Cathedral Canyon when still.....
Cathedral Canyon when still.....
My word!...That is beautiful......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
Very nice!
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
Beautiful pitcher. My favorite part of the world. And right next door.
On the San Juan arm I only lack a short piece from Clay Hills downstream for a few miles and I will have gone from Bluff to Seperation Rapid on Lake Mead. Twice through the canyon and dozens of trips to Powell (mostly when I was a kid back in the '60's - it was a fantastic fishing lake back in those days). Moab down is on the list next (or the Green).
I have many backpacking trips in the canyon as well but they dont compare to the river. It smells like no other place I can think of and its the same here in Colorado as it is on the sand bar where Lake Mead drowned the river.
When you see the walls in the bottom of the canyon you begin to realize how remarkable John Wesley Powell and his crew were.
"Back after 5 years. I thought you had died.
don"
Splitting my time between the montane and the mesas
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
One of the highlights of my life, to this point, were my years in Utah with many weekends spent wondering about in the Arches areas.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
“Wondering” is a good choice of words.
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
Give me a break---engineers are not supposed to be able to spell and spell check does not have AI to determine the use of an inappropriate word, as long as it is spelled correctly.
More to the point---my wandering brought me many wonderful hours of wonderment
And--to the misspelling---I--and my career were blessed by a handful of wonderful ladies that corrected my poor spellings. To them, I will be always indebted.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
"Back after 5 years. I thought you had died.
don"
Splitting my time between the montane and the mesas
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
3..2..1..See Ya.
"Back after 5 years. I thought you had died.
don"
Splitting my time between the montane and the mesas
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
I've spent a lot of time exploring NE Az, SE Utah and SW Colorado.... beautiful country.... NW New Mexico is simply for passing through to get to Durango..
I have a buddy that wants to do the Black Bear Pass from Ouray to Telluride later this summer... Have not been over that pass since the 90's.