i am finally back in front of my computer, online and am able to update! its going to take a while because a lot has happened since i was away from the internet..
after leaving the lama foundation, i went back to santa fe and picked up my mom. we headed out to meet a friend of my berliner friend, mila. mila had given me the contact information for his dear friend assad, a wonderful iraqi man who has a lama ranch in los vegas, new mexico. we had a wonderful visit with assad and his beautiful animals.
the ranch
lamas 
more lamas
the red shed
new friends
we spent two nights at assad's ranch, he took us on a long hike on his land and he took us into the old town of las vegas. he is a very very interesting man and was a wonderful host. he has been a buddhist for many many years and is happy spending his time taking care of his lamas and meditating in his meditation room. we spent the evening hours talking about different interesting things, from spirituality to politics, his life growing up in old world iraq and the peace organization he has created with young people in the middle east over the internet. he has many amazing stories to share and has a warm and open heart. he is 70 years old and can do a head stand!! amazing guy!!
head stand
main street vegas
las vegas lowrider
sunset over old town
assad on his land
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after our wonderful visit with assad we went to the ojo caliente hot springs for a day. it was a beautiful relaxing day, going from warm healing water pool to the next. the springs come naturally out of the earth at this spot, one is an iron pool, one is soda and the third one is arsenic. all have healing properties and are hot hot hot!
ojo caliente
the spring gardens
the ojo hotel porch
pool side
the cliff pools
the mud bath
this was a great day! it was the perfect thing to just lie around in the sun and soak in hot water. yum!!
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