{"id":1526,"date":"2009-09-26T11:11:10","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T18:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/?p=1526"},"modified":"2009-09-26T11:11:10","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T18:11:10","slug":"above-the-clouds-in-copper-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/above-the-clouds-in-copper-canyon\/","title":{"rendered":"Above the Clouds in Copper Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surrounded by pine trees in Mexico\u2019s Sierra Madre Mountains, the Lodge at Nor\u00edtari is a favorite relaxing place for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\">California Native<\/a> guests. In Rar\u00e1muri, the language of the Tarahumara Indians, Nor\u00edtari means &#8220;Place Above the Clouds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lodge is the realization of Lauro and Soledad Marquez, who live here with their daughter, Solecito, a Nahuatl Indian, whom they adopted at birth. Lauro was formerly an engineer with INEGI, the Mexican Government Institute for Statistical and Geographical Information. He met Soledad when she was working for the Acapulco city government. A few years before, she had taught in the Sierras and was enchanted by the beauty of the area and the friendliness of its people.<\/p>\n<p>The couple purchased the land in 1995 and three years later began construction of the lodge. Presently they have nine log cabins (caba\u00f1as) with two rooms each, which Sol has decorated with colorful furniture and crafts from all over Mexico. Each room has a large fireplace\u2014it gets cool at 7,800 feet in the Sierras.<\/p>\n<p>Geese and turkeys clamor at visitors on the paths hiking to nearby lakes, while horses and cows graze peacefully in the meadows.<\/p>\n<p>On the old-fashioned porch, which wraps around two pine trees, you can relax with cafe de olla, a cinnamon bark tea to which coffee grounds are added. Then Sol prepares a gourmet dinner: zucchini squash soup, cinnamon beef with sopes, and local baked apples in a delicious sauce. Lauro tends the bar and offers his private-label mescal.<\/p>\n<p>The next day we drive to Basaseachic Falls\u2014at 811 feet it is one of Mexico\u2019s highest. The view of the falls is spectacular.\u00a0 From an observation point we enjoy picnic lunches. After lunch, hikers have the opportunity to stretch their legs, while the others chat and soak in the beautiful scenery. When the hikers return, we head back to Nor\u00edtari for another fine dinner at our &#8220;place above the clouds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surrounded by pine trees in Mexico\u2019s Sierra Madre Mountains, the Lodge at Nor\u00edtari is a favorite relaxing place for California Native guests. In Rar\u00e1muri, the language of the Tarahumara Indians, Nor\u00edtari means &#8220;Place Above the Clouds.&#8221; The lodge is the realization of Lauro and Soledad Marquez, who live here with their daughter, Solecito, a Nahuatl &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/above-the-clouds-in-copper-canyon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Above the Clouds in Copper Canyon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[15,241,12,33,13,14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}