Travel

Reiss: Travel by Air…Part of Our Infrastructure

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By County Councilor Rick Reiss

In April, we will celebrate the one-year anniversary of re-established commercial airline service between Los Alamos Airport and Albuquerque’s Sunport. Many of you may recall that, last November, I voiced my support for this new service to remain operational until September 2014 by voting with five of my fellow councilors to approve a flight subsidy of $365,000 from the County’s general funds.

In case you missed that Nov. 5 Council meeting where air service was discussed – the infusion of cash was needed because early predictions that ridership on the nine-passenger Read More

Solo Traveler: Sustainability

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A home at the permaculture community. Edible plants are grown with flowers and grasses to eliminate the need for pesticides. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
A composting toilet used at the permaculture community. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler: Sustainability
By SHERRY HARDAGE

I have mentioned in earlier columns that one of the huge benefits to solo travel is meeting people you probably wouldn’t have met if you’d traveled with a friend. While friends are great for security, companionship and sharing costs, traveling alone forces you to connect with locals and other travelers. Read More

Climbing Cotopaxi Volcano Subject of Mountaineers Talk at Fuller Lodge March 19

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Cotopaxi Volcano. Courtesy/Wikipedia.org
 
By JOHN GUSTAFSON
Los Alamos Mountaineers

Southern living continues as the theme for the Los Alamos Mountaineers’ March presentation. Following February’s presentation of a trip to Antarctica, March features a talk on a trek to the high volcanic peaks of Ecuador in a travel tale told by Kelly Gallagher and Don Krier.

The presentation is at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19 at Fuller Lodge. The talk follows the business portion of the Mountaineer’s meeting, which begins at 7 p.m.

Ecuador features the greatest concentration of volcanoes Read More

Unitarian Church Forum: ‘Folk Art in Cuba’ Sunday

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Ann Shafer in Cuba in January. Courtesy photo

UNITARIAN CHURCH News:

 

The Forum at the Unitarian Church: “Folk Art in Cuba” presented by Ann Shafer at 9 a.m. Sunday, March 16 at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos. 1738 N. Sage Loop.
In January Ann Shafer went to Cuba on a trip sponsored by the International Folk Art Market. During this remarkable trip, the group went to the studios of all the folk artists who come to the Folk Art Market in Santa Fe, plus they had special dance and music performances as well as speakers on a variety of topics.
 
Shafer will show photos of her trip
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Middle of Nowhere: Looking for ‘Moonrise’

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The Hernandez church appears in a famous photograph by Ansel Adams. Photo by Kirsten Laskey
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

Ansel Adams’ “Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico” is one of the most popular photographs ever taken. Maybe just as impressive as the image he captured is the story behind it.

Websites report Adams was driving toward Española when he happened to see a church and cemetery the size of thumbprints against massive mountains and the moon hovering high in the sky. The scene made him stop his car on the shoulder of the road.  

Wikipedia claims Adams yelled at his traveling Read More

NCRTD Sees 5.8 Percent Ridership Hike in 2013

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NCRTD News:

The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has seen a 5.8 percent increase in annual bus transit ridership in 2013 over 2012. A record total of 201,368 riders used the service in 2013 over a total of 190,186 passengers in 2012. 

Among the factors contributing to the increase are greater awareness and acceptance of public transit overall in the predominantly rural region where public transit options are a relatively recent phenomenon. While no new routes were introduced, seven routes were modified to operate more efficiently and increase ridership, and increased Read More

Solo Traveler: Battling Loneliness

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A typical room in a hostel. Courtesy/Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler: Battling Loneliness
By SHERRY HARDAGE

Recently, while traveling across the Yucatan I spent a bit of time with a lone Dutch backpacker. During our bus layover, we ate lunch and I lent her my Mexican phone to call a couple of hostels in Valladolid. She would be arriving quite late that evening. I asked how often she stayed in hostels and she said “most of the time but not always. They are very social places and sometimes I want to be alone.”

I have rarely stayed in hostels, or pensiones, as they are sometimes called in Spain and Latin Read More

Mandatory Meeting for Students Going to Washington, D.C. Over Spring Break

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Los Alamos Middle School students visiting Washington, D.C. over spring break in 2013. Courtesy photo

D.C. TRIP News:

There will be a mandatory meeting at 3 p.m. Friday, March 7 in the Los Alamos Middle School Media Center for students going on the anual Washington, D.C. trip over spring break. 

Students may still sign up for this educational trip to the nation’s capitol. The trip is open to all LAMS 8th grade and home school students.

Contact Roberta Cocking at 505.670.0679 with questions or for more information about the trip. Read More

Vietnam Has Changed

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Cindy Eaton speaks to the Los Alamos Kiwanis Club about her trip to Vietnam. Photo by Don Casperson/Kiwanis
 
By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
Los Alamos Kiwanis Club

What a difference 46 years can make.

Cindy Eaton, treasurer of Los Alamos Kiwanis and the club’s speaker Feb. 18, recalled that in 1968, she was a senior in high school in Alameda, Calif., who subsequently enrolled at the University of California-Berkeley. She watched the news every night, and it was dominated by stories of battles and body counts in Vietnam.

“All of the years I was there,” she said, “the war was the primary focus.”

While Read More