John, Cahokia Mounds has become a big archelogical dig since the early 70's. It's a huge Native American city from the early farming days. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 12:00 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: Mark C > > >> On 7/2/2012 5:45 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >>> >>> Mark, Cahokia Mounds in 112F heat. Are you crazy? Regards, Bob S. >>> >> We really took in in everything in the interpretive center and added to >> our collection of R. Carlos Nakai CD's. We walked the 5 flights up to >> the mid point on Monk's Mound and then called it quits. I'd love to get >> back there in early spring or late autumn to see the view from Monk's >> Mound with no leaves on the trees - hopefully to see the full remains of >> the city. It was a fun day, though way too hot! >> >> MCC >> > > Looked up Cahokia Mounds, and it turns out I've been there. It was some time > in 1971 - 1972, one of those trips that starts out with "It seemed like a > good idea at the time." > > ... one of those road trips for which the subject line is actually > appropriate. > > We were on the way to St. Louis from Raleigh, and there was a sign for the > state park along my route. It looked like it might be interesting, we > stopped & spent most of the day there. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.