tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719803707314253077.post765043352559617270..comments2024-02-07T05:27:54.660-06:00Comments on Travels of a Rambling Van: Black Elk-Neihardt Parkgreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15960238893013776630noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719803707314253077.post-89220626722385852019-04-06T13:24:12.643-05:002019-04-06T13:24:12.643-05:00Mary, it sounds like the park hasn't changed a...Mary, it sounds like the park hasn't changed all that much since you were there which, in my book anyway, is a good thing when it comes to spaces, spiritual spaces, like this. I've had my share of encounters with spirits but I guess Black Elk was taking the day off when I was there.<br /><br />I had to look Babylon up. Yikes! I expect that it is difficult to find peace and quiet around there. How did you ever end up at DANA?greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15960238893013776630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719803707314253077.post-73571334807626848742019-04-06T00:21:32.555-05:002019-04-06T00:21:32.555-05:00When I attended DANA college between 1993 and 1996...When I attended DANA college between 1993 and 1996, I would walk in that park every single day-in all kinds of weather, and at all times, including the middle of the night-and no one was ever in that park when I was there, except once. I think maybe most of the students exercised in the gym, or were into sports and didn't need to walk like I did, or, maybe they felt the park was a little creepy too. I remember getting funny looks when people heard I walked in there alone at night. It was beautiful during the day--and in late summer there were so many dragon flies--I'd never seen that many as I was from New York. When I walked there at night, I swear it always looked like someone was coming towards me in the dark--a dark shape--that sort of looked like the outline of a native american --Black Elk? Maybe his spirit hung around that park. I know when I dormed on the first floor of Rasmussen during Tech Camp, when I was a counselor in the summers, I got a little freaked because the window of the dorm was only a hundred feet down a hill you could take to get into the park. I kept the window shut and turned on the air conditioner those nights. I felt like Black Elk might wander right past my window. One night, when walking, I ran into one of the resident assistant's and his girl friend--thank God it wasn't Black Elk's spirit. Not sure why I was so afraid of him, though. I would get angry at myself for getting spooked, and I would make myself walk at least three times around the park, the same number of times I'd walk around Argyle Lake in Babylon, NY, no matter how cold I was, or how freaked I was. I attended an evening picnic there with classmates before graduation. I often think of that park, especially every time I see a dragon fly. Wish we had one as nice as that in NY-and empty except for a few spirits so I can get some peace and quiet again! Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09762833352839277187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719803707314253077.post-3125234412080189962016-08-23T15:46:07.734-05:002016-08-23T15:46:07.734-05:00Since it's just down the hill, maybe if colleg...Since it's just down the hill, maybe if college had been in session there would have been people at the park.<br /><br />As it was I kept getting the feeling that maybe the entire town was empty and I just never got the word to stay away. . . So I wasn't entirely reluctant to get my ass out of there!greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15960238893013776630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719803707314253077.post-21937144976507356462016-08-23T08:19:34.084-05:002016-08-23T08:19:34.084-05:00I have a friend that went to Dana College. I'l...I have a friend that went to Dana College. I'll have to ask her about the park. That is strange, and I can't remember a time where I have been to a park with no people there. Hard to believe it was a Saturday. You should have camped there until the first person or dog showed up ... lolStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08464723652295679622noreply@blogger.com