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The online dating network for Mennonites has 90 (and growing) members.by Anna Groff
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MennoMeet.com greets visitors with: "No longer will we solely meet at youth conventions, Mennonite colleges or our second cousins' weddings. We've created a space where we can all interact. Kind of like one big cyber Mennonite youth convention without the curfew."
And that's what this site, an online dating network for Mennonites, has done for its 90 (and growing) members.
MennoMeet creators Jessica Yoder and Brad Miller (pictured), who live in Denver, attended different colleges; Brad graduated from Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., and Jessica from Goshen (Ind.) College. They married in May, after being introduced by Yoder's father, who was running partners with Miller in Harrisonburg.
Since they went to different schools, they had many Mennonite friends who did not know each other.
"As we started describing our friends to each other, we got the sense that maybe our single friends would be good matches for each other," Miller says. "Both of us have listened to our friends talk about how hard it is to meet someone outside the Mennonite church that understands their core values."
They also had friends using online dating services, like Match.com, as they were not meeting a lot of other single people in their day-to-day lives.
However, Yoder says, their friends felt frustrated by the people on those Web sites and, "even if there was a decent degree of compatibility, they still felt different because of their Mennonite ethnicity and values of pacifism, social justice and simple living."
She felt there was a real niche for the site, as many of her friends live where meeting other Mennonites is difficult.
Last month, they invited their single friends to join and told them to pass on the word. "It has spread fast," Yoder says. They receive about five new requests each day.
On MennoMeet, members create profiles complete with features to upload photos and blogs. They can send public and private messages to one another after browsing each other's profiles. On the profile they answer questions (see "addtional notes" below) as seriously or jokingly as they like.
Yoder says the feedback has been positive. "Middle-aged women have emailed me asking how they can get their young adult children on the site," she says. "Young people have commented that this is just what they were looking for. Married and dating people want to pass on the word. Many people can relate to being a single Mennonite looking for someone who shares their basic values."
Miller says the site can "play the Mennonite game" in a way that no other dating service can.
"As much as I can't stand that game for its exclusion of non-Mennonites, the Mennonite game works well in the dating world because it serves as a personal reference," he says. "If you want to learn more about someone you can ask their cousin, who just happens to be your next-door neighbor."
Miller and Yoder both have big dreams for the site, but they also have day jobs. Yoder is a family practice resident, and Miller is a graduate student in higher education administration at Denver University. They are open to suggestions from the MennoMeet members to direct the site's vision.
When they launched the site, their target age range for members was 25 to 35, but soon enough, people below and above that range started to join. "This is a perfect example of the market leading the way," Miller says.
They also wanted to create a sense of privacy for members. "We did not want people snooping around on the site to see who was on it," Miller says. To become a member, one must request an invitation at www.mennomeet.com.
Who can join? First, users must be single. Second, Miller and Yoder strongly discourage people under 21 from joining and do not permit anyone under age 18.
"So far, thanks to word-of-mouth, the members are primarily Mennonite or somehow related to a Mennonite church," Miller says. For example, some members grew up Mennonite but now attend a nondenominational church.
They would like to open up the site to Anabaptist-related denominations. "This site is not about dating a Mennonite as much as it is about finding someone with a similar faith, worldview and, more importantly, similar future plans for living … the way they believe Christ intended," Miller says.
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- PolarBear Sep 4, 2006 12:19 AM
Having noticed that the open sign was in the window a little over a week ago, stopped in for lunch last Thursday. Chatting with the owner, Emilio, was told they are now open seven days a week.
Ordered the two pupusas combo, one cheese, laroco, and chicharones, the other revuelta, with beans, fried plantain and crema, $6.35, iirc. The chips to start with were nice and thin, warm and fresh tasting, the salsa had great flavors and a little more fire than I'm used to, still managed to wipe out every drop in the little molcajete. The curtido in the sealable jar was also very fresh and flavorful, but didn't get much out of the red sauce that accompanied, could be all the salsa I put away. The refried beans were excellent, wonderful flavor and a nice ratio of pureed to bits of whole frijoles.
I was worried about this little gem fading away but Emilio says they get a pretty good lunch business from Community Hospital just across the way.
There's not much atmosphere and just a dirt parking lot in the back, and probably wouldn't want to visit after dark, but for lunch I'll be a regular from now on.
Rincon Salvadoreno
302 N. Fresno St. (NE at McKenzie)
Hey PB, thanks for the report! Hubby and I will try and tear ourselves away from Don Pepe's and Taco Grande and put it on our rotation.
Thought I'd bump up this thread, and include another link with additional info.
Driving north on Fresno St. today approaching McKenzie Ave a freshly painted wall on the NW corner with the word "Pupusas" caught my eye. Tired, coming out of a 2 hr meeting at City Hall, I went back to the office thinking I'd return next week. A half hour later I was back ordering pupusas.
This place is across the street from the former Rincon (now boarded up) and slightly north, there's a vacant lot on the NW corner. Parking requires that you turn west on McKenzie, then north (right) in the alley (there's a school playground to the left), then park inside the chain linked enclosure behind the restaurant. [Edit to add: watch out for a couple of large pot holes] You'll see double doors with the name above and a sandwich board outside listing some specials. They do mariscos and Mexican fare as well.
There were at least 7-8 types of pupusas available, a few which I had to inquire as to what they were. I went with a larocca y queso, jalapeno, and espinacas (spinach and cheese). Also available were chicharron, revuelta, frijole y queso, and zucchini. The curtido was fresh with nice half rounds of cucumber and was accompanied by red and green salsa in two squeeze bottles. I ordered an ice tea, but the owner, Giada (pronounced gee-da) brought me a complimentary "ensalada", clear looking pineapple flavored drink with small bits of apple, leafy greens, and pineapple in it, very tasty and thankfully not overly sweet. The pupusas were expertly done, and the masa quite thin, which makes me wonder after rereading one of the posts if it may have been made from rice rather than corn. Pupusas were 2.00 ea.
I mentioned to Giada that we used to frequent the place across the street (Rincon) before it closed and it turns out apparently she had owned it and recalled our office holding staff lunch meetings there. The signage outside says Puerto Marquez, but the take out menu I picked up lists them as Ambiente Tropical Rest. & Pupuseria. Turns out she previously owned the place on Kings Canyon/MLK Blvd and sold it. They opened in this location last November.
There's a number of things on the menu that look worthy of exploration. Chile Relleno a la carte is 3.99, w/ chicken or shredded beef taco, 6.99, chile verde is 7.99. Antojitos Salvadorenos include Yuca frita o cocida con chicharron 4.99, Tamal de puerco o pollo 2.00, two Pastelitos de pollo 3.25. Mariscos are Mojarra frita (tilapia) 8.75, Camarones de ajo, a la diable, rancheros, or empanisados (battered) 9.99, camaron o ceviche tostadada 3.99, and The Coctel de camaron 9.99.
Nicest people, putting out great pupusas, unable to afford advertising, give them a try.
Topicale Ambiente / Puerto Marquez
323 N. Fresno St (NW @ McKenzie)
444-0550 (closed on Tues.)
Other post on Fresno pupusa truck, Ambiente Tropicale, Laurita's, and Vallarta Market
re: PolarBear
Possible ownership change alert:
Wanted to pre-order a togo for some pupusas for our dinner yesterday, entry doors where chained shut so asked at the rear kitchen entry if they were cerrado and was told yes and that
they would open next week. Can't say I'm surprised, no on street parking, and the small fenced in lot behind the place is not access friendly.
I guess we're down to trying the other Zamora that took over Laurita's (NW Broadway and Divisadero) for our pupusa jones', unless another local hound can come up with more options.
re: PolarBear
PB, I'm not very well versed in Pupusas but I found a place today you and the other pupusa lovers might be interested in. It's called El Salvador Restaurante Y Pupuseria at 4422 E. Kings Canyon. It's right across the street from the old VMC Medical Center. They offer 5 varieties of pupusas,revueltas,beans/cheese, chicken cheese,zucchini,and shrimp. I ordered a revuelta and a chicken /cheese. With my order was a quart jar full of shredded cabbage and carrots pickled in a oregano infused vinegar as a condiment along with a red hot sauce in a squeeze bottle and a shaker of dry oregano. They were very good with the shredded cabbage stuff piled on top (The waitress told me what the cabbage was called but I can't remember now. I need a pen and notepad if I'm going to give a good report . They offer a Family Combo of 12 pupusas & a liter of soda for $17.99. Also a large selection of Salvadoran dinner selections that looked pretty tasty as well but this thread is about pupusas. A very friendly and helpful staff. Parking is just on Kings Canyon so it could be sketchy. The pupusa were $2.00 each.
re: Jeff Avis
How funny, Jeff. On my way to being a judge for the Science Fair this afternoon, I drove by and saw the pupusas sign, and wondered if I had time to grab one before the event, with only 10 min. to spare the answer was sadly, no. Thankfully I'd stuffed myself a few hours earlier at El Pescador, I'll try and report back on that thread.
I was very encouraged to see that the place had been spiffed up, it is the former location of Tropicale Ambiente, that I was never able to find open for business, then happily discovered they had moved to Fresno and McKenzie, and now they are apparently gone from there.
The cabbage mix is called curtido, and the red sauce that goes over the top always seems to be a very mild tomato water (I always ask for some salsa to kick it up a bit).
I'll defininately be heading over to give them a try.
re: PolarBear
Been reading this thread as we are lucky to have a great pupuseria out here in the desert, and I was interested in reading about similar places elsewhere.
One thing not mentioned in any of these posts is soup (sopa). Don't know if it's typical, but my local Salvadoran place makes wonderful and hearty soups - de frijoles, or de res, or de pollo, or (my favorite) de pata, sortof a Salvadoran menudo with a cow hoof in it - really tastes better than it sounds. If you find Salvadoran soups available, try one and see what ya think.
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I have sampled the fare at El Salvador and it was like being transported to Central America. No one spoke English the day I was there and I almost felt like a tourist (on Kings Canyon!). The interior was very clean and quaintly painted. I also had the chicken/cheese selection and the food was straightforward and satisfying. Nothing fancy, but a good value for the lunch buck. Get there early for one of the limited parking spots.
Stopped in for lunch on Tuesday and had a mixta (Revuelta) and a camarones pupusas with beans and fried plantain. Both were excellent, had never run across a pupusa with shrimp before, will most definitely be back for more. Beans were well done sprinkled with a dry cheese (cotija?) and the plantain with a slightly sour crema was tasty. Salvadoran tamales are also available, so will try them next time as well. Forgot to ask about soups, printed menus should be available by now, the young manager apologized for not having them. She speaks English quite well but may have been out sick the day fresnohotspot visited.
Regarding the parking, if you miss one of the few spots out front, turn right at the light on Chance Ave, then another immediate right into the large parking lot for the motel. You can park anywhere but if you can get a spot in the NW corner it's just steps away to the other entrance through the dinning room. No reason to avoid this place because of parking hassles.
Don't want to set off an alarm here, but after having one of the best pupusa experiences ever on my previous visit, picked up some takeout yesterday for last night's dinner and was extremely disappointed.
Ordered two of the dinner combos, each with a mixta and camarones, beans and plantain, and one extra chicharron (received an extra by mistake).
What we received were six masa cakes, could not detect any filling in any of them, not one had ever come close to a shrimp, only parts worth eating were the beans, plantains and crema, and the curtido. The red salsa was even thin, but at least had a little kick to it.
Perhaps Monday is the cook's day off? The manager and another younger woman were there, but iirc, there was an older lady manning the stove previously. Also was overcharged a few dollars, even accounting for the extra pupusa I didn't order.
I'll definitely return again, but will mention this to the manager who speaks English quite well.
re: PolarBear
I actually like the places where the staff can't speak English very well. My offbeat reasoning is you'll probably get a more authentic version of the regional cuisine they are providing (before Americanization - which isn't always bad, I'll admit). But at least one can get the chance at tasting the "native" fare.
Your situation sounds like a simple snafu in someone writing out or reading the order. I'm planning on trying the place again when I'm downtown, chicharron sounds great.
re: fresnohotspot
I wish that were the case. It was the manager that I'd dealt with on my previous visit, which leads me to believe there was a short circuit in the cucina (or is it cocina en espanol?).
Had a quick lunch at Zamora Taqueria (y pupuseria) the other day. I'm unclear from the previous posts whether anyone has reported on this place yet. Looks like PolarBear may have been headed that way at one point but I'm uncertain.
Had a #1 combo (2 pupusas, plaintain, beans & crema). Both pupusas were nicely crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, enough filling for good flavor. My pupusa chicarones was quite porky in flavor; pupusa pollo y queso was, I thought, a little better. (I'm having a difficult time distinguishing pupusas from one restaurant to another, so someone else might be able to give a better description.)
Curtido was nice big chunks & strips of cabbage & onion & other veggies with a couple hefty slices of serrano pepper for good heat. Very homemade appearance & fresh flavor; served in a bowl on the side. Red sauce in a squirt bottle.
Beans had a strong bean flavor (good if you like beans), not much else (i.e., didn't taste any lard or other fat). Crema cool & creamy.
Combo with a can of soda about $7 (iirc).
Friendly folks working the counter & the kitchen (or both). Menu includes two breakfast items (a burrito & a plate), burritos & other Mexican & Salvadoran foods.
Zamora Taqueria
619 E. Divisadero St. (corner of Divisidero & Broadway)
Fresno, CA 93721
re: alanstotle
Hello All,
After having read about the delicious pupusas at Zamora's I realize that I must have one! I have never had a pupusa or Salvadorean food and would like to fill that small empty place in my heart. Does anyone know what the days/hours of operations are at Zamoras?
re: gmk1322
According to their menu:
open 7 days a week
9am - 8pm
Bumping this thread up once again.
Scrambling around yesterday hit the Fulton Mall farmers market to pick up some flowers. Not too many vendors but there was one blue tent with a lone senora cooking pupusas. There was no sign, name, menu, pricing, nada. Unfortunately didn't have time to stop and try them but they looked great, larger than most I've seen and appeared to have plenty of filling. Neglected to ask how much they were, but I'm sure that wouldn't deter me.
Market on the Mall is open Wed & Fri from 10 am to 3 pm, iirc.
If anyone beats me there, please report back.
re: PolarBear
PB, can you give us a cross street on the mall where the Market is? I'm curious about the parking
re: Jeff Avis
It's the Mariposa Mall area with the stage and clock tower, iirc, accessible from the underground parking by the courthouse off Van Ness, straight ahead as you come to the top of the stairs.
I entered on Broadway off of Fresno St. and parked in a lot there (which also has access via Mariposa off H St.). There's an adjacent lot that fronts Tulare St. Cost $3 BTW for my 10 min. cruise through, the damn flowers were only $5. Will look for better options.
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Thanks PB, I'm on the trail now!
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Popped in today and picked up one. A hand lettered sign on the tent identifies them as Dona Maria's and they have tacos as well (didn't ask what type). The pupusa was 3.00, hot off the grill, plenty of filling (bean, cheese, maybe a little puerco), tangy curtido, and a great salsa, rather thickish compared to the usual watery stuff with good depth of flavor. I had her add quite a bit extra, which she seemed to get a kick out of. Also asked for a little of the chopped cilantro on top. I think Dona Maria has raised the bar for pupusas, at least in our area.
One drawback, there were no plastic forks, actually not sure how much they would have helped tackling the huge stack of goodness. I managed to slide it off the styrofoam plate bit by bit, bite by bite. I think most of her business is from the office workers in the vicinity that take it back to their lunch rooms and tackle it with knives and forks since there's very limited bench seating on that part of the mall.
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From the outset of this latest massacre, the Zionist terrorist state of Israel had only one aim, to destroy all semblance of resistance. As the days move on and the number murdered passes the 1,000 mark, we have yet to hear any condemnation from our government.
In fact, the propaganda machine of the terrorist state can claim one victory that it has managed to sway some 'Muslims' to drop the call for a condemnation and recognition of the crime being committed against the Gazans. Instead they opted to meet our government 'half-way' by now calling for only a ceasefire. I am sure you have seen the petitions and text messages that are lobbying for a 'ceasefire'.
Allah informs us, "It is only Satan that suggests to you the fear of his allies. So, do not fear them, and fear Me if you are believers" (Qur'an 3:175).
Can it be that we have swallowed the lie, that peace is what the Palestinians want? Far from it, what they want is justice and it is only with justice that peace can be achieved. That is the nature of Man, as created by Allah and as embodied by all races, cultures and religion.
I heard that in the meeting with the Foreign Secretary (Monday 12 Jan 09), Haras Rafiq, Majid Nawaz, Ed Husain were falling over themselves to let David Miliband know that they believed the government has done more than enough and is happy with the government's efforts so far. In fact they felt that the issue wasn't what the government had been doing, rather the issue has been one of communication! Yep, that's right, the government's failure was that it did not communicate its effort efficiently to the Muslim masses! (Can hear the ring and see the £ signs in their eyes!)
But the most amazing bit of information has to be that the invitation to the meeting excluded Palestinians! I wonder who did the inviting? On Monday, the Foreign Secretary had to deal with this issue at Parliament.
Sir Menzies Campbell asked, "But is not the blunt truth that while we discuss this the Israeli Government persist in disproportionate military action, using F-15s, F-16s, Apache helicopters and tanks at a terrible cost to human life? If any other democratic state were behaving in that way, would we not by now be considering what other economic and diplomatic steps were available to us? Are the Government considering any such steps?"
To which the Foreign Secretary responded by saying "We do not believe that economic sanctions on Israel are the way to engage or to influence Israel—[Hon. Members: "Why not?"] We do not believe that the isolation of Israel is the way to achieve influence with it…."
Pray, tell us why it is okay to place economic sanctions on the Palestinians, why it is okay to engage the Palestinians by way of boycotting its democratically elected government? Also, while you're thinking, do tell us why it is okay not to condemn the massacre? Is it because you do not see this massacre as a crime?
What about the incident when the Israeli's killed 4 year old Shahd and then set dogs upon her dead body, to be eaten! Will you not condemn this?
Blaming Hamas does not wash anymore, even CNN admits the truce was broken by Israel! Further, you can stop peddling the Zionist lie about Mahmoud Zahar!
Sir Gerald Kaufman said, "…may I ask him [David Milliband] what the international reaction would be if Hamas had slaughtered nearly 900 Israelis and subjected nearly 1.5 million Israelis to degradation and deprivation? Is it not an incontrovertible fact that Olmert, Livni and Barak are mass-murderers and war criminals— [ Interruption. ] Yes. And they bring shame on the Jewish people whose star of David they use as a flag in Gaza, but whose ethos and morals go completely against what this Israeli Government are doing."
Peter Kilfoyle asked, "… On armaments for Israel, he [David Milliband] said just a moment ago that he would very much like to see the prevention of arms going to terrorist organisations. That is the case for everybody in this House, and on the basis of what we have just heard and what he himself just said, will he undertake to ensure that no arms at all go to Israel at the moment, given that it is guilty in many people's eyes of state-sponsored terrorism with its activities in the Gaza strip?"
You're going to love the response, "As I said in my statement, I do not think that it is right or appropriate to compare a democratic state with a terrorist organisation or an organisation that uses terrorist means…"
WHAT! Hamas is a democratically elected government. It is also representing a nation that is occupied, dealing with the mess created by our acquiescence to Zionist terrorism in the first place!
And since our Foreign Secretary loves democracy so much, can he tell us what he thinks of the fact that 2 out of 3 main Arab parties have been barred from participating in this 'beacon' of Israeli democracy?
Marsha Singh Said, "… The killing goes on. Is it not time for stronger action? Is it not time that we expelled the ambassador of Israel and brought our ambassador back from Israel? Is it not time that we called for international sanctions against Israel?"
Of course, most of the debate tried to blame Hamas and we wouldn't expect anything less, but at least there are a few non-Muslims (and of Jewish origin) who recognise the injustice and spoke up against it. These few are joined by many thousands that have marched with us the last two weekends.
In these days of great tragedy, we must not lose our heads. First of all we should know that the government is engaging with individuals who have no credibility in the community, apart from the MCB and three others, the rest of the 'motley crew' are nothing but self-serving vultures, feeding on the dead flesh of the Palestinians.
Second, Hamas is a true resistance movement that is standing up for the rights of the Palestinians, whereas Fatah and specifically Abu Mazen have capitulated to the colonial mindset. Of course Abu Mazen can prove me wrong by holding a general election and allowing Hamas to participate and then we can all agree on the winner. Third, the lack of any real action by our government and the international community has been consistent throughout the many years of oppressive occupation the Palestinians have had to endure, let's not fall out of the pram over it now! Fourth, the consequences on the Arab governments that tacitly and actively supported this massacre will come home to roost. Fifth, be wary of those that blame the victims, those who blame Palestinians or Hamas, they are like those sick men or women who blame the woman who had been raped, saying she brought it upon herself.
Let us use the opportunity to better engage ourselves and work with the thousands of British citizens that have had enough of the lies. Let us work to ensure the truth of the Palestinian tragedy is not covered up by the Zionist machinery and its allies!


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This is a pleasant 1.1-mile walk (one way) across a desert valley beneath towering red-and-white sandstone cliffs. Near the beginning of the trail, the area burned in a wildfire, but farther out the landscape is heavily vegetated with Mojave Desert Scrub vegetation. The trail ends at a little waterfall with cottonwood trees, desert willows, and other shade trees around a large plunge pool cut into interesting conglomerate rock. Except for the last few yards, the hike follows a well-defined trail. At the falls, the route follows a use-trail down the side of the wash into the canyon. As with other falls in the area, these often are dry, but there usually is water at the base.
Link to map.
The main trail does not go to the falls, there are no signs indicating the falls, and there are lots of confusing wild burro trails and other use-trails that cross the main trail, so it is important to use GPS coordinates or landmarks to find the turnoff from the main trail. In particular, watch for the first pine tree on the south side of the trail, which with binoculars, can be seen from the highway.
After visiting the falls, consider continuing up the trail into First Creek Canyon, scrambling up the canyon as far as you want. The main trail splits into lots of use-trails, but they all go in the same general direction, so the choice of use-trails doesn't really matter
Watch Out
Other than the standard warnings about hiking in the desert, ...this is a safe hike, even for kids. The last bit down to the creek is a scramble, but it shouldn't be a problem. Watch for slippery rocks along the creek during summer, and watch for ice during winter. In and around desert washes, always be aware of the potential for flash floods.
While hiking, please respect the land and the other people out there, and try to Leave No Trace of your passage. Also, even though this is a short hike, be sure to bring what you need of the 10 Essentials.
This hike is located in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, about 40 minutes from town, but not on the Scenic Loop Road. Drive out West Charleston Blvd, past the exit from the Scenic Loop Road, to the First Creek Trailhead. Park here; this is the trailhead.
The Hike
From the trailhead (Table 2, Waypoint 1), the trail winds through a gate, then bends southwest and crosses Oak Creek Wash. Water flows in the wash after wet winters, but usually it is dry; a sign advises hikers to stay out of the water during floods. The trail then bends to the west and heads out towards the Wilson (Red Rocks) Cliffs and First Creek Canyon.
Across the wash, the trail strolls westward across the gently sloping valley. About 400 feet out (Wpt. 02), the trail enters an area that burned in a 2006 wildfire. Most of the Joshua trees and other shrubby vegetation is gone, but other things are growing back. The help the land recover, the BLM installed cable fencing along the trail to encourage people to stay on the trail and avoid trampling the new vegetation. They did a nice job: they put fencing only on one side of the trail at any one point, but alternated the sides of trail so that hikers are guided in the right direction but never feel hemmed in. It will be interesting to see how the vegetation comes back over the years.
Beyond the fire (Wpt. 04), the trail wanders among the Joshua trees, Mojave yucca, creosote bush, blackbrush, and a variety of other shrubs. Along this section, hikers can see First Creek Wash a few hundred yards off to the north (right). Through here, the trail generally runs straight towards the mouth of First Creek Canyon while slowly angling closer to the wash.
At about 0.44 miles out (Wpt. 04), the trail crosses a north-south trending use-trail. The trail south leads to Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, and the trail north connects with a network of trails in the Oak Creek Canyon area.
At about 0.63 miles out, the trail suddenly veers off to the south (left), away from the wash, and winds through a big S-shaped curve as it crosses a broad, rocky, shallow, side-wash and climbs the low bank on the far side. After that, the trail abruptly bends back to the west, continues towards the mouth of the canyon, and slowly angles back towards First Creek Wash.
After the S-curves, hikers can start getting your bearings on the falls (see banner photo). Look for the first pine tree on the south (left) side of the trail (Wpt. 08) and a yellowish rocky outcrop across First Creek Wash at the far end of a red stream bank. Both points are about 0.3 miles ahead. The falls lie between these two landmarks.
About 100 yards before getting to the first pine tree on the south side of the trail, an unmarked use-trail (Wpt. 05) angles off to the northwest towards another pine tree about 100 yards out at the edge of the wash (see banner photo).
Follow the use-trail to the pinyon pine at the edge of the cliff (Wpt. 06). From the tree, a use-trail starts down towards the waterfall. The route runs down and west across the slope following a narrow use-trail. Avoid scrambling straight down the purple-dirt embankment.
Winding around some interesting conglomerate boulders of Triassic-age Shinarump Conglomerate, the trail reaches the bottom of the canyon and the base of the waterfall (Wpt. 7). The total elevation change here is only about 25 vertical feet.
The bottom of the falls is a small, quiet place. Be sure to take a few minutes to enjoy the solitude while listening to the falling water, songbirds, and Pacific treefrogs, and please respect the solitude of other people in the area.
To get back to the trailhead, retrace your steps in the dust back to the trailhead. However, before you go, consider hiking up into First Creek Canyon. Use-trails lead onto the canyon, but eventually you end up boulder-hopping up the wash and through the brush.
Table 2. Hiking Coordinates Based on GPS Data (NAD27; UTM Zone 11S). Download Hiking GPS Waypoints (*.gpx) file.
Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
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Here's another christmassy biscuit…
This time last year my tiny studio turned into a mini biscuit factory. Like my aunts in Austria who bake tons of Christmas biscuits every year I like to carry on the tradition (maybe not as well and in smaller quantities). Unfortunately this year I just haven't had the time to bake as much (slightly due to the fact that I've been baking about 500 biscuits a week at La Cocotte recently) so I came up with this easy but just as delicious recipe.
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Chocolate & cinnamon cantucci
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan says in an order filed Thursday that Taya Kyle would be a proper substitute in the case.
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When Donovan Cole meets Sarah Parker, he doubts his sanity. He knew Sarah by the name Lydia Taggert, but she died in a fire in Richmond. How can she be in Miner's Gulch, Colorado?
As soon as Donovan discovers that Sarah/Lydia had been a Yankee spy during the Civil War and may be responsible for his brother's death, he gives her an ultimatum: get out of town or he will reveal her true identity to a mostly Confederate community.
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The fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry representatives have expressed disappointment in the Budget proposal to hike excise duty. They said they would be forced to increase prices at a time when sales were dull and margins under immense pressure, media reports from across the country say.
The Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, in the Budget for 2012-13, has increased excise duty to the pre-crisis level of 12% from 10%. Most of the FMCG sectors, especially clothing and apparel, were hoping for a complete roll-back of excise duty
"I expect this Budget to have a slightly inflationary effect due to the cascading effect of companies passing on the excise duty increase to consumers," Godrej Consumer Products Managing Director A Mahendran said.
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Sometimes ordinary words and grandios ideas put on their Sunday best and go dancing, a tango of poetry and prose, and the journey is as important as the destination.
N.D. Wilson's latest book, Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent, is like that. I found myself closing the covers but continuing the conversation, my imagination inflamed by Wilson's vibrant storytelling.
Lacking the denouement of a novel, Death by Living is Wilson's personal journal, an intimate recounting of life lived and lessons learned. He wanders through the stories of his past ("Eyes Back"), into the present, setting some of his cogent reflections against the backdrop of cities he's visited: Jerusalem, London, Rome.
It was in Rome where Wilson found the inspiration for his title: Leading his children down the steps into the Mamertine Prison, the wet and dark space where the apostle Peter was held before he was crucified, and where the apostle Paul was held before he was beheaded, he reflected on the apostles' vigor and their mission:
"Two men who had burned with furious light, two foxes who had raced through the vineyard with torches tied to their tails by Christ Himself—that great Samson. In this place they had waited for death, for the finish lines to their races, for the last flurry of blows in their fight—they fought well to the end.
They had reached their deaths by living."
Walking through what he calls "the Pope's hallway" (most certainly the long halls of the Vatican Museums), hallways awash in medieval beauty and artistic abundance, Wilson reflects on his own place in the plan of Creation. "I am museum exhibit number however-many-people-you-have-ever-seen-in-your-life," he writes. "I was made. I am a picture of God (imago dei). Of His Son (grafted into the new Adam). I am a hangnail in the larger picture of His Son's bride, the church. (I live in Idaho; a hangnail is generous.)"
In the "pope's hallway", Wilson imagines the fiery creativity which spurred God to create the world, the universe, the cosmos, and a single man:
God—the God who bowled the fire in the sky, who spun the moon and flung the stars, who parted the waters, who feathered the birds and scaled the fish and furred bears, who called up trees, who invented fruit and bats and oceans and wind and lightning and gave Jupiter a red cowlick for an eye—that God challenged Himself. He made a pile of dust on the ground in a garden and He decided to make a picture of Himself.
He fell short. (In a frozen frame.)
…I am more than a painting, because I do not sit in time. I am a failed portrait of God, but this is no frozen frame. He hasn't finished. And He never will. He cannot fall short, because He will never stop His mouth.
We are dust. We are the challenge of the dust. Mix dust with breath. Picture God.
If you are an aficionado of poetry and theology, if you like energetic words assembled into a good read, you'll enjoy Death by Living.
N.D. Wilson is author of the best-selling Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl and is currently a Fellow of Literature at New Saint Andrews College, where he teaches freshmen how to play with words. He describes himself as a "professional daydreamer and occasional screenwriter." He and his wife have five children.


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Street Rockin Lyrics
I'm gettin' in
Can you feel the shake
Snakes and rats
I'm inside
Get out from here
I don't need a toy
I f... your advice
Dickheads go home!
Boss is out
Time for little breath
Princess of booze
Is beggin' for dime,
Every morning I'm watchin, the sky
Expecting the next rain of s...
Oh, Baby, I still don't wanna buy a suit.
[Chorus:] Street rockin'
Welcome to my place !
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Despite its delicate and feminine association, this name is borne of a hostile invasion. Lacy—and its variants—come from an Old French surname that was brought to England and Ireland following the Norman conquest. Regardless, it's a cute name with a nickname-y feel, and has long been used as a given name.
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