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Chaco
Canyon, New Mexico |
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Don't
wait: Anticipate!
What
to expect on this unique learning vacation...
For
several wonderful fun-filled days your life will be in Ruins...
And the
scenery's spectacular!
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Day at Chaco Canyon a millennium ago... thousands of people have gathered
at Pueblo Bonito... come afoot from far, far away: Mesa Verde, Paquimé,
Central Mexico... Screams of bright macaws echo off sandstone walls.
Shells from the Sea of Cortez sparkle in the desert sunshine. Stones and
gems, skins, wood, pottery, foods and seeds from far-off lands are
bartered. For reasons still debated,
this entire civilization crumbled. Or did it just change? How? Why? Who
went where? And when? Come discover the possibilities! Know the immense
beauty of this remote place: Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a
World Heritage Site, New Mexico. |
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The
center of Ancestral Puebloan culture 1000 years ago, Chaco
Canyon in Northwest New Mexico is an impressive archaeological
site! The magnificent masonry ruins encompass six
large pueblos containing over 1600 multi-story rooms, more than 90
kivas and Great Kivas. In addition to Chaco Canyon itself, there
are numerous pueblos on connecting roads that encompass the
greater Chacoan world. |
archaeologist
to share with you. He’s been involved in numerous archaeological
endeavors including research, cultural resource management, and
ruins stabilization/historic preservation. Larry’s
research interests focus on prehistoric and historic architecture,
archaeoastronomy, and the Ancestral Puebloan periods of
northwestern New Mexico. You will enjoy Larry’s affable and
scholarly teachings. We’ll begin with an overview of Chacoan
culture in the Canyon, then trace the expanding Chacoan |
system
throughout the San Juan basin. Our exploration takes us not only
to well-known sites such as Pueblo Bonito but to significant and
seldom-visited Chacoan outliers including Pierre’s and Twin
Angels. In-depth visits to Salmon and Aztec are featured. Larry
will introduce you to the science and theories surrounding the
strategies and techniques that Chacoan people used to adapt to
their often-challenging environment. Some walking is involved,
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strenuous activity is
entirely optional. We travel scenic routes round-trip from Tucson
in comfortable passenger vans with rear seats removed for luggage
and picnics, and everyone enjoys a window seat because we have
just two guests per normal three-person bench seat. Four very
pleasant nights' hotel-accommodations, all breakfasts, 3 picnics
and all
admissions are all included. We have
purchased the Group Protection Plan from Travel Insured on behalf
of all travelers. We are
honored to have Larry Baker as our
teacher! |
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You asked for
even more comfort and we are pleased to
provide excellent travel comfort and more spacious enjoyment for you on this program. |
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Chaco remains
remote and cannot be visited, let alone fully appreciated, by motor coach.
We choose very comfortable new passenger vans (with the rear seats
removed for luggage and lunches), and limit the
participation to about 19 guests so that only two guests will occupy each 3-person seat. |
Everyone enjoys
their own window seat with views and spacious comfort!
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This
educational program is co-sponsored by both Tucson's Tohono Chul
Park and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
Desert
Museum members reserve with Baja's Frontier Tours
Tohono
Chul members please call Jo Falls at Tohono Chul Park.
Please
scroll down for Registration
Information... |
LARRY
BAKER brings
over 37 years of professional experience as a Southwestern archaeologist
to share. He’s been involved in numerous archaeological endeavors
including research, cultural resource management, and ruins
stabilization/historic preservation.
Larry’s research interests focus on prehistoric and historic
architecture, archaeoastronomy, and the Ancestral Puebloan periods of
northwestern New Mexico. His work in cultural resource management has
allowed him to meet the needs of the neighboring oil, gas, mining, and
public works projects.
You will enjoy Larry’s affable and scholarly teachings. From
1993 to present, he has served as the Executive Director of the San Juan
County Archaeological Research Center and Library at Salmon Ruins.
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Mary Van de Mark's
lifetime in Arizona plus over two decades of natural history education
experience, including her fourteen years at the Arizona-Sonora Desert
Museum’s Education Department, continue to assure BFT's fans an
enjoyable and professional interpretive focus. BFT produces personalized
learning vacations that appeal to guests with a wide range of interests
and physical abilities. Mary's love of arts, history, great food and
friendly, curious people keep her on the go. Scouting new and special
spots to share is an enjoyment for Mary and her husband Piet. Mary's
passion for desert flora, ethnobotany and her informative nature
interpretations continue to be enjoyed by all.
Piet Van de Mark’s
passion for Baja California, Mexico's natural beauty bloomed on a personal
odyssey in the summer of 1962. Baja's Frontier Tours began with 4WD
camping expeditions—Personalized Wilderness Travels—with
Piet’s founding of BFT in Tucson, Arizona in 1966. Programs
gradually evolved into the enjoyable and unique learning eco-vacations—Personalized
Natural & Cultural History—that Mary and Piet's guests share
today in the Baja California peninsula, plus other selected locations in
Mexico and in the American Southwest . The variety and quality of BFT's
offerings continue to grow with each passing year. |
 Imagine! Who walked through these doors before
you came? |
 And where on
earth did they go? |
Impressive Pueblo Bonito! 
© Nancy Bower Photo 2012
Chaco
Canyon, New Mexico
April
9-13, 2015
Small
group of about 19 guests is filling now.
Our very comfortable
hotel accommodations include 2 nights at Farmington, New Mexico's lovely Courtyard Marriott, snuggled on the banks of the
delightful Animas River; enjoy the peace, beauty and wildlife as
you stroll the quiet River Walk that begins right outside our
hotel. Four very pleasant nights' hotel-accommodations, all
breakfasts, 3 picnics and all admissions are all included. Baja’s
Frontier Tours has purchased the Group Protection Plan from Travel
Insured on behalf of all travelers.
Spacious seating in new
vans: just 2
guests per wide bench seat.
Everyone enjoys their own window
seat!
$xxxx per
person, double occupancy
Private
rooms available at $xxx.
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Don't miss
this one: Limited to about 19 Guests.
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This
educational program is co-sponsored by both Tucson's Tohono Chul
Park and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
Desert
Museum members reserve with Baja's Frontier Tours; Tohono Chul
members please call Jo Falls at Tohono Chul Park.
Please
see below... |
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Call Mary &
Piet Van de Mark directly at Baja's Frontier Tours
(Tucson, Arizona) 520-887-2340.
Email:
piet@bajasfrontiertours.com
If
you're not yet a member of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, this
is a great time to learn more about
it!
Membership is just a click away:
http://www.desertmuseum.org/members/benefits.html
Participants:
Please refer to the information mailed to you for times and details, including
the exact Tucson departure location. Details will be mailed to participants.
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Members of
Tohono Chul Park,
please
register directly with Jo Falls as noted below. |
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It's easy to
become a member and enjoy all the many other many benefits of
TCP membership!
Membership
is just a click away:
http://www.tohonochulpark.org
For MEMBERS'
RESERVATIONS:
Call Jo Falls
(520)742-6455,
X-228 (in
Tucson)
Tucson's
Tohono Chul Park is
a non-profit, botanical garden and art museum.
You
may e-mail Jo at
Education@tohonochulpark.org
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QUESTIONS ?
Please call Piet & Mary at (520)
887-2340 in Tucson, Arizona
We will send you a
brochure just for the asking!
©Baja's
Frontier Tours LLC Tucson, Arizona 2014
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