Why are there so many pictures in this album? Because Session 1 was simply bigger and more vivid this year. 31 singing and giggling children for the month of July. See them in the Gallery.
2.7168561 Miles Above Average
The adolescent North American Human, seen here in its native habitat (14,345 ft Mount Blanca). Few specimens survive in the wild.
Youth between the ages of 8-18 are subjected to nearly eleven hours of electronic media on average every day. This represents a vast and unprecedented sociological experiment being conducted on an entire generation during their formative years. You may be please to learn that these virtual teens are still capable of navigating a place called physical reality. A few were spotted August 3rd 2011 on Mount Blanca, one of Colorado’s more rugged Fourteeners. That day, the adolescents carried everything necessary for survival on their backs for 13 miles and eight thousand vertical feet. This is a landscape of solid granite. There was not so much as a “tweet”, except from some birds. For realz!
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Be Like Bud
For 27 years Dr. Wilson has invested freely in the future of humanity. This year many others are joining Bud to fund the unique tradition of tuition-free summer camp at the Sangre de Cristo Youth Ranch. Our first Annual Camp Campaign was touched off with an unforgettable evening in honor of Dr. Wilson hosted by Karen Todd at the Dragonfly Cafe. Camp star Freedom Hopkins debuted his short film at the event (see below). THANK YOU to the team of dear volunteers and donors who raised enough to employ our excellent 2011 summer staff. Money can't buy you love, but it can buy food for children from all walks of life who are practicing unconditional love for a month on a ranch in Lama New Mexico. If you think that's a good deal, click here:Donate
This is a Beautiful Movie
The Grass is Always Greener
Spring 2011 was looking dire. No snow. Dry pastures. Screaming winds. The grass was slow, and the acequia was low. Bad news for our hungry team of horses, yaks, goats and sheep, and the people who depend on them. Just then, some good neighbors stepped in! Why limit our grazing plan to the boarders of the ranch? Why not graze all over the mountain? The animals keep the brittle pasture healthy, and the grass returns the favor. Just like nature intended. It’s called a symbiotic relationship- kind of like when neighbors help each other out. Read a rambling explanation of how goat guts can save the world.
