1 00:00:01,999 --> 00:00:05,999 LIFE IN THE CITIES AND ALONG THE COAST OF SONORA, 2 00:00:05,999 --> 00:00:10,584 MEXICO, IS MODERN BUT IT'S CROWDED AND OFTEN HECTIC. 3 00:00:10,584 --> 00:00:13,459 TRAVEL A COUPLE OF HOURS INLAND TO THE FOOTHILLS OF 4 00:00:13,459 --> 00:00:17,667 THE SIERRA MADRE AND YOU CAN LEAVE ALL THAT BEHIND. 5 00:00:17,667 --> 00:00:21,667 IT'S LIKE TAKING A TRIP BACK IN TIME. 6 00:00:30,375 --> 00:00:34,501 FUNDING FOR THE DESERT SPEAKS IS PROVIDED BY 7 00:00:34,501 --> 00:00:35,000 DESERT PROGRAM PARTNERS. 8 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,375 REPRESENTING CONCERNED VIEWERS MAKING A FINANCIAL COMMITTMENT 9 00:00:37,375 --> 00:00:42,334 TO THE EDUCATION ABOUT AND PRESERVATION OF DESERTS 10 00:00:42,334 --> 00:00:45,999 AND BY THE STONEWALL FOUNDATION. 11 00:00:48,501 --> 00:00:59,501 [MUSIC] 12 00:01:26,751 --> 00:01:30,751 IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT THE OLD WAYS WERE LIKE IN 13 00:01:30,751 --> 00:01:34,709 NORTHWEST MEXICO IN THE STATE OF SONORA, 14 00:01:34,709 --> 00:01:37,292 YOU NEED TO GO TO THE TOWN OF SAHUARIPA 15 00:01:37,292 --> 00:01:41,999 IN THE VALLEY OF SAHUARIPA. 16 00:01:41,999 --> 00:01:44,167 THE DESTINATION OF MOST VISITORS TO SONORA IS THE 17 00:01:44,167 --> 00:01:48,125 LARGE CITY SUCH AS THE CAPITOL HERMOSILLO AND 18 00:01:48,125 --> 00:01:50,375 RESORTS ON THE SEA OF CORTEZ. 19 00:01:50,375 --> 00:01:52,918 TODAY 90% OF SONORA'S POPULATION LIVES IN THE 20 00:01:52,918 --> 00:01:55,834 WESTERN PART OF THE STATE AND NEAR THE WATER. 21 00:01:55,834 --> 00:01:59,250 200 YEARS AGO THE POPULATION WAS CONCENTRATED 22 00:01:59,250 --> 00:02:02,292 ALONG THE RIVERS AND VALLEYS IN THE EASTERN PART 23 00:02:02,292 --> 00:02:06,999 OF THE STATE IN TOWNS THAT WERE FORMER INDIAN VILLAGES, 24 00:02:06,999 --> 00:02:09,834 SOME OF THEM ANCIENT. 25 00:02:09,834 --> 00:02:15,125 PEOPLE HAVE PROBABLY BEEN LIVING HERE FOR AT LEAST 26 00:02:15,125 --> 00:02:19,125 1,000 YEARS AND UNTIL ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO IT WAS 27 00:02:19,125 --> 00:02:22,250 ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF SONORA SO YOU HAD TO GO BY 28 00:02:22,250 --> 00:02:26,999 HORSEBACK OR VERY, VERY PRIMITIVE ROAD TO OTHER 29 00:02:26,999 --> 00:02:30,375 TOWNS AND TO GET TO THE STATE CAPITOL OF 30 00:02:30,375 --> 00:02:32,792 HERMOSILLO WAS JUST A MULTI-DAY EXCURSION. 31 00:02:32,792 --> 00:02:37,751 IN THE 60S AND 70S THEY PUNCHED THROUGH A ROAD AND 32 00:02:37,751 --> 00:02:40,999 THEN A PAVED ROAD AND NOW IT'S A MATTER OF THREE AND 33 00:02:40,999 --> 00:02:43,667 A HALF HOURS TO GET TO HERMOSILLO. 34 00:02:43,667 --> 00:02:46,626 THAT HAS CHANGED THE TOWN IMMENSELY. 35 00:02:46,626 --> 00:02:51,501 IT WAS FOUNDED PROBABLY ABOUT 1640 BUT EVEN BEFORE 36 00:02:51,501 --> 00:02:55,542 THEN, LONG BEFORE THEN, IT WAS AN OPATA TOWN OR AT 37 00:02:55,542 --> 00:02:57,584 LEAST AN INDIGENOUS TOWN. 38 00:02:57,584 --> 00:03:00,125 THE LARGEST TOWN IS SAHUARIPA. 39 00:03:00,125 --> 00:03:03,999 IT WAS OLD WHEN SPANIARDS ARRIVED IN THE 16TH CENTURY. 40 00:03:03,999 --> 00:03:06,626 NEARBY ARE THREE OR FOUR 41 00:03:06,626 --> 00:03:10,792 PUEBLOS THAT STILL CARRY ON ANCIENT TRADITIONS. 42 00:03:10,792 --> 00:03:13,999 ONE OF THEM IS CALLED SANTO TOMAS. 43 00:03:13,999 --> 00:03:20,709 [SPANISH] SO IN THIS TOWN OF SANTA TOMAS IN THE 44 00:03:20,709 --> 00:03:23,999 SAHUARIPA VALLEY, IT'S THE ONLY TOWN LEFT SHE'S THE 45 00:03:23,999 --> 00:03:27,209 ONLY ONE THAT MAKES PINOLE AND IT'S A BASIC FOOD. 46 00:03:27,209 --> 00:03:30,292 THE OPATAS WERE USING IT FOR CENTURIES BEFORE THE 47 00:03:30,292 --> 00:03:33,999 ARRIVAL OF SPANIARDS SO THIS IS THE ORIGINAL STUFF. 48 00:03:33,999 --> 00:03:42,918 [SPANISH] SO THIS IS ACTUALLY TOASTED POPCORN 49 00:03:42,918 --> 00:03:49,792 AND SHE PUTS THAT IN THERE AND THEN THE BURRO PUSHES 50 00:03:49,792 --> 00:03:55,999 THIS AND YOU CAN SEE THE GROUND POPCORN COMING OUT 51 00:03:55,999 --> 00:04:01,209 AND THAT THEN BECOMES PINOLE AND YOU CAN SEE IT 52 00:04:01,209 --> 00:04:03,999 COMING OUT AND IT MAKES THE BEST... 53 00:04:03,999 --> 00:04:07,042 IT'S LIKE OATMEAL OR CREAM OF WHEAT BUT IT'S BETTER. 54 00:04:07,042 --> 00:04:12,375 PINOLE WAS THE ORIGINAL FOOD THAT SOLDIERS, 55 00:04:12,375 --> 00:04:17,792 EVEN PRE-COLUMBIAN SOLDIERS, COULD CARRY IN POUCHES. 56 00:04:17,792 --> 00:04:18,501 IT WAS DRY. 57 00:04:18,501 --> 00:04:22,999 THEY'D CARRY IT AND THAT WOULD BE THEIR SOLE FOOD FOR DAYS. 58 00:04:22,999 --> 00:04:26,250 MIXED IT WITH WATER AND NOW THEY MIX IT WITH MILK. 59 00:04:26,250 --> 00:04:34,959 OH, IT'S COMING OUT GREAT. OH, THAT'S GOOD. MMM. 60 00:04:34,959 --> 00:04:37,999 AND IT TASTES VERY MUCH LIKE A VERY GOOD CREAM OF 61 00:04:37,999 --> 00:04:39,876 RICE OR CREAM OF WHEAT OR BETTER YET, 62 00:04:39,876 --> 00:04:46,334 CREAM OF CORN AND IT'S EXTREMELY NUTRITIOUS. GOOD STUFF. 63 00:04:46,334 --> 00:04:52,709 IT TASTES BETTER THAN THE BEST POPCORN AND BECAUSE 64 00:04:52,709 --> 00:04:59,999 IT'S FROM THE WHOLE GRAIN OF THE CORN IT'S VERY NUTRITIOUS. 65 00:04:59,999 --> 00:05:02,459 THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS, WOULD I 66 00:05:02,459 --> 00:05:07,459 USE MORE ENERGY GRINDING IT THAN I WOULD GAIN FROM EATING IT. 67 00:05:07,459 --> 00:05:12,042 [SPANISH] I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU ADD THE 68 00:05:12,042 --> 00:05:17,083 BURRO BUT THE BURRO IS ACTUALLY OUT DOING ANOTHER JOB. 69 00:05:17,083 --> 00:05:20,999 BUT I WANTED SOME PINOLE AND THAT'S ALMOST ENOUGH 70 00:05:20,999 --> 00:05:23,999 TO HAVE A SERVING. 71 00:05:23,999 --> 00:05:27,999 PINOLE HAS BEEN THE BASIC FOOD FOR BOTH 72 00:05:27,999 --> 00:05:30,000 INDIANS AND SPANIARDS FOR CENTURIES. 73 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,083 IT IS STILL THE FUEL THAT TARAHUMARA RUNNERS RELY ON 74 00:05:34,083 --> 00:05:41,792 IN THEIR EPIC RACES AND FESTIVITIES. 75 00:05:41,792 --> 00:05:44,167 JUST ABOUT ALL OF THEM HAVE A 76 00:05:44,167 --> 00:05:46,334 BUNDLE AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE PINOLE. 77 00:05:46,334 --> 00:05:49,000 LATER ON WHEN THEY ARE TIRED OF DANCING AND THEY 78 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,501 WANT TO EAT, EACH ONE OF THEM IS ACTUALLY EVEN 79 00:05:52,501 --> 00:05:55,999 CARRYING A LITTLE CUP OR LITTLE MUG AND LATER ON 80 00:05:55,999 --> 00:06:00,250 THEY MIX IT WITH WATER AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE PINOLE. 81 00:06:00,250 --> 00:06:01,334 IT GIVES THEM STRENGTH 82 00:06:01,334 --> 00:06:07,375 TO CONTINUE DANCING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. 83 00:06:07,375 --> 00:06:23,667 ONCE PINOLE HAS BEEN GROUND IT STORES WELL. 84 00:06:23,667 --> 00:06:31,584 THAT'S NOT THE CASE FOR FRESH GARDEN VEGETABLES. 85 00:06:31,584 --> 00:06:39,959 [SPANISH] THIS IS HER GARDEN. MRS. CLACAS 86 00:06:39,959 --> 00:06:42,125 PLANTS THIS EVERY YEAR. 87 00:06:42,125 --> 00:06:46,542 [SPANISH] SO THESE ARE ONIONS, GREEN ONIONS. 88 00:06:46,542 --> 00:06:47,918 ESO QUE ES? ES AJO. 89 00:06:47,918 --> 00:06:50,999 SO THAT'S GARLIC AND WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? 90 00:06:50,999 --> 00:06:54,250 CILANTRO, ES CILANTRO. OH, THIS IS CILANTRO. 91 00:06:54,250 --> 00:06:58,834 NO GARDEN IS COMPLETE DOWN HERE...SIN CILANTRO. 92 00:06:58,834 --> 00:07:02,459 [SPANISH] SO EVERY FOUR OR FIVE DAYS SHE IRRIGATES. 93 00:07:02,459 --> 00:07:05,250 SHE'S GOT THE HOSE THAT SHE CAN MOVE AROUND. 94 00:07:05,250 --> 00:07:08,292 IN MARCH THE GARLIC WILL BE READY TO HARVEST. 95 00:07:08,292 --> 00:07:17,999 [SPANISH] SO SHE DOESN'T SELL THIS. 96 00:07:17,999 --> 00:07:20,584 IT'S JUST FOR HER HOUSEHOLD USE AND THIS 97 00:07:20,584 --> 00:07:23,999 WILL KEEP FOR MOST OF THE YEAR. 98 00:07:23,999 --> 00:07:30,751 [SPANISH] SO THIS IS THE ORIGINAL WALL OF HER HOUSE 99 00:07:30,751 --> 00:07:31,834 WITH THE ORIGINAL ADOBE ON IT MADE OF DIRT. 100 00:07:31,834 --> 00:07:39,292 [SPANISH] SO THIS IS SAND WITH LIME IN IT AND THEY 101 00:07:39,292 --> 00:07:42,999 COVER IT AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING BUT ALL OF 102 00:07:42,999 --> 00:07:46,751 A SUDDEN IT'S A DIFFERENT COLOR AND IT'S MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE. 103 00:07:46,751 --> 00:07:49,417 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SPECIALIZE 104 00:07:49,417 --> 00:07:52,626 IN PUTTING THIS PLASTER ON ADOBE. 105 00:07:52,626 --> 00:07:58,375 [SPANISH] SO IT'S COOL IN THE SUMMERTIME AND IT'S 106 00:07:58,375 --> 00:08:00,959 WARM IN THE WINTERTIME. 107 00:08:00,959 --> 00:08:03,626 IT IS THE PERFECT MATERIAL FOR BUILDING HERE IN THE 108 00:08:03,626 --> 00:08:06,626 SAHURAIPA VALLEY AND JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE ELSE IN 109 00:08:06,626 --> 00:08:09,584 THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTHWEST MEXICO. 110 00:08:09,584 --> 00:08:13,375 SAHUARIPA IS JUST A CLASSIC CASE OF A RANCH 111 00:08:13,375 --> 00:08:17,542 TOWN IN EASTERN SONORA IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SIERRA MADRE. 112 00:08:17,542 --> 00:08:21,250 THE TOWN IS OLD AND THE HOUSES WERE BUILT IN 113 00:08:21,250 --> 00:08:24,334 CLASSIC COLONIAL STALL, WALL TO WALL. 114 00:08:24,334 --> 00:08:25,626 THERE'S NO SET BACKS. 115 00:08:25,626 --> 00:08:28,042 THE DOORS OPEN INTO THE STREETS AND PEOPLE HAVE 116 00:08:28,042 --> 00:08:29,999 PATIOS IN THEIR HOUSES. 117 00:08:29,999 --> 00:08:32,918 THERE ARE STILL HORSES AND COWS EVERYWHERE AROUND THE 118 00:08:32,918 --> 00:08:35,999 TOWN AND YOU SEE THINGS LIKE PLOWS JUST SITTING 119 00:08:35,999 --> 00:08:37,125 AROUND IN THE TOWN. 120 00:08:37,125 --> 00:08:39,501 THAT SHOWS IT'S REALLY AN AGRARIAN PLACE. 121 00:08:39,501 --> 00:08:42,292 IN RECENT YEARS PEOPLE HAVE REALLY GOTTEN INTO 122 00:08:42,292 --> 00:08:45,667 COLORS SO RATHER THAN HAVE JUST THE UNIFORM SORT OF 123 00:08:45,667 --> 00:08:47,999 WHITE OR OFF WHITE IN ADOBE, 124 00:08:47,999 --> 00:08:50,999 NOW YOU SEE ALL KINDS OF DAZZLING COLORS. 125 00:08:50,999 --> 00:08:53,292 THEY'VE SPRUCED UP THE PLACE QUITE A BIT. 126 00:08:53,292 --> 00:08:56,209 THERE'S EVEN SOME STATUES AND AS MANDATORY IN MOST 127 00:08:56,209 --> 00:08:59,459 MEXICAN TOWNS THE PORTRAIT OR A BUST OF BENITO 128 00:08:59,459 --> 00:09:03,083 JUAREZ, THE GREAT PRESIDENT OF MEXICO. 129 00:09:03,083 --> 00:09:05,709 BUT SAHUARIPA IS MORE THAN ANYTHING 130 00:09:05,709 --> 00:09:09,751 A PLACE WHERE YOU SEE LOCAL STUFF. 131 00:09:09,751 --> 00:09:12,999 RAMON, A COWBOY, IS WEARING THE CLASSIC 132 00:09:12,999 --> 00:09:16,375 FOOTWEAR OF THE SIERRA COWBOY. 133 00:09:16,375 --> 00:09:19,167 YOU CAN WALK FOREVER IN THEM AND THEY HAVE A POINTED TOE 134 00:09:19,167 --> 00:09:22,042 WHICH MAKES IT EASY TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE STIRRUP. 135 00:09:22,042 --> 00:09:24,667 THEY'RE ACTUALLY BETTER THAN BOOTS. 136 00:09:24,667 --> 00:09:28,083 FEWER AND FEWER COWBOYS WEAR THEM NOWADAYS BECAUSE 137 00:09:28,083 --> 00:09:30,999 IT'S MORE STYLISH TO WEAR BOOTS BUTTEJUASARE THE 138 00:09:30,999 --> 00:09:33,375 BEST THING YOU CAN GET FOR WALKING AROUND THE SIERRAS 139 00:09:33,375 --> 00:09:44,334 IF YOU'RE A COWBOY AND NEED A HORSE. 140 00:09:44,334 --> 00:09:47,167 THERE'S ONLY ONE BIG LEATHER SHOP LEFT IN 141 00:09:47,167 --> 00:09:51,334 SAHUARIPA, A COUPLE SMALLER ONES. 142 00:09:51,334 --> 00:09:55,167 THERE'S NO SIGNS BUT THEY TOLD ME TO LOOK FOR A 143 00:09:55,167 --> 00:09:59,250 PLACE THAT HAD FLAGSTONE AND HERE IT IS. 144 00:09:59,250 --> 00:10:02,083 LOCALLY CUT FLAGSTONE, BOY, THAT'S HANDSOME STUFF. 145 00:10:02,083 --> 00:10:04,584 BUT THAT'S HOW THEY MARK IT. 146 00:10:04,584 --> 00:10:09,501 NO SIGN AND HERE'S BETO PACHECO'S PLACE. 147 00:10:09,501 --> 00:10:15,959 [SPANISH] SO I'M GOING TO TRY THEM ON. 148 00:10:15,959 --> 00:10:23,000 [SPANISH] SO HE ONLY HAS ONE PAIR. LET'S SEE. 149 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:27,292 THESE ARE THE REALTEJUAS. LOOK AT THIS. 150 00:10:27,292 --> 00:10:30,918 THESE ARE ONE PIECE OF LEATHER NAILED DOWN AND 151 00:10:30,918 --> 00:10:36,209 THE SOLE VERY, VERY GOOD USED TIRE. 152 00:10:36,209 --> 00:10:39,542 SO IT'S ALL LOCAL MATERIALS AND THE 153 00:10:39,542 --> 00:10:44,834 SHOELACES ARE JUST PIECES OF RAWHIDE THAT HAVE BEEN CUT OUT. 154 00:10:44,834 --> 00:10:50,167 WELL, THIS IS A SIZE 8 AND I'M GOING TO SEE IF I'M LUCKY. 155 00:10:50,167 --> 00:10:52,709 [SPANISH] SO THESE ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE HERE. 156 00:10:52,709 --> 00:10:59,751 THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN $30. IF I'M LUCKY. 157 00:10:59,751 --> 00:11:05,125 THE ONE PAIR AND I THINK THEY FIT. 158 00:11:05,125 --> 00:11:09,876 THE LEATHER SHOP IN EACH TOWN IS CALLED ATALABARTERIA. 159 00:11:09,876 --> 00:11:13,834 IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SONORA AND SONORAN RANCHING 160 00:11:13,834 --> 00:11:16,999 TOWNS, EVERYONE, EVERY TOWN HAD ONE OR TWO OR 161 00:11:16,999 --> 00:11:20,542 EVEN THREE LEATHER WORKING SHOPS TO MAKE SADDLES, 162 00:11:20,542 --> 00:11:25,959 BELTS, TRAPPINGS FOR HORSE RIDING AND IN THE SIERRAS 163 00:11:25,959 --> 00:11:29,834 IT WAS THE ONLY SOURCE OF SHOES BECAUSE THEY 164 00:11:29,834 --> 00:11:33,501 COULDN'T GET OUT OF THE TOWN SO PEOPLE LEARNED TO 165 00:11:33,501 --> 00:11:36,999 MAKE THESETEJUASAND IT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT THE 166 00:11:36,999 --> 00:11:39,999 OPATAS WHO LIVED HERE BEFORE MADE THEM OUT OF DEER. 167 00:11:39,999 --> 00:11:44,999 AND SO THE DESIGN MAY HAVE BEEN EVEN INDIGENOUS. 168 00:11:44,999 --> 00:11:48,292 BU THESE ARE VERY FINE AND VERY COMFORTABLE. 169 00:11:48,292 --> 00:11:51,375 [SPANISH] WE'VE GOT PROBABLY FOUR GENERATIONS 170 00:11:51,375 --> 00:11:53,999 THAT HAVE BEEN MAKING THESE HERE IN SAHUARIPA. 171 00:11:53,999 --> 00:11:57,083 JUAN CARLOS WHO MADE THESE LEARNED FROM HIS 172 00:11:57,083 --> 00:12:00,375 GRANDFATHER BETO PACHECO AND I HAVE TO SAY WHEN I 173 00:12:00,375 --> 00:12:03,709 CAME HERE IN 1989 I WAS LOOKING FORTEJUAS. 174 00:12:03,709 --> 00:12:06,876 EVERYBODY TOLD ME, IF YOU WANTTEJUAS, 175 00:12:06,876 --> 00:12:10,751 GO FIND BETO PACHECO IN SAHUARIPA. HE MAKES THE BEST. 176 00:12:10,751 --> 00:12:15,000 WELL, I WENT LOOKING FOR HIM BUT HIS PLACE WAS CLOSED. 177 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:19,876 SO HERE I AM OVER 20 YEARS LATER AND HIS GRANDSON 178 00:12:19,876 --> 00:12:22,042 JUAN CARLOS IS MAKING THESETEJUAS 179 00:12:22,042 --> 00:12:23,542 AND I'M TAKING THEM WITH ME. 180 00:12:23,542 --> 00:12:25,792 THE TRUE INDIGENOUS CRAFT FOR WHICH EASTERN SONORAN 181 00:12:25,792 --> 00:12:30,999 TOWNS HAVE BEEN NOTED FOR CENTURIES ARETEJUASAND 182 00:12:30,999 --> 00:12:35,042 WOVEN HATS AND BASKETS MADE OF PALM AND 183 00:12:35,042 --> 00:12:40,542 TRADITIONAL CRAFTS ARE FAST DISAPPEARING. 184 00:12:40,542 --> 00:12:43,999 THERE'S ONLY ONE WOMAN LEFT WHO MAKES PALM HATS 185 00:12:43,999 --> 00:12:46,125 AND BASKETS IN SAHUARIPA. 186 00:12:46,125 --> 00:12:50,959 I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR HER. HER NAME IS EMILIANO DOROME. 187 00:12:50,959 --> 00:12:52,792 IT'S A GREAT OPATA NAME. 188 00:12:52,792 --> 00:12:56,834 THEY SAID THERE'S A VIRGIN AND AN ORGAN PIPE SO THIS 189 00:12:56,834 --> 00:12:59,083 MUST BE THE PLACE. BUENOS DIAS. 190 00:12:59,083 --> 00:13:11,667 [SPANISH] SO SHE HAS BEEN MAKING THESE HATS FOR OVER 60 YEARS. 191 00:13:11,667 --> 00:13:14,999 SHE WAS 12 YEARS WHEN SHE STARTED MAKING THEM 192 00:13:14,999 --> 00:13:18,999 AND SHE'S STILL DOING THEM. SO SHE LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER 193 00:13:18,999 --> 00:13:23,083 BUT THEY LEARNED WATCHING HER, NOT DOING IT. 194 00:13:23,083 --> 00:13:30,125 [SPANISH] SO SHE HAS CHILDREN THAT BRING THE PALM FOR HER, 195 00:13:30,125 --> 00:13:35,999 THE BUNCHES OF PALM LIKE THIS AND SHE THEN SPLITS IT. 196 00:13:35,999 --> 00:13:40,167 SHE CAN'T WEAVE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S WINTERTIME 197 00:13:40,167 --> 00:13:41,542 AND IT'S TOO DRY. 198 00:13:41,542 --> 00:13:48,083 [SPANISH] THIS IS THE IDEAL BASKET FOR TORTILLAS 199 00:13:48,083 --> 00:13:50,459 BECAUSE IT HAS A TOP, THESE FIT IN, 200 00:13:50,459 --> 00:13:54,999 THEY WON'T BE DAMAGED IN PUTTING THE TOP ON, 201 00:13:54,999 --> 00:13:58,959 THEN THEY GET PROTECTED FROM FLIES AND OTHER DAMAGE. 202 00:13:58,959 --> 00:14:03,459 [SPANISH] THIS IS FOR RANCH CHEESE AND IT'S ROUNDISH. 203 00:14:03,459 --> 00:14:08,709 [SPANISH] WHEN THEY PUT THE FRESH CHEESE IN HERE 204 00:14:08,709 --> 00:14:12,167 IT GETS KIND OF HEAVY SO IT ACTUALLY HAS A 205 00:14:12,167 --> 00:14:18,584 REINFORCED RIM SO YOU CAN CARRY IT LIKE THIS AND IT WON'T BREAK. 206 00:14:18,584 --> 00:14:23,334 [SPANISH] SO IN TWO DAYS SHE CAN MAKE A BASKET LIKE THIS. 207 00:14:23,334 --> 00:14:29,999 [SPANISH] SO SHE'LL SELL THIS 50, 208 00:14:29,999 --> 00:14:34,042 70 PESOS SO THAT'S NOT MUCH WORK FOR TWO DAYS. 209 00:14:34,042 --> 00:14:37,584 WOMEN LIKE TO USE THIS KIND FOR JEWELRY AND THEN 210 00:14:37,584 --> 00:14:41,125 CHILDREN CAN KEEP LITTLE TOYS AND TRINKETS IN IT AS WELL. 211 00:14:41,125 --> 00:14:44,167 AND IT'S GOT A TOP SO THAT THINGS DON'T FALL OUT. 212 00:14:44,167 --> 00:14:46,918 YOU CAN KEEP THEM MORE OR LESS SECURE. 213 00:14:46,918 --> 00:14:49,292 SO SHE'S REALLY THE LAST PERSON WHO MAKES THE HATS. 214 00:14:49,292 --> 00:14:51,876 SHE HAS A DAUGHTER WHO'LL MAKE THE BASKETS. 215 00:14:51,876 --> 00:14:54,375 THERE'S ANOTHER WOMAN WHO MAKES LITTLE PALM 216 00:14:54,375 --> 00:14:57,667 MATTRESSES, MATTRESS PADS BUT WHEN SHE GOES, 217 00:14:57,667 --> 00:15:00,751 THERE'LL BE NO MORE OF THESE FINE HATS. 218 00:15:00,751 --> 00:15:05,751 THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO MRS. DOROME'S LATE HUSBAND. 219 00:15:05,751 --> 00:15:09,250 HERE IS HIS PHOTOGRAPH AND THIS LITTLE SHRINE TO HIM 220 00:15:09,250 --> 00:15:14,375 BUT SHE MADE THIS SMALL HAT AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS 221 00:15:14,375 --> 00:15:17,167 MEMORY AND THIS IS HER LITTLE SHRINE, 222 00:15:17,167 --> 00:15:22,334 HER LITTLE ALTAR ON THE WALL OF HER HOUSE. 223 00:15:22,334 --> 00:15:25,709 THE SAHUARIPA VALLEY IS VINTAGE SONORAN RANCH COUNTRY. 224 00:15:25,709 --> 00:15:29,626 RANCH HEADQUARTERS ARE ALWAYS LOCATED WHERE WELLS. 225 00:15:29,626 --> 00:15:37,375 AND RANCHO LA QUIVA IS NO DIFFERENT. ANOTHER WELL. 226 00:15:37,375 --> 00:15:43,999 OH, THAT'S DEEP. VERY DEEP. 227 00:15:43,999 --> 00:15:47,918 THAT ONE MUST BE TEN METERS DEEP. IT'S WAY DOWN. 228 00:15:47,918 --> 00:15:51,584 IT'S AT LEAST TEN. DO YOU THINK THIS BUCKET'S GOING TO WORK? 229 00:15:51,584 --> 00:15:55,459 IT'S FULL OF HOLES. LET'S FIND OUT. YEAH, LET'S FIND OUT. 230 00:15:55,459 --> 00:15:57,209 YOU GOT IT? YEP. ALL RIGHT. 231 00:15:57,209 --> 00:16:02,417 THIS IS GETTING WATER THE OLD WAY. 232 00:16:02,417 --> 00:16:07,000 ALL RIGHT, IT HIT. BOY, THAT'S A LONG WAY DOWN. 233 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,999 WHEN YOU'RE PULLING UP BUCKETS OF WATER, 234 00:16:08,999 --> 00:16:11,501 IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S REALLY STRONG UNLESS 235 00:16:11,501 --> 00:16:13,999 YOU WANT TO DEVELOP UPPER BODY STRENGTH. 236 00:16:13,999 --> 00:16:15,626 IF YOU HAVE A USED PAINT BUCKET, 237 00:16:15,626 --> 00:16:18,167 IT'S THE BEST AND A COUPLE OF HOLES AERATES THE 238 00:16:18,167 --> 00:16:22,417 WATER, MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT COOLER. BUT THERE YOU HAVE IT. 239 00:16:22,417 --> 00:16:24,999 IF IT WEREN'T FOR ALL THE LEAVES, 240 00:16:24,999 --> 00:16:28,709 IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY GOOD DRINKING WATER. 241 00:16:28,709 --> 00:16:30,250 SO WHAT DO THESE BRANDS MEAN? 242 00:16:30,250 --> 00:16:32,999 THEY'RE MOSTLY SYMBOLS BUT SOME OF THEM YOU CAN READ THEM. 243 00:16:32,999 --> 00:16:35,999 LIKE THIS ONE IS AN S, AN R. 244 00:16:35,999 --> 00:16:37,584 A BACKWARDS R, UH HUH. UH HUH. 245 00:16:37,584 --> 00:16:39,999 SO THAT COULD WELL BE THE SYMBOL OF THE CAVE THEN, 246 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:41,792 THIS IS RANCHO LAS QUIVAS OR THE CAVE 247 00:16:41,792 --> 00:16:44,083 AND THAT COULD COULD BE A CAVE POSSIBLY. 248 00:16:44,083 --> 00:16:47,042 WHEN I'M IN THE MOUNTAINS AND I HEAR ABOUT CAVES, 249 00:16:47,042 --> 00:16:49,999 I FEEL COMPELLED TO CHECK THEM OUT, 250 00:16:49,999 --> 00:16:52,999 EVEN IF I'M FORCED TO RIDE ON MULE BACK. 251 00:16:52,999 --> 00:16:56,792 AFTER ALL, I MIGHT FIND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, 252 00:16:56,792 --> 00:17:03,125 RARE ANIMALS OR EVEN UNUSUAL BATS. 253 00:17:03,125 --> 00:17:06,918 SO WE'RE HEADING TO A CAVE WHICH THE RANCH IS NAMED AFTER. 254 00:17:06,918 --> 00:17:12,083 THERE'S A PROCESSION OF US AND I GOT THE GENTLEST ANIMAL. 255 00:17:12,083 --> 00:17:15,167 OF COURSE, SHE'S A MULE AND I CALLED HER SAL 256 00:17:15,167 --> 00:17:18,999 BECAUSE MEXICANS DON'T NAME THEIR MULES OR THEIR DONKEYS, 257 00:17:18,999 --> 00:17:21,334 ONLY THEIR HORSES. BUT I GOT A MULE AND HER NAME IS SAL. 258 00:17:21,334 --> 00:17:25,501 15 MILES ON THE ERIE CANAL. SO SAL, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GO. 259 00:17:25,501 --> 00:17:31,667 HEY, SAL, HEY, LET'S GO. ADENANTE. 260 00:17:31,667 --> 00:17:34,999 YOU CAN EASILY LOSE YOUR FOOT IF YOU WALK SO IT 261 00:17:34,999 --> 00:17:37,584 REALLY IS BETTER TO BE ON HORSEBACK, 262 00:17:37,584 --> 00:17:40,375 IF YOU CAN'T BE IN A CAR OR A VEHICLE. 263 00:17:40,375 --> 00:17:43,999 IF YOU'RE ALSO RIDING, THERE'S ABOUT 40 DIFFERENT 264 00:17:43,999 --> 00:17:45,999 KINDS OF TREES AND SHRUBS THAT HAVE THORNS AND 265 00:17:45,999 --> 00:17:50,999 SPINES AND STAVES THAT GRAB YOU AND TRY TO KEEP YOU FROM GOING. 266 00:17:50,999 --> 00:17:54,209 IT'S REALLY RUGGED, MEAN COUNTRY. 267 00:17:54,209 --> 00:17:57,959 AND I'M FOLLOWING TWO PRETTY SPIRITED HORSES. 268 00:17:57,959 --> 00:18:01,999 OKAY, THIS WINTER HAS BEEN REALLY DRY, RIGHT? 269 00:18:01,999 --> 00:18:04,999 YES BUT THE SUMMER WAS EVEN WORSE. IT WAS WORSE. 270 00:18:04,999 --> 00:18:08,999 SO YOU GET A BAD SUMMER, BAD WINTER, 271 00:18:08,999 --> 00:18:11,250 WHAT DO THE RANCHERS DO TO COPE? 272 00:18:11,250 --> 00:18:14,999 THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SELL PART OF HIS CATTLE TO 273 00:18:14,999 --> 00:18:18,292 SUPPORT THE RANCH AND TRY TO KEEP THE CATTLE THAT 274 00:18:18,292 --> 00:18:20,999 THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE HERE IN GOOD SHAPE. 275 00:18:20,999 --> 00:18:23,999 IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO BUILD UP A HERD, RIGHT? 276 00:18:23,999 --> 00:18:25,417 YES, IT'S GOING TO TAKE AWHILE. 277 00:18:25,417 --> 00:18:27,959 IN THIS PART OF THE SIERRA, RAYNALDO, 278 00:18:27,959 --> 00:18:30,334 WAS THIS REALLY, THERE AREN'T ANY ROADS. 279 00:18:30,334 --> 00:18:32,918 YOU ALMOST HAVE TO GO BY HORSEBACK 280 00:18:32,918 --> 00:18:33,999 TO GET INTO THEM, RIGHT? 281 00:18:33,999 --> 00:18:35,375 YEAH, ACTUALLY THIS ROAD THAT 282 00:18:35,375 --> 00:18:37,125 WE'VE BEEN DRIVING IS PRETTY NEW. 283 00:18:37,125 --> 00:18:40,292 ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO THERE WASN'T ANY ROAD THAT CAME THROUGH HERE. 284 00:18:40,292 --> 00:18:42,834 SO THAT ONE ROAD SERVES THE ENTIRE AREA AND 285 00:18:42,834 --> 00:18:47,083 OTHERWISE YOU'VE GOT TO GO ON FOOT OR BY HORSE. YES. 286 00:18:47,083 --> 00:18:48,959 WELL, I LIKE BEING ON HORSE. 287 00:18:48,959 --> 00:18:51,626 ACTUALLY I SHOULD SAY I LIKE BEING ON MULE. 288 00:18:51,626 --> 00:18:54,000 YEAH, MULES ARE PRETTY GOOD FOR RIDING AND 289 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,999 THEY'RE GOOD FOR PACKING. 290 00:18:56,999 --> 00:19:00,209 YEAH, THEY CAN CARRY A LOT OF WEIGHT, RIGHT? 291 00:19:00,209 --> 00:19:01,334 YEAH, BEFORE THEY BUILD THE ROAD, 292 00:19:01,334 --> 00:19:03,709 THE ONLY WAY TO BRING THEIR SUPPLIERS FOR THE 293 00:19:03,709 --> 00:19:05,417 RANCHES WAS BY MULE OR DONKEYS. 294 00:19:05,417 --> 00:19:07,999 ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO THE BEST WAY TO BRING THE 295 00:19:07,999 --> 00:19:11,626 SUPPLIES AND EVERYTHING WAS BY LITTLE PLANES. 296 00:19:11,626 --> 00:19:13,999 WELL, YEAH, BUT THAT COSTS YOU A LOT. 297 00:19:13,999 --> 00:19:16,292 YOU'VE GOT TO BE FAIRLY WELL OFF TO DO THAT. 298 00:19:16,292 --> 00:19:19,918 YEAH, WELL, THE RANCHES USED TO DO PRETTY WELL 20 YEARS AGO. 299 00:19:19,918 --> 00:19:22,709 WHAT IS THIS CAVE LIKE THAT THE RANCH IS NAMED 300 00:19:22,709 --> 00:19:23,834 AFTER THAT WE'RE GOING TO? 301 00:19:23,834 --> 00:19:25,417 WELL, I THINK THEY USED TO STAY, 302 00:19:25,417 --> 00:19:27,542 SPEND THE NIGHTS IN THERE... 303 00:19:27,542 --> 00:19:30,375 OH, REALLY. ...IF THERE'D BE TROUBLE AROUND RANCHES. 304 00:19:30,375 --> 00:19:33,334 OKAY, IT'S A... A COVER FOR RAIN AND THE COLD. 305 00:19:33,334 --> 00:19:35,959 ON A SUMMER'S DAY IT PROBABLY WOULD BE 306 00:19:35,959 --> 00:19:37,042 A GOOD TIME TO COME UP HERE. 307 00:19:37,042 --> 00:19:39,209 THE TEMPERATURE DOWN AT THE RANCH IN AUGUST IS 308 00:19:39,209 --> 00:19:42,542 GOING TO BE 105 AND UP HERE IT WOULD ONLY BE 95. 309 00:19:42,542 --> 00:19:48,292 LUCO TELLS ME THEY CALL THIS THESIERRA DE GUANO. SI. 310 00:19:48,292 --> 00:19:50,292 AND IT'S THE CUEVO DE GUANO, 311 00:19:50,292 --> 00:19:55,999 THEY LEAVE THE BAT MANURE BEHIND OR THEGUANO. UH HUH. 312 00:19:55,999 --> 00:19:59,876 AND THE WHOLE RANGE GETS ITS NAME FROM THAT. 313 00:19:59,876 --> 00:20:03,125 OKAY, I GIVE UP. OKAY, SAL, YOU WIN. I'M GETTING OFF. 314 00:20:03,125 --> 00:20:07,999 I DON'T THINK I WAS MADE TO SIT MORE THAN 315 00:20:07,999 --> 00:20:14,709 15 MINUTES ON TOP OF A HORSE. WHOA, LOOK AT THAT. 316 00:20:14,709 --> 00:20:20,834 SO THIS IS THE FAMED "BAT CAVE",CUEVO DE GUANO. 317 00:20:20,834 --> 00:20:24,209 THIS ISLA CUEVA DE GUANO. 318 00:20:24,209 --> 00:20:26,999 YOU KNOW I CAN ALREADY SMELL THEGUANO. 319 00:20:26,999 --> 00:20:29,999 IT'S CLEARLY OCCUPIED BY BATS. 320 00:20:29,999 --> 00:20:32,584 DO PEOPLE TAKE THIS STUFF OUT FOR FERTILIZER? 321 00:20:32,584 --> 00:20:34,292 NO, I DON'T THINK SO. 322 00:20:34,292 --> 00:20:37,083 IT'S KIND OF FAR AWAY TO HERE. IT IS A LONG WAY 323 00:20:37,083 --> 00:20:39,459 BUT BOY A BAG OF IT COULD MAKE YOUR GARDEN GROW. 324 00:20:39,459 --> 00:20:42,999 WELL, IT'S A BIG ENOUGH CAVE. IT IS. IT GOES PRETTY DEEP. 325 00:20:42,999 --> 00:20:44,834 YEAH, IT GOES WAY UP THERE BUT I THINK THE AIR IS SO 326 00:20:44,834 --> 00:20:47,999 FULL OF THE AMMONIA THAT THE ORDER FROM THE GUANO... 327 00:20:47,999 --> 00:20:51,584 YEAH, THEREFORE IT IS NOT A PLACE TO STAY FOR A LONG TIME. 328 00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:56,000 NO, GET OUT OF THE RAIN AND WHEN IT STOPS, DO WHAT I'M DOING. 329 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:00,209 GET OUT AND MOVE ON TO SOMEWHERE WHERE THE AIR IS A LITTLE PURER. 330 00:21:00,209 --> 00:21:02,626 WE'VE GOT OTHER PLACES TO GO ANYWAY. 331 00:21:02,626 --> 00:21:15,083 A RANCH BUILDING MADE OF PALM TRUNKS GOES UP A LOT 332 00:21:15,083 --> 00:21:19,542 FASTER THAN ONE MADE OF ADOBE. 333 00:21:19,542 --> 00:21:22,542 WHEN YOU LIVE ON A RANCH THAT'S EIGHT OR NINE HOURS 334 00:21:22,542 --> 00:21:26,292 BY HORSEBACK FROM THE NEAREST TOWN, 335 00:21:26,292 --> 00:21:29,459 YOU'VE GOT TO USE THE MATERIALS THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE. 336 00:21:29,459 --> 00:21:30,999 IN THIS CASE THERE ARE MANY, 337 00:21:30,999 --> 00:21:33,999 MANY PALMS AND SO THE BUILDER HERE HAS SPLIT THE 338 00:21:33,999 --> 00:21:36,334 PALM LOGS AND MADE THE SIDING AND PALM THATCHING 339 00:21:36,334 --> 00:21:39,999 FOR THE TOP WITH A LITTLE HELP OF MORE OR LESS 340 00:21:39,999 --> 00:21:41,375 MODERN GALVANIZED ROOFING. 341 00:21:41,375 --> 00:21:44,834 AND THEN ON THE TOP THEY USE MESQUITE LOGS TO HOLD 342 00:21:44,834 --> 00:21:45,834 EVERYTHING DOWN. 343 00:21:45,834 --> 00:21:47,626 IT'S VERY LOCAL CONSTRUCTION, 344 00:21:47,626 --> 00:21:54,834 CHEAP AND COOL INSIDE. 345 00:21:54,834 --> 00:21:57,918 [DOG BARKS] LIFE ON A RANCH IN CENTRAL SONORA 346 00:21:57,918 --> 00:21:59,125 CAN BE VERY, VERY TOUGH. 347 00:21:59,125 --> 00:22:02,292 A MAN'S WORK IS NEVER DONE AND SO WHEN RELAXATION IS 348 00:22:02,292 --> 00:22:08,375 AVAILABLE, EVEN IF IT'S ON AN OLD TIRE, YOU'VE GOT TO USE IT. 349 00:22:08,375 --> 00:22:17,292 YOU'VE GOT TO GO FOR ALL THE RELAXATION YOU CAN GET. 350 00:22:17,292 --> 00:22:21,209 THE SAHUARIPA VALLEY LIES EAST OF THE RIO YAQUI 351 00:22:21,209 --> 00:22:24,042 WHICH ISOLATED IT FROM THE REST OF THE STATE OF 352 00:22:24,042 --> 00:22:27,459 SONORA UNTIL A BRIDGE WAS BUILT. 353 00:22:27,459 --> 00:22:31,584 THAT ISOLATION HAS PROVEN IDEAL 354 00:22:31,584 --> 00:22:47,959 FOR THE SOUTHERNMOST NESTING BALD EAGLES. 355 00:22:47,959 --> 00:22:51,999 THE ARROYO SAHUARIPA FLOWS NORTH OUT OF THE SIERRA MADRE 356 00:22:51,999 --> 00:22:54,999 UP INTO THE RIO YAQUI. WHEN THE EUROPEANS ARRIVED HERE, 357 00:22:54,999 --> 00:22:58,083 THERE WERE A NUMBER OF INDIAN TOWNS ALREADY HERE. 358 00:22:58,083 --> 00:23:01,375 SAHUARIPA WAS AN OPATA INDIAN TOWN. 359 00:23:01,375 --> 00:23:02,667 A COUPLE OF OTHER SMALL TOWNS, 360 00:23:02,667 --> 00:23:05,250 ARIVECHI AND TACUPETO, WERE THERE AND ARE STILL THERE. 361 00:23:05,250 --> 00:23:07,959 SAHUARIPA IS DOING OKAY BUT THE OTHER TWO TOWNS 362 00:23:07,959 --> 00:23:10,083 WEREN'T REAL THRIVING. 363 00:23:10,083 --> 00:23:12,999 BUT ARIVECHI HAS THE DISTINCTION OF HAVING 364 00:23:12,999 --> 00:23:16,167 SOMETHING IN IT THAT BRINGS PEOPLE HERE FROM 365 00:23:16,167 --> 00:23:18,334 ALL OVER THE REPUBLIC TO SEE. 366 00:23:18,334 --> 00:23:20,999 THERE YOU CAN SEE THE STEEPLES OF THAT VERY 367 00:23:20,999 --> 00:23:27,083 NEW AND DIFFERENT CHURCH. IT'S ORIGIN IS VERY INTERESTING. 368 00:23:27,083 --> 00:23:29,667 THERE'S A TRADITION IN SONORAN POLITICS THAT THE 369 00:23:29,667 --> 00:23:32,292 GOVERNOR LAVISHES MONEY ON HIS COMMUNITY. 370 00:23:32,292 --> 00:23:36,000 IN THE 1980S THE GOVERNOR OF SONORA, GOVERNOR OCAÑA, 371 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,999 WAS FROM ARIVECHI AND HE DECIDED THAT HIS TOWN, 372 00:23:38,999 --> 00:23:42,417 ARIVECHI, SHOULD HAVE THE BEST KIOSK IN ALL OF 373 00:23:42,417 --> 00:23:47,250 MEXICOANDA BEAUTIFUL CHURCH AND THE TOWN GOT WHAT HE WANTED. 374 00:23:47,250 --> 00:23:52,167 IF YOU LOOK UP INTO THE TILES IN THE DOME, 375 00:23:52,167 --> 00:23:55,584 THEY'RE TRANSLUCENT AND THE THEMES THERE ARE ALL 376 00:23:55,584 --> 00:23:56,999 DESERT AND LOCAL THEMES. 377 00:23:56,999 --> 00:23:59,999 YOU SEE THEHECHOCACTUS WHICH GIVES ITS GREAT FRUIT, 378 00:23:59,999 --> 00:24:04,667 AGAVESFROM WHICH THEBACA DORA, THE LOCAL LIQUOR IS MADE. 379 00:24:04,667 --> 00:24:07,999 YOU SEE DEER AND YOU SEE ALMOST ABOVE ALL OF IT, 380 00:24:07,999 --> 00:24:10,584 PALMS, THE DATE PALMS WHICH EUROPEANS BROUGHT 381 00:24:10,584 --> 00:24:14,375 AND THE PALMS FROM WHICH LOCAL MAKE BASKETS AND HATS. 382 00:24:14,375 --> 00:24:15,999 IT'S A COMBINATION OF DESERT, 383 00:24:15,999 --> 00:24:22,501 INDIGENOUS THEMES WITH MOORISH ARCHITECTURE. 384 00:24:22,501 --> 00:24:25,751 THE THEME AND THE STYLE OF THE KIOSK MAY BE SPANISH 385 00:24:25,751 --> 00:24:31,417 AND MOORISH IN ORIGIN BUT THE COLORS ARE DISTINCTLY MEXICAN. 386 00:24:31,417 --> 00:24:35,125 THE RED, GREEN AND WHITE OF THE MEXICAN FLAG 387 00:24:35,125 --> 00:24:39,083 MAKES IT A PATRIOTIC PLACE. 388 00:24:39,083 --> 00:24:42,417 THE TOWN OF SAHUARIPA IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES LEFT 389 00:24:42,417 --> 00:24:46,459 IN NORTHWEST MEXICO WHERE YOU CAN FIND A MIXTURE OF 390 00:24:46,459 --> 00:24:49,000 THE OLD WAYS AND THE NEW WAYS. 391 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,999 THE ANCIENT ARTS OF LEATHER MAKING, 392 00:24:50,999 --> 00:24:54,459 WEAVING PALM BASKETS AND HATS AND GRINDING POPCORN 393 00:24:54,459 --> 00:25:03,459 UP TO MAKE PINOLE ARE STILL HERE IN SAHUARIPA, SONORA, MEXICO. 394 00:25:05,167 --> 00:25:07,959 A HOST OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS AND AN EVEN 395 00:25:07,959 --> 00:25:11,375 GREATER ARRAY OF CANYONS... 396 00:25:11,375 --> 00:25:14,417 IT GETS A LITTLE NARROWER... 397 00:25:14,417 --> 00:25:17,501 CREATE THE MAN-MADE MARVEL KNOWN AS LAKE POWELL. 398 00:25:17,501 --> 00:25:20,709 SO THERE'S LABYRINTHIAN CANYON... 399 00:25:20,709 --> 00:25:22,999 NOW IMMERSED BELOW THE PLACID SURFACE LIES SOME 400 00:25:22,999 --> 00:25:25,334 OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR CANYON COUNTRY ON EARTH. 401 00:25:25,334 --> 00:25:27,459 COUNTRY THE DENAI OR NAVAJOS ONCE CALLED HOME. 402 00:25:27,459 --> 00:25:30,042 SOMETHING DRASTIC CAUSES THE SAND DUNE TO SHIFT... 403 00:25:30,042 --> 00:25:32,999 NEXT TIME ON THE DESERT SPEAKS. 404 00:25:32,999 --> 00:25:35,751 THIS IS A TRADITIONAL KITCHEN IN THE OUTSKIRTS 405 00:25:35,751 --> 00:25:38,000 OF SAHUARIPA AND THE FOOD IS TRADITIONAL FOOD. 406 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,292 GREEN CHILES AND GREEN ONIONS AND THERE IS 407 00:25:40,292 --> 00:25:47,584 NOTHING IN THE WORLD THAT COULD BE MUCH BETTER. 408 00:25:47,584 --> 00:25:51,667 I'M GOING TO STIR THEM SO THAT THEY DON'T BURN. 409 00:25:51,667 --> 00:25:55,709 AND THEY WON'T BE FOR ME BUT I ENVY WHOEVER GETS 410 00:25:55,709 --> 00:25:58,999 THE PRIVILEGE OF EATING THEM. 411 00:26:00,167 --> 00:26:04,959 FUNDING FOR THE DESERT SPEAKS IS PROVIDED BY 412 00:26:04,959 --> 00:26:06,667 DESERT PROGRAM PARTNERS. 413 00:26:06,667 --> 00:26:09,417 REPRESENTING CONCERNED VIEWERS MAKING A FINANCIAL COMMITTMENT 414 00:26:09,417 --> 00:26:14,292 TO THE EDUCATION ABOUT AND PRESERVATION OF DESERTS 415 00:26:14,292 --> 00:26:18,542 AND BY THE STONEWALL FOUNDATION.