recall that I’d seen La Ventana from across the grand curve when I’d hiked the Narrows Rim Trail. This was my chance to get up-close-and-personal.

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Saturday Comic

Since it’s still near the start of school, let’s go with another comic with that standard barefoot trope. This one is from October 5, 1948. It’s from the strip Out Our Way by J. R. Williams.

Out Our Way, October 5, 1948

I still find it odd that growing feet are blamed on going barefoot. It’s as if they’ve never see a puppy before; at that point of adolescence, the feet grow first (and then the kid/puppy grows into them).

 

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A Barefoot Perspective

Here’s just a quickie blog entry about a news item from 1955.

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Lobo Canyon

I’m still writing up my stay at El Malpais, so this hike covers August 14. It was a visit to Lobo Canyon in the Cebolla (“Onion”) Wilderness and included seeing the Lobo Petroglyphs.

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Tayloring a Hike

I’m now up to August 12. Sorry it’s taking so long, but I’m busy adventuring.

Today I climbed Mt. Taylor.

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Saturday Comic

Here’s a continuation of last week’s Wallace the Brave (written by Will Henry), where it is time for school to start up. It appeared July 3, 2015.

Wallace the Brave, July 3, 2015

I think a lot of kids wouldn’t mind school so much if they could just go barefoot.

 

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False Promontory Syndrome

It’s now the next day, August 11. On my agenda: the Narrows Rim Trail. The Narrows is not a narrow gap through sandstone bluffs, but instead it’s an area were the flat border between the bluffs and the lava beds is narrow.

In most places, the eroding sandstone has put a layer of sand over the lava on the edge or the lava didn’t extend all the way to the sandstone bluffs. But at the Narrows, it comes right up to the edge.

And it makes for a spectacular hike.

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