Unknown

A hike I took down in the interesting little town of Arivaca.  The unknown elements can be scary.

This is a different write for me, but it has been one that's been on my mind for awhile.  I had actually set this one to the side to give me time to think about it more.  We are, as a people and a world, growing closer together.  True, there's war, death, famine, and all that other jazz, but technology is linking a singular mind together.  We see it in the Arab countries. Why? Internet. People fighting for their liberties.  Economics linked between countries.  One country gets marked down; so do the rest.  And I think we are becoming more conscience of how all closely linked we are together.  But this write isn't about any of this.  It's about our abilities to map out mysteries via satellite around our planet.  It's about  uncovering the discovery of secret jungles in Africa or Asia and finding legendary cities like Atlantis.  As a child growing up, I always wanted to discover what others discovered.  The fables of dinosaurs still living in the jungles of the Amazon or the Lockness monster uncovered. And the Yeti? But another part of me wanted those places kept secret as well.   They were sacred.  As the Amazon gets smaller and the mapping electronically becomes more accurate, we are entering worlds that should never be explored by the modern human.  The tribes from the Amazon who have never seen people outside their forests are now forced to face "modern civilization".   A large wild population of gorillas lived in a secret place.  They were thought endangered until their uncovery last year via Google mapping.  What will this discovery do?

On a quiet hidden river between mangroves, we came upon the native Ngöbe-Buglé

I love mysteries.  One of my favorite stories is the Secret Garden.  All of us have one.  It's a place that's magical and private.  Kept away from the rest of the world.  Protected.  Safe.  As we enter this new century, A LOT is going to happen.  The discovery of planets like our own are just months or a couple years away.  Will there be anything left unknown for tomorrow?  Mystery is a wonderful thing. It gives us something to think about....to imagine.  Perhaps that's why I like the Game of Thrones series so much.  It's human based and the fantasy is considered all a bunch of hooha by the characters and it was considered extinct....and yet it was still out there.....just hiding.  Unknown.

The native Sinagua people's cliff dwellings in Northern Arizona.

Will we be cloning previously extinct animals like the Woolly Mammoth and bringing them back again?  Well it's happening.  Sometimes it's overwhelming and mind numbing.  We are unique living star dust amongst a vast cosmos. What do you think about all of this?  Just some deep thoughts for the day:)

I'm here with my sister-in-law and nephew Kellan.  I am "unknown" to him because we've never  met until this past Christmas. "Unknown" factor for me in this pic?  The hair product my SIL uses:)  LOL!!!