Czech Plush Monkey's Adventures!
Monkey sees and does stuff.
Animated approach to the Stone Hogan.

Monkey rushes forward to get a close-up view of the
Stone Hogan.
The inscription over the door.

Opice complains about the inscription over the doorway.

"I can't read what it says. Some doofus made it upside down."
By the magic of righting the Monkey the inscription reappears below.
CASA Don Lorenzo
Ganado Pueblo Colorado CASA Don LORENZO Founded 1876 AD Erected 1934 AD

Once inside, Monkey mounts the mantel from which point he can best conduct his tour from the comfort of the fireplace.
Monkey on the Mantel.

"If people would like to take a seat," he tries to sound welcoming like Ranger Hope in the Trading Post. (Unfortunately the Hogan is under repair and has no furniture in it.)

"The Hubbell family used this building as a guest house. The park still uses it that way time to time. It is made of stone in the form of a Hogan."

"Thank you for coming. This concludes our tour."

But I have a question, "Isn't all the stone in the fireplace petrified wood?" Our park ranger host assigned to controling guests nods yes to Opice.

Opice takes the cue, "Why yes, yes it is. Good question."
Another question, "Isn't that a metate over your left shoulder imbedded in the chimney? And that's an Anasazi bowl artifact stuck into the fireplace as well. That's illegal isn't it?"
Anasazi bowl imbedded in chimney.
Again the ranger helps out, explaining, "That was then and this is now. It would be illegal to remove artifacts from archaeological sites today and even worse to stick them into concrete; but when J.L. Hubbell built this structure, beliefs and laws were somewhat different."

To stop my obnoxious questions (for which Opice had no answers), he offers a distraction which is imbedded with legalisms.

"Look, I'm a Monkey in a niche. And I know how to say it in Navajo!" He pronounces:
     Mah-gee  ah-on  si-dah.

 Monkey in the Niche not moving, much.
The literal translation for which is: Monkey is in the niche not moving. Unfortunately, there is no exact Diné verb form that includes Monkey, who only stands still by "not moving much."

On to or back to Hubbell T.P.,
or (ditto) Regional Tour,
or the Natural Arch,
or Fluted Rock.
Restart the
SouthWest Tour 2005
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