Remembering Day - March 26, 2019
Today we spent a bit of time in the past. After a morning run with my dog, we traveled by bicycle about 1/4 mile from our campsite where happens to be the "Pioneer Cometary."
In this graveyard there are many graves, most of them unmarked but for the indigenous stones placed around them. There were a few that had headstones and they seemed to be predominately children. Seems like infant mortality was quite rampant out here on the desert.
As you can see by the picture below there were many graves, all organized in rows.
One particular unmarked grave gave us pause as someone had placed a child's toy on it, perhaps as a Christmas gift. It had obviously been left in its box and the box had melted away.
After cleaning up, we headed into town and visited the Wickenburg Desert Caballeros Western Museum. If you ever get to this town, this is a must see. Lots of original Frederick Remington sculptures and beautiful paintings. Even one by Charlie M. Russell.
There was a particular painting that struck me called "Something in the Wind." I would love to get a copy of it. It depicts 3 native American braves atop their ponies and they have all turned their heads the same way. It is obvious by the way each of their hair is flowing that there is definitely some wind out there. Kinda cool, but I didn't get a photo.
After our visit to the museum, we did a little shopping and landed at a Bar-be-que restaurant that had just opened up. Russ and I shared an excellent bar-be-que'd brisket sandwich. "The Ornery Hot Barbeque" in Wickenburg, AZ. They have only been open since February and they are planning to come to the ribfest in Reno this year. Not to compete but to scope out the competition. Good stuff.
Tomorrow we are off to Nellis AFB in Vegas to wallow in the luxury of full hookups, laundry and shopping!
In this graveyard there are many graves, most of them unmarked but for the indigenous stones placed around them. There were a few that had headstones and they seemed to be predominately children. Seems like infant mortality was quite rampant out here on the desert.
As you can see by the picture below there were many graves, all organized in rows.
One particular unmarked grave gave us pause as someone had placed a child's toy on it, perhaps as a Christmas gift. It had obviously been left in its box and the box had melted away.
After cleaning up, we headed into town and visited the Wickenburg Desert Caballeros Western Museum. If you ever get to this town, this is a must see. Lots of original Frederick Remington sculptures and beautiful paintings. Even one by Charlie M. Russell.
There was a particular painting that struck me called "Something in the Wind." I would love to get a copy of it. It depicts 3 native American braves atop their ponies and they have all turned their heads the same way. It is obvious by the way each of their hair is flowing that there is definitely some wind out there. Kinda cool, but I didn't get a photo.
After our visit to the museum, we did a little shopping and landed at a Bar-be-que restaurant that had just opened up. Russ and I shared an excellent bar-be-que'd brisket sandwich. "The Ornery Hot Barbeque" in Wickenburg, AZ. They have only been open since February and they are planning to come to the ribfest in Reno this year. Not to compete but to scope out the competition. Good stuff.
Tomorrow we are off to Nellis AFB in Vegas to wallow in the luxury of full hookups, laundry and shopping!
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