This house is located at the Hubbell Trading post - the oldest still operating.
The site is also a park and educational site. Nobody lives in this building but I have seen the same shape on several properties.
Of course, I had to add a picture of the clouds. I so am loving the sky here.
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Love traditional hogans, and New Mexico in general.
My mom grew up there, her grandparents owned the general store and post office on the Mescalero Apache reservation, and you're right, the skies there are simply amazing.
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This one is in Ganado, Arizona - but New Mexico is less than an hours drive. Did you get to go and visit your grandparents a lot? It is very beautiful here. So much to explore and see.
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Yes, we spent part of every summer with them, growing up, and they took us camping all over the Four Corner states, especially in southern Colorado.
That part of the country made such an impression on me that several years back I bought a small building lot in northern Taos County, right next to the Colorado border, thinking that it would make a great base of operations for exploring the area. ;-)
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That is wonderful!!! Maybe you can put a tiny home on it? Or utilize it through Hipcamp? Just thinking out loud since I just had podcasts on those...
http://sustainablelivingpodcast.com/sustainable-travel-camping/
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LOLOL, yeah, we're thinking alike again.
What I'd like to do with this particular property in Taos County, since it is at 8200' altitude somewhere between hardiness zones 2 and 3, depending on the source you consult, is to put up a 60' diameter geodesic dome greenhouse, collecting the rainwater into an underground cistern, and put a tiny home smack in the middle of the greenhouse.
Hey, I'm a Sunbelt baby, I'd love to be able to visit in all seasons, but I prefer not to freeze my *ss of while doing so! ;-)
Not to mention that I'd like to put in some perennial veggies, flowers and fruit trees that won't survive there without the greenhouse.
I'm hoping to make it into its' own little self-sustaining (within reason) ecosystem, with plants for wildlife planted around the perimeter of the property, a masonry/rocket stove to heat home and greenhouse, and most likely solar power.
My eventual goal is to have half a dozen small building lots across the country, each with a tiny home and garden, available for friends and family, or for airbnb if no one we know and love is using them.
Little mini offgrid refuges from the rat race. ;-)
Not to mention that we'd like to put half a dozen or so on our place in Tennessee, along the river and deeper in the woods, with the eventual hope of maybe hosting writing, music and spiritual retreats up the road.
Or just hosting friends and family, and maybe allowing airbnb to help us at least partially cover the mortgage. ;-)
We actually signed up with hipcamp before the eclipse in August, but had no takers, which suited me fine since Marek wound up not being around. But we do have a few awesome places to camp on our place, and we're surrounded bu some of the prettiest parts of Tennessee, not to mention that we have 700' of river frontage, so who knows what the future will bring?
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Wow. All of that sounds fantastic!!! I hope you document your progress!! We have a lot of podcasts on Tiny House building and such too. Emily Gerde is on board as a guest co-host and she is all about Tiny House living. 😄
All your properties sound wonderful!!!
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LOL, at the moment it's all of two, our place in Tennessee, which is 16.5 acres, of which about two thirds is woods, and is bordered on our east side by the Calfkiller river, and our 1/4 acre building lot in northern New Mexico.
Hopefully the others will come over time. ;-)
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Wonderful hogan. Love the sky and the height of the clouds - they seem right close.
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They are very close!!!
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Very interesting, no windows?
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Not on this one. But I have seen some with windows.
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So unique and interesting @mariannewest. And those clouds look like a monster with its hands up. Pretty wild. Thanks for sharing
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I love the clouds! and the sunsets. Makes me wish that I had a good camera :)
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I've never seen a Navajo Building like that before @mariannewest. I was surprised to see so much wood used. 😊
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maybe because it is at the Trading post? The houses I see on the properties look more like adobe. But I don't want to enter someones private space without being invited. Really, most of the houses I see are trailers or mobile homes - but haven't been in the backcountry yet. Maybe someday, I get invited :)
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That would be great wouldn't it @mariannewest? Then you could ask the questions. 😁
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The ways of Navajo and Hopi have filled my mind and heart since I was very young. They believe that all activities are prayer. We visited the cultural center in Tuba City 2 years ago, and I had to tear myself away from the beauty and soul in every exhibit. Thanks so much for sharing images of the hogan and of that endless sky!!!
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Thank you!! I am hoping to share a lot more. It is so beautiful here! Next time, you have to come and we go hiking together :)
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The spiritual significance of the Hogan:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma97/dinetah/hogan.html
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Thank you!!
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