Madness in the Desert Part 36--How to Visit a Park That Isn't There

This is our final entry in the Madness in the Desert album! You remember that last week we talked about Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Near here is another National Park Unit called Hohokam Pima National Monument. Now that particular unit is not available to visit. The village had been excavated and explored, but the Native Tribe asked the area to be covered over. As the NPS says: "Though authorized to become a monument, it is not a designated site. There are no signs, facilities, roads, cancellation stamps, brochures, features, displays, or other markers in place. The grounds are on Native American land and not open for visits."

This is often a bone of contention for our NPTC club members. To provide a way to "count" this park, the club has 2 suggestions (technically a member can count a visit as they deem fit). The first suggestion is the Huhugam Heritage Center in Chandler, AZ. While Jim and I were nearby, it was, at that time, closed for renovations. The original, and still valid method we chose, was to visit Casa Grande. The museum here has a few displays about Pima life and culture, so we have both added Hohokam Pima to our list of completed units. Have you checked this park off on your list? Let me know in the comments below.

I scraplifted this idea from Scrapbook.com. I was getting close to the album's end so I had many scraps available. I layered several in orange and yellow tones on the page. The top border includes some fussy-cut items from a fairly old piece of CM paper. It's supposed to be a fall theme but I've always thought it worked well for Native American designs. I used some punches and other scraps to make the window and the sun designs.