Bones, Sandstone, Water
Blog Articles and Illustrations by
Annie Imogene Catura
Free-spirited Naturalist, Artist & Earth Warrior. An intuit encouraging folks to live intentionally. A drawer who writes, blending art, history, and storytelling. Watercolor artist, adventure and history writer, advocate for whole-child education and families being together. Audacious book absorber, lover of woods, water, rocks, and trees. Passionate about all things eclectic music. A listener, curious deep diver, and lover of moments when time disappears.
A Scenic Drive Along the Lariat Loop: Exploring Bear Creek to Historic Golden
Welcome back to our scenic journey along the Lariat Loop! In our previous explorations, we uncovered the rich history and breathtaking views from the Lariat Loop to Evergreen. Today, we complete the final leg of our historic route from Evergreen to Morrison and then back to Golden.
A scenic drive along the Lariat Loop: Revving up history
Discover the Lariat Loop national scenic byway this is the first installment of our lariat Loop series which explores the rich past the community connections along this historic local route.
Widening the Perspective
As I stated earlier, learning the history of the original inhabitants of this continent during a pandemic brings into focus one of the major struggles these cultures endured, or worse, did not survive: The realization that the lands Christopher Columbus 'discovered' were in a state of ruin when the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock because of the introduction of viruses and disease.
Here was a very different narrative than that I learned in school, which sheds light on the current culture clash in the Americas today.