Well today was the last day. I always hate this. It is reminiscent of the Real World shows that I watched on MTV in high school and college. You get a group of folks together, from all over the country, and have them work with each other, using all over their collective teaching talents. Granted, much different in many ways from the Real World, but the end is very similar. It's hard saying goodbye to everyone, knowing that you may not see them again. We had teachers from the states of Washington, Oregon, California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, North Dakota, Montana, Illinois, Virginia, Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Missouri, New Jersey, and New York. I may even be forgetting a few. I was really lucky with the roommate I had. We were so much alike in many ways.
We spent a good portion of the day at the New Mexico History Museum again. I can't remember if I mentioned it before, but it was basically our home for the week in many ways. We had a lecture in the morning by the archivist/librarian from their archives/library. He was very good. We then had a large break in order to work on our projects and lunch (with whatever time we had left). I was able to finish the majority of my project, and then finished the rest right before I began typing this. After break, we had a lecture on the Pecos Pueblo and then boarded a bus to go and visit the site. The site was awesome, ruins of the old Pueblo all over the place. They were excavated kivas and the site of the old church. It was an incredible site, however there were horrible red ants to deal with. A few folks in our group suffered bites, etc. We ended the day with a picnic dinner under the rich blue skies and the mountains in the background. When we all arrived back at the hotel, I don't think anyone wanted the experience to end. So at least half of us ended up at the hotel pool just reminiscing over the week and all of the experiences we had. It was an adventure this week. I'm so glad that the NEH has opportunities like this. It's so great to experience something like this, it's so rejuvenating. It gets all of the juices flowing to start the school year off with a bang!
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