Greek Juxtaposition

So, my last quick post before leaving for Greek Festival for good food and fun with Bobbi was about the 'cheesy' lights on the mountain. Then I read the paper and Councillor Deb O'Malley referred to it as 'cheesy' too. Well the point of this post is the Sandia Mountains via Greek Festival.We go to Greek Festival every year. It is just really a great evening watching dancing, eating great food, drinking wine(1 glass allowed for candidates), and seeing friends.

This is Brian Cobble and Julie Kutz. Brian is brother of Steve Cobble who I think is one of the smartest guys I have ever known, except for that thing about his support of a guy name Nader a few years back.

Brian is an incredible artist and if I win this race I will buy one of his pastels.

Anyway, were sitting there talking when the subject of the cheesy lights on the mountain came up. Julie said that when she was a child her first attendance at a political protest was with her father. They were protesting the building of an unnecessary road through the forest on the east side of the Sandias. That battle was won and Julie and Brian are now accomplished activists.

Julie's dad Jack and her mom Ladonna were pioneering rock climbers in the Sandias and were the first to scale many of the sheer faces of the mountain. This is a photo of Julie and her dad.
I just thought this was all an interesting juxtaposition of occurrences. Blog about the mountain, meet political activists who helped save the mountain, and have a good time at Greek Festival. And pick up some support from all those Greek voters.....