This is my sixth day on the trip and I’m in Helper, Utah. Everywhere I look I see something beautiful. Here in Utah there are a lot of large mountains. But once we got into the state of Colorado the scenery was majestic. It got to be about 8:30 here, 10:30 Eastern, Dad called the “Joe B. and Denny Show”. We lost signal in the desert a few times. He told Joe B we were on the Amtrak in Utah. He said we went through Idaho and ask where Denny’s place was to fish. Joe was going to tell Dad but they went to a break. We’ve seen the desert and mirages that look like water but are just sand. The desert turned into mountains. We also followed the Colorado River 300 miles from Grand Junction to Frazier, Winter Park, Colorado. In between we passed over the Continental divide. We stopped at Glenwood Springs. Dad said you would love this place. Tackett was glad he had seen the grave of Doc Holliday. Doc and the Orphice Meister had the same conditions. At winter Park it is know as the ice box because of its 50 and below temps. Then we also went through a six-mile tunnel called Moffitt. In the club car one wire is always finding fresh meat. There were gorges that were breathtaking with white rapid water. We saw 2 eagles, rafters, and fly fishermen. There was a special ed teacher who helping a 7th grade girl with division. One wire joined in with the math lessons. Who else did we meet. A woman pilot, a biologist who has a paper due tomorrow on sage genetics, a Rick Majeras look-a-like, a Mennonite family. That’s all for now. John’s going to the show, “Racing Stripes.”
Posted by john at June 17, 2006 10:29 PM