5/7/2013 Topic: EL VALLECITO AND LA RUMOROSA STYLE dliponi	Thank you for the photos and the info. Are the panels locked up - I assume the caretaker unlocks them during the day? Is there anyway to see more of the panels than the few they have on display [like hire a local guide?], etc. Thanks, Tommy, very nice display. Don Liponi
5/8/2013 Topic: Table Mountain day hike dliponi	Nice photos. About 3 weeks ago walked over a Diamond Back [4'] coming out of one of the culverts under I-8. He didn't coil or rattle - just stretched out in the sun. Very beautiful and bright like he had just shed. I was too tired to take a photo, but I did break out the snake gators on the next hike. Generally, I just walk across the road. Even with a flashlight, those culverts are a set up for problems. Again, thank you for the photos from the top and the other ones also. Don
11/3/2015 Topic: Any Interest in going to Pinto Canyon - early 2016 dliponi	I know Tom has gone many times and I hate to ask him to repeat a hike that is so familiar to him. Would anyone else like to go? I have never gone and would like to hook up with a few people that have done it once or so. The object would be to see the petroglyphs or some of them and the countryside. Would consider an overnighter tucked into a hidden spot. A dry spell in January might work. Open to ideas. Don
10/24/2019 Topic: Brand New Rock Art Book November 2019 dliponi	I hope it will be alright to give notice here - no harm no foul intended. We have a new book out now, La Rumorosa Rock Art Along the Border Volume 2. We have 14 photographers and rock art researchers contributing more than 200 half, full and double page images including some regulars here like Daren S, Gary J, Tom T, Joel K, Randy R, Wade S, myself and some others. We have text from 8 local archaeologists including favorites like Don Laylander, Jerry Schaefer, Dennis Gallegos, Brian Williams, David Whitley and more. Most of this text sheds light on the last 10,000 years in the Colorado Desert. The book is the same size, but larger at 350 pages and 3# in weight. It is heavy polished paper. It is only 25$ and is for sale at the ABDNHA bookstore, IVDM, Desert Tower [you have to go there - it is amazing], the book's website [www.larumorosarockart.com], Amazon and eBay. If you did not get volume 1, I have 5 copies left I am selling on Amazon. If you want to buy bulk for some reason, contact me, and we will work out discounts. The book tour is shaping up and I am presenting some patterns in the rock art compatible with the trance models of David Lewis-Williams, David Whitley and Michael Winkelman. I am speaking at ABDNHA on 12/27/19. Because of the topic, it will probably sell out just like it did last time, so you should get your tickets. ABDNHA gets the money and they will probably schedule another presentation in the Spring? So far, there are dates in Rancho Mirage, Copper Canyon College and more to come. See Amazon for images as I could not attach files using the trick indicated. Thank you, Don Liponi dliponi@yahoo.com
11/12/2019 Topic: Brand New Rock Art Book November 2019 dliponi	Hi Everybody: Some updates - we are getting into the Kumeyaay Nation - today a rock art tour with some Kumeyaay to a site on Private Land with permission. Beyond the Casinos - there is a lot of help needed on the Rezs. We get to present to their students and share with their elders about our work. On another topic, so far, we have book tour dates that are on the Book's website [larumorosarockart.com] for ABDNHA, PCAS, San Diego County Archaeological Society, Pacific Beach Public Library and many sites beyond San Diego including Coachella Valley and Arizona. In short, we are getting the word out on our rock art. Thanks to everyone, Don

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