tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75978479392620251372024-03-26T21:05:21.607-07:00Travels with TwinklesSlick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.comBlogger549125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-90307135397506935102024-03-25T09:59:00.000-07:002024-03-25T09:59:40.321-07:00Alpine, TX - San Antonio, TX - Tucson, AZ<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">February 19 - 22, 2024: </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I can't get out of Alpine without taking a couple more photos.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0SvQ8u9k3cUua3ePGQDOJo-bgP_B82qMDiSX51DBVNsu3FhbloqlBNYdSs7fdHV2-jRnhBMWLBBOWxQu0CDM3AKTh2lTnJvfdafz_iHXqYfZb8UouHwz2n0aFOt6VbGN5quF2o5fJHpSIxewdd1fICd5CFxtJJAE7CD5MVFhh-jcPXZpkGb4yV8r_mtdb/s5638/IMG_4850.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3238" data-original-width="5638" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0SvQ8u9k3cUua3ePGQDOJo-bgP_B82qMDiSX51DBVNsu3FhbloqlBNYdSs7fdHV2-jRnhBMWLBBOWxQu0CDM3AKTh2lTnJvfdafz_iHXqYfZb8UouHwz2n0aFOt6VbGN5quF2o5fJHpSIxewdd1fICd5CFxtJJAE7CD5MVFhh-jcPXZpkGb4yV8r_mtdb/w640-h368/IMG_4850.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Big Bend Saddlery's scenic mural and windmill</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsuajKEIi8l4wObKsWw3sHdWG6eu2u4602GAPDLiFB3dN4-wcDWQmwmjtdgra7uwnBJNfO1CO3XJxosYBPSNgOsvSPLkGaEEVcSZsKIjZEjGEWz82O3OU7KVtnftQweJonfK8ZFYqGeFsrzkcO3Vtq-e_slEOgRCmEkoiQJ_ja-COO_e1B0aPbG0FQI_U/s6240/IMG_4849.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsuajKEIi8l4wObKsWw3sHdWG6eu2u4602GAPDLiFB3dN4-wcDWQmwmjtdgra7uwnBJNfO1CO3XJxosYBPSNgOsvSPLkGaEEVcSZsKIjZEjGEWz82O3OU7KVtnftQweJonfK8ZFYqGeFsrzkcO3Vtq-e_slEOgRCmEkoiQJ_ja-COO_e1B0aPbG0FQI_U/w640-h426/IMG_4849.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alpine welcome sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">My first stop was Marathon, Texas which was very interesting with many old adobe houses, some rather artistic, some with large windmills in backyards and others partially falling apart. The one upscale part of town is adjacent to the historic Gage Hotel, another building designed by HenryTrost. It’s a destination kind of place with a beautiful outside pool, a beautiful courtyard and luxury accomadations. Adjacent to it is a brew pub, a few nice cafes, a coffee shop and around the corner is the Spanish Market.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeulHEikB2U4m_JJZb7CM9QaLZE3ZKeIxWZ18arLDclhPF4M-AfSQQoRdl0QCAOqg-ccQySb1mGRlzzZz0_0rAnF2tnijTu_ufk81U6LRVWc97riwyXzX0hhSmbdfiIskgAflWRfb_mvHxgF9EmaNfMd3DANv7-14DFTODxOt-lqODRjyet1HqDAFz4-gk/s6240/IMG_4855.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeulHEikB2U4m_JJZb7CM9QaLZE3ZKeIxWZ18arLDclhPF4M-AfSQQoRdl0QCAOqg-ccQySb1mGRlzzZz0_0rAnF2tnijTu_ufk81U6LRVWc97riwyXzX0hhSmbdfiIskgAflWRfb_mvHxgF9EmaNfMd3DANv7-14DFTODxOt-lqODRjyet1HqDAFz4-gk/w640-h426/IMG_4855.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Built in 1926-27 for a wealthy cattle baron</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HZx62WHjHvkqEuX3Aoa_O1V0SDoqZSDH4rZANmTGewU75J9janJl7KSBBj9f9LWX5wOvnq6kBcNLsDTz43tNd6nhFSPBdGaCz8T8V0KJjda5LTa2fpg56gfzDwq6YO0TIcRiHBxOyxV8FoxSMxtWbO2C1nSSndkqwFn8rq9_HHA94XKfAIjkBw1cSQDS/s3811/IMG_4870.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2858" data-original-width="3811" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HZx62WHjHvkqEuX3Aoa_O1V0SDoqZSDH4rZANmTGewU75J9janJl7KSBBj9f9LWX5wOvnq6kBcNLsDTz43tNd6nhFSPBdGaCz8T8V0KJjda5LTa2fpg56gfzDwq6YO0TIcRiHBxOyxV8FoxSMxtWbO2C1nSSndkqwFn8rq9_HHA94XKfAIjkBw1cSQDS/w640-h480/IMG_4870.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very nice</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjM0ndynxkmXRRsoaa1jSOQBL3mhGhNDyV_M4-8DuJoZ147vbS5K4IhLYvFAjP1kc5PKSr1cIPMqen89PF3BvUIcTuuQVbO4W_2XVmtrdUMUWQ_Df2WgTSGybMtQ215prZ_fo4YvZ3obEqephWr9DtST1-c0UT0g59YJaChqGfQowhr2JleVQOrq8BXXuL/s4032/IMG_4871.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjM0ndynxkmXRRsoaa1jSOQBL3mhGhNDyV_M4-8DuJoZ147vbS5K4IhLYvFAjP1kc5PKSr1cIPMqen89PF3BvUIcTuuQVbO4W_2XVmtrdUMUWQ_Df2WgTSGybMtQ215prZ_fo4YvZ3obEqephWr9DtST1-c0UT0g59YJaChqGfQowhr2JleVQOrq8BXXuL/w640-h480/IMG_4871.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I could spend some time here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2jJRpxtrnjBRrLWcf_eWClDVONaqzckDdp1yXAs_ph6mSkuFtYzEXVeFLJ5NE42APumxdNl53H6X9kDmIAHpO9KpWpvhe5XvTzrw9TRR2uWM_g4Z7HCXRdhSn9PH606vnj6gbqZfma_uwpce5PKHIWUFztFoKHAOiVbf31l6zcAnLFZusKhlM_T39cMQ/s4032/IMG_4872.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2jJRpxtrnjBRrLWcf_eWClDVONaqzckDdp1yXAs_ph6mSkuFtYzEXVeFLJ5NE42APumxdNl53H6X9kDmIAHpO9KpWpvhe5XvTzrw9TRR2uWM_g4Z7HCXRdhSn9PH606vnj6gbqZfma_uwpce5PKHIWUFztFoKHAOiVbf31l6zcAnLFZusKhlM_T39cMQ/w480-h640/IMG_4872.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Historic landmark sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAWH-C7tbn209ZPfOP-Zt8mxAfxu7XiI8YVp7eDj8gqTixRlCpsbN35tgVetLoeNJvDOu3wQsFosrbZ4L4UVb9cMhoFhdfZNaQYjIaD22ShgzyDx7QXi2py6BKfsoLc0zZOpeupcEh8nzmEaj1k_RjA8w3ye22vDq1VBzW26wdYVHnc1mYqoAVqLXUWdU/s6059/IMG_4859.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4039" data-original-width="6059" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAWH-C7tbn209ZPfOP-Zt8mxAfxu7XiI8YVp7eDj8gqTixRlCpsbN35tgVetLoeNJvDOu3wQsFosrbZ4L4UVb9cMhoFhdfZNaQYjIaD22ShgzyDx7QXi2py6BKfsoLc0zZOpeupcEh8nzmEaj1k_RjA8w3ye22vDq1VBzW26wdYVHnc1mYqoAVqLXUWdU/w640-h426/IMG_4859.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very unique residence in town</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhq5R7Mqpl6rpT8lyWPEIXOpRyWE8k5O51WjDl_Tju9_lrtWX6VRDHC9xg8C7K66mZBGPW7qfojEkxXbMBTY62b6vaxiM2mMUTW4J7HeZ6XLzT0G5H2qNKuPuVBU3X4uzoB_H8fYEHU6U32PpXtIbBjSVqtpPltwMBAlC9csEMGDW54ZDTHeZS9SIhwL9/s5209/IMG_4860.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5209" data-original-width="4160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhq5R7Mqpl6rpT8lyWPEIXOpRyWE8k5O51WjDl_Tju9_lrtWX6VRDHC9xg8C7K66mZBGPW7qfojEkxXbMBTY62b6vaxiM2mMUTW4J7HeZ6XLzT0G5H2qNKuPuVBU3X4uzoB_H8fYEHU6U32PpXtIbBjSVqtpPltwMBAlC9csEMGDW54ZDTHeZS9SIhwL9/w512-h640/IMG_4860.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many wind mills and storage tanks remain</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Next stop is Sanderson, Texas which was especially depressing as half the town appeared to be vacant, a semi ghost town of sorts, but in its day, it was a very prosperous, vibrant town. It suffered a wild flash flood in 1965 that killed about 30 people and wiped out portions of the town. In the center of town a huge building absolutely filled with Mexican pottery, ornaments, signs and a huge hardware section, like a mini Home Depot. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I found much to photograph, but it's mostly sad stuff, but the link below tells of its past glory, perhaps it will return some day.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.legendsofamerica.com/tx-sanderson/">https://www.legendsofamerica.com/tx-sanderson/</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzP_vjv1P08ihngXH4KHxFPe4CimlCEqreuc2uUNtFs6Xu_oi5WFt97PVmgJzr2vd4L0YiBBWV8ACBt4Y5WZ-jsqpG-MstNIBcUc_tt7MKM9ErN1ETegz-_RPJFUhvBgI3ET9PVza5_NwM3jMj-__1OB0reoKakERUnw6axm8iJFh2FF3MW05cSMtImc7/s5981/IMG_4869.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3987" data-original-width="5981" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzP_vjv1P08ihngXH4KHxFPe4CimlCEqreuc2uUNtFs6Xu_oi5WFt97PVmgJzr2vd4L0YiBBWV8ACBt4Y5WZ-jsqpG-MstNIBcUc_tt7MKM9ErN1ETegz-_RPJFUhvBgI3ET9PVza5_NwM3jMj-__1OB0reoKakERUnw6axm8iJFh2FF3MW05cSMtImc7/w640-h426/IMG_4869.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The brightest area in town</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafKBBxJMDnTHjm0zRRT5U6mOamUKxKPF89gcd5g-rX7mYi_NU8cIUt8o5mB_not-TiZQVddRmtAtgPl4NiLO8gDFZtyefpupEzi4wI8xeTLI7F2mDVW18gWVPqJwQUZCqQLcjWLcUSGKnSGraXYMXDCcuNIP18RrHkMHsEezbKywMqs1yG1a7WFix3bSn/s5028/IMG_4874.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3912" data-original-width="5028" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafKBBxJMDnTHjm0zRRT5U6mOamUKxKPF89gcd5g-rX7mYi_NU8cIUt8o5mB_not-TiZQVddRmtAtgPl4NiLO8gDFZtyefpupEzi4wI8xeTLI7F2mDVW18gWVPqJwQUZCqQLcjWLcUSGKnSGraXYMXDCcuNIP18RrHkMHsEezbKywMqs1yG1a7WFix3bSn/w640-h498/IMG_4874.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hometown pride not going well here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenFjWQzd51x2YcnM5Wnt7M4uf2K9OVbM9MC_BCAmtlAyLcbmQjP5UKyPGNdVbjc0pv_4KTeghOz8pLzlOFDQp-r3vlkbAJd6GItnku1gbQuCDs1gV-U3jbGZL-M2b5vgDdOC4eGzbg-9K5qniRHj3TgL49wRN-bSv5OEkzggkx2rUn0bdZs84PYdqCXFW/s5914/IMG_4878.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4017" data-original-width="5914" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenFjWQzd51x2YcnM5Wnt7M4uf2K9OVbM9MC_BCAmtlAyLcbmQjP5UKyPGNdVbjc0pv_4KTeghOz8pLzlOFDQp-r3vlkbAJd6GItnku1gbQuCDs1gV-U3jbGZL-M2b5vgDdOC4eGzbg-9K5qniRHj3TgL49wRN-bSv5OEkzggkx2rUn0bdZs84PYdqCXFW/w640-h434/IMG_4878.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The old gas station</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQEp-k6kRj46qCu2SK8gOZ6MR7HuZSaqn6uKFI1FprxgE_UALWgka6f0KjkpGYn4tKAEXevYtsKHT_ZWGZwgH7xJvb8sTw8UdpH8RVUoh_sSVv1CUz6mfZQU5TNsd8TEa2fLL28hjj7G5cVOZT6vZiYsKvb9CEtlDhQIrCW73GpqdWVNwBXh2s3AWFYZy/s5967/IMG_4879.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4035" data-original-width="5967" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQEp-k6kRj46qCu2SK8gOZ6MR7HuZSaqn6uKFI1FprxgE_UALWgka6f0KjkpGYn4tKAEXevYtsKHT_ZWGZwgH7xJvb8sTw8UdpH8RVUoh_sSVv1CUz6mfZQU5TNsd8TEa2fLL28hjj7G5cVOZT6vZiYsKvb9CEtlDhQIrCW73GpqdWVNwBXh2s3AWFYZy/w640-h432/IMG_4879.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Discount prices from years ago</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWRG-SpGNQZyXQkMvh6PLEk85MqblTKGWJ3-cYQpw2EHqk1JjV6M5hqqgPH_rGklvo7YaJU31OVLvkuKvtoXv2JZ6wcN_ndYM2KlbIh9ldCu8ZGabufnIr_0zyC-XBeNIqsPyVwDS2V_UpA_IUVRI1hDdPCf4YJn3_6xaAmO4LbAfEygvxqI5XcO7xft_/s6240/IMG_4885.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWRG-SpGNQZyXQkMvh6PLEk85MqblTKGWJ3-cYQpw2EHqk1JjV6M5hqqgPH_rGklvo7YaJU31OVLvkuKvtoXv2JZ6wcN_ndYM2KlbIh9ldCu8ZGabufnIr_0zyC-XBeNIqsPyVwDS2V_UpA_IUVRI1hDdPCf4YJn3_6xaAmO4LbAfEygvxqI5XcO7xft_/w640-h426/IMG_4885.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Great sign but very faded</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNlFvduN4tjsTGNXGCvHvo931CVruvtLtBwf-cSzxuQUOolMj6H2Q6Gl4OF_ankOAt5FyeYHQpRUAF3W9gYFuTYsirilTEx4wo-Hi8qj_J-5Bg316cBAv3Bnt0GJSZCF-G6aNVWYL0fZEsfzvZS7gxTJAHonsuv10GBH9mYIDWSpRhY4OKufoM8rB4ESU/s4032/IMG_4891.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNlFvduN4tjsTGNXGCvHvo931CVruvtLtBwf-cSzxuQUOolMj6H2Q6Gl4OF_ankOAt5FyeYHQpRUAF3W9gYFuTYsirilTEx4wo-Hi8qj_J-5Bg316cBAv3Bnt0GJSZCF-G6aNVWYL0fZEsfzvZS7gxTJAHonsuv10GBH9mYIDWSpRhY4OKufoM8rB4ESU/w480-h640/IMG_4891.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Good news is that a dam is now in place to prevent this </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstlhXNCpZ2Qk4jq_KKkJrmkJt5hGP1_K8Uk6rOVT0EVcUK0LtjHFdjCnNVXOA0LtUkLxlD7XWJM9qzYhqccvez5ywREBjR2chZZiwcCBVbl3xEggqeSUVB9FzvrlusCUB_DVYX-OHgamKUbP03IbdpFkIDrrugfw8VXPd44a21_doHrRUz6ACe6oczW8L/s3616/IMG_4896.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2712" data-original-width="3616" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstlhXNCpZ2Qk4jq_KKkJrmkJt5hGP1_K8Uk6rOVT0EVcUK0LtjHFdjCnNVXOA0LtUkLxlD7XWJM9qzYhqccvez5ywREBjR2chZZiwcCBVbl3xEggqeSUVB9FzvrlusCUB_DVYX-OHgamKUbP03IbdpFkIDrrugfw8VXPd44a21_doHrRUz6ACe6oczW8L/w640-h480/IMG_4896.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The visitor center appears closed these days</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Next is Langtry, Texas; it is a very historic town due to the famous Judge Roy Bean who doled out justice in this part of the west for decades. His original Jersey Lilly Saloon / Pool Hall / Courthouse (Justice of the Peace - The law west of the Pecos) remains and is located at the curent information center, museum and a botanical garden. This information center is a must stop ! Across the road is a scenic road that winds to a viewpoint overlooking the Rio Grande River and the rugged cliffs of Mexico on the other side.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://www.americansouthwest.net/texas/langtry/index.html">https://www.americansouthwest.net/texas/langtry/index.html</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2vPUdn3ZK5Pj00doLREEMkKXUqTAohi2ww5bawPBDvGOInkwDpnaOVc5-lisEvhy687gvyviT3f6nSkXW6lQZROmxMOk1gMQFua01s_b5H3-DY8WwSXtiTmDxL974ojhoup8nxs6CzWCjUJ8w2pq80Coe63VbkaKw5P5uMqDAJ4Ss-c6P0rGLXc86zuW/s6149/IMG_4890.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4099" data-original-width="6149" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2vPUdn3ZK5Pj00doLREEMkKXUqTAohi2ww5bawPBDvGOInkwDpnaOVc5-lisEvhy687gvyviT3f6nSkXW6lQZROmxMOk1gMQFua01s_b5H3-DY8WwSXtiTmDxL974ojhoup8nxs6CzWCjUJ8w2pq80Coe63VbkaKw5P5uMqDAJ4Ss-c6P0rGLXc86zuW/w640-h426/IMG_4890.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The melting adobe of an original settler</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LxLs95lshHYHaS8Q82H_CVk979y6PECgtFzgq0DD3gHeZckkbzTZwaCXnqYkAXFdRNKvvFpnlhKqXPGzSgXv8OIVjkl2pxurhf154w7hv9xDCX6Dc9gLPtQMDTX3XnlhLx125AyOcOwdGJUy8vLpgll4o31TAOtIQCuGiXYitQTYncZHLTHUQN1PDE4v/s5527/IMG_4892.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="5527" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LxLs95lshHYHaS8Q82H_CVk979y6PECgtFzgq0DD3gHeZckkbzTZwaCXnqYkAXFdRNKvvFpnlhKqXPGzSgXv8OIVjkl2pxurhf154w7hv9xDCX6Dc9gLPtQMDTX3XnlhLx125AyOcOwdGJUy8vLpgll4o31TAOtIQCuGiXYitQTYncZHLTHUQN1PDE4v/w640-h444/IMG_4892.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View looking across into Mexico</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3O2gXaBnSPr93XgaKad2urNWd5935hPz0KiZOVh9iieJTvtIKF0j0ZcIzficUkQdP13SLZtMMOexz_M-Se_qDi2a-lXJ6wbWZqemSfSls7VBRaj052d7xkBL4NnJJyTVrowFnsiO4i68PqUrTGbjM-4Ykv8ywbFuQ7zz5Zn2NPe2Qd6PS0CaTIrO-R6G/s3454/IMG_4909.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2124" data-original-width="3454" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3O2gXaBnSPr93XgaKad2urNWd5935hPz0KiZOVh9iieJTvtIKF0j0ZcIzficUkQdP13SLZtMMOexz_M-Se_qDi2a-lXJ6wbWZqemSfSls7VBRaj052d7xkBL4NnJJyTVrowFnsiO4i68PqUrTGbjM-4Ykv8ywbFuQ7zz5Zn2NPe2Qd6PS0CaTIrO-R6G/w640-h394/IMG_4909.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The judge had a crush on Lillie Langtry</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0zEdVzGX_ERLaOBV6VRkJCndKZhPENxZE2_4AtcC7f8C-tbYyze9wRfcEFD82wglmV-jMizyxgJmu28VBpNG9F8TsZ4R6T9VZ085Eu2xmbiXUzJ-kAE2tSW7_LCPb8SqldF86ipjjYM7yvOlr0p-_CpJU0sv5KzXHxySOVmCrRjs1ChgwcpIL_aS-iG3/s3114/IMG_4915.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3114" data-original-width="2599" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0zEdVzGX_ERLaOBV6VRkJCndKZhPENxZE2_4AtcC7f8C-tbYyze9wRfcEFD82wglmV-jMizyxgJmu28VBpNG9F8TsZ4R6T9VZ085Eu2xmbiXUzJ-kAE2tSW7_LCPb8SqldF86ipjjYM7yvOlr0p-_CpJU0sv5KzXHxySOVmCrRjs1ChgwcpIL_aS-iG3/w534-h640/IMG_4915.jpeg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I love Beans reply to her water fountain offer</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztHP4EGrzJmek5u_CbW_TPvvmsk8jR_vwLKgdONBmraXJ60aFdgr3IfjxZLgQgc5WmGXg2W3LKlwDTB4WaCxj8BawEmdToIVwhIuw9fgBwJKIsG_MBk6he0V032aPIQMXJQlOy7LtwP4TS6wQZShiveb9Q72fv8i9fLuDW4CNsJlQMSX2HiKtT5_duyh1/s3832/IMG_4917.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2874" data-original-width="3832" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztHP4EGrzJmek5u_CbW_TPvvmsk8jR_vwLKgdONBmraXJ60aFdgr3IfjxZLgQgc5WmGXg2W3LKlwDTB4WaCxj8BawEmdToIVwhIuw9fgBwJKIsG_MBk6he0V032aPIQMXJQlOy7LtwP4TS6wQZShiveb9Q72fv8i9fLuDW4CNsJlQMSX2HiKtT5_duyh1/w640-h480/IMG_4917.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's amazing that this still remains</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_APtlrS_1CezPP4B4ME52UkxOog-VZe76j_FI6oHWVgpIxeTuspQTepP6qyRyG_jF04PDa1J6NRvX8GCakJ8ZGRSXms8IYTz7WHHxXhujIQgNJ5VuVxes1C61MBdTjr_I0hD5YPXTLIyomJ1dA1419eeSc0qWIfKjpywy_XpISWBkwShVVuXoOTYdNdxH/s3835/IMG_4924.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2302" data-original-width="3835" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_APtlrS_1CezPP4B4ME52UkxOog-VZe76j_FI6oHWVgpIxeTuspQTepP6qyRyG_jF04PDa1J6NRvX8GCakJ8ZGRSXms8IYTz7WHHxXhujIQgNJ5VuVxes1C61MBdTjr_I0hD5YPXTLIyomJ1dA1419eeSc0qWIfKjpywy_XpISWBkwShVVuXoOTYdNdxH/w640-h384/IMG_4924.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Photo back in the day</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqwvJu1XKPLd8l7WBxghrrB8cyQ3eu_dbDQVblg2tTcG1QxK4PuvRtsEiLWuJlWYkntoK5bNcLoM6luYYI7cnB29rc4FFaMlNqV151iKU9q6KBmHKJnAsFNz5E0DHynIuU5fkqsLKGcBayO7uW-DmWb4KtZyaBsKEC-EE-FfRJq5SVFrOlPrI9Wrk5ELS/s4032/IMG_4926.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqwvJu1XKPLd8l7WBxghrrB8cyQ3eu_dbDQVblg2tTcG1QxK4PuvRtsEiLWuJlWYkntoK5bNcLoM6luYYI7cnB29rc4FFaMlNqV151iKU9q6KBmHKJnAsFNz5E0DHynIuU5fkqsLKGcBayO7uW-DmWb4KtZyaBsKEC-EE-FfRJq5SVFrOlPrI9Wrk5ELS/w480-h640/IMG_4926.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Quite an amazing story</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Driving on route 90 I pass through dozens of road cuts where several layers of Limestone are exposed where the rock just gleams in the sunlight and is beautiful. In some places, there were sections with rock layers that were thrust into vertical layers known as the Ouachita rock belt that are very unusual.<b></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QwgO14FMicLicymsbKVv1Ii5wUbm7Aq723PThX2zXuuNzNeQxn__wtAeqzSSiVdL1t3uhyphenhyphenp-PHgbZ_NeRm5wiYExy5fRl-_gfwOmQLvaP9NoHfyI1reCiWS1t80xuj8mCsp5IkpCUGyigRhWCAUemJhLfP-5BJzP0lENTofmDfIeHF8VVuAMzwtChUPH/s3150/IMG_4932.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2786" data-original-width="3150" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QwgO14FMicLicymsbKVv1Ii5wUbm7Aq723PThX2zXuuNzNeQxn__wtAeqzSSiVdL1t3uhyphenhyphenp-PHgbZ_NeRm5wiYExy5fRl-_gfwOmQLvaP9NoHfyI1reCiWS1t80xuj8mCsp5IkpCUGyigRhWCAUemJhLfP-5BJzP0lENTofmDfIeHF8VVuAMzwtChUPH/w640-h566/IMG_4932.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This area of Texas was once covered by ocean resulting in these limestone rock layers </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR65zY_UiwjqdJ_j1_FmoLfI_pAuVFGJn7b_qU8-J2t0ZaES8KoIsEYIImq7YR3TgPFMqhUUR7i5XGbYdGQL40R9HHsv5y6YJlfGlr8WYU-L0rAvnaQot9X0fS0W23p4oCcGtjZqODW_nTitdfwwYUD_1_cYZLEmnZgtfv8NJ8ZwN0sxJosk9KZPJS7W4d/s4032/IMG_4879.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR65zY_UiwjqdJ_j1_FmoLfI_pAuVFGJn7b_qU8-J2t0ZaES8KoIsEYIImq7YR3TgPFMqhUUR7i5XGbYdGQL40R9HHsv5y6YJlfGlr8WYU-L0rAvnaQot9X0fS0W23p4oCcGtjZqODW_nTitdfwwYUD_1_cYZLEmnZgtfv8NJ8ZwN0sxJosk9KZPJS7W4d/w480-h640/IMG_4879.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ouachita Rock layer</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwT13fHspSXm0F-NvC_u75d4_PuPl5Fba2jn1L9slp2f6Jt-S7nVI81tSa40AYZgVlTCk1Hjgpq9jZZgfrygwpFm2aJymoPx2Mevy1OlfheHGU1rcp6aj5xOqeScihyphenhyphenT3etd1Fm0ZgdmJlMXew7XAVUMXlDTqEL7i13xAfMTvB0X3aDy8Jjvmp4n_NEa7X/s4032/IMG_4876.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwT13fHspSXm0F-NvC_u75d4_PuPl5Fba2jn1L9slp2f6Jt-S7nVI81tSa40AYZgVlTCk1Hjgpq9jZZgfrygwpFm2aJymoPx2Mevy1OlfheHGU1rcp6aj5xOqeScihyphenhyphenT3etd1Fm0ZgdmJlMXew7XAVUMXlDTqEL7i13xAfMTvB0X3aDy8Jjvmp4n_NEa7X/w480-h640/IMG_4876.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Roadside sign offers an explanation</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then come upon the very scenic high bridge over the Pecos River where I pulled into the adjacent rest area and explored the views. The river view from the bridge is great, but I then spotted a way to get down under the bridge for even a better view. This took me to the old road built prior to route 90 with beautiful stone curbing and a far superior view.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFYHZdIWdI54_CsFLE97moL_BjFadNpoT22uH3uM27D4G1riuIecslRVHBly6iOglYJV1lJBPYWVrVq4vYDp2YSYV6F-WyC_gTHhOaI2CcqiPjRk5IKoHBb06GjUAYrO1fJAUDcYXyWECFOdImlE9Mz9M5QcrTc_XOI2BMDpfEqTuRPNfTuEvlT_wo1Ig/s6193/IMG_4900.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4129" data-original-width="6193" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFYHZdIWdI54_CsFLE97moL_BjFadNpoT22uH3uM27D4G1riuIecslRVHBly6iOglYJV1lJBPYWVrVq4vYDp2YSYV6F-WyC_gTHhOaI2CcqiPjRk5IKoHBb06GjUAYrO1fJAUDcYXyWECFOdImlE9Mz9M5QcrTc_XOI2BMDpfEqTuRPNfTuEvlT_wo1Ig/w640-h426/IMG_4900.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Big rigs over the Pecos River</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNY0B98g9bJlYJe68VSCCWa96yQhjFhxnHHprcqN0VRFIWbZoE6uY4l6pXwIQftH3aA2mF6_5BO90NZIdIpd3V1zJoDrkDWupqGs2xIDrwrk6oATJKJ0UNQGES6kbOa0Yt-PAd2EfnSde6t3VDJR3QSUbol9noX0M4vT97ID2En0bko-gkoepP3b57qAZ/s6042/IMG_4906.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4028" data-original-width="6042" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNY0B98g9bJlYJe68VSCCWa96yQhjFhxnHHprcqN0VRFIWbZoE6uY4l6pXwIQftH3aA2mF6_5BO90NZIdIpd3V1zJoDrkDWupqGs2xIDrwrk6oATJKJ0UNQGES6kbOa0Yt-PAd2EfnSde6t3VDJR3QSUbol9noX0M4vT97ID2En0bko-gkoepP3b57qAZ/w640-h426/IMG_4906.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Impressive bridge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMy237ZQYjrXaFKUCQndRPfGECFwUPf0UQrdHMkPNisGnEQfyI01rpnFOG_EBzYycUi01uU-E_i2wXoKw0_VkRijwCFqdwkebfFJaMPlpt5XGoRODHJ8kKKw5dHG7My0MdVP8h06E621CoA_nS8WD34VOg5KMye-BYlBiejrX0tGjZ38qOGuXrI3Ov-Jln/s6054/IMG_4910.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4036" data-original-width="6054" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMy237ZQYjrXaFKUCQndRPfGECFwUPf0UQrdHMkPNisGnEQfyI01rpnFOG_EBzYycUi01uU-E_i2wXoKw0_VkRijwCFqdwkebfFJaMPlpt5XGoRODHJ8kKKw5dHG7My0MdVP8h06E621CoA_nS8WD34VOg5KMye-BYlBiejrX0tGjZ38qOGuXrI3Ov-Jln/w640-h426/IMG_4910.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View from old closed highway under bridge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">Next was Comstock, Texas which has a cafe and a few old buildings along route 90 and a small residential area with virtually nothing interesting to see except for a few old houses, now vacant and overgrown with trees and vines. It has a wild west history, like every town in this area, including a train robbery. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.legendsofamerica.com/comstock-texas/">https://www.legendsofamerica.com/comstock-texas/</a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">I was hoping to stay overnight at Comstock but saw nothing of interest, so I returned to the Pecos River Bridge highway rest area for night. The overnight at the Bridge rest stop was a little spooky as no one else was there and it was pitch dark. Also the truck traffic noise over the bridge was fairly loud.</span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I leave the the Bridge Tuesday mourning and go directly to the nearby Seminole Canyon State Park visitors center. I had hoped to do their guided petroglyph hike, but I’m a day early, they only do the guided hike from Wednesday to Saturday and you’re not allowed to hike there on your own. The museum at the visitors center was excellent however and I was then able to do a 2-3 mile hike on the Canyon Rim Trail hike with great views and interesting rocks.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole_Canyon_State_Park_and_Historic_Site">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole_Canyon_State_Park_and_Historic_Site</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklvRQRLbpUqXKHIO8O8T_T9vm2zDNcdIAlouUD4fnSyn-FjsjNCO8gdAqXzAOxKftVFhwWz5upjM0lzNi7CEvl6_NekVaxFFbXSUQJwdpUzeKbtbpQQUw0NuXNG2UibPtvbWy8a9ZkqNh3IT7NgCKSr-WC5TbzLjjfrv8bTochknl41-V9qg9ol37_VD5/s3982/IMG_4950.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2814" data-original-width="3982" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklvRQRLbpUqXKHIO8O8T_T9vm2zDNcdIAlouUD4fnSyn-FjsjNCO8gdAqXzAOxKftVFhwWz5upjM0lzNi7CEvl6_NekVaxFFbXSUQJwdpUzeKbtbpQQUw0NuXNG2UibPtvbWy8a9ZkqNh3IT7NgCKSr-WC5TbzLjjfrv8bTochknl41-V9qg9ol37_VD5/w640-h452/IMG_4950.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This site is one of the most significant rock art sites in the country </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IPoARFYtwrJQIciRDTuZRagV7kOVWonsi6iFKtJ4DC-iCKMXevGQMKbWQrjfv3nhw1dyKxMyFj5dfyKlwezOB3DVF5mP-on11z5M-4NBq9h0iTA4nKQCmwAbTNiLoSF__g62cfI24mCWxwWC-4NByx3uVTFubQR-aeAVyXT_nK0PGqD_KUwONktGO9Za/s3474/IMG_4951.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2646" data-original-width="3474" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IPoARFYtwrJQIciRDTuZRagV7kOVWonsi6iFKtJ4DC-iCKMXevGQMKbWQrjfv3nhw1dyKxMyFj5dfyKlwezOB3DVF5mP-on11z5M-4NBq9h0iTA4nKQCmwAbTNiLoSF__g62cfI24mCWxwWC-4NByx3uVTFubQR-aeAVyXT_nK0PGqD_KUwONktGO9Za/w640-h488/IMG_4951.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The man like figures are really unique</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4sfrLOkaiCUktedz1kc29Gwyhl57YSeQR5AdYJXZno9V45UykPZsM_a3Kl0vR9D_p75swZWQdzeb5x7tSqL024wdUJmMYSxJIbf1TVtj87ruMqPheq8mSBVDfQBTHHv-If7hC8X5_vJ4FQIiUlSAgUg6eblpzl-I5e8Yf2TX-OJYTxN5LVmwalYsNoas3/s3003/IMG_4952.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3003" data-original-width="2214" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4sfrLOkaiCUktedz1kc29Gwyhl57YSeQR5AdYJXZno9V45UykPZsM_a3Kl0vR9D_p75swZWQdzeb5x7tSqL024wdUJmMYSxJIbf1TVtj87ruMqPheq8mSBVDfQBTHHv-If7hC8X5_vJ4FQIiUlSAgUg6eblpzl-I5e8Yf2TX-OJYTxN5LVmwalYsNoas3/w295-h400/IMG_4952.jpeg" width="295" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHN5lLz7qGumEcLdnjINUoXAP_hi6uCXdMQLD4GV7WpBUpb9yJgGsFDLx5dsVUAjMeUDaP2q8br4gPsmsixfwcyYspIgihvnBYwzX_AYa4_9XWlizB7VFXgyYAAjIPFZGmPgLi9VfvxQV_7tbm90mVv8KfHzDYO73o1hRJQy78ioqy3S5KEY23lUmgnOy/s4032/IMG_4953.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHN5lLz7qGumEcLdnjINUoXAP_hi6uCXdMQLD4GV7WpBUpb9yJgGsFDLx5dsVUAjMeUDaP2q8br4gPsmsixfwcyYspIgihvnBYwzX_AYa4_9XWlizB7VFXgyYAAjIPFZGmPgLi9VfvxQV_7tbm90mVv8KfHzDYO73o1hRJQy78ioqy3S5KEY23lUmgnOy/w640-h480/IMG_4953.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These rock panels are pretty extensive</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVM7e0wF1tuXD__BV3TI4pGUjoKmB2dgi4ah0Qtvsz2p2zxGM6ISmOH1njoBaD3yKfLt2TZmulD0Iaqp18hSLWzKu2bgXUxOOOkhFHp35DYK_oUdNsVZlI9-v7ZPRJKJqFezsdd8QFCdfbWNkISy61_WTmb6ktMZgmqEzlpEtzMb_SUW5WANsDOXf90jQw/s3904/IMG_4957.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3904" data-original-width="2107" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVM7e0wF1tuXD__BV3TI4pGUjoKmB2dgi4ah0Qtvsz2p2zxGM6ISmOH1njoBaD3yKfLt2TZmulD0Iaqp18hSLWzKu2bgXUxOOOkhFHp35DYK_oUdNsVZlI9-v7ZPRJKJqFezsdd8QFCdfbWNkISy61_WTmb6ktMZgmqEzlpEtzMb_SUW5WANsDOXf90jQw/w346-h640/IMG_4957.jpeg" width="346" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Spanish were all over this area</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNauFpGP-8vYDVf4gMyvrDuOxLsbZGLr55Brqnji2nvTtL2PuQemZxl4Wk3q7KbR6c0MnON9zaj5eO81JGMMqK8RmbsLoYYM6TzAs6p_or9lwlrC7390PURRCHTWmYlMsThrHC8Hmh9TdhhNi0vrZwyA2lBrotb1PnUUrlm9D0r8RjwUV7MT-U_MgdQxj/s3777/IMG_4962.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2833" data-original-width="3777" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNauFpGP-8vYDVf4gMyvrDuOxLsbZGLr55Brqnji2nvTtL2PuQemZxl4Wk3q7KbR6c0MnON9zaj5eO81JGMMqK8RmbsLoYYM6TzAs6p_or9lwlrC7390PURRCHTWmYlMsThrHC8Hmh9TdhhNi0vrZwyA2lBrotb1PnUUrlm9D0r8RjwUV7MT-U_MgdQxj/w640-h480/IMG_4962.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The coming of the railroad opened this area to western expansion</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprw6z16eyofRKFcag4NPyGQYU-zTWs5-DITAA1ZdRBUyFf_Hea9d5VsFgfjW8R-ph4i1B579XPBWtR8HzfsUZw2Kl9MRrhrGuFZIaG8LeqaNMpGxXJEax5TQY17n7dzP5L_g1eO-21BlbnSXp5lzspDOyeQLKr2azhRAbShtjqrfPUWLXNL2cOLpyqwwL/s3376/IMG_4965.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3376" data-original-width="2786" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprw6z16eyofRKFcag4NPyGQYU-zTWs5-DITAA1ZdRBUyFf_Hea9d5VsFgfjW8R-ph4i1B579XPBWtR8HzfsUZw2Kl9MRrhrGuFZIaG8LeqaNMpGxXJEax5TQY17n7dzP5L_g1eO-21BlbnSXp5lzspDOyeQLKr2azhRAbShtjqrfPUWLXNL2cOLpyqwwL/w528-h640/IMG_4965.jpeg" width="528" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The history of the Seminole Indian scouts is both incredible and sad </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDRlVC6kt85nGk6f4-i6sfxsKscGZ2e_I5j2oz2p7fwUsyVeq0NNOyBfiYhc7OGnhVK5Z0hg2-mLGthT-QTqIEgQXuoWYNUIcOCM327iBUMxgUYZwjtJX41t07HwqqISAhOs2tmrTVfkEoySNYKvLlyuVD6kPzwEGUBudEV7bBaDLXvgxlCIWe37pUyeU/s3864/IMG_4966.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="2689" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDRlVC6kt85nGk6f4-i6sfxsKscGZ2e_I5j2oz2p7fwUsyVeq0NNOyBfiYhc7OGnhVK5Z0hg2-mLGthT-QTqIEgQXuoWYNUIcOCM327iBUMxgUYZwjtJX41t07HwqqISAhOs2tmrTVfkEoySNYKvLlyuVD6kPzwEGUBudEV7bBaDLXvgxlCIWe37pUyeU/w446-h640/IMG_4966.jpeg" width="446" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Canyons here are filled with sea fossils</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLiXrFPJSlIzgPrrD326R0a2NtpwbRk1OC5_kFAgS6NcCQv5wF9ofU5xJPN5gywZsQ4_1DEc2p1MlzQMnu6BAheyzzd-qvuAU9DWjeFqaK7WU5bELek-0PLbi-d04DYCM5yrZYb9sww33mE2WXbkubc4LOFj2Edf0saS6NRkP4Bh-LXv0-8AbfDoeIHnh/s3542/IMG_4967.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2656" data-original-width="3542" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLiXrFPJSlIzgPrrD326R0a2NtpwbRk1OC5_kFAgS6NcCQv5wF9ofU5xJPN5gywZsQ4_1DEc2p1MlzQMnu6BAheyzzd-qvuAU9DWjeFqaK7WU5bELek-0PLbi-d04DYCM5yrZYb9sww33mE2WXbkubc4LOFj2Edf0saS6NRkP4Bh-LXv0-8AbfDoeIHnh/w640-h480/IMG_4967.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View from the museum to the river gorge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkH11xiL_QsJ_s8P-EGTTlaf6vza487pfjdyili7_MUECOmlViM6wZ_bMJXLDWki7uqFXhYdq6ghbgMtiZZe391An8xiggidGyzfXAxmoACpSP1CUvc2i6INw5npe5S36DM5dfpQnwES_GlryuAjtdcPea2E0ke9WDrfPQEdjCp3IEOqw9_W4i7UhetWYy/s4032/IMG_4970.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkH11xiL_QsJ_s8P-EGTTlaf6vza487pfjdyili7_MUECOmlViM6wZ_bMJXLDWki7uqFXhYdq6ghbgMtiZZe391An8xiggidGyzfXAxmoACpSP1CUvc2i6INw5npe5S36DM5dfpQnwES_GlryuAjtdcPea2E0ke9WDrfPQEdjCp3IEOqw9_W4i7UhetWYy/w640-h480/IMG_4970.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Trail views along the canyon rim</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ayGqz1Tjhyphenhypheny1gfzm20djNCf5EtKK05mX9cGjOnzOaLjbarw0zIsR3vixE1D4fr-8e4e9x0K1l0u0hp1ATdb0D3OmKHXm5EhKbxTgJ-63wUE7c1sVU77CZEZ_nRbxmvKOvqucGrjm92o_0M3AUaAfLhe7Ivfd0Ji-7hEZ3jW8IWEfbrTT49yGJVoOodPY/s4032/IMG_4972.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL60v4v9qb3sEx1f0n-g__5ZLx52SWgWS_BMqAB0FlAKIvfCcmRUdq-H3ZZ22bz7FYa3FnbszMGEGNoHMt7Ux4YL_i78N5LLIHIcq-jcZDDq_e60n_hbyC1H0jKvjx7EpcMILAzIgpQj5w5i1Cy5hFjG7viSAz7xJ-kdhryJPLWaICwI1EDs8IzvvAzBrf/s4032/IMG_4977.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL60v4v9qb3sEx1f0n-g__5ZLx52SWgWS_BMqAB0FlAKIvfCcmRUdq-H3ZZ22bz7FYa3FnbszMGEGNoHMt7Ux4YL_i78N5LLIHIcq-jcZDDq_e60n_hbyC1H0jKvjx7EpcMILAzIgpQj5w5i1Cy5hFjG7viSAz7xJ-kdhryJPLWaICwI1EDs8IzvvAzBrf/w640-h480/IMG_4977.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fossils along the trail are numerous</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Next stop was Del Rio, Texas where I walked around the downtown area talking photos of buildings, signs and murals. Many of the buildings from the early 1900’s remain but are now vacant, but still interesting. Del Rio is a border town with a high percentage of Hispanic residents and culture. I then drive to the Barrio San Felipe area around the Brown Plaza that is quite historic with many interesting hispanic buildings and murals.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Rio,_Texas">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Rio,_Texas</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDOuJsRgNPD6euH79nThb8mOsifKAsRFH5ebU2cbizTLseLZYR7WeFEMC3pBSXJYuQY183IX-vYmPsCt5AajX8UbbWigB1LQzrjZ5gJHz3Q2mAzgav-k26h-bubgkCGcPXE3qXPpQwa7WoF_wpxzLiPumCI448Raj_UIlcLMhwIoDIScru2jw6YE4jU5c/s5010/IMG_4912.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5010" data-original-width="3929" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDOuJsRgNPD6euH79nThb8mOsifKAsRFH5ebU2cbizTLseLZYR7WeFEMC3pBSXJYuQY183IX-vYmPsCt5AajX8UbbWigB1LQzrjZ5gJHz3Q2mAzgav-k26h-bubgkCGcPXE3qXPpQwa7WoF_wpxzLiPumCI448Raj_UIlcLMhwIoDIScru2jw6YE4jU5c/w502-h640/IMG_4912.jpg" width="502" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He was playing the cowboy card to the hilt</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7caNRo8-CwSeYPr4r1UuOGOFun0oVNeZ2LlktkPATawZ_aqNyMHj4mhLehf5gXQKmNzEHly_7fdzsqwO9-PNzYJ24vvf-_RVBbqf1Z4-wJBv5tWotIN0MnrQftOaK-KXysL3-hqkj7pR5rYV6GGYVPd921KBoPwQVhILKDM5TLd2qfdF4xfXs8MOU6tk8/s6240/IMG_4913.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUEVsIYoEOIvY14DJ7QON079Hog3mxONapqeYofSzmLCSkOtvNBcJILEByXhujHXQVkz1CCeVDfeafai7NVEfcY99t7v0m0oD89pOIhwdhYnIeRsGJojHkyGnTa6ZB0Adkcsx0FTGzcURYzihDpijYlZ7M_hhVAqLbHatAd3pBQ8ZDt0VYJZTut0hVKHT/s6179/IMG_4932.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4119" data-original-width="6179" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUEVsIYoEOIvY14DJ7QON079Hog3mxONapqeYofSzmLCSkOtvNBcJILEByXhujHXQVkz1CCeVDfeafai7NVEfcY99t7v0m0oD89pOIhwdhYnIeRsGJojHkyGnTa6ZB0Adkcsx0FTGzcURYzihDpijYlZ7M_hhVAqLbHatAd3pBQ8ZDt0VYJZTut0hVKHT/w640-h426/IMG_4932.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Historic Spanish area was full of great murals</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpCzKdZNEMbmQuXHvYWyjFOmxLD6NlvymArr2VGg2zPhsT7RvHHlt9gj_ljfeUgThwKFn40_2vhJgmEEyYqidEEoxvU6kZLYb4zGaF1bk-yjKpKuCWkLm0ufespLUlgEFV_xtkMZZpiLE-Zd73ZCCI3_cfsj064VTb1ui4Ava7l7gJM8BwUEpQW6keo_2/s5654/IMG_4934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDTMF9egRDgVtDh9-Oz8IOi2y8d2yrBOav_tt6Ri_1KwPNcB1hXRwGvohQHcW7pXKjinOZhBoWeQFVXxHN6dOPPjuznjv1gcVRHgymuP6W5-C5NKBuLPQ1e73pIMtB-FW_QLVaEOlvp7eb2Q-oSm4h-pX1M42H8LWToM-5Vlb_T9NTLvVTdO4P1iPObjPL/w640-h426/IMG_4943.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This mural really has a message for many of our current politicians</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcj078jjZcr_RFQtoEhIhQ3UQgehmFTjbLrCmIvtVs_HTOlHQtrra00wLLKWgIVAdHkQqIDZRhnF96bcgNt0PWB9h2YwOpBwtcYQZsekVAAyeCudI7cnNMATWOhKgzl40OdYls0NHviNePJba5x-3Nlofli6mblOjUkZa02sA9MSXbnVaLpo-feVSxIwd/s5702/IMG_4944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3978" data-original-width="5702" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcj078jjZcr_RFQtoEhIhQ3UQgehmFTjbLrCmIvtVs_HTOlHQtrra00wLLKWgIVAdHkQqIDZRhnF96bcgNt0PWB9h2YwOpBwtcYQZsekVAAyeCudI7cnNMATWOhKgzl40OdYls0NHviNePJba5x-3Nlofli6mblOjUkZa02sA9MSXbnVaLpo-feVSxIwd/w640-h446/IMG_4944.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Afterwards, it’s time to find a laundromat as I’m running out of clothes. I luck out with one with fairly new machines, is very clean, everything works, has plenty of carts and is empty and no customers. I have the whole place to myself which is very strange ? It’s then to Walmart to overnight.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">On Wednesday morning, I leave Del Rio then continue on route 90 east stopping at the towns of Brackettville, Uvalde, Sabinal, D'Hanis, Hondo and Castroville. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Bracketville, Texas:<b> </b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Just off the highway, I pulled into Bracketville to take a look around, there were several old stone buildings in the central downtown area that seemed strange. There was a Court House with a fairly full parking lot, lots of police vehicles, not very welcoming to me. It had a large military fort during the Indian wars with many Seminole-African Buffalo soldiers. It seems that much of the military action in the west was performed by the buffalo soldiers who in this area were members of the Seminole Indian tribe removed from Florida, so weird ! </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I had a bad vibe, took a few photos and left. The country outside of town, was fairly unattractive rough looking scrub range land. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brackettville,_Texas">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brackettville,_Texas</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><b></b><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUP9VzEL_E-Y_l5_pTUwkM60ELI3wvnbLhh6pmPY-Bn04g9Z5UKk1dtBsW1tck13K8qf7GKFAT33I0uJQJZ3lW5CEDa3cOvXbniiK6tFPvQW6XMv5R0AqKfy78FGUFwAC7KVrUmUnZmCnzWb0NMB71SwbjfT7DxfdZyAeb4HpXoYO2CdlSd_3uCtrOpd0H/s6240/IMG_4948.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3583" data-original-width="6240" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUP9VzEL_E-Y_l5_pTUwkM60ELI3wvnbLhh6pmPY-Bn04g9Z5UKk1dtBsW1tck13K8qf7GKFAT33I0uJQJZ3lW5CEDa3cOvXbniiK6tFPvQW6XMv5R0AqKfy78FGUFwAC7KVrUmUnZmCnzWb0NMB71SwbjfT7DxfdZyAeb4HpXoYO2CdlSd_3uCtrOpd0H/w640-h368/IMG_4948.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many old stone buildings deteriorating along the main road ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZvqMUQS3aGczW-E8NLEYOrHXyJWSNNw0KGHHSfpgeyFqut7ln2FoHjuD-QSLGxozoM8s2CmhPTDzNVVKQBsRHCJm-1ccj8LOIM1Iqsxs6F-qpXQNVznm5jW8njSI55bnshz9unuhIp56Zme2T2pMHx0JuhHCkcWtAMpyvqwffg_GQqNuyKxYtub_xBuk/s6059/IMG_4951.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4039" data-original-width="6059" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZvqMUQS3aGczW-E8NLEYOrHXyJWSNNw0KGHHSfpgeyFqut7ln2FoHjuD-QSLGxozoM8s2CmhPTDzNVVKQBsRHCJm-1ccj8LOIM1Iqsxs6F-qpXQNVznm5jW8njSI55bnshz9unuhIp56Zme2T2pMHx0JuhHCkcWtAMpyvqwffg_GQqNuyKxYtub_xBuk/w640-h426/IMG_4951.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Built to last</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tql_sLjObh0wF2-2mWEUgyngcLC6P8So7ouOA2aiVGEnmXfnIIwCFZeoekrXrjWS1gs58qxyBit0p-YTf3_8roBGoGyR_VDXTg_3XWWDVjzzz51ZjC5Dw6YtyHsJ8i_VSWEcxNF6_yiIvpEiLSaopkqjuLXeOKF1BLaoR71hSaO3v8t85kI9HUh4CbDr/s6008/IMG_4955.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3867" data-original-width="6008" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tql_sLjObh0wF2-2mWEUgyngcLC6P8So7ouOA2aiVGEnmXfnIIwCFZeoekrXrjWS1gs58qxyBit0p-YTf3_8roBGoGyR_VDXTg_3XWWDVjzzz51ZjC5Dw6YtyHsJ8i_VSWEcxNF6_yiIvpEiLSaopkqjuLXeOKF1BLaoR71hSaO3v8t85kI9HUh4CbDr/w640-h412/IMG_4955.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Court House that seems very busy</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Uvalde, Texas:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I stopped in the downtown area, parked and walked around as usual taking photos and almost immediately noted lots of large murals of very cute attractive children. I initially thought it was weird, but then connected it with the horrible school shootings of a few months ago that made national headlines. The murals are done so well and really make a point, I can see people walking around this downtown with tears in their eyes!</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvalde,_Texas">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvalde,_Texas</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvalde_school_shooting">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvalde_school_shooting</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnPeho9ZFXNvNlFSB4Ex6F9Daz8DWFozDyt6aMCekm_avHQbkTBjTql3jxupBflLb9zFEQFbjh5BZRWJXA0XZPopLcjp-EOPoWeI2a3ct6n4MU7HC5uyJHIOQFdThMVnRxhslXVBXNJogiNbemODe_6jGcTtEkkvD8nPef1k-No4g3tnMe-vylFXAqJK_/s6240/IMG_4968.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnPeho9ZFXNvNlFSB4Ex6F9Daz8DWFozDyt6aMCekm_avHQbkTBjTql3jxupBflLb9zFEQFbjh5BZRWJXA0XZPopLcjp-EOPoWeI2a3ct6n4MU7HC5uyJHIOQFdThMVnRxhslXVBXNJogiNbemODe_6jGcTtEkkvD8nPef1k-No4g3tnMe-vylFXAqJK_/w640-h426/IMG_4968.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Grand Opera House is beautiful</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5afzNQToAOb0V1Es-emCgNBQPqmPF7aq25zUmR0Oi7WEUYhReOWqo55Ogz17y4aRIiC0QmffslgNV0WUS-WQ0LBaHWkM5hADFS121MvmZAVzEzxRs-4HVZDCusLUKpWeHVgmQWdarkNzdlB1Cp6bingvg-BdRd7VMRrFUKWTN5_IXv3PhL1QEz3lNKB5p/s5945/IMG_4971.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="5945" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5afzNQToAOb0V1Es-emCgNBQPqmPF7aq25zUmR0Oi7WEUYhReOWqo55Ogz17y4aRIiC0QmffslgNV0WUS-WQ0LBaHWkM5hADFS121MvmZAVzEzxRs-4HVZDCusLUKpWeHVgmQWdarkNzdlB1Cp6bingvg-BdRd7VMRrFUKWTN5_IXv3PhL1QEz3lNKB5p/w640-h448/IMG_4971.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Would not have expected that here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifF82e2X9XLbWwYrhy3FLwzQtQa173N_X7yJmPgniZ6UHufkGAIT25HvBn0-rTw7TmpUFOJFx57ZRmyeBYE-gfrmmgxWlMRe9z_U1T48EZXmQS6_q3KMZVW1P827qAtHBmBucTpyFbtQytp6PipdiQvVJvg6dHvUzDunNsJM-zXWIenHhhnz8T90XmiolV/s5300/IMG_4982.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3833" data-original-width="5300" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifF82e2X9XLbWwYrhy3FLwzQtQa173N_X7yJmPgniZ6UHufkGAIT25HvBn0-rTw7TmpUFOJFx57ZRmyeBYE-gfrmmgxWlMRe9z_U1T48EZXmQS6_q3KMZVW1P827qAtHBmBucTpyFbtQytp6PipdiQvVJvg6dHvUzDunNsJM-zXWIenHhhnz8T90XmiolV/w640-h462/IMG_4982.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Court House</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Sabinal, Texas:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">It was a very brief stop, sorry to say, I found little of note here.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://www.backroadstexas.net/sabinal/">https://www.backroadstexas.net/sabinal/</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8QVCB8kgbgWOgxqhnCMwe7Bbb0PYFZLXdhTEmIarVYJ0LkstP-pyKjlUe8euP_d3QSu3Vt6HNiJemd3zE5O6fm9OL2eDv6AEWlCrG0X3203iY-KNTAlhnqwfQ0Iq5LtbhwQjsgqvms5lo4jBPpqp94WFt_dxuRXzLfm3Lj5Jiixt60U0HgZDiQ0VWL7Cb/s4948/IMG_4990.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="4948" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8QVCB8kgbgWOgxqhnCMwe7Bbb0PYFZLXdhTEmIarVYJ0LkstP-pyKjlUe8euP_d3QSu3Vt6HNiJemd3zE5O6fm9OL2eDv6AEWlCrG0X3203iY-KNTAlhnqwfQ0Iq5LtbhwQjsgqvms5lo4jBPpqp94WFt_dxuRXzLfm3Lj5Jiixt60U0HgZDiQ0VWL7Cb/w640-h538/IMG_4990.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Welcome mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3VIEbsepKXM_H2O5vqxpdgS0eEouSgSsNb10HqePT0AVfYQbdUpnwapZkiu3XsEKsQcxzXPTgRFyMFnnQ6IlhcUggegC4cguKDIrLQiz55FiOjjPdNyELtpw38eSUncQo_gkk41jwKdI74IcwbtslgahevYaVuNUXeGRZIqWIpKf7cRWmsOMB0z259FC/s6003/IMG_4992.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4002" data-original-width="6003" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3VIEbsepKXM_H2O5vqxpdgS0eEouSgSsNb10HqePT0AVfYQbdUpnwapZkiu3XsEKsQcxzXPTgRFyMFnnQ6IlhcUggegC4cguKDIrLQiz55FiOjjPdNyELtpw38eSUncQo_gkk41jwKdI74IcwbtslgahevYaVuNUXeGRZIqWIpKf7cRWmsOMB0z259FC/w640-h426/IMG_4992.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just another unknown interesting building</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpe44xNSWnsHTcUxtvJzng_h_ZjPRwblHvwb0q2P3hlj8mOehFeLDxy_XhrE8nujvpFUOwOKfIkVADJ6FFzAz4OeM-Fo-ihz1bscHjFhFABTlzt6PZpDzHDkYsftXZA2OS0Ha1pRaiAdeD5aMjJerjALfotGacTIN69NXFta1UqWzuLdknGa4EFJoQjnC/s5802/IMG_4993.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="5802" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpe44xNSWnsHTcUxtvJzng_h_ZjPRwblHvwb0q2P3hlj8mOehFeLDxy_XhrE8nujvpFUOwOKfIkVADJ6FFzAz4OeM-Fo-ihz1bscHjFhFABTlzt6PZpDzHDkYsftXZA2OS0Ha1pRaiAdeD5aMjJerjALfotGacTIN69NXFta1UqWzuLdknGa4EFJoQjnC/w640-h458/IMG_4993.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Probably some German heritage here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oni2vjXjeNpX_OpQQPPtvauLghGAdYI-U690pP8-IscAGsZZNCyWUPw9rpN0JCB6nhFQO_Pdi91sCE5_3Fq2qAzfCNw288laE0LxpqjE1VkJ9wTaMrGbnoySFcVWM_AUK6INdYSbSfZIhJdPvR_B_qa5mSmI8lsQBkPUhpqLqxH68ZGItuUTJflWGMrr/s5876/IMG_4997.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3917" data-original-width="5876" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oni2vjXjeNpX_OpQQPPtvauLghGAdYI-U690pP8-IscAGsZZNCyWUPw9rpN0JCB6nhFQO_Pdi91sCE5_3Fq2qAzfCNw288laE0LxpqjE1VkJ9wTaMrGbnoySFcVWM_AUK6INdYSbSfZIhJdPvR_B_qa5mSmI8lsQBkPUhpqLqxH68ZGItuUTJflWGMrr/w640-h426/IMG_4997.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Interesting Railroad waiting Sation</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">D'Hanis, Texas:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://www.legendsofamerica.com/tx-dhanis/">https://www.legendsofamerica.com/tx-dhanis/</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I didn't explore much except the area adjacent to the railroad tracks where I found several attractions as shown below. Further investigation finds an amazing French historical connection. Henri Castro settled this area with a large land grant and brought an amazing number of people from France to settle this area. Must read the details above in the link ! </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3H7v4bzfYdqpY26euguwAPeJzcq2ZiRmCMJid_jVA06Go5K6PGqmRvwNdgvTY_Kj0xvTiPtbjLTiBc-zUn0d3BwUrIIGsPiT0wMzKAfcWCLy4kXhEVxMMuxiNKz12ETirwRBvetReBs_iU6fO6dGWSueWPBHURb9AZt8oQJWGsCA6dHwzCoWjI5niUCK/s5917/IMG_5001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3945" data-original-width="5917" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3H7v4bzfYdqpY26euguwAPeJzcq2ZiRmCMJid_jVA06Go5K6PGqmRvwNdgvTY_Kj0xvTiPtbjLTiBc-zUn0d3BwUrIIGsPiT0wMzKAfcWCLy4kXhEVxMMuxiNKz12ETirwRBvetReBs_iU6fO6dGWSueWPBHURb9AZt8oQJWGsCA6dHwzCoWjI5niUCK/w640-h426/IMG_5001.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Buck Hoen Saloon cowboy church</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wKZBKMFJtV3HPBpagWSV574APN5BJke_sjJ9_ySspSel8I6r-x3GqHFmV6ilC9GkMr-ORhbpH6YpBDJk9MkUhQJ0AXpUrXLVy8y0-RdySOJ8t7raAFHdxEg6q6CfTyKbVaNw1Q6O9cw97DCcijwFnK5ksCjhfdbJ3Y3IgOmVlf40LE6VuwJxZevS4d0u/s6240/IMG_5002.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wKZBKMFJtV3HPBpagWSV574APN5BJke_sjJ9_ySspSel8I6r-x3GqHFmV6ilC9GkMr-ORhbpH6YpBDJk9MkUhQJ0AXpUrXLVy8y0-RdySOJ8t7raAFHdxEg6q6CfTyKbVaNw1Q6O9cw97DCcijwFnK5ksCjhfdbJ3Y3IgOmVlf40LE6VuwJxZevS4d0u/w640-h426/IMG_5002.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Interesting market with an outside beer garden</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKKKeJUqDTuuA0c7sHtwfNMrOYW3Bxsa8Qo4urqE_onxtj1K1NAufKPGhUSKhCw09x5lXuWr8fZ8Dyk0PZoFnh-sM29EYwNmn90DLOkBXpBi4T2aIDPiuPZVF1llMCpPrdvlhYBeyL9Vd8-IUl-nBHm4enHzyDRWpMx2vRbSycjlj15BHhjB7qt_vKGAI/s6082/IMG_5004.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4055" data-original-width="6082" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKKKeJUqDTuuA0c7sHtwfNMrOYW3Bxsa8Qo4urqE_onxtj1K1NAufKPGhUSKhCw09x5lXuWr8fZ8Dyk0PZoFnh-sM29EYwNmn90DLOkBXpBi4T2aIDPiuPZVF1llMCpPrdvlhYBeyL9Vd8-IUl-nBHm4enHzyDRWpMx2vRbSycjlj15BHhjB7qt_vKGAI/w640-h426/IMG_5004.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Looks to be closed at present</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowZJf3wTcICiVGQ5LqjHTKbELWHMl-wsIIPVO43fWCiNgLABOgb2ziGkoYMpiAgA7YjTwIuvWGioaLIqMgZdGS2Cm-ya5kPyK2On7ODMMhqkeE6ISKUiJuu0ZjuwqMY2UQL-lh-RX9TVHypKPndKQKXUNc80mc1IY90JSGYnbR9_hFaISdVwljBFNSbGK/s2929/IMG_5006.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2251" data-original-width="2929" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowZJf3wTcICiVGQ5LqjHTKbELWHMl-wsIIPVO43fWCiNgLABOgb2ziGkoYMpiAgA7YjTwIuvWGioaLIqMgZdGS2Cm-ya5kPyK2On7ODMMhqkeE6ISKUiJuu0ZjuwqMY2UQL-lh-RX9TVHypKPndKQKXUNc80mc1IY90JSGYnbR9_hFaISdVwljBFNSbGK/w400-h308/IMG_5006.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Liked the Rainbow Bread signs</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Hondo, Texas:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondo,_Texas">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondo,_Texas</a></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Hondo, Texas is famous for its sign: This is God's country' don't drive through it like Hell. I admit, I sort of did that, I took a few photos, nothing of note. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVwL44qeg5IMUUBYQ6QOWPx2Afmx4217FkRb4tUhXpp-6sbx2raJL4jH6MyBTRq4DcQsmSLiftcDADin70Jd6vhyphenhyphenJYjBKyAfekex7UjeontWygMV15LgKTEfi-zn0WvFi3TIDozFqyH1miOONc-ZcdTWYd2XHaXPusYrMbZtmUfq_zMB0xhHiS7EhJXDFh/s6240/IMG_5012.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVwL44qeg5IMUUBYQ6QOWPx2Afmx4217FkRb4tUhXpp-6sbx2raJL4jH6MyBTRq4DcQsmSLiftcDADin70Jd6vhyphenhyphenJYjBKyAfekex7UjeontWygMV15LgKTEfi-zn0WvFi3TIDozFqyH1miOONc-ZcdTWYd2XHaXPusYrMbZtmUfq_zMB0xhHiS7EhJXDFh/w640-h426/IMG_5012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hondo sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeT6Gh4mdKyyAsFyNJMBgJe3CgBinminLRPu5G_sGOtg_YvWVG-KfJ8jBGJ3nPqLQnwhZU0RXIWswSRAO1f4vQz27PS6CKK6QiMPdo8EeXolZZcKb3BocywxG__7D3gIA74YM7OoN11E1u1w1hLjE228zX153h_GBt1_h3hghkdbFKRJx7nlAvwqZsfRJ9/s5537/IMG_5013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="5537" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeT6Gh4mdKyyAsFyNJMBgJe3CgBinminLRPu5G_sGOtg_YvWVG-KfJ8jBGJ3nPqLQnwhZU0RXIWswSRAO1f4vQz27PS6CKK6QiMPdo8EeXolZZcKb3BocywxG__7D3gIA74YM7OoN11E1u1w1hLjE228zX153h_GBt1_h3hghkdbFKRJx7nlAvwqZsfRJ9/w400-h300/IMG_5013.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nice downtown theater</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim39G5OWGUn0uen-_2Ts0GyljoRVGKNOqgPOAMyOQRgUkCNSb9WREpELMzFAHd4Zg34OhR3_ozaFRKIiy4a1UW9dlrRsqUGnK0bPB9AXAKseeiN0OrPrZtmVsjaSO7snB-3lBTB6UBDG3W-P7HGh4uWCSR03VgnlWWceCiw3xXIL8QOmNoAYdSS-VeUPQg/s5976/IMG_5008.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3956" data-original-width="5976" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim39G5OWGUn0uen-_2Ts0GyljoRVGKNOqgPOAMyOQRgUkCNSb9WREpELMzFAHd4Zg34OhR3_ozaFRKIiy4a1UW9dlrRsqUGnK0bPB9AXAKseeiN0OrPrZtmVsjaSO7snB-3lBTB6UBDG3W-P7HGh4uWCSR03VgnlWWceCiw3xXIL8QOmNoAYdSS-VeUPQg/w640-h424/IMG_5008.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nice sign, but a rather industrial building</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Castroville, Texas:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castroville,_Texas">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castroville,_Texas</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I found Castroville very interesting mainly due to its history. It was established in 1844 by Henri Castro, who also established nearby D'Hanis, Texas. He started four colonies in Texas and brought thousands of European settlers to this area. He seems to have been a very opportunistic developer ?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkBbXI1gPKruj5PviVJeiTsn5sDQceJC_Eab1Tgcch3MdxMASNFxGEQu31l8dwn_i3aDZFsqwlgf4r2p7tqXHhzZUgX9aLei8akVn0fMGkGpdsZRLtUpc5eXt494t5M5OI0txxphKWoiLJM8nrqo7hBCnG8WX8RQd27zcZn14jz04Z0Jy6sO8NJtJGX1pC/s4032/IMG_5012.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkBbXI1gPKruj5PviVJeiTsn5sDQceJC_Eab1Tgcch3MdxMASNFxGEQu31l8dwn_i3aDZFsqwlgf4r2p7tqXHhzZUgX9aLei8akVn0fMGkGpdsZRLtUpc5eXt494t5M5OI0txxphKWoiLJM8nrqo7hBCnG8WX8RQd27zcZn14jz04Z0Jy6sO8NJtJGX1pC/w480-h640/IMG_5012.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The history</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNAXZ6-gVpg7oFwoP4J865vbqSPq55G2578n2eOhR7KvyUerIFkzoOkXZzHAqqsxixLj7Z2tiIEHfoHTm5Fmc8Zo0Dbfcya5Nl_2t07bhB44OSJQmu47LbO7ldH3aTO66dul3mOrIVwhvvuZlWeE76y_r1cnxE7dm4dbhO1c4a_PBgovtL5iNRoKRJVvj/s5755/IMG_5019.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3837" data-original-width="5755" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNAXZ6-gVpg7oFwoP4J865vbqSPq55G2578n2eOhR7KvyUerIFkzoOkXZzHAqqsxixLj7Z2tiIEHfoHTm5Fmc8Zo0Dbfcya5Nl_2t07bhB44OSJQmu47LbO7ldH3aTO66dul3mOrIVwhvvuZlWeE76y_r1cnxE7dm4dbhO1c4a_PBgovtL5iNRoKRJVvj/w640-h426/IMG_5019.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Historic Museum</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjjtcVHGsAYQwx3C6WtxgZg_A8RPcRloCTJIhhi70vEfnlebEtsrdKMCcTRzecMe5TX5ZuFO0XLCKUsnYpMU2hVsXaoNDMq0YnexXIlTusLks0FE8d53XdqwmdyffV7pB5ZYLM9MwYQFvTGv2UhgrYwjr4uTw9FYmPESBO4ItodrGY31cbCRjCf8f1Pix/s6240/IMG_5017.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjjtcVHGsAYQwx3C6WtxgZg_A8RPcRloCTJIhhi70vEfnlebEtsrdKMCcTRzecMe5TX5ZuFO0XLCKUsnYpMU2hVsXaoNDMq0YnexXIlTusLks0FE8d53XdqwmdyffV7pB5ZYLM9MwYQFvTGv2UhgrYwjr4uTw9FYmPESBO4ItodrGY31cbCRjCf8f1Pix/w640-h426/IMG_5017.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful Court House</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">In mid afternoon, I arrive at my daughter Miranda house in San Antonio, Texas. Miranda is at work today as an Amtrak train conductor but will be home around 10 PM. Miranda's partner, Beth is there and the plan is to pick up their son Tristen from school and take him to his violin practice at the local college. It was very interesting to watch the college students conducting these practice sessions. It was a bit strange as the student teachers were all whispering instructions throughout this session, I could barely hear them. I was impressed with Tristen, he’s a really smart child who hopefully will stick with the violin. Miranda gets home at about 10:30 PM and it's near midnight by the time we all go off to sleep.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2924" data-original-width="3899" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3DqtnMegEPXvT0hh-GgnLGflxsMAWz2KcGG1efIg5e2_sEqO5xI-q_1xlogrIu5bPsBYNheDbFrq2ZAuUPi6ci6T9pBu97B21nwgCEOVwZVOF7R7RhR4MyovGc-L8vQduPz8LjXHEYqjlHDnUfXPgJSRQx0XGJF0fAdE1wxXoy9r03ka4w1cG00XK8D9/w640-h480/IMG_5013.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tristen on Violin</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3DqtnMegEPXvT0hh-GgnLGflxsMAWz2KcGG1efIg5e2_sEqO5xI-q_1xlogrIu5bPsBYNheDbFrq2ZAuUPi6ci6T9pBu97B21nwgCEOVwZVOF7R7RhR4MyovGc-L8vQduPz8LjXHEYqjlHDnUfXPgJSRQx0XGJF0fAdE1wxXoy9r03ka4w1cG00XK8D9/s3899/IMG_5013.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzCCKCbaVy9XsiMwN-3gN0vgdCgYd-cqpfVlZUJvo0vvScvONUGnclO1u09wznbLeSqMcY77tEbMFAn4NP0Gw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>San Antonio to be continued in the next blog.</b></span></p>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-36487837811692588162024-03-17T10:59:00.000-07:002024-03-17T11:16:38.443-07:00Alpine Texas and the Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering <p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">February 16 -17, 2024: </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">The Cowboy Poetry Gathering is held on the campus of the Sul Ross State University of Texas on the outskirts of Alpine, Texas.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Alpine Texas has an interesting attractive downtown, many good murals, although nightlife, shopping and dining is limited. There is the beautiful old Trost designed Hotel Holland on the Main Street (Holland Ave), which is also route 90l. The train station is across from the hotel which is serviced by Amtrak. As it's a college town it seems to have an artistic, liberal vibe to it, not expected in Texas. Heading east out of the downtown area, is the university campus and is the main motel, hotel, gas station and small business district. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sSTeZVC9RSOZqs-YzBGboA7Kqn3ug7Vhyphenhyphen-iVIKQAiofTFqg2Yd4Z0DMOjAeswyeJaRpm95y5is7-RlI0ZK_jyHrTqv_TsZ2gZt3wGSi6iy-vQYrgbu3J-EnW5RqjpIHaqnNT41V2QpWP3bRn_xnkwydhxX-qXk5PYOAxRm0HQjp6iGwjDoMyAOAnzK_1/s3998/IMG_4833.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="3998" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sSTeZVC9RSOZqs-YzBGboA7Kqn3ug7Vhyphenhyphen-iVIKQAiofTFqg2Yd4Z0DMOjAeswyeJaRpm95y5is7-RlI0ZK_jyHrTqv_TsZ2gZt3wGSi6iy-vQYrgbu3J-EnW5RqjpIHaqnNT41V2QpWP3bRn_xnkwydhxX-qXk5PYOAxRm0HQjp6iGwjDoMyAOAnzK_1/w640-h462/IMG_4833.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of my all time favorite murals</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVkE_tsb8sJbluwYFfQnZOB3jg2u-JkKCf13dAOIInbWCfnpHLGnzjPKe8qlzd-SwnN3inOG9EKswUOKOTpY7gGX9sbDMLneRdRsYmNd-GXT063N-ZM_8CQ7mggDZu0k9afTAqa5uPB7S2VH0OETAkRPNOUsp68tzCSFwtqW7KBY11Jr8AwzkNE7xo1kT/s4032/IMG_4839.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVkE_tsb8sJbluwYFfQnZOB3jg2u-JkKCf13dAOIInbWCfnpHLGnzjPKe8qlzd-SwnN3inOG9EKswUOKOTpY7gGX9sbDMLneRdRsYmNd-GXT063N-ZM_8CQ7mggDZu0k9afTAqa5uPB7S2VH0OETAkRPNOUsp68tzCSFwtqW7KBY11Jr8AwzkNE7xo1kT/w640-h480/IMG_4839.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also quite nice </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIo0nS2aY3KKK_MCXxPrzzv9U4b-H6kn8mbJxKzyXD3nkFHq4BLl0B3_C_Oxj9NhnfYu7q_FKb7ZOAydmpWIWhcPB01rApC3RyswfrfgNnNaz2UhJGX56Bx2PK5oZIz7d04d8_RrJsDj62dMKKZae4M__Yu6ncPQ8e_A6iYJqDkrCog0CCEb-fOSJxGrwZ/s4021/IMG_4841.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2697" data-original-width="4021" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIo0nS2aY3KKK_MCXxPrzzv9U4b-H6kn8mbJxKzyXD3nkFHq4BLl0B3_C_Oxj9NhnfYu7q_FKb7ZOAydmpWIWhcPB01rApC3RyswfrfgNnNaz2UhJGX56Bx2PK5oZIz7d04d8_RrJsDj62dMKKZae4M__Yu6ncPQ8e_A6iYJqDkrCog0CCEb-fOSJxGrwZ/w640-h430/IMG_4841.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now you know; Who put the pine in Alpine</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiK_ZE-FSHKyIq6CzkbRk70cLQPxjoHg9b_gc3RDna1DFR4kgdSc-S1ICNeJqDIq33J2xPVJawz6P2Dbvb-DOMB9fkPKBBbFbRYTyeDdOT8rAFV8J2XH-Zx5SyqjaJkE3y6KW08br4fvLp32tEG0k6tEm9O4P5ccAhajosrbBoIUWh6kw5do0LejanTan5/s3662/IMG_4844.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2121" data-original-width="3662" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiK_ZE-FSHKyIq6CzkbRk70cLQPxjoHg9b_gc3RDna1DFR4kgdSc-S1ICNeJqDIq33J2xPVJawz6P2Dbvb-DOMB9fkPKBBbFbRYTyeDdOT8rAFV8J2XH-Zx5SyqjaJkE3y6KW08br4fvLp32tEG0k6tEm9O4P5ccAhajosrbBoIUWh6kw5do0LejanTan5/w640-h370/IMG_4844.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Texas Rangers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Cowboy Poetry Gathering was very well organized except for one thing, a lack of signs for the multiple rooms where performances were held around the campus. This was not a problem for the locals who have been going to this for years. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I had signed up for the Friday morning Chuckwagon Breakfast held from 7:30 - 8:30 in Kokernot park adjacent to the University, but it took me a while to find it, no signs were posted ! It had a real cowboy attitude, hot coffee over a burning fire, scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6DKUFwRSALE-dMZxaIfj5VoWCcXNW4iNzvnqpRHw8Lh0Q_i9Ga0LMpBgxEznT2A0Ahyy__TNxnK5ihtrJ-4zG_rBWWmJafEKTgqpn3Y-ml6hPXTOvYTBr1A9JaNJOI2Ox4KzCqricHdtaA8MiQVOFQKePF5eOTBZKKVKAtHUtzaTpb9Tmb-06tx0OauC/s4032/IMG_4791.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6DKUFwRSALE-dMZxaIfj5VoWCcXNW4iNzvnqpRHw8Lh0Q_i9Ga0LMpBgxEznT2A0Ahyy__TNxnK5ihtrJ-4zG_rBWWmJafEKTgqpn3Y-ml6hPXTOvYTBr1A9JaNJOI2Ox4KzCqricHdtaA8MiQVOFQKePF5eOTBZKKVKAtHUtzaTpb9Tmb-06tx0OauC/w640-h480/IMG_4791.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cowboy Breakfast</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uWvBx483idKKF4andkOb4JRsNOEqJiRSBcggNymOQZelUlF7D2t4YW9Gu5jEeFIAgg0BJOVkjC0esHNLxgvX6pYFvDepuRXqplXg3pr7mWy8viat6J1NfuXjAkuKvB1ZMTK0Tgz7y6FuAa5Lwrl-wHTePMgXtJOCfoUakkhOb_CDyhyphenhyphen_0uI9YuC5PusQ/s3993/IMG_4793.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2994" data-original-width="3993" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uWvBx483idKKF4andkOb4JRsNOEqJiRSBcggNymOQZelUlF7D2t4YW9Gu5jEeFIAgg0BJOVkjC0esHNLxgvX6pYFvDepuRXqplXg3pr7mWy8viat6J1NfuXjAkuKvB1ZMTK0Tgz7y6FuAa5Lwrl-wHTePMgXtJOCfoUakkhOb_CDyhyphenhyphen_0uI9YuC5PusQ/w640-h480/IMG_4793.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The fire felt good on a chilly morning</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I then found my way to the festival mercantile center inside the University Center building where you check in to get your name badge, program schedule and goodie bag. I initially was at a loss of where to go from there, but eventually found that there was a venue map and that the program schedule did show who was playing when and where.</span><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJ-EJdhqo1jBhetJVDqgL_XWzAqPJ8cC6out_f-iqsnfZSrSWJZWBf9BOZq8de-VsDB9nWldwfwfHEq05HYNZWHdgxRKr5pyAe1h_BGspDZ32Au0yhQN3gznEWLOeOYS6DwcQD-pzkIEdybpeNrA8H9xc7T6nabqMJ8dYygkhcW-xO3z3thOj4k99Xxn6/s3150/IMG_5303.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3150" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJ-EJdhqo1jBhetJVDqgL_XWzAqPJ8cC6out_f-iqsnfZSrSWJZWBf9BOZq8de-VsDB9nWldwfwfHEq05HYNZWHdgxRKr5pyAe1h_BGspDZ32Au0yhQN3gznEWLOeOYS6DwcQD-pzkIEdybpeNrA8H9xc7T6nabqMJ8dYygkhcW-xO3z3thOj4k99Xxn6/w470-h640/IMG_5303.jpeg" width="470" /></a></div><br /></span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinG_NvKjvDar6f8Dm5FyVHUd2Vn6hkzELGkPfJE8UanX2mf3wN6XLGCiSriJmv7hgQ6ZZLLZL1-uO5mNPH2wZKrWIr1Q_N-W1q7kCdN_xIvaDQqqqzuTPf5izetoUIsJfi6Gp-6GHRc8pjtQToNPWEgdBUUAQXkdD3LVF1UEkvJPD4kku3CldnP_ujofLw/s3762/IMG_4795.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2821" data-original-width="3762" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinG_NvKjvDar6f8Dm5FyVHUd2Vn6hkzELGkPfJE8UanX2mf3wN6XLGCiSriJmv7hgQ6ZZLLZL1-uO5mNPH2wZKrWIr1Q_N-W1q7kCdN_xIvaDQqqqzuTPf5izetoUIsJfi6Gp-6GHRc8pjtQToNPWEgdBUUAQXkdD3LVF1UEkvJPD4kku3CldnP_ujofLw/w640-h480/IMG_4795.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful Monument on the campus</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2t0_5YyVop1mI-EDQKilNIouVIpgJHUGX_iYnCNDkP8srqJ5EkvVDwjty4g8OqOuQRHkyJ3bLXRvaC2emgb4X2eSUi_1qtZLeOoDs1uqlanwLmZtqa1W2bs8GCHLV1h9cGeIA0ZAKPsTHX4-tABeRs2W3LQJ3FJkpOViQGRZpUpmdcierIjwXzuU_W4C4/s3837/IMG_4798.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2878" data-original-width="3837" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2t0_5YyVop1mI-EDQKilNIouVIpgJHUGX_iYnCNDkP8srqJ5EkvVDwjty4g8OqOuQRHkyJ3bLXRvaC2emgb4X2eSUi_1qtZLeOoDs1uqlanwLmZtqa1W2bs8GCHLV1h9cGeIA0ZAKPsTHX4-tABeRs2W3LQJ3FJkpOViQGRZpUpmdcierIjwXzuU_W4C4/w640-h480/IMG_4798.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Marshall Auditorium where the main performances were held</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The unwritten policy at the festival seemed to be no iphone or camera videos or flash photos allowed. This was disappointing to me as it's one of my favorite things to do, but I understand how annoying it is when everyone is doing it. Anyhow as a result I took very few photos and only one short video of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott.</span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">My first show was performed by Hal Cannon titled, “Making the ordinary heroic: The story of John Lomax” which was very good. John Lomax had searched for, recorded and saved the music of many early musicians who continue to inspire us to this day. I never thought someone giving a talk on this subject in Texas would say that the early anglo cowboys didn’t really invent cowboy singing, but instead learned it from the hispanic and black cowboys.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOUb6zp0n_JfSUmOLQtnNrcy2tzRdCCFdmu6XhJpf68yVM-htPkp_FcogNhNvUwpM4W2-8EmqYLrvsacgTjLAh8GIOqXuqFtLS0uoJuSaicfS41PsQH_fvDoAgvmq-7CkHUVVhMfrrDBt_2v_OVRV2y3w4YYm7BAOaINvnFSg9RZONB6t91SaiW3Vd9Vp/s3915/IMG_4797.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2936" data-original-width="3915" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOUb6zp0n_JfSUmOLQtnNrcy2tzRdCCFdmu6XhJpf68yVM-htPkp_FcogNhNvUwpM4W2-8EmqYLrvsacgTjLAh8GIOqXuqFtLS0uoJuSaicfS41PsQH_fvDoAgvmq-7CkHUVVhMfrrDBt_2v_OVRV2y3w4YYm7BAOaINvnFSg9RZONB6t91SaiW3Vd9Vp/w640-h480/IMG_4797.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the balcony at the Marshall Auditorium</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then attended the “A taste of the gathering” show at 10:45 - 1:45 AM in the Marshall Auditorium which helped to introduce me to several performers I was not aware of. After lunch I attended the “A Pair To Draw To” show at the Marshall Auditorium with Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Andy Hedges which was great. Ramblin" Jack was sort of the celebrity performer at the show and was treated with considerable reverence.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosJQ0RP4_fkx2ady4MIUPaS0hKGP1lFXuU-DAYzVe55VVVk4T9hYZYxdJ4QrxfTGgfJQLOBBRgKBJWb1StiBv5UJAgaea-bIPlJd5bE_p5hI_vtIfCwW12Xks3DQDbC6XWR-zU46DbPk2ZouKS1ywZlqcqn7XerfSyx05FukZ-yRcLE_zABemrl7C9Wg0/s3546/IMG_4800.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2705" data-original-width="3546" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosJQ0RP4_fkx2ady4MIUPaS0hKGP1lFXuU-DAYzVe55VVVk4T9hYZYxdJ4QrxfTGgfJQLOBBRgKBJWb1StiBv5UJAgaea-bIPlJd5bE_p5hI_vtIfCwW12Xks3DQDbC6XWR-zU46DbPk2ZouKS1ywZlqcqn7XerfSyx05FukZ-yRcLE_zABemrl7C9Wg0/w640-h488/IMG_4800.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxHswfZ5W_nyfYf2lATl71IYEhLnZRL5R9Qwf_mHGcCmBA-XlTbbBIdEpH8zcOVQeOTUP6_eqtgqLGkSGOanA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then found my way to the “Museum of the Big Bend” to look around the excellent museum and attended a “Diamond Hitches” show. There were several performances in rooms adjacent to the museum and art gallery. I also sat in on a show; Stampede for a few minutes.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCB9QIbP1sGin4P5qMiDPtpxZWF_9YP0KwayuQcrRadx3hP4F98nNvW840_3NjFoqmDH-UlZYhid8GcjLNphk68VJFTXFwcq16tXzGZ3_pMcg-TeLILc8hJAZrArIExOumtBVUm90R0oEtFdpefiEFuvcmGwlcsW_gs9mL8aC9HSFewLm_7xllRmftSNv/s3541/IMG_4808.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3541" data-original-width="2845" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCB9QIbP1sGin4P5qMiDPtpxZWF_9YP0KwayuQcrRadx3hP4F98nNvW840_3NjFoqmDH-UlZYhid8GcjLNphk68VJFTXFwcq16tXzGZ3_pMcg-TeLILc8hJAZrArIExOumtBVUm90R0oEtFdpefiEFuvcmGwlcsW_gs9mL8aC9HSFewLm_7xllRmftSNv/w321-h400/IMG_4808.jpeg" width="321" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lots of Spanish history in this area</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulMW6rdzfcezMzrjchWiHG8R0FmpnmvJ0V-bNNiHKdZS0uYRLRC_sGYRN00Gy0rr2FKzh88wegpUAJ_tcqw3s1K7Gcx3r3SkyaPH1TrK88rsWUT3AwUTN2hj_Z_3ShD3mjJwHt7m0GoGAMMXUi7BidPItzGQJQVGMkEKwTGgcfRnP5FEfeIcO8-mwn5M7/w640-h480/IMG_4816.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There was a room filled with old maps</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcvlsv7Hokkcg8KjEwLzWU078WEY2Rdfz_HmbDpp0JiJgAqEJGv4FAIAKsOMyAXapQ4wpomX_FuG_X10aJ_NB2FisM9PqapZdJZNNyrHwa-b8U9IXzI_SaEsTzMwpElM1Knx7Hoe5iBWnXIwcDGI9P_cYEGZPNq5i9MlaxdDDbT37lkNr9dc5XUY7kjbQ/s3806/IMG_4818.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2789" data-original-width="3806" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcvlsv7Hokkcg8KjEwLzWU078WEY2Rdfz_HmbDpp0JiJgAqEJGv4FAIAKsOMyAXapQ4wpomX_FuG_X10aJ_NB2FisM9PqapZdJZNNyrHwa-b8U9IXzI_SaEsTzMwpElM1Knx7Hoe5iBWnXIwcDGI9P_cYEGZPNq5i9MlaxdDDbT37lkNr9dc5XUY7kjbQ/w640-h469/IMG_4818.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A nice story with a bad ending</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoe7LsJ18UZ0wfOq8jVqoX9Kp9Dj17iihR6-dNDVYWI1TIXKscqzqeaJgExJEVQ7zleNJ0UWX_p1iQXLXn3I5PvCGo-nycZ9g7t8FC9qArEB685WD6ByMe0AnCjYNqUl0X1FZ-VU0oGPavOYuYPl9VBxDEfvqBB-MfrxUseA07HmQ55zbtxHsWzP-Yg62i/s3961/IMG_4819.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2970" data-original-width="3961" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoe7LsJ18UZ0wfOq8jVqoX9Kp9Dj17iihR6-dNDVYWI1TIXKscqzqeaJgExJEVQ7zleNJ0UWX_p1iQXLXn3I5PvCGo-nycZ9g7t8FC9qArEB685WD6ByMe0AnCjYNqUl0X1FZ-VU0oGPavOYuYPl9VBxDEfvqBB-MfrxUseA07HmQ55zbtxHsWzP-Yg62i/w640-h480/IMG_4819.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A show titled; Stampede, noted cowboy poet Wade Mitchell on left</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">At about 5 PM, travel to the Alpine Civic Center for the Cowboy Supper, Guinness pot roast with vegetables, cheddar mashed potatoes, green goddess salad, roasted asparagus, roux biscuits, apple crisp desert, water and iced tea. It was yummy ! I sat with a man who told me his father had attended Sil Ross University who was on the football team with Dan Blocker who played Hoss in the classic TV show, Bonanza. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I didn’t see as many Cowboy performers as I felt I should have, mainly because of how spread out the venues where on campus. Also the size of the rooms made it awkward once seated to leave in the middle to go to another show. Also I did not really know who I wanted to see, most of the performers were new to me.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I had a motel room reserved for Friday night to get a break from the cramped van interior and to enjoy a big bed and a hot shower.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Saturday, day 2 of the Gathering started cold and cloudy with a wet rain drizzle and as a result I skipped the outside Cowboy Breakfast at the park. The temperature stayed about the same all day, 40-50 degrees and about 5 PM the sun broke through just before sunset.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I attended an excellent show at 10 AM at the Museum of the Big Bend” - Songs and Poems worth remembering” that was especially good, one of my favorites ! I was quite impressed by Rod Taylor</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Next was a show at 11AM in the Fine Arts Center called “Wrecks” that was also very good. In cowboys talk a "wreck" is a horse accident usually a bad rodeo ride that result in injury.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">During the day I went to several shows with the highlight being the Ian Tyson tribute show “Fifty Years Ago: Songs of Ian Tyson” at the Marshall Auditorium performed by Corb Lund and Brent Hill. These are two of the upcoming stars on the cowboy poetry circuit. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The grand finale of the event was at 7:30 PM with a special concert orchestrated by Andy Hedges based on his latest album, “Roll On Cowboys” that included many of the people taking part in the poetry gathering. Andy Hedges is definitely the new rising star on this Cowboy Poetry circuit. There is definitely a changing of the guard taking place which is badly needed for this genre to attract the younger crowd. This show is amazingly going to New York City soon to be performed at Carnegie Hall.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Saturday night was a really cold night in the van (That was the night I should have had the motel room) with the temperature dropping into the mid 20’s. I was really hunkered into the sleeping bag with every blanket on me.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sunday was full sun and warming temperatures, that felt really good. I was sort of wondering why this Cowboy Poetry Festival didn’t continue on Sunday, but I had heard one person say on Saturday that he had a prayer meeting on Sunday. That may be it, Sunday is a go to church day in this part of the country. I went fro a good breakfast on Sunday morning at Judy's Bread and Breakfast Cafe and then roamed around town taking more photos.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9x7BX9PDZw5MVexJdYXW9XMNP6vprHBfH-H5l-XpY-WrPsI_05ZveKWMTn4aRyvh2krhH1WMIDe__qLrYIP-afkE080B7lhTk4e0Gm8pGrLhmycXXNEVzRrHXGPcW2-FHDygNLL56qv6qxhpsvmh1VUrPbb8oL2AhkW_-4Ub8oUPfqhRXuu5mL_ihz6Uo/s3840/IMG_4828.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="3840" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9x7BX9PDZw5MVexJdYXW9XMNP6vprHBfH-H5l-XpY-WrPsI_05ZveKWMTn4aRyvh2krhH1WMIDe__qLrYIP-afkE080B7lhTk4e0Gm8pGrLhmycXXNEVzRrHXGPcW2-FHDygNLL56qv6qxhpsvmh1VUrPbb8oL2AhkW_-4Ub8oUPfqhRXuu5mL_ihz6Uo/w640-h480/IMG_4828.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Texas music inspired mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3856" data-original-width="5790" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlufhp0mmYegYfNCX7ClVC3D2DZ7O0D34DD5eRfxESFwJTBaTE5oElxjc3IOiQeSsjvZeeES-INlBduvyGN_UQDYqw0eFIzThHh43mkEsBLZbKPzItIB869KugmN0OsFX3L5iZ4n3yHYvg3rB3Nywrkz2W9r0i9cz8m8uacAeaBFxoi8YZN6ibfZzQsaRa/w640-h426/IMG_4835.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Great murals all over Alpine</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUoS8x3v8ootHB3Y2D4DSFPuH4KhUBbNWlIbjKCyd8xOE9idyFVrMxc48SJzYDshALfjA2ok_BvJ_IbvPHRf2lz0L5PGH6jUtIuJhDPlvxd-aOk9D_36Gcn0uBixLHRk0gNskBmqg8aygcXnD0vPTqt1iocVB62Fk7SpqTUCtx7XUTCBd4_MUPrHG6VbV/s6240/IMG_4837.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUoS8x3v8ootHB3Y2D4DSFPuH4KhUBbNWlIbjKCyd8xOE9idyFVrMxc48SJzYDshALfjA2ok_BvJ_IbvPHRf2lz0L5PGH6jUtIuJhDPlvxd-aOk9D_36Gcn0uBixLHRk0gNskBmqg8aygcXnD0vPTqt1iocVB62Fk7SpqTUCtx7XUTCBd4_MUPrHG6VbV/w640-h426/IMG_4837.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another favorite</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8KJix7Qhcr0gplnyrZdW68fmC0F-rFIj_44xkXcm821JNtWwiNEtN3EUFTKN6bZvLrs_r7WzvnJSr77eS0WXfiBpYeFXLXDZrS0w5IByxnGTm39GQpwPRd7_iYrhYnt0PPVmZTYmdty8O66xmV9UhXtVAf9ttHQ2PclC2XAlzyCVI3UsLeAWijGl9hK5/s6240/IMG_4844.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8KJix7Qhcr0gplnyrZdW68fmC0F-rFIj_44xkXcm821JNtWwiNEtN3EUFTKN6bZvLrs_r7WzvnJSr77eS0WXfiBpYeFXLXDZrS0w5IByxnGTm39GQpwPRd7_iYrhYnt0PPVmZTYmdty8O66xmV9UhXtVAf9ttHQ2PclC2XAlzyCVI3UsLeAWijGl9hK5/w640-h426/IMG_4844.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Holland Hotel in downtown Alpine</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtHhXZe5i2djzQ3bxCmlRrHR9xEC_SptTtDBkaCPhdcDHW5Nyw76g-N92ap-8WfUUHCpBvirOCG1vYSBm4FhyrrgpR3ZUfnGqh-hNvzMwUwW9eQnzOWRXTA7QdexqhvTL94tI56WpJwDH_dgBjcZaOBkAILYgYlz9z1TYAgBDbs0SzMgJY6pOCp7H4gUX/s5838/IMG_4833.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3923" data-original-width="5838" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtHhXZe5i2djzQ3bxCmlRrHR9xEC_SptTtDBkaCPhdcDHW5Nyw76g-N92ap-8WfUUHCpBvirOCG1vYSBm4FhyrrgpR3ZUfnGqh-hNvzMwUwW9eQnzOWRXTA7QdexqhvTL94tI56WpJwDH_dgBjcZaOBkAILYgYlz9z1TYAgBDbs0SzMgJY6pOCp7H4gUX/w640-h430/IMG_4833.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very cool car mural in downtown</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbvFYi4FbsvHioOV20sfV5QtfKkAy8VfJ_D2m10vdl5w9BorRQRi3LZGn4lMFMwtz0a4lcy79EThCc8t6_TjaOiGBxbD8eYWOX8AuPOrKwmurtluD4JH3epqVHmg5wIH0qFX9W44nVU6AlgsTDpTmQCHzrkt98YmGM5NG-UsPYpQzJ46Lak3-KdceAqOn/s5292/0Q1A6359.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3230" data-original-width="5292" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbvFYi4FbsvHioOV20sfV5QtfKkAy8VfJ_D2m10vdl5w9BorRQRi3LZGn4lMFMwtz0a4lcy79EThCc8t6_TjaOiGBxbD8eYWOX8AuPOrKwmurtluD4JH3epqVHmg5wIH0qFX9W44nVU6AlgsTDpTmQCHzrkt98YmGM5NG-UsPYpQzJ46Lak3-KdceAqOn/w640-h390/0Q1A6359.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another great one</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2EkEQD2OxqInoj7iPd5LSk2JY6rY_HLxciLvcXk85owoy1W2ri6xIR182-KcWEJeGbvoyCJkFV_Rx4z3CIL-J38RXqT6aVfdGx1CeXy8tpiZNLdDBOumYodmHZp8Matt91jPhoO598lNaTkTt90KIf_rGG-5FVma6WamGG_PHEg6goHymse0LIRYRpZh/s5472/0Q1A6361.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2EkEQD2OxqInoj7iPd5LSk2JY6rY_HLxciLvcXk85owoy1W2ri6xIR182-KcWEJeGbvoyCJkFV_Rx4z3CIL-J38RXqT6aVfdGx1CeXy8tpiZNLdDBOumYodmHZp8Matt91jPhoO598lNaTkTt90KIf_rGG-5FVma6WamGG_PHEg6goHymse0LIRYRpZh/w640-h426/0Q1A6361.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Across the railroad tracks is the interesting Bottle House</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I contacted my daughter Miranda in the morning to learn her work schedule, as she is now working as a conductor on Amtrak and is working a two days on, two days off schedule. My plan was to extend this Alpine trip to visit her in San Antonio, Texas which is another 300 miles to the southeast. I learned that she will be leaving on Monday for two days, returning on Wednesday evening. As a result, I decided to stretch out my travel accordingly to get to San Antonio on Wednesday afternoon.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">On Sunday afternoon I take a ride back on Rt 118 north through Fort Davis to the Davis Mountains State Park for a short hike on the Montezuma Quail Trail to the the Indian Lodge Trail. It was a very steep, rocky trail that was treacherous in the beginning but then slacked off. The views were great from the trail. There are several large campgrounds here, a lodge and a skyline drive that takes you to a peak top scenic view.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhx7gTP9F3AwbXNDknqzvRINXtli-CcQ015joEt2lP42qnZRFwxCaY1ZtGTHsTcMT9ZwCmpQfpELskQ-cTegXA9CqqYnQ2HrkfZVEUULMWcQq841BYrID6aMAP0mt1vZ9xcyEO4xVCMECdK7mJA7t74sSlREZrnFBz8uvALOrCvEFd0gpeFDilSEmkxis/s5472/0Q1A6371.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhx7gTP9F3AwbXNDknqzvRINXtli-CcQ015joEt2lP42qnZRFwxCaY1ZtGTHsTcMT9ZwCmpQfpELskQ-cTegXA9CqqYnQ2HrkfZVEUULMWcQq841BYrID6aMAP0mt1vZ9xcyEO4xVCMECdK7mJA7t74sSlREZrnFBz8uvALOrCvEFd0gpeFDilSEmkxis/w640-h426/0Q1A6371.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very loose rocky trail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9nzPypKB1uLkL567xfSM19cS-CbsorXtzQMeAuST9NlgXGDR8DZ0YdzVpnK1WbeKjp5yJ5lWE1JuPHuTnyFVrN8t7LNd92Nk_tBm7ujyoMVpyyDaLh9ZYv3J0-RSwt_W2Qht3XIHb_p9vA84DPpFeoQu7KdK1H9_ToZbAE9nC6bo2qzjv9SucBob0iuBd/s5339/0Q1A6374.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3559" data-original-width="5339" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9nzPypKB1uLkL567xfSM19cS-CbsorXtzQMeAuST9NlgXGDR8DZ0YdzVpnK1WbeKjp5yJ5lWE1JuPHuTnyFVrN8t7LNd92Nk_tBm7ujyoMVpyyDaLh9ZYv3J0-RSwt_W2Qht3XIHb_p9vA84DPpFeoQu7KdK1H9_ToZbAE9nC6bo2qzjv9SucBob0iuBd/w640-h426/0Q1A6374.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But the views are great</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWaO4NAedDT5_q2lSlFqT0unldh6TqUPAg6UBhs0R28Bw86zpty4rOJFEoc3pcI6JswGjKpRY5CsXoMdYI-OSu4Hskc10ID-94g1oiY1mCvefyjr3laJIVsxziBOwKR-SiWKflf-BNcWgDIImAbcrm36tH79ZFEFxqLLO73UJJCE5eFMEp9gQ-7f8y8KD/s5472/0Q1A6376.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgongeFgLktJVCWiFpZHRTBJ_1deySlW27e9cO4kvSfBkO87y4LiwRYUcBZM-qzdzjYDI90tfxMjXBt9j-izQk0kgggh3e8bF8VgEfFWtA-6vxIbuIVpxyNHhVl5EDc2_YPQK7_sEnWmXbdvhgDfcKdqUBj8dj59knfj2YoQaBtA7kXrEXRKv1OP3oJSCs4/s3377/IMG_4847.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2310" data-original-width="3377" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgongeFgLktJVCWiFpZHRTBJ_1deySlW27e9cO4kvSfBkO87y4LiwRYUcBZM-qzdzjYDI90tfxMjXBt9j-izQk0kgggh3e8bF8VgEfFWtA-6vxIbuIVpxyNHhVl5EDc2_YPQK7_sEnWmXbdvhgDfcKdqUBj8dj59knfj2YoQaBtA7kXrEXRKv1OP3oJSCs4/w640-h438/IMG_4847.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hoodoo rocks along the road to the park</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I do another night on a side street in Alpine, Texas, I'll be leaving in the morning heading on route 90 east towards San Antonio, Texas.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><div><br /></div><br /></div></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-47877070868338696212024-03-08T15:14:00.000-08:002024-03-08T15:22:37.376-08:00Happy Trails - Heading to the Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Festival <p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">February 14 -15, 2024:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’m on the road at 9:30 AM driving straight on I-10 east with a emergency stop to get my radio synced to my iPhone music library, that's critical for this trip and . These devices sure can be annoying at times, but the weather is really cooperating today, nothing but sun and the temperature is about 70 degrees in the afternoon, gotta love that !</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I make my first stop in Deming, NM where I park and walk around a few blocks to see what’s new or has changed since my last visit here. Deming is doing okay, looking fine actually. I love the great murals, street. The Deming Luna Mimbres Museum is also great, I've been there, but no time today. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deming,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deming,_New_Mexico</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkLQ527ZFkUwPdTvA0e8jcFCNjfuRwYh-8HPqNX1Nld-MfwusC4UkwqBTA6hYypz9mEfuF8Fbwkm2CeBMXxzLMd0MrasIXmdCEIMmOnIgqBI-jAQ69hQWu58AmONmm-IN4-TD0tXF9O5e_AP-QgMLcCSVNvVQZvbGTpeVGLrJBa-t-JTnzXVObnEXBiY4/s3958/IMG_4687.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2881" data-original-width="3958" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkLQ527ZFkUwPdTvA0e8jcFCNjfuRwYh-8HPqNX1Nld-MfwusC4UkwqBTA6hYypz9mEfuF8Fbwkm2CeBMXxzLMd0MrasIXmdCEIMmOnIgqBI-jAQ69hQWu58AmONmm-IN4-TD0tXF9O5e_AP-QgMLcCSVNvVQZvbGTpeVGLrJBa-t-JTnzXVObnEXBiY4/w640-h466/IMG_4687.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Deming has great downtown murals and art</span></p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpfip3uUSHCvz_gk60kooAOYUPNABcohxVZQGoV6IMBp3-NG9ywbLNJCOlA0dsVgVXl09cODMiSJKu-Rnj_r23ecn7rmmvl4Mo9ymSo4AQUKvUQ-agZDvE14x9_XudEGPum6IQ1GoIxxx2DSxhtwVIk8mj2UctmkTg0G5GcJ75pzUSbIqD4Vur9ejpTvi/s3772/IMG_4703.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2829" data-original-width="3772" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpfip3uUSHCvz_gk60kooAOYUPNABcohxVZQGoV6IMBp3-NG9ywbLNJCOlA0dsVgVXl09cODMiSJKu-Rnj_r23ecn7rmmvl4Mo9ymSo4AQUKvUQ-agZDvE14x9_XudEGPum6IQ1GoIxxx2DSxhtwVIk8mj2UctmkTg0G5GcJ75pzUSbIqD4Vur9ejpTvi/w400-h300/IMG_4703.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></blockquote></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVK4bS_X2BTBbCoQb3ufHYVJjDAocpFLDIER6BIdB_8JKa7-nEvfjoDtePQtPqeiROVbxTXMiMQqy8yDqLsxWK-zH3HsbtzZ0wrUBaasKJLOAZH69qIj-aL2Vr4eJFE6PGs9_wN3XM6kCBycZt-ivXYOkadxGCc0KXirFcOiXal6EUyduyeqqjR_ms-Tt/s4001/IMG_4693.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4001" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVK4bS_X2BTBbCoQb3ufHYVJjDAocpFLDIER6BIdB_8JKa7-nEvfjoDtePQtPqeiROVbxTXMiMQqy8yDqLsxWK-zH3HsbtzZ0wrUBaasKJLOAZH69qIj-aL2Vr4eJFE6PGs9_wN3XM6kCBycZt-ivXYOkadxGCc0KXirFcOiXal6EUyduyeqqjR_ms-Tt/w640-h480/IMG_4693.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another great mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">I bypass Las Cruces, NM to allow more time to wander in downtown El Paso, Texas. I managed to orient myself into the downtown area, park and walk around the historic, scenic old hispanic area known as Barrio Duranguito. Photo OP’s are everywhere, I was soon losing track of where I left the van. Afterwards, I make my way through the rush hour traffic, not as easy, to the Walmart where I will spend a quiet night, hopefully.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duranguito">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duranguito</a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QiGZZkmjDd-1C9Xkwl6VRCGjL46yfL6jjCjrkCpHvalBZd3qd0FRMAgbcL9fZg_Ya6uemgX0uKn4f7qipcNu-Q57e_XYrhzo9inGkxlzRIEcTtCLwyXooTedbYOXKXOuNPakoFs-KZooMhZ919FX1s2JoDFydE4wFvGV9kdO_g1oVpL6F6SQrAzLQjBq/s5667/IMG_4784.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5667" data-original-width="3342" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QiGZZkmjDd-1C9Xkwl6VRCGjL46yfL6jjCjrkCpHvalBZd3qd0FRMAgbcL9fZg_Ya6uemgX0uKn4f7qipcNu-Q57e_XYrhzo9inGkxlzRIEcTtCLwyXooTedbYOXKXOuNPakoFs-KZooMhZ919FX1s2JoDFydE4wFvGV9kdO_g1oVpL6F6SQrAzLQjBq/w378-h640/IMG_4784.jpg" width="378" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Historic preservationist fought to save this historic neighborhood</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSZNqhhWqbPzWbxQPxQoRDB-Nj5dR_SvxXCgk4gwZFv65AYfznDoFchRLOfkpEKjhZQxluYCsmBG62jumt8qnF0GS_uPW1Y0bYZVfI02OLZN-CtT6lMgxm7mJ46B_VFLLdOfHB2xT_dwOejCJI-rTrDKQ2D7Eg212Cj_HQs4CsPH3C1vUXC1oF5hpxUNF/s3891/IMG_4708.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2918" data-original-width="3891" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSZNqhhWqbPzWbxQPxQoRDB-Nj5dR_SvxXCgk4gwZFv65AYfznDoFchRLOfkpEKjhZQxluYCsmBG62jumt8qnF0GS_uPW1Y0bYZVfI02OLZN-CtT6lMgxm7mJ46B_VFLLdOfHB2xT_dwOejCJI-rTrDKQ2D7Eg212Cj_HQs4CsPH3C1vUXC1oF5hpxUNF/w640-h480/IMG_4708.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Interesting mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwRqF4OyZ7TOzB7vNgmx3vFSu7v5qLZAQG8AlvDOyuhFt5q3jLBqj0SpR-QARQDJrq4gcq3Zf6y5DYSFlLxavGWWmDsI0kY3YPCcWv4ynO5DuKkO8gksrdW7M5M91WaQyVDdq69AVOzHMf_mYhZJnRGL-NP_ox00yEb-1zIWRym6pwC_S4P97w1rEOYKy/s3966/IMG_4721.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3966" data-original-width="2974" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwRqF4OyZ7TOzB7vNgmx3vFSu7v5qLZAQG8AlvDOyuhFt5q3jLBqj0SpR-QARQDJrq4gcq3Zf6y5DYSFlLxavGWWmDsI0kY3YPCcWv4ynO5DuKkO8gksrdW7M5M91WaQyVDdq69AVOzHMf_mYhZJnRGL-NP_ox00yEb-1zIWRym6pwC_S4P97w1rEOYKy/w480-h640/IMG_4721.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I wondered about the Bowie Bears ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8XSDtKak4uDHZ-Ip1ZJoCr6Ju2_sZJJSWHTcRZ-Lq_AQqVAkC0Vd61fAIghVaDlaEZv0Ts7PjWEfGHD2mucVBlDvx8qKEq0ny74mc20UUbz7F2hprsJMqfN4qbFD2CWRkFTGsZdup2de-2PEUfaSJgKKUVEJIv2Y4MlrHOhzwfaSlxryjca24PyYvxdC/s3827/IMG_4724.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2870" data-original-width="3827" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8XSDtKak4uDHZ-Ip1ZJoCr6Ju2_sZJJSWHTcRZ-Lq_AQqVAkC0Vd61fAIghVaDlaEZv0Ts7PjWEfGHD2mucVBlDvx8qKEq0ny74mc20UUbz7F2hprsJMqfN4qbFD2CWRkFTGsZdup2de-2PEUfaSJgKKUVEJIv2Y4MlrHOhzwfaSlxryjca24PyYvxdC/w640-h480/IMG_4724.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's all about the butt </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaUo3hBQ9QppCtMqKBQxdAiZdb81TWuMmYIxVxeFiKvaEky_Xg6sd1besd7v7nSzKq_DoM8AJTqugoVbDgbOn4F6FLV0ybPHyNBBxI58geClLqyMGSfPUxfvdsMgX_XdP_GPBY8F9SWBUgM7L9I2Aaj4wqPaCLs3Y8NQs_QyXExV4BloJZVTJhxI5blNk/s5932/IMG_4794.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3955" data-original-width="5932" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaUo3hBQ9QppCtMqKBQxdAiZdb81TWuMmYIxVxeFiKvaEky_Xg6sd1besd7v7nSzKq_DoM8AJTqugoVbDgbOn4F6FLV0ybPHyNBBxI58geClLqyMGSfPUxfvdsMgX_XdP_GPBY8F9SWBUgM7L9I2Aaj4wqPaCLs3Y8NQs_QyXExV4BloJZVTJhxI5blNk/w640-h426/IMG_4794.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Interesting mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj226Shb9hTKWFpqeq6hMPzHma7eXjRhlaQh1UaXbe0xftG3uf9auLsqa-N4WTtB89WK-FXTCunx5C60FuUVHCW_wGvyq34Iz08aw2POcuu7KOYy6EtFWdOOj8zmaNWYCJCZaupeVp8B7Jpp6A3Zsj6uKkd-Se5TiP1rkzBuSUIvUx5dQa0CPMIxtoqPuE7/w640-h426/IMG_4801.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful old building</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj226Shb9hTKWFpqeq6hMPzHma7eXjRhlaQh1UaXbe0xftG3uf9auLsqa-N4WTtB89WK-FXTCunx5C60FuUVHCW_wGvyq34Iz08aw2POcuu7KOYy6EtFWdOOj8zmaNWYCJCZaupeVp8B7Jpp6A3Zsj6uKkd-Se5TiP1rkzBuSUIvUx5dQa0CPMIxtoqPuE7/s6240/IMG_4801.jpg"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijEnIGBQLfaCN0TWCAy2ZFi0XFBxLx5-_nlptvLjby37L8EJkg-YmZ8X5MZ-Epk96q5cDhDSXah_bG9ifMzn1FMCadTDcoWDiJq85cNv6CW6UxV4-_9rcEE_8nLMVcl1FeukxHnMfRX2KSdVbx3fKid9PYYPQ05mi6raLGcoLRzJCb4OjIGMZ1I_W-W9YW/s5294/IMG_4802.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="5294" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijEnIGBQLfaCN0TWCAy2ZFi0XFBxLx5-_nlptvLjby37L8EJkg-YmZ8X5MZ-Epk96q5cDhDSXah_bG9ifMzn1FMCadTDcoWDiJq85cNv6CW6UxV4-_9rcEE_8nLMVcl1FeukxHnMfRX2KSdVbx3fKid9PYYPQ05mi6raLGcoLRzJCb4OjIGMZ1I_W-W9YW/w640-h502/IMG_4802.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not sure what kine of surplus is here ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIaBrGQSzsr1x20j4OLDWtDTSi7EYZDtDdZJwb2ioD_3zlhEe95A_gIJHwk108lu-yYTwAnVGFqc3HGQCuFvfl_wf8fcWsFrODbMBGhBi_44zRrOAUGIDy6y0dy6BGw1-_aqbocCohsuAtUzQCZNheV4JWxlc-R61dPTQ_tCEwsNzH6JXLa8WM2TGTjdz/s3910/IMG_4716.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2932" data-original-width="3910" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIaBrGQSzsr1x20j4OLDWtDTSi7EYZDtDdZJwb2ioD_3zlhEe95A_gIJHwk108lu-yYTwAnVGFqc3HGQCuFvfl_wf8fcWsFrODbMBGhBi_44zRrOAUGIDy6y0dy6BGw1-_aqbocCohsuAtUzQCZNheV4JWxlc-R61dPTQ_tCEwsNzH6JXLa8WM2TGTjdz/w640-h480/IMG_4716.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a sanctuary City</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJT87AjwAGpGAh_Y3gpBciXGtqgnKxk4vIOWlKIzddzwbmSARZUg-GrndIszgmlrR1LEmkbQECzELqtwhitbwCpQSoaBdfdUQquvVvpDsnzojvjBTi-6iDVsKzoIug8IZBkEMR7qCGjZ5I9WnN_DILv0rEbucNaStuLjWHFen1LuvXGl4uS531e7I2ufh/s4032/IMG_4720.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJT87AjwAGpGAh_Y3gpBciXGtqgnKxk4vIOWlKIzddzwbmSARZUg-GrndIszgmlrR1LEmkbQECzELqtwhitbwCpQSoaBdfdUQquvVvpDsnzojvjBTi-6iDVsKzoIug8IZBkEMR7qCGjZ5I9WnN_DILv0rEbucNaStuLjWHFen1LuvXGl4uS531e7I2ufh/w480-h640/IMG_4720.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Is this the border wall ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOnWCplUNSxg0RG6V_98E6iCFTBL2LJ3F99-_em-AH2AxvXc95DvSfbG3eDGN_y2Nb9-IQ70fe-jsGMnHHlgrsuyRapULTYHnl9Eozi0o1SX7BxPpTenGyBUm5xYhRsObRcRnFKFtP-oEXI6DCStQ5hL3Fv-wurPw6spWZR1DnH29oh9IhpUO4zz_jBFVq/s3864/IMG_4726.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2898" data-original-width="3864" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOnWCplUNSxg0RG6V_98E6iCFTBL2LJ3F99-_em-AH2AxvXc95DvSfbG3eDGN_y2Nb9-IQ70fe-jsGMnHHlgrsuyRapULTYHnl9Eozi0o1SX7BxPpTenGyBUm5xYhRsObRcRnFKFtP-oEXI6DCStQ5hL3Fv-wurPw6spWZR1DnH29oh9IhpUO4zz_jBFVq/w640-h480/IMG_4726.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Elvis is alive here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3LueKUDUZA1IYuHg5_aSbUGrDhti_NZLqS7aPwW3oE9OLgevSz0pKwI1R_JAteyVO9TYCd5Htc2BkUrs6aH7arNH6PmU38ZfMlqS8apmPrctf3hxk0wVNVsOv_X5WTrXrR7hM0zrNAxEfaE-GuJGoPglnDBy4bMtBsValY-PBXkWPpmEJceiih_55fUF/s5934/IMG_4812.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3956" data-original-width="5934" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3LueKUDUZA1IYuHg5_aSbUGrDhti_NZLqS7aPwW3oE9OLgevSz0pKwI1R_JAteyVO9TYCd5Htc2BkUrs6aH7arNH6PmU38ZfMlqS8apmPrctf3hxk0wVNVsOv_X5WTrXrR7hM0zrNAxEfaE-GuJGoPglnDBy4bMtBsValY-PBXkWPpmEJceiih_55fUF/w640-h426/IMG_4812.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The welcome arch is quite nice</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It's Feb15th as I get on the road about 8 AM heading east on I-10 in the rush hour traffic, luckily I’m on the eastern side of El Paso so I get through the heavy congestion rather easy. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">There are very few towns heading east out of El Paso on I-10, it’s mostly wide open cattle range land. I have to give Texas good marks for the construction work on the highway, they have a great job, the road back in Arizona and New Mexico was terrible. They are also really improving their roadside rest areas, they were unusually clean and with nice picnic table facilities. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">My first stop is in Sierra Blanca, Texas which is in a sad distressed town but full of photo ops. I've been here several times always hopeful that it will show improvement, but it's not happening, very sad.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Blanca,_Texas">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Blanca,_Texas</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIFKuEuqAuuMPVBwRRQWTIDGmlxAk4qkXl3Ix9FEOIi9tHO4kMPMxH-LbgVPkZpO3Moyy67Lx2VKcl1bY7O-AX1nOkQl35zFBgqRCssxvzJVKdT-H2lO0-Tipe7PN1Qru7CoO2aYHsxB1O2VpeTxOTmcwzV07t-35JhAK6CZcyv0AS6KdEZpV2TFTgZ8m/s5375/0Q1A6308.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3583" data-original-width="5375" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIFKuEuqAuuMPVBwRRQWTIDGmlxAk4qkXl3Ix9FEOIi9tHO4kMPMxH-LbgVPkZpO3Moyy67Lx2VKcl1bY7O-AX1nOkQl35zFBgqRCssxvzJVKdT-H2lO0-Tipe7PN1Qru7CoO2aYHsxB1O2VpeTxOTmcwzV07t-35JhAK6CZcyv0AS6KdEZpV2TFTgZ8m/w640-h426/0Q1A6308.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's an historic railroad town, but the museum now appears closed</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFY9LuTTEjUkhkMudLu3iVj1QeHm9heokXp4LkL3pGS3YtVytHJWJ-auy9GM4C_RDueTpBGu7Yw3z-zIZw7k60NYYht8mkJySNDUmnPnjRU6MeMVw8EyFAAXg21hISx-w1ob_VMLrfzVOv1fQwlZbrf3lHIYuOoXJQaM_OjuUuU0WWeAp0xldqfr_U7yx/s5154/0Q1A6310.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5154" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFY9LuTTEjUkhkMudLu3iVj1QeHm9heokXp4LkL3pGS3YtVytHJWJ-auy9GM4C_RDueTpBGu7Yw3z-zIZw7k60NYYht8mkJySNDUmnPnjRU6MeMVw8EyFAAXg21hISx-w1ob_VMLrfzVOv1fQwlZbrf3lHIYuOoXJQaM_OjuUuU0WWeAp0xldqfr_U7yx/w640-h453/0Q1A6310.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The best cafe also appears closed</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHr8C9y6I6llSIYoSeMMBYyoSIqfcHaQuxUeCo95r_jOpzZvsY_Ac0L-kfa3fGJj5gLB8cc2a4qg8SXIv3QqDjOBo5V5Bj2vcS2gBHGLujdH2TOCfLbSXFo3TcMAnI3x5WpTUhbP3fOiNkNAj-PZaCmr-WCaY7vpGfZDN3QiHv4rgOG7joGDN0g6vAou7-/s5472/0Q1A6311.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHr8C9y6I6llSIYoSeMMBYyoSIqfcHaQuxUeCo95r_jOpzZvsY_Ac0L-kfa3fGJj5gLB8cc2a4qg8SXIv3QqDjOBo5V5Bj2vcS2gBHGLujdH2TOCfLbSXFo3TcMAnI3x5WpTUhbP3fOiNkNAj-PZaCmr-WCaY7vpGfZDN3QiHv4rgOG7joGDN0g6vAou7-/w640-h426/0Q1A6311.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Once a beautiful building, no ice or beer these days</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiba_y-Lk6JiYIGLnaADSJuwSD7rMhE5nPI1ZnA1haqt9UdphRaCnnnUayksReN-5_r1eA7sgjsf_NIFHTZgkaz3DkRMV-jRK80k6_iCewzq5THVnKmF7ANm_wQYlUJhvWERF3FtEncG08zekxzI5_S05HlHaMPfvz0OscJS7at3pg61SaiXKcEvWsuxD/s5472/0Q1A6319.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiba_y-Lk6JiYIGLnaADSJuwSD7rMhE5nPI1ZnA1haqt9UdphRaCnnnUayksReN-5_r1eA7sgjsf_NIFHTZgkaz3DkRMV-jRK80k6_iCewzq5THVnKmF7ANm_wQYlUJhvWERF3FtEncG08zekxzI5_S05HlHaMPfvz0OscJS7at3pg61SaiXKcEvWsuxD/w640-h426/0Q1A6319.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The adobe walled State Theater is slowly eroding away</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_y08KubBtK3VK2AaxVB5JNBw2HUVizYDy_AH3AR_K4xc07AnKmoZrNMB9rDSP4xASH6L9IIqQzAzzLPPK1t-hgfwmmTsyOY67m444ifKrKtmHoPwXzpDgaqQaGvKq1JQylfv1kV8gQhuBI0Cu1HnWO1Vx_XLsKwUM6qus6W5Hdb5d1M8r8bJgBCTP38o/s5472/0Q1A6321.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_y08KubBtK3VK2AaxVB5JNBw2HUVizYDy_AH3AR_K4xc07AnKmoZrNMB9rDSP4xASH6L9IIqQzAzzLPPK1t-hgfwmmTsyOY67m444ifKrKtmHoPwXzpDgaqQaGvKq1JQylfv1kV8gQhuBI0Cu1HnWO1Vx_XLsKwUM6qus6W5Hdb5d1M8r8bJgBCTP38o/w640-h426/0Q1A6321.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A better view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">My next stop is Van Horn,Texas to explore, it's another decaying town. The high point was going inside the Hotel El Capitan to look around. It was designed by famous architect Henry Trost, who was responsible for the design of 550 buildings from California to Texas from 1900 -1933. The space project, Blue Origin located at the Corn Ranch owned/operated by Jeff Bezos is pretty exciting stuff, but doesn't appear to be a boost to the local economy. </span><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.henrytrost.org/texas-buildings/">https://www.henrytrost.org/texas-buildings/</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Horn,_Texas">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Horn,_Texas</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3XfsxRO9ZZlUg6ivJwlI3ZeMT0tmEQl2pgaGCFb-KALvTqocU2EQD5rSybwmz2iD4_RyW22ZRFuC0wW7Ci-sP34_Rbz1HihvBYN3G6tjPwT6JHKpal0_JLFpMflAdCL1GokPU0s6qGfvYcBNKOmaPJ1bIXBtSLfLldexqCdc9M9ZTWfGFQHpkmtIOKK0/s5324/0Q1A6326.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3549" data-original-width="5324" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3XfsxRO9ZZlUg6ivJwlI3ZeMT0tmEQl2pgaGCFb-KALvTqocU2EQD5rSybwmz2iD4_RyW22ZRFuC0wW7Ci-sP34_Rbz1HihvBYN3G6tjPwT6JHKpal0_JLFpMflAdCL1GokPU0s6qGfvYcBNKOmaPJ1bIXBtSLfLldexqCdc9M9ZTWfGFQHpkmtIOKK0/w640-h426/0Q1A6326.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Doesn't look like they got anything left ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZj66KdNJbr2eUUiSUqgwSauIR5DoRcZ11FgAaB4WYfESZIlP1mnS6K25iCwiGuBrzxB0LiCeBnqLuan7sQ5hyphenhyphenoh9C7fOx9xfK-iaPcKaeWQt4seQSU8buIs3jj0_fz99DtzJf2l4bjoumFs8MSnj2LJKzDLMDqpSht_aNIewKqdFnvyiXd8Voxy6yiWxE/s5472/0Q1A6332.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3340" data-original-width="5472" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZj66KdNJbr2eUUiSUqgwSauIR5DoRcZ11FgAaB4WYfESZIlP1mnS6K25iCwiGuBrzxB0LiCeBnqLuan7sQ5hyphenhyphenoh9C7fOx9xfK-iaPcKaeWQt4seQSU8buIs3jj0_fz99DtzJf2l4bjoumFs8MSnj2LJKzDLMDqpSht_aNIewKqdFnvyiXd8Voxy6yiWxE/w640-h390/0Q1A6332.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Space fantasy</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQo4NFRHb3vnilM7w2uKMYjjjZYXEa8n5Lvoyt203pPuDnq7i8BpakEagqLbvq5cW6a3btNnrRsXukJbrseotDCJTJ1nOmTdULvPD5LIDuunuB3AQhGoeNgFi7d2-tjVc1yFlfKeZmzO1zQOi5_fe45h1otCvanotrxDqxk9BZlEyerIzYQ7HaOMpthd1/s4019/IMG_4737.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4019" data-original-width="3014" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQo4NFRHb3vnilM7w2uKMYjjjZYXEa8n5Lvoyt203pPuDnq7i8BpakEagqLbvq5cW6a3btNnrRsXukJbrseotDCJTJ1nOmTdULvPD5LIDuunuB3AQhGoeNgFi7d2-tjVc1yFlfKeZmzO1zQOi5_fe45h1otCvanotrxDqxk9BZlEyerIzYQ7HaOMpthd1/w480-h640/IMG_4737.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hotel El Capitan looks pretty comfortable</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9LNcP_q1XKEAqC7oHsSbmx-D0_5OGU4OhyhFq0HZtCAY-0CBUf6uJVi20H_Z6DytfsKChtYB_F-kipHb45QVq2p2XddtjjanPNB_D3U0XfNwHPDiV4lE4b5I48e6x-HuEcDD1It6OSLK5EdW0I11Wsmntmubhcl0THA5EhNnND7si65Ff7xVqd-P89Rw/s3799/IMG_4731.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="3799" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9LNcP_q1XKEAqC7oHsSbmx-D0_5OGU4OhyhFq0HZtCAY-0CBUf6uJVi20H_Z6DytfsKChtYB_F-kipHb45QVq2p2XddtjjanPNB_D3U0XfNwHPDiV4lE4b5I48e6x-HuEcDD1It6OSLK5EdW0I11Wsmntmubhcl0THA5EhNnND7si65Ff7xVqd-P89Rw/w640-h480/IMG_4731.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Clark Hotel is very historical</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I have come to a crossroads decision here, to continue on route 80 towards Marfa to Alpine, Texas (the more direct route) or to continue on I-10 to the exit for route 118 south which looks way more interesting ? I take the more interesting route, it was the right thing to do. Route 118 was impressive, passing through the Davis Mountains with varying forest zones with a wide variance of trees and shrubs. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpfOhvvbzqWT4UkaQG4y32uEKCN9R6yyrj23eMecdNAS8i7b-eexUEdIOh3GKI2Ra_71tfey60t3am9i4s4sRhd80EnOShGGkpwRXbejNGbVrUZC4XH0NqzoPw2PAWsPJyvuzHoJjYMaU6-DaHFMv7yFcisGWa8nLFQMS233BMX9jMIt9-QZ-u0b9U-7k/s3708/IMG_4740.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2780" data-original-width="3708" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpfOhvvbzqWT4UkaQG4y32uEKCN9R6yyrj23eMecdNAS8i7b-eexUEdIOh3GKI2Ra_71tfey60t3am9i4s4sRhd80EnOShGGkpwRXbejNGbVrUZC4XH0NqzoPw2PAWsPJyvuzHoJjYMaU6-DaHFMv7yFcisGWa8nLFQMS233BMX9jMIt9-QZ-u0b9U-7k/w640-h480/IMG_4740.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Long stretches of beautiful Juniper trees </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I stop at the impressive, world class McDonald Observatory for a visit, it's truly out of this world ! I go through the museum building with great mind altering exhibits and then drive up the steep access road to two of the huge Observatory Telescopes. These buildings are enormous, very impressive and are sometimes open for guided tours, but not today.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_Observatory">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_Observatory</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeIMl5pKqHp2HctDCnFrDcUAnQKxxH3xw3YcOW2voNhVPkQ6ERi14BP39VABcnhNqnegnqxQ0lm6oWl6hRDa10FeIHFCmJNUgug1MryE49wyzOrQmaUFWTaaSM1O_nXKwy_GMYMRDdqiK7DGOkQhRyymbS6UrlOLDYwOOXfydcbh9-IfEkWZwIp6N56LT/s3492/IMG_4748.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="2914" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeIMl5pKqHp2HctDCnFrDcUAnQKxxH3xw3YcOW2voNhVPkQ6ERi14BP39VABcnhNqnegnqxQ0lm6oWl6hRDa10FeIHFCmJNUgug1MryE49wyzOrQmaUFWTaaSM1O_nXKwy_GMYMRDdqiK7DGOkQhRyymbS6UrlOLDYwOOXfydcbh9-IfEkWZwIp6N56LT/w534-h640/IMG_4748.jpeg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Money we'll spent by a wealthy bachelor</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitp9OIqCb9cWtGwO5yRsxTz6gTFVHWAPsCOvpZpWxY6gGkE0etAGxzI5PxitGx-HaHIB1z-QDLq1nKNCVl3UTsmBuQJaOZXmSo8_FdIGNKF2lScTTforC6pcKF-ZKpHBF6HKUjncE6lcgovsNBKgy5kVLH1YR9hWaOAk5c10WOq9cYC3QI-3Aj5yM2YVM_/s3375/IMG_4751.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2751" data-original-width="3375" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitp9OIqCb9cWtGwO5yRsxTz6gTFVHWAPsCOvpZpWxY6gGkE0etAGxzI5PxitGx-HaHIB1z-QDLq1nKNCVl3UTsmBuQJaOZXmSo8_FdIGNKF2lScTTforC6pcKF-ZKpHBF6HKUjncE6lcgovsNBKgy5kVLH1YR9hWaOAk5c10WOq9cYC3QI-3Aj5yM2YVM_/w640-h522/IMG_4751.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQN60tfGsz9aw1MCsKPafJ205zbob_ZdBNkoBXopSenq_A8PMbI5dxOXuouXoOL5h2DekEfg6bAZkisWpLJRWlEnXMjDa3gETu7g_IeamKcy-UTR_tKNqA9NFgEqQE3oITX8Qg55Psv9XtsAsTYAhzJcBWh443REwZnHOJdsiOQTV7sPBmkRkRhtmmDlD/s3698/IMG_4752.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3698" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQN60tfGsz9aw1MCsKPafJ205zbob_ZdBNkoBXopSenq_A8PMbI5dxOXuouXoOL5h2DekEfg6bAZkisWpLJRWlEnXMjDa3gETu7g_IeamKcy-UTR_tKNqA9NFgEqQE3oITX8Qg55Psv9XtsAsTYAhzJcBWh443REwZnHOJdsiOQTV7sPBmkRkRhtmmDlD/w640-h524/IMG_4752.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I imagine it to be a fascinating read</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftrpEsCNvXCi1goVgWPCTMWRuX5wxJg7uOjnirfOCM-o2yaVg8nLmzU5gnRB8aBviI4IkuEtQzBMzEA0Aze4F4IWG4rb0zS0MUV36fRl9m2vOnu1Gv11ttunL8T-bBbhX0dK2xfE6PQrrBy6n3YP54yavMgStrm6f949WofSAJdZea-E4SDPwyfGT-D7K/s4032/IMG_4756.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftrpEsCNvXCi1goVgWPCTMWRuX5wxJg7uOjnirfOCM-o2yaVg8nLmzU5gnRB8aBviI4IkuEtQzBMzEA0Aze4F4IWG4rb0zS0MUV36fRl9m2vOnu1Gv11ttunL8T-bBbhX0dK2xfE6PQrrBy6n3YP54yavMgStrm6f949WofSAJdZea-E4SDPwyfGT-D7K/w480-h640/IMG_4756.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the great centers in the world !</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVDmq7YOXtSCgFKbfwkpmr0WR69iUPYmr8OHPip9BIoJAgdUra2QsnchMOQg0T-LVYopon8VfQHWEdQinNLmLyj15Hh-xNppPF_7ZcFlT4F2EW5x6PqthtgtEJQymwz_W8s7qZlr8ZUf32YUr03uRnVwTOuho81QGhUK-TmnerpcJ3Chx16xMsHtXA5s-/s3788/IMG_4771.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2257" data-original-width="3788" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVDmq7YOXtSCgFKbfwkpmr0WR69iUPYmr8OHPip9BIoJAgdUra2QsnchMOQg0T-LVYopon8VfQHWEdQinNLmLyj15Hh-xNppPF_7ZcFlT4F2EW5x6PqthtgtEJQymwz_W8s7qZlr8ZUf32YUr03uRnVwTOuho81QGhUK-TmnerpcJ3Chx16xMsHtXA5s-/w400-h239/IMG_4771.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have to admit that I rarely ask questions ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWkGYrFQGynw9YuYiDeLcO94fmLsjcMAnhxpqzygsHyffLQKTlYVyUtpmvBbIt8m4eff9sP3HwzEkCIKl_WMNcRd16M_JnMgKf0x9-2eCEE6PtAEbI9WNt7KpaC86EF5hJr8wHjDFO-r8cHtjCe2_hXCZFwfy8oRQWRqDBCgHV8tdu5d51ioYeIth0zOi/s3373/IMG_4773.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2930" data-original-width="3373" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWkGYrFQGynw9YuYiDeLcO94fmLsjcMAnhxpqzygsHyffLQKTlYVyUtpmvBbIt8m4eff9sP3HwzEkCIKl_WMNcRd16M_JnMgKf0x9-2eCEE6PtAEbI9WNt7KpaC86EF5hJr8wHjDFO-r8cHtjCe2_hXCZFwfy8oRQWRqDBCgHV8tdu5d51ioYeIth0zOi/w400-h348/IMG_4773.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An over achiever, don't think I could ever be a planet-hunter</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfThOMC-ZSTDwIwNSCi1bOQ3fhopSP7L65ZEACksbj7YS7k6RqcXhDXIMRy0ETOCOI4dCpeyc9wSVd8Tv70fgiz9mo76-CePHyude-8prg5f_MQB_OCF3xfATEt2nVzCaU9iYC-kN-bM93hto9zeyQ06JklvnSJPV6k44Ki5k6KhVNbcijm0vmUC0DunAs/s5292/0Q1A6337.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3528" data-original-width="5292" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfThOMC-ZSTDwIwNSCi1bOQ3fhopSP7L65ZEACksbj7YS7k6RqcXhDXIMRy0ETOCOI4dCpeyc9wSVd8Tv70fgiz9mo76-CePHyude-8prg5f_MQB_OCF3xfATEt2nVzCaU9iYC-kN-bM93hto9zeyQ06JklvnSJPV6k44Ki5k6KhVNbcijm0vmUC0DunAs/w640-h426/0Q1A6337.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The McDonald Observatory</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmP0hWTW4Vq4noOjoJpoH5pH9Hza_VM0YDqA67nvFQC638fYo9lilJPrpKN3kCIgFTKY3s-STWzPq3LcLtnK-Wgw5RMDct2IRIfrxYbPRXLZv7T7TZWkYL0-xaxY5I5rh0P64f322fyvTBzjK3q1NgiP3pHxVqgip0TOb5sS0nGm-dYxkssOeKjZDJNRVg/s5472/0Q1A6339.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmP0hWTW4Vq4noOjoJpoH5pH9Hza_VM0YDqA67nvFQC638fYo9lilJPrpKN3kCIgFTKY3s-STWzPq3LcLtnK-Wgw5RMDct2IRIfrxYbPRXLZv7T7TZWkYL0-xaxY5I5rh0P64f322fyvTBzjK3q1NgiP3pHxVqgip0TOb5sS0nGm-dYxkssOeKjZDJNRVg/w640-h426/0Q1A6339.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The observatory is located at a high elevation for better viewing conditions</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmF7pyI9aU-NQpvNNz6BWtIRsbXYu4hAgW5G_45JTSfZSPXNkFiUT1HKVECK_y1M44G4ZjnpaLgsZFOdAAtl-wOhuxkiSfO-H4qSHoFHjp8LYbIig_9ERRRt1JHiymIQo8_Hwvx7gXCmMoYNo-5VSFYkm1aq0JTloLz5uuECHuHgDENYSgIkDkI_GHLHU/s5472/0Q1A6342.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmF7pyI9aU-NQpvNNz6BWtIRsbXYu4hAgW5G_45JTSfZSPXNkFiUT1HKVECK_y1M44G4ZjnpaLgsZFOdAAtl-wOhuxkiSfO-H4qSHoFHjp8LYbIig_9ERRRt1JHiymIQo8_Hwvx7gXCmMoYNo-5VSFYkm1aq0JTloLz5uuECHuHgDENYSgIkDkI_GHLHU/w640-h426/0Q1A6342.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Hobby - Eberly Telescope</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I make another stop in Fort Davis, TX and walk around the downtown, it’s a historic place, the site of Fort Davis with a beautiful old stone Jeff Davis County Court House, the attractive Hotel Limpia and several interesting restaurants, cafes and shops. The fort was a Confederate supply point during the civil war and was then used during the Indian wars. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Davis,_Texas">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Davis,_Texas</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5M11ITj0AgZ4Gf9rYxOiCN8ZNjbhyphenhyphen3dhdBYJ4uqzsNej1RIcH72NWnCL4D3wgQqw6ZYc-OEWgyFXd56Gr2bDG-mL8dSkzKF5sCq68Hc-Zq9U-PHSXegWIKC2RZfO0ah7R6sze__I6HpcMJxTbnnmxtz7O06A-VUAcFj5EMaieiNZ9ArC5h68TA7AW5q51/s3597/IMG_4777.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3597" data-original-width="2697" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5M11ITj0AgZ4Gf9rYxOiCN8ZNjbhyphenhyphen3dhdBYJ4uqzsNej1RIcH72NWnCL4D3wgQqw6ZYc-OEWgyFXd56Gr2bDG-mL8dSkzKF5sCq68Hc-Zq9U-PHSXegWIKC2RZfO0ah7R6sze__I6HpcMJxTbnnmxtz7O06A-VUAcFj5EMaieiNZ9ArC5h68TA7AW5q51/w480-h640/IMG_4777.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Historic marker</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouVdrvjT6uP3aR-GDUe0VLUvVE8GYHTYklpsJixR3KIZt2a9tebWnSlSUzgFQfNW2bFMFksORW7RgiuULRRK0UwAnAGOrejPgJRDNJY4BB1VS_veKPsiSPdE6Vys6_P9Kk03OZMGxtnhvzux7Kjn75Y7Pn5yck-Y697FN0fFQ-Exw9oyxKvW3M9f9ptf8/s3865/IMG_4780.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2898" data-original-width="3865" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouVdrvjT6uP3aR-GDUe0VLUvVE8GYHTYklpsJixR3KIZt2a9tebWnSlSUzgFQfNW2bFMFksORW7RgiuULRRK0UwAnAGOrejPgJRDNJY4BB1VS_veKPsiSPdE6Vys6_P9Kk03OZMGxtnhvzux7Kjn75Y7Pn5yck-Y697FN0fFQ-Exw9oyxKvW3M9f9ptf8/w640-h480/IMG_4780.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jeff Davis County Courthouse</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2954" data-original-width="3939" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJ8h9YFrY5gvG2yahrDOreir0OfeKIB3KjQM5tGbEKZS06DiN0kGBV3kmDZjC8wG8Rl5WSwaHEpRfLusjXhrpcgjKJq1eBrUeBx-NOAwb0WsC6958eqSy-bRo8XXxZaCdbyFBGnNptZaQ73e4XFgMBtXtzusmO7ttnXKZkbNNuZsqxaEd8RQpinADZpaR/w640-h480/IMG_4781.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Historic Church in front of interesting rock formation</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJ8h9YFrY5gvG2yahrDOreir0OfeKIB3KjQM5tGbEKZS06DiN0kGBV3kmDZjC8wG8Rl5WSwaHEpRfLusjXhrpcgjKJq1eBrUeBx-NOAwb0WsC6958eqSy-bRo8XXxZaCdbyFBGnNptZaQ73e4XFgMBtXtzusmO7ttnXKZkbNNuZsqxaEd8RQpinADZpaR/s3939/IMG_4781.jpeg"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I arrive at my destination of Alpine Texas in late afternoon, have a light meal and go to the Railroad Bar for their Blues Jam session, I remember this place from an earlier RV trip years ago, it looks exactly the same. It started off pretty weak but then became better and better as more players joined the mix. I was then enjoying the music and the two beers, which went done fine, but then started gurgling in my stomach. I’ve been having some sort of stomach distress for the last few days, sure hope it doesn’t last. It really sucks when you’re have a good time and common sense tells you need to stop and get some rest.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYxWm2_BZvzLY4MYU5db9iFsodxEheQix0jTyQSni3PuirgIHUasY5LDN48qKmhSwM0rri8CTS88WjIsKFajVGn2eQFeVpyixkO-4wZvvy_Qjd_4ZcPBNGJxqc_CVOhkIBDaHHdAA2_opcSXzucmCBrM-d8FyhQbpwGDSYeg4kexMFJ_XNR3t3GZmKujv/s4027/IMG_4785.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3020" data-original-width="4027" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYxWm2_BZvzLY4MYU5db9iFsodxEheQix0jTyQSni3PuirgIHUasY5LDN48qKmhSwM0rri8CTS88WjIsKFajVGn2eQFeVpyixkO-4wZvvy_Qjd_4ZcPBNGJxqc_CVOhkIBDaHHdAA2_opcSXzucmCBrM-d8FyhQbpwGDSYeg4kexMFJ_XNR3t3GZmKujv/w640-h480/IMG_4785.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's dark, sort of dingy like a blues club should be</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxejS5ftoSjiOIM8ZX8DCKw2k5Hpe-S0ELMRl_gWFzPuS_1hRoEPGyqazMbYZGuxvzKpQ07V5v6UTqSPkyKTg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Afterwards, I'm riding around the downtown area in the dark looking for a place to stealth camp for the night. This dead end street adjacent to the Auto Parts store near the Railroad tracks looks good. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">The Cowboy Poetry Gathering starts tomorrow, Friday morning, stay tuned for more.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-18513577760853009922023-11-20T13:44:00.000-08:002023-11-21T10:58:17.219-08:00Tucson - Sierra Vista - Bisbee - Tucson, AZ<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tucson - Sierra Vista - Bisbee - Tucson, Arizona</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">November, 9 - 12, 2023</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I travel from Tucson on routes 10 and 80 to Benson, AZ, passing through Tombstone, AZ and then exiting onto route 90 to Sierra Vista, AZ. On route 90 I cross the San Pedro River lined with Cottonwood Trees in all their beautiful autumn yellow splendor. I am tempted to stop at the nearby San Pedro House which has several wildlife viewing trails, but I’ve been there several times and I have a different mission today. This is the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area but I'm on my way to another area of the conservation area near Sierra Vista, Arizona. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I arrive in Sierra Vista and immediately get somewhat disoriented, Sierra Vista has the appearance of an aspiring Phoenix metropolis in the making with lots of traffic, non stop restaurants, hotels, motels, gas stations, shopping plazas and malls surrounded by vast tracts of development housing. It’s also surrounded by hundreds of miles of open desert, very scenic mountain ranges and lots of outdoor adventure, a developers dream. In other words, I don’t like the place much, but I shouldn’t say that as I didn’t really explore much, there just might be a small original downtown area with a couple of historic original buildings remaining. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I eventually find my way to Charleston Road which leads to a parking lot on the San Pedro River with access to a very rough meandering trail, mostly bushwhacking along the river. There are massive Cottonwood trees along the river and to my surprise there is flowing water. There are a couple of river channels here and evidence that this small river turns into a raging flood zone at times. After about 1 mile you arrive at a graffiti covered railroad bridge which used to be for the San Pedro and Southwestern Railroad. My trail map tells me that across the San Pedro River is the old Charleston town site, now a ghost town. Charleston was founded in 1879 and was a real town inhabited by people who worked across the river in Millville at the Stamp Mill. It didn't last long when in 1886, the silver stopped flowing from the Tombstone mines and the Stamp Mill shut down causing the demise of the town. All that remains now at the Charleston townsite are several melting adobe walls almost hidden amongst the trees.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pedro_Riparian_National_Conservation_Area">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pedro_Riparian_National_Conservation_Area</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_Arizona">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_Arizona</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.wyattearpexplorers.com/-charleston--millville-at.html">https://www.wyattearpexplorers.com/-charleston--millville-at.html</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOywqqkUabkCXjaXLa0oW9un7N_kbzrBAOKQg7voHzY0ZLdwMuMUKTPMhAXODyhyA5Z7C89pRuVDThz3fK4tVfd31lKYO5oeIyDhRORqk83tY8a7WjPRPmsLJGwsr5dPx2Jm5J6DI_ZYbiuqVKsXoK6vjWBPRLxCEJNGxrguwqI_ALtIX8dai7YlK9ocLw/s6240/IMG_4496.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOywqqkUabkCXjaXLa0oW9un7N_kbzrBAOKQg7voHzY0ZLdwMuMUKTPMhAXODyhyA5Z7C89pRuVDThz3fK4tVfd31lKYO5oeIyDhRORqk83tY8a7WjPRPmsLJGwsr5dPx2Jm5J6DI_ZYbiuqVKsXoK6vjWBPRLxCEJNGxrguwqI_ALtIX8dai7YlK9ocLw/w640-h426/IMG_4496.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The San Pedro River</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwni6eX3vXlZUzUXO0-TGnyO5JWZhbPsc9rNL-ZENx5KkdpKA6QpN0dxpveku81P68k41peIHNM1rfUt2Qu80rAi5cE2jZTSi7DIRFt4SUNwRoB-YE-OGwyAZnaQxG0SB4iPIsshcDuTW60niWd8BGGzPJ-iy1Vu-Rl9IvX2ISF4EbAZmok-u-9SVwQUxh/s6240/IMG_4497.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwni6eX3vXlZUzUXO0-TGnyO5JWZhbPsc9rNL-ZENx5KkdpKA6QpN0dxpveku81P68k41peIHNM1rfUt2Qu80rAi5cE2jZTSi7DIRFt4SUNwRoB-YE-OGwyAZnaQxG0SB4iPIsshcDuTW60niWd8BGGzPJ-iy1Vu-Rl9IvX2ISF4EbAZmok-u-9SVwQUxh/w640-h426/IMG_4497.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Evidence of mighty flood waters</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xx5Rjo65PUiZH79XtnNXAxzU3-ZW3H95zLa2B0EDAMdl04LVOMsBnlAZ9E4RQzzRPVPFWjgg2bmRPgQIicnLYKv2FLfAREYhvYS9BK910BTaAE-U75dhLI3mlmQ8X2d4f7Q-pjZQo0OhVr9XcYV6NIVeeW3o9QSjnyYZaywiMNsHtXGKVFv_v9t5g9r3/s4032/IMG_4237.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xx5Rjo65PUiZH79XtnNXAxzU3-ZW3H95zLa2B0EDAMdl04LVOMsBnlAZ9E4RQzzRPVPFWjgg2bmRPgQIicnLYKv2FLfAREYhvYS9BK910BTaAE-U75dhLI3mlmQ8X2d4f7Q-pjZQo0OhVr9XcYV6NIVeeW3o9QSjnyYZaywiMNsHtXGKVFv_v9t5g9r3/w640-h480/IMG_4237.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Massive old Cottonwood Tree</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3k1cwVqeUv14-mmwNQXg4Nfosv3GJuuT9t8vQgDp4mZVRQdkLdBr6jIIw-PnbIt1pl9tawM9uyw6WV33Wcuhd-Mu5oBjzp_1UvJSimP1lu2sZ2nKBLarrR8qyZ_Sr7ksJkVAJWBISuo-S290oE4t_6A61mqp1TcURNr8h2BQne-mPr1dMA-iqQRbAZHH/s4032/IMG_4239.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3k1cwVqeUv14-mmwNQXg4Nfosv3GJuuT9t8vQgDp4mZVRQdkLdBr6jIIw-PnbIt1pl9tawM9uyw6WV33Wcuhd-Mu5oBjzp_1UvJSimP1lu2sZ2nKBLarrR8qyZ_Sr7ksJkVAJWBISuo-S290oE4t_6A61mqp1TcURNr8h2BQne-mPr1dMA-iqQRbAZHH/w640-h480/IMG_4239.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A graffiti covered Railroad Bridge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESXnyjEoYuegOLhIxAYOA8cIZpCKuCLNAZHmcye2kwejfMRxDu9oRgrDDzqUbAnM8eSm9fxjOUoikVl7QWw2pfyRIQjad2_zUfyhS3ByD8MpAVnT4ojj4sB0fl64PwXeb19Vma4AiaekmuuZtEjn77adFHNfoT5HvQsooVsVeb6bP4BQifnMARxvEWk2s/s3865/IMG_4245.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2898" data-original-width="3865" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESXnyjEoYuegOLhIxAYOA8cIZpCKuCLNAZHmcye2kwejfMRxDu9oRgrDDzqUbAnM8eSm9fxjOUoikVl7QWw2pfyRIQjad2_zUfyhS3ByD8MpAVnT4ojj4sB0fl64PwXeb19Vma4AiaekmuuZtEjn77adFHNfoT5HvQsooVsVeb6bP4BQifnMARxvEWk2s/w400-h300/IMG_4245.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Adobe walls are all that remain of Charleston</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPWcoA1C1DpeKouCofcwL0OriQ_rColVH9ltQBJP5CPHHaN0IDvDd6Ubok1Wtl6a8cva9qdYCzEV8wIH8yiJIqh1tUFyukRvLQ3OnsLFOQuYvjY1taAN2p7OrIgkPhCEn1Beg1YTKHOZZ9IvT5ZbXSN5GMuHbJDhu5Q3Jw0s2oF4MEzdmO5SngL-UyeMA/s3597/IMG_4247.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGar8BXGJ5WH55BFeH0MY_Q8UVDHdAX-q-NhLEaG6H2zFm1QMWsfmPEVmB9hwD8Vq0I0nXeE2CvXSX-yuKsHVf8HKJ5c6rll_FUocxD88aI9540xcCAgOA16eayzMFGL4GfpxdbaYNzFVNTxIPUSVZNpUEDMmr6-HNroJe8hl_cWGdYTJ9ompcCf-B2nwf/s2714/IMG_4259.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2108" data-original-width="2714" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGar8BXGJ5WH55BFeH0MY_Q8UVDHdAX-q-NhLEaG6H2zFm1QMWsfmPEVmB9hwD8Vq0I0nXeE2CvXSX-yuKsHVf8HKJ5c6rll_FUocxD88aI9540xcCAgOA16eayzMFGL4GfpxdbaYNzFVNTxIPUSVZNpUEDMmr6-HNroJe8hl_cWGdYTJ9ompcCf-B2nwf/w400-h311/IMG_4259.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Charleston Map</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I then returned to the parking lot and drove a short distance away to another parking area to a well marked trail to the remains of Millville and the Stamp Mill site. The Mill was established in 1879 and millions of dollars of silver went through the Samp Mill which ran for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As in Charleston, nothing remains except building foundations and lots of tin cans. There is also an area where Indian petroglyphs can be viewed in the rocks mostly along the old railroad right of way.</span><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQqMhlrOs7QWJa9JArw76s8-UiP2OT8EwAfRkSRjY8c6n4XB2lNZoAGT6e2kZb0NW1TL2isEoLs1crxkXv-x6wqHZ6TWt4WDd196KaJf4OUnWndbZnGfYuAUfO5hsO7ln5g0EHBWEfLmWfWfDHYOQokffAlQWu1YqEcNGgxblxmBm2R5-rYUYTS5F3T1e/s4032/IMG_4262.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQqMhlrOs7QWJa9JArw76s8-UiP2OT8EwAfRkSRjY8c6n4XB2lNZoAGT6e2kZb0NW1TL2isEoLs1crxkXv-x6wqHZ6TWt4WDd196KaJf4OUnWndbZnGfYuAUfO5hsO7ln5g0EHBWEfLmWfWfDHYOQokffAlQWu1YqEcNGgxblxmBm2R5-rYUYTS5F3T1e/w640-h480/IMG_4262.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mill remains are few</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIy3pPXcA8jIGn-xzkYm42htuhrLE2S3k8eA7WdkM_DCtYly82yigV0RmNmJ_1MWu65o0SqtyoCeEqYWGWvE8ftIGV6M88LiZrxUV4UtVE96W5FVhEWC8jWigcl7t1U34us0Z3TI_RE5e_fkCtlQimKPhrquzYxRgEyD4q_mdpXY2M8_39I-vSS5wsn4Wq/s4032/IMG_4264.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIy3pPXcA8jIGn-xzkYm42htuhrLE2S3k8eA7WdkM_DCtYly82yigV0RmNmJ_1MWu65o0SqtyoCeEqYWGWvE8ftIGV6M88LiZrxUV4UtVE96W5FVhEWC8jWigcl7t1U34us0Z3TI_RE5e_fkCtlQimKPhrquzYxRgEyD4q_mdpXY2M8_39I-vSS5wsn4Wq/w400-h300/IMG_4264.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Remains of a former culture</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">After a quiet overnight at the Sierra Vista Walmart, I head on route 92 towards the Coronado National Monument which is about 25 away. The Monument has a very nice visitors center with good exhibits on the Spanish Coronado Expedition that passed nearby and the natural resources, plants and animals of the Monument. I recently saw a movie premier on recent discoveries relating to the Coronado Expeditions route through Arizona. The route through Arizona is not completely known and there is much controversy amongst the various factions involved. New evidence depicted in this film confirms a location where the expedition spent time, verified by many relics found on the site and evidence of a battle with the areas Indians.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgsbAarak4AREGXiWK8G4R03A_c942-lSeJtoUBKXKN2uCxjcPUDX5CI00VBgmDWj9k_16GR-CrzFkzFjUcyusIxzKL_IxS09pN01g-XPYiJTOmxSNABMmF3FEx1IOi9igyJb33oxqKG3moqzd3hdx8SXNRO6noSWLzD3InO5pNP-pibfFQhC20akCsyT/s4030/IMG_4266.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2806" data-original-width="4030" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgsbAarak4AREGXiWK8G4R03A_c942-lSeJtoUBKXKN2uCxjcPUDX5CI00VBgmDWj9k_16GR-CrzFkzFjUcyusIxzKL_IxS09pN01g-XPYiJTOmxSNABMmF3FEx1IOi9igyJb33oxqKG3moqzd3hdx8SXNRO6noSWLzD3InO5pNP-pibfFQhC20akCsyT/w640-h446/IMG_4266.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The road leading into the Monument</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It’s difficult to say good things about the Spanish explorers as they were mainly focused on the conquest of foreign peoples to claim their land for the Spanish King and take their gold, silver and other valuables by brutal force. The purpose of this Expedition was claimed to be missionary, not conquest, however the objective was to find the “Seven cities of Cibola” reputed to be loaded with riches. The Expedition left Mexico in 1540 and traveled through parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, finding to their dismay, no riches and returning to Mexico in 1542. I wonder how the Spanish would have handled the riches of the cities, if they had existed, as missionaries ? </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/coro/learn/historyculture/stories.htm">https://www.nps.gov/coro/learn/historyculture/stories.htm</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://www.legendsofamerica.com/coronados-expedition/">https://www.legendsofamerica.com/coronados-expedition/</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKHrlvBOga8V5joYw1f5jTb_2Ur6Rf9dWOx4luyTEsSZenLqZ0pbymzUxYyt3Iv5imM_XeRA9GJtTzxkVRW0OG89OSWEsKplxAR7xGU717e2RE7KaFc0sONtmsVsWc_BiQeu6BX2VfDAGjyI-2b3TGj77pV_xN_LTL58aokY4xwpzq3VauPCpzHEmt9z1/s3711/IMG_4267.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3711" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKHrlvBOga8V5joYw1f5jTb_2Ur6Rf9dWOx4luyTEsSZenLqZ0pbymzUxYyt3Iv5imM_XeRA9GJtTzxkVRW0OG89OSWEsKplxAR7xGU717e2RE7KaFc0sONtmsVsWc_BiQeu6BX2VfDAGjyI-2b3TGj77pV_xN_LTL58aokY4xwpzq3VauPCpzHEmt9z1/w522-h640/IMG_4267.jpeg" width="522" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Communication was difficult</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHg_7fIBmaiQ9JEpDB4_9nlI5cy7a2o4Ad9pJgdlA3iWPuUs9ByK8Nq887R7S1m2bujMHnot4NAyJAH-5PBnoApSJ3Wp0myzdrZhqb9wXNbMrbMiV5b2b4AmZoBmY-Yh3HBn3-6LLB2O7uV2-i9AaHpZ6c3Dl-klEqCN2Q8dmiab_RYrA8O_6N9HoVumkB/s3843/IMG_4275.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3843" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHg_7fIBmaiQ9JEpDB4_9nlI5cy7a2o4Ad9pJgdlA3iWPuUs9ByK8Nq887R7S1m2bujMHnot4NAyJAH-5PBnoApSJ3Wp0myzdrZhqb9wXNbMrbMiV5b2b4AmZoBmY-Yh3HBn3-6LLB2O7uV2-i9AaHpZ6c3Dl-klEqCN2Q8dmiab_RYrA8O_6N9HoVumkB/w640-h426/IMG_4275.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a huge logistical expedition</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEv8NuOk7ZlkTaoSVyc5lvxFftaNZFtdrPrANtWa7bEfeT1DiaAObQ559ErOVYiBZ-HOdvZ9oJCRPyjD9rJn3dY3TAH7u0G1BjZmk6WQHdol2Sz00CKoTmpH7015-T9IDODQmsgaTFBUTmglhiNj8YP_MrOm5PmAZZXp9-Gm0J21eqMGJzdp9q3yFjVT3/s3424/IMG_4281.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2163" data-original-width="3424" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEv8NuOk7ZlkTaoSVyc5lvxFftaNZFtdrPrANtWa7bEfeT1DiaAObQ559ErOVYiBZ-HOdvZ9oJCRPyjD9rJn3dY3TAH7u0G1BjZmk6WQHdol2Sz00CKoTmpH7015-T9IDODQmsgaTFBUTmglhiNj8YP_MrOm5PmAZZXp9-Gm0J21eqMGJzdp9q3yFjVT3/w640-h404/IMG_4281.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Expedition discovered much, but no riches</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">The Monument is beautiful as I drive up Canyon Road paved part way and then turning into a steep, curvy dirt road to the Montezuma Overlook. At the Overlook, I took a .4 mile trail to the Coronado Peak summit at 6,864 ft elevation. There is a spectacular 360 degree vista into Mexico from the top.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxJI8eix3I3NrCjQzKas8MD7MtsE5mDJpmismQMIDdbOB1kaL-76Gqvqmk-stLY7MmF8hpLoyaRZ0cGQpcQTL8pqXNVX2B2MnFf8bae5x5b3Z0AqAK2YG4ztlb4lp9ufj9vQ4c2fxUxnwQhPDahqhn8jyg_OKdjZKGns-f_JqA8BXFNW0OvoJYY9kAo2T/w640-h480/IMG_4282.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Healthy looking cholla along the trail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxJI8eix3I3NrCjQzKas8MD7MtsE5mDJpmismQMIDdbOB1kaL-76Gqvqmk-stLY7MmF8hpLoyaRZ0cGQpcQTL8pqXNVX2B2MnFf8bae5x5b3Z0AqAK2YG4ztlb4lp9ufj9vQ4c2fxUxnwQhPDahqhn8jyg_OKdjZKGns-f_JqA8BXFNW0OvoJYY9kAo2T/s4032/IMG_4282.jpeg"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2nIJF44-Ei-F6_Jp5zjTEQ8UBzfdDcL_5m07Vz9pz-hWNHgHYjKnbz7-LyJ6H1PQ0Bm0-OllPvl5rntNOF668O0r_2hVL9FNqWNRE2QoZ7anMaEFeDksS26pGkyzU6-0agr-hw0slS7txMaIyvFG1AaJbPskbwAEZfr5PxKdS4j3imKWxU9EcMrZgLTv/s4032/IMG_4284.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2nIJF44-Ei-F6_Jp5zjTEQ8UBzfdDcL_5m07Vz9pz-hWNHgHYjKnbz7-LyJ6H1PQ0Bm0-OllPvl5rntNOF668O0r_2hVL9FNqWNRE2QoZ7anMaEFeDksS26pGkyzU6-0agr-hw0slS7txMaIyvFG1AaJbPskbwAEZfr5PxKdS4j3imKWxU9EcMrZgLTv/w640-h480/IMG_4284.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Communication back to the Spanish King was difficult</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWsWQaMVZ0tmuIMmtfoPSRZdAqnyZ0wOlju7RhhWWOb0PxiK-NinR4ux2oRRTWbsSMlvCrPYbxJaC8U2hcOJqbop1mpVeDjs8Jyo01Cp4EI2-LoYyqa9w8cEtReYuPSHKwE0o5cvREm1HrxNv9L61tHRmJ-_R3I94fGKhryBhP_AitRKh_jc0bgLzQiEz/s4032/IMG_4285.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWsWQaMVZ0tmuIMmtfoPSRZdAqnyZ0wOlju7RhhWWOb0PxiK-NinR4ux2oRRTWbsSMlvCrPYbxJaC8U2hcOJqbop1mpVeDjs8Jyo01Cp4EI2-LoYyqa9w8cEtReYuPSHKwE0o5cvREm1HrxNv9L61tHRmJ-_R3I94fGKhryBhP_AitRKh_jc0bgLzQiEz/w640-h480/IMG_4285.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful trail side views</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhBiDELhS881dazSjV2cJ5-xyshfPfOJwHw3fMyXQsv1Xxy5k-K-JAPTqDBmUYiMGJPhFmVvJEvlJB_xG5ieHtH-UwXFLISTsnd6SImPgBt8U5MPiyMYLZhXTFLj-kSNMF45qyXQf94mbeCQtF3C-krpA56oqCiw4guPO8dMONtcjN0FHmwjwmkNLEE_5/s4032/IMG_4287.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhBiDELhS881dazSjV2cJ5-xyshfPfOJwHw3fMyXQsv1Xxy5k-K-JAPTqDBmUYiMGJPhFmVvJEvlJB_xG5ieHtH-UwXFLISTsnd6SImPgBt8U5MPiyMYLZhXTFLj-kSNMF45qyXQf94mbeCQtF3C-krpA56oqCiw4guPO8dMONtcjN0FHmwjwmkNLEE_5/w480-h640/IMG_4287.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Healthy Agave country</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMivw76KqiUB9XHlI52j-d1PsDAqJvJ8Bq0afuxjBLjBpm4eRTK1-Rim8zLcco7rTvUAPFU-wUdtJ_ze7B9BSW-0lbjZzGDGWoGKK0K4yrd_Hj8ZlmeaUVSdc7Dx6NLXkm62e2IeYRRQ6fPHbU7Bx5oWqNckgkowuIt5RTVrqRl88OmUXjMxl7sFb6vueM/s6240/IMG_4508.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMivw76KqiUB9XHlI52j-d1PsDAqJvJ8Bq0afuxjBLjBpm4eRTK1-Rim8zLcco7rTvUAPFU-wUdtJ_ze7B9BSW-0lbjZzGDGWoGKK0K4yrd_Hj8ZlmeaUVSdc7Dx6NLXkm62e2IeYRRQ6fPHbU7Bx5oWqNckgkowuIt5RTVrqRl88OmUXjMxl7sFb6vueM/w640-h426/IMG_4508.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking down into the valley and the road I had travelled up on</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZeNxbKdXqBQEpg5VcFFTBgdLJHkW7F2AQFBpTWc10HHMkj4l5umt8cffkBbxI9k1k9ddtGoW-Bvv-gXlDP4SFzoP6vR62g0zLMUyR9uax3fBfgkqCARLV1-NG6UhyphenhyphenGVRTfwouANVy_C8qKk-ie42TYHAyV21BELmXvLHgdcSrYqCHP47p5e4IST45xQle/s6240/IMG_4527.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZeNxbKdXqBQEpg5VcFFTBgdLJHkW7F2AQFBpTWc10HHMkj4l5umt8cffkBbxI9k1k9ddtGoW-Bvv-gXlDP4SFzoP6vR62g0zLMUyR9uax3fBfgkqCARLV1-NG6UhyphenhyphenGVRTfwouANVy_C8qKk-ie42TYHAyV21BELmXvLHgdcSrYqCHP47p5e4IST45xQle/w640-h426/IMG_4527.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View along the Canyon Road</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;">Now,I'm back on route 92 heading towards Bisbee, Arizona. Enough of this educational, historic stuff, the real reason for this trip is to attend the somewhat rowdy and decadent <b>Sidepony Music Festiva</b>l which is taking place at various venues in Bisbee from Friday to Sunday. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">This is my third time attending this event, it’s pretty weird as is the "norm" for Bisbee. There are approximately 100 small relatively unknown bands from the Phoenix area along with a few touring musicians covering lots and lots of music genres. These bands are mostly unknown to me and they provide no descriptions of the bands genre (It’s a free event, all volunteers) making it downright confusing. It involves a lot of walking and as about everything in Bisbee is uphill or downhill and all of the venues are bars or restaurants / bars which makes you have to pace yourself to survive a full day from 10 AM to 1 AM. It’s like a marathon ! </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">I am guessing at most of the band names as I did so much jumping around between venues and I found it near impossible to match bands and the time slots to the venues. </p></div><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyGK512ZUnfWWMBuVTiUcLNN0-_uLPHjlDtIh1-TsUW4w4USn1ztX6p0t_nh-kALxXID6TN4W0Fmkk1iKzwGw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One Man Band was a mix of comedy, coordination and was most entertaining</span></div></blockquote><p> </p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghU8Ub8D0L0o-t8ho3mqNOgyx5LhLo3cU-pAvJHATSJJIWU9-C5-SbG85lQm4xUMZJ0jcB5UkaM1gP7z77qS9rootvbuBUHqT9Ka14y7nG33dvuzqbZp-uuXysk6w9NMdoijoc1V9qIWiyYe8sBhQufACRm0HZTxNelF5PthOVm5rQRIl3XgCun37pv7Nq/s3878/IMG_4314.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2908" data-original-width="3878" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghU8Ub8D0L0o-t8ho3mqNOgyx5LhLo3cU-pAvJHATSJJIWU9-C5-SbG85lQm4xUMZJ0jcB5UkaM1gP7z77qS9rootvbuBUHqT9Ka14y7nG33dvuzqbZp-uuXysk6w9NMdoijoc1V9qIWiyYe8sBhQufACRm0HZTxNelF5PthOVm5rQRIl3XgCun37pv7Nq/w640-h480/IMG_4314.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At Gene's Place, This is either "Field Trip"or "Roger" I liked them a lot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz_VpcTM_g5H1XeppNpaetfxkNh_5j4ZZnvifDINZ9-GZYzAC51ZEnrhKSsfsUjnjYW9Zw0JeaxlnkgRRU6ng' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Gene's Place video</div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzq7cRbxB7VRvy4TI9Tr9jB1NQ_QVplZo3rIy3hYYgdD3x5H9KcEL00pZ8Zg9bgFVZp65MnAh5eRokDk_s0Zg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">Couple of Wanderers Band was interesting</span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwOd6F7mp-AIwTHwopkrGvB7rCmWxN_lMzoGmIam0P4ODBgBQsm79Qc6zJYlJC_4MB6dEuoJR5yakKJzRMGHQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;">Roger is my guess, liked him a lot</div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzT8i9zPov1FAJ65rf01Mr8ji_P8TUUbk1in-kvRMk0RvjVCoIdMEN2Y1v1QFUYh1ZZn7cGoltf_ko0cxyq9A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;">Chuckleheads video</div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOYdV3gtR79_hAbi-g3rmNMeVK-XtXqameGeEBr2HTUzbZZLvCvJoaQKdUuWtsYagP9wJZ3BK1DMw3zuM-9lwXGiNipOTpDjUX00ZfHk1QrR2DO1-LPFbq5kQs0_Gb2Z9rF0MR4tDMQXQeJm8AlBisu_sVmiC0fHgjUHJklSnjgHleVagysYvtNTV1QuF/s4032/IMG_4319.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOYdV3gtR79_hAbi-g3rmNMeVK-XtXqameGeEBr2HTUzbZZLvCvJoaQKdUuWtsYagP9wJZ3BK1DMw3zuM-9lwXGiNipOTpDjUX00ZfHk1QrR2DO1-LPFbq5kQs0_Gb2Z9rF0MR4tDMQXQeJm8AlBisu_sVmiC0fHgjUHJklSnjgHleVagysYvtNTV1QuF/w640-h480/IMG_4319.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Early morning view of the beautiful Cochise County Court House</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6qC5aQoDA-9i7t9_HWol6RBpNpdm1cP4IELMFECeKM4xQk_bGxHFIfGa85W0Cx7Njr7kLFfCBiIG30yUgWZfojEumFztx63_cwxejScKdnbBvILg_d_04lx7KbhPu4bWkH0LNGlHcxt3sq5MVrSSd04g98jCNWXmgBxEfxQ9hua2NHHvhJWsffWhAxtVV/s4032/IMG_4325.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6qC5aQoDA-9i7t9_HWol6RBpNpdm1cP4IELMFECeKM4xQk_bGxHFIfGa85W0Cx7Njr7kLFfCBiIG30yUgWZfojEumFztx63_cwxejScKdnbBvILg_d_04lx7KbhPu4bWkH0LNGlHcxt3sq5MVrSSd04g98jCNWXmgBxEfxQ9hua2NHHvhJWsffWhAxtVV/w480-h640/IMG_4325.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Copper Miner Statue with face mask and cleaver in place of hammer</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyMhBFqByWWzce1GIZPLGs0DI3mumCZAuFSHb0hEI39gCV_ShdO4XVxVIQ2jdiRdfN7rP5qWDR1TxqJyCKG0A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Whiskey Lickers Band was very good</span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw0Iokaxz_582NTFdeB8qaYXXuKIz9-FCOsm2XvPjCM-KP-m--7lxH9qluGEoeiueR1qsyjEmUbZ8vBZqeOBA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; 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margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">At Poco</div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGtVsUeYzE2KtagcTX96t3o33eYz1ioRvHu1hWkpDPg_veDdTmFe9YogQsuMR87hlQFCaR08lBMftDp_ZQHnBsTtmDHyWWVaL20NIKsrJlAbV9d01gz2sEllkf_HI-BnsmMNqbdYsWgoxD3GoGt7XG5Nwjf6im6NbxCebERtP9w5QoeJ0rk6XDzqm_7aM/s6116/IMG_4598.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4077" data-original-width="6116" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGtVsUeYzE2KtagcTX96t3o33eYz1ioRvHu1hWkpDPg_veDdTmFe9YogQsuMR87hlQFCaR08lBMftDp_ZQHnBsTtmDHyWWVaL20NIKsrJlAbV9d01gz2sEllkf_HI-BnsmMNqbdYsWgoxD3GoGt7XG5Nwjf6im6NbxCebERtP9w5QoeJ0rk6XDzqm_7aM/w640-h426/IMG_4598.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bisbee downtown view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSypaWyh6JixT_J4AGlB5PMg7X1Zq5JIX_4HTxcSA9k5fcU9G8PPXlnFbEr635vSrpFPpSLJs0-kysicX3iq7r7_fRNGowHlOjGp0T8xUiLrBK3TbxaELd1aMgYMpccapdiM7yDXs9WDCUXv22mj5h7P-VwF9746iMq7xtC3cL6SsTidxLSnkL6zqdEc0H/s4032/IMG_4369.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSypaWyh6JixT_J4AGlB5PMg7X1Zq5JIX_4HTxcSA9k5fcU9G8PPXlnFbEr635vSrpFPpSLJs0-kysicX3iq7r7_fRNGowHlOjGp0T8xUiLrBK3TbxaELd1aMgYMpccapdiM7yDXs9WDCUXv22mj5h7P-VwF9746iMq7xtC3cL6SsTidxLSnkL6zqdEc0H/w640-h480/IMG_4369.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Greta's Earth Army of Planetary Revenge Vehicle</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9nlmPeCeuwUJ8Rght37uQQw7lQuc2pZgEE50heoY-Zn2DriwF5-DrUfHa4QTSde1QW-MChHEUgGtnp9dyJtJDkEX2VlEuoSllShwE_4Rq6n8c5oDG_rygW5QF9zBGxOGK8qq5di2WEjkNKHuMfWfT-Cz4His7OVCeQbCckQE2i3F5CWEHOEqQ8Vy3e4BH/s4032/IMG_4380.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbPi4ihgmDM9KAkQwguyQkLGJuHfLbMC-vnTRjid4MTVXBSKrbeDO-VfZYgqEtoPjxM8zvIrRyPGTeq8Nh3KPv726BvNANXmNkz3bOaNWjISERC00lAkrUpC1AoNt6LvW9qGFLh0FGOXm3wMA07MkyaKMZ9mSJecVU4Gd5zigPUg89LY7D7KrKuPi-voQ/s4032/IMG_4354.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbPi4ihgmDM9KAkQwguyQkLGJuHfLbMC-vnTRjid4MTVXBSKrbeDO-VfZYgqEtoPjxM8zvIrRyPGTeq8Nh3KPv726BvNANXmNkz3bOaNWjISERC00lAkrUpC1AoNt6LvW9qGFLh0FGOXm3wMA07MkyaKMZ9mSJecVU4Gd5zigPUg89LY7D7KrKuPi-voQ/w640-h480/IMG_4354.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inside the St Elmo Bar, watch out for flying cue balls</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxMzTtW-RvYYMSrhXvd4fd8IbyArrDtmSQEOWVFl5YNnpHKB8o-GgvZUjdwVsAZdoozk5A4wchstK7ykFk_RA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;">At Old Bisbee Brewing</div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Da9sgr-xL-48v4_u8HSyekS2aio7CF_EYB9yKsUpHghSpKci_FTrSwlGbv_5mZAbOt5cXUfQCwh32_kFeCtgrWejEUv2txyYsUzLW03A-fMeb2l2WSG1wv6Bab-_wW3V7HBxvgsxJuCKBR4GPjmI2amp80U1JEvTLHYKlpGD8lBf9L9o9iiwnh4wJCIA/s6240/IMG_4567.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Da9sgr-xL-48v4_u8HSyekS2aio7CF_EYB9yKsUpHghSpKci_FTrSwlGbv_5mZAbOt5cXUfQCwh32_kFeCtgrWejEUv2txyYsUzLW03A-fMeb2l2WSG1wv6Bab-_wW3V7HBxvgsxJuCKBR4GPjmI2amp80U1JEvTLHYKlpGD8lBf9L9o9iiwnh4wJCIA/w640-h426/IMG_4567.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another creative mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwi25_nmvhF02VgXufLkuR6F2v07k0DTQFwLAdm4eHf9o4THjtkbOnUGj9waS_a4bc9dSyesG2HfjZoyLEv6w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;">Old Bisbee Brewing with Las Chollas Peligrosas playing</p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The End, it was a fun event and hopefully I'll do it again next year.</span></div></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-37430826312325446542023-08-07T17:09:00.006-07:002023-08-12T13:50:29.445-07:00<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Trinidad, CO - Taos, NM - Santa Fe, NM - La Cruces, NM - Tucson, AZ</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">July 16 - 20, 2023</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I arrive in Trinidad, Colorado and park about noon time just off of Commercial Street, the original Santa Fe Trail. This particular block now appears to be the dispensary area of Trinidad. It’s almost comical, the dispensaries are all lined up in a row, with a constant stream of cars and people coming and going. It’s probably the most vibrant shopping area in the city and I see all classes of people from the homeless to the wealthy. Pot seems to transcend all classes of people ?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBpVvAXGb-hNuwQcPcddya2mVYnyOE0yBHAhLz2gxgRmNvdmQwivyHdYGad4xirdmnkpj4ZUHFj7YwJUQsItKQWYmjzwbtMjFTaIG8r5PZqRma8DybvujU3WRxidxppwUR-WrhleG8oc6ICUD2Uw32F6TeKbVb1G1AXwVYgPESeJgTqLkt38OfURZ61lq/s3910/IMG_3443.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2932" data-original-width="3910" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBpVvAXGb-hNuwQcPcddya2mVYnyOE0yBHAhLz2gxgRmNvdmQwivyHdYGad4xirdmnkpj4ZUHFj7YwJUQsItKQWYmjzwbtMjFTaIG8r5PZqRma8DybvujU3WRxidxppwUR-WrhleG8oc6ICUD2Uw32F6TeKbVb1G1AXwVYgPESeJgTqLkt38OfURZ61lq/w640-h480/IMG_3443.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Smoker friendly row here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UeHwC62sEfiEBv2muxcoVMYfE4cjuyYWXWu1uwjCxdSoQhLL-gGqZTLGgYg2XuPweEmdth8iT8HrfrWXgC_k1kI2O1GhLVq8-EC6WOEbitqUjlzyPSf6vgsjrktnNYJ0--vAk0FK_Lj-A8jr7f07fG540LJ29V4tM_rWOrNAapyHg_uPoNrM4A1pHcBf/s3257/IMG_3458.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3257" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UeHwC62sEfiEBv2muxcoVMYfE4cjuyYWXWu1uwjCxdSoQhLL-gGqZTLGgYg2XuPweEmdth8iT8HrfrWXgC_k1kI2O1GhLVq8-EC6WOEbitqUjlzyPSf6vgsjrktnNYJ0--vAk0FK_Lj-A8jr7f07fG540LJ29V4tM_rWOrNAapyHg_uPoNrM4A1pHcBf/w640-h594/IMG_3458.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I go to the Museum of Western Art which I had hoped would be open, but it’s not as they are having a private affair today. In that case, I'm left to wander around looking for interesting camera, actually iphone, photos, which I often think allow for more creativity. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I also stop at an outside art show, lots of good stuff and decent live music, but the storm clouds look threatening.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPRS3dsX4eQ1UrbzSoSMWerps02cYtYOKVy7NPFcqjcRlKJi8SJtiM5uaqwuIQ9M1hqrRKiwMCWHvAhfY4CP-bo8heVUNAPdmLXjt9U0ich_1fdyp1bYSr3mFW5LBcUViSTNG3H2gX2PFwVA1_7hEDsozpzBK4m9wiuPD3EoaLsiwHKhqPDd-P1FJ2HfQ/s3664/IMG_3411.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2748" data-original-width="3664" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPRS3dsX4eQ1UrbzSoSMWerps02cYtYOKVy7NPFcqjcRlKJi8SJtiM5uaqwuIQ9M1hqrRKiwMCWHvAhfY4CP-bo8heVUNAPdmLXjt9U0ich_1fdyp1bYSr3mFW5LBcUViSTNG3H2gX2PFwVA1_7hEDsozpzBK4m9wiuPD3EoaLsiwHKhqPDd-P1FJ2HfQ/w640-h480/IMG_3411.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I need a nice cafe right now</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj003Qd94KdDRNLY_qIHhIWt5iWWEv_r5Jr5RLf7v8Ap9X0hbPY6xCvW_TG-h7z30hCq9rA-gVbwxG-GHr9ezLJuX1H34JH63eZswGHZElbo5dgIed9PfTUt--4wsRKpT1cyefsIKEyK0qdIA085NIPJLkQM_YC_EXDBu2I82AYIIo-abhm-sejXgM2xR_m/s3835/IMG_3421.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2644" data-original-width="3835" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj003Qd94KdDRNLY_qIHhIWt5iWWEv_r5Jr5RLf7v8Ap9X0hbPY6xCvW_TG-h7z30hCq9rA-gVbwxG-GHr9ezLJuX1H34JH63eZswGHZElbo5dgIed9PfTUt--4wsRKpT1cyefsIKEyK0qdIA085NIPJLkQM_YC_EXDBu2I82AYIIo-abhm-sejXgM2xR_m/w640-h442/IMG_3421.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3703" data-original-width="2777" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEget1JGZ_cVD1f6St4c2Lzb3cvyPT-ViXVP_v_-4rUznI-uosX-nl38IOOLsnUzBzqhiyUjzFpLGT5gYo1yyfhzur3_HOlX6laipQuHcnE14HSz6M6OBlfyYs8psbryt_JmAhLX0bwvJ-6oM52tizfd-GpYRY314gSnImoi4m5a6ALH7GIjZ6lLxcZqk4ba/w480-h640/IMG_3420.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful Pueblo Indian sidewalk art</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fK-PlzVSe0th3FZ0cKV5Xh2LDW4a8-Qv34dFqsWFggaDsU5RReFms-3UnlpLsUqFv65XmCg5HnwMZjhRj6C2sLdjbfh3jyzjeWyxuGAAP36JZ50vswZKt96UH082wzejY1aQcofbp1ROglwthq7tIyEoqUi7i7o1FHVzybhcIEzPS_LOkkhy81VD_iNl/s3446/IMG_3459.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3446" data-original-width="2865" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fK-PlzVSe0th3FZ0cKV5Xh2LDW4a8-Qv34dFqsWFggaDsU5RReFms-3UnlpLsUqFv65XmCg5HnwMZjhRj6C2sLdjbfh3jyzjeWyxuGAAP36JZ50vswZKt96UH082wzejY1aQcofbp1ROglwthq7tIyEoqUi7i7o1FHVzybhcIEzPS_LOkkhy81VD_iNl/w532-h640/IMG_3459.jpeg" width="532" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful Bank</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">By mid afternoon, the storm clouds are rolling in and storm alerts are being issued so I return to the van for shelter. The storm comes down with a vengeance, high wind, hard rain and light hail. I’m worried about the hail, it can do serious damage, I park half under a tree for protection and luckily it doesn’t get that bad, because that tree wasn't really going to help much. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">After the storm, I drive to the Carnegie Library just to take a look, it has beautiful stained glass windows and is very nice.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYssgyD_oks8zka8CDQ4NIlkvCbwMx_H1RlUmSHq0GBJ95-qtvR5B2tMMF4Qv0q4odWP9DtwBuZhheA-dZoKrzKoS8h2sygeT7JYkLytUxxuNErN8uH7EyltVOjpGIL1wzcU_HfE9LBX4YGe_13W_s3TjElY8GpXUDfVS3nbE39vfvQ7f-On2uEt_A2vN/s3634/IMG_3453.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3634" data-original-width="2725" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYssgyD_oks8zka8CDQ4NIlkvCbwMx_H1RlUmSHq0GBJ95-qtvR5B2tMMF4Qv0q4odWP9DtwBuZhheA-dZoKrzKoS8h2sygeT7JYkLytUxxuNErN8uH7EyltVOjpGIL1wzcU_HfE9LBX4YGe_13W_s3TjElY8GpXUDfVS3nbE39vfvQ7f-On2uEt_A2vN/w480-h640/IMG_3453.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Carnegie Library</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8a_3s6r6jOOsld9Bfx6tAc57bBubfIoB35bG2jDrfDEeVbATF67cozXALYBCSCjYM6rMipqP-zdyPxx0llDid0sLQP5JMypuv9bWSj7i0aZvOKf_cO0SMwM6BWZHAwFmP5CgMVTJFaqbsX9LYvg02ygQIiFm58I9KDPe6hn4JFlAN-ydDFp_bdbbWenB/s3806/IMG_3448.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2602" data-original-width="3806" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8a_3s6r6jOOsld9Bfx6tAc57bBubfIoB35bG2jDrfDEeVbATF67cozXALYBCSCjYM6rMipqP-zdyPxx0llDid0sLQP5JMypuv9bWSj7i0aZvOKf_cO0SMwM6BWZHAwFmP5CgMVTJFaqbsX9LYvg02ygQIiFm58I9KDPe6hn4JFlAN-ydDFp_bdbbWenB/w640-h438/IMG_3448.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">beautiful stained glass windows</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgObL6d4URNX1oj6T3v4MGcOKhgTYnxA-938LhjCes05bVAWYt2gzEpSuuc2hlm6Pz9nSR-ipPsFZzGVsHx2Uc7qkAsE7iCMlixyZKda335L0osbKRYxZNfKNwtjl_qkWH01a14KpHfpk3WBC83BtFofBTJYye07LqdISOqT3tt_YAarBhrUN5K6xbptZ/s3695/IMG_3450.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3695" data-original-width="2771" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgObL6d4URNX1oj6T3v4MGcOKhgTYnxA-938LhjCes05bVAWYt2gzEpSuuc2hlm6Pz9nSR-ipPsFZzGVsHx2Uc7qkAsE7iCMlixyZKda335L0osbKRYxZNfKNwtjl_qkWH01a14KpHfpk3WBC83BtFofBTJYye07LqdISOqT3tt_YAarBhrUN5K6xbptZ/w480-h640/IMG_3450.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Library interior</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This is turning out to be a sort of wasted day, I start to look for a dinner place, but there isn’t much open on a Sunday evening in the the downtown area. I end up at McDonalds out of frustration, some days will be like this and then I go to a bar in the dispensary area, the Trinidad Lounge, which has live music scheduled. This place looks a little scary from the outside, but is decent inside and crowded with people. There was a duo playing old country standards for the most part who were OK, but not my style. I retreated back at the local Walmart near the Rason Pass.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOUcpq_N_c5V8sMhYJO0CtRVK4841vDHJzEBJKcYCntAFV2h6zhr2djTvZrSlScNlOjkuYWYqGhXx8esGsCEbaAcWELbs90cYG4GAwlqfu6nTfkwJOhnOEbbYPW8j6ph0cNKo-a-Ji9boJWg7bISNKSqqhpdlVLad0Ux1-l97Uau81WkClGwq2o7jasgQ/s3902/IMG_3440.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2926" data-original-width="3902" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOUcpq_N_c5V8sMhYJO0CtRVK4841vDHJzEBJKcYCntAFV2h6zhr2djTvZrSlScNlOjkuYWYqGhXx8esGsCEbaAcWELbs90cYG4GAwlqfu6nTfkwJOhnOEbbYPW8j6ph0cNKo-a-Ji9boJWg7bISNKSqqhpdlVLad0Ux1-l97Uau81WkClGwq2o7jasgQ/w640-h480/IMG_3440.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Trinidad Lounge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">It’s now Monday morning and I’m taking Rt 25 south down the the steep Raton Pass to route 64. Route 64 is a scenic route through ranching country and parts of it are on the original Santa Fe trail route. I make a stop at the historic town of Cimarron which has several historical signs on past pioneers, wealthy land grant owners, business speculators, miners, thieves, killers and other notable people. There are several original buildings here but most have been turned into coffee shops, various stores and outdoors outfitters. I really wasn’t that impressed with any of them. I saw many young hikers wandering around, but mostly in the the coffee shop. </span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimarron,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimarron,_New_Mexico</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0w-5PNQ5fLiuh6QVnJV6HYRCwkD9524lgLP3Wluefhglyou16YkCDtq22HmyX5xzAp0oa_sQkXjpmogsAvfR02tF3vXnqvqQwIv0mprPupRJNP5LOBBTcBivwLzxozuNXDbsMwdMB5cyebg8SZMcmHFsvOlYu3JTXcJBSVHDWoxfo3lzMXpFcV_P9GZMK/s3814/IMG_3464.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2860" data-original-width="3814" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0w-5PNQ5fLiuh6QVnJV6HYRCwkD9524lgLP3Wluefhglyou16YkCDtq22HmyX5xzAp0oa_sQkXjpmogsAvfR02tF3vXnqvqQwIv0mprPupRJNP5LOBBTcBivwLzxozuNXDbsMwdMB5cyebg8SZMcmHFsvOlYu3JTXcJBSVHDWoxfo3lzMXpFcV_P9GZMK/w640-h480/IMG_3464.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdVPwpLkPSoVvjgQWsiS3Uj53qWxSiuWH_EyotOSOcUfDV2P6sTOvk_eCzvYr8rkUHoJ9ilnyGgjsM-l7fXH1PCL0UTMYnzEWq7fJln9wF2lxCWFPUz6aJ03OSTnxfXx7N3sK--f661AdaVyQbToMuwMy1jyrOIDUoBCQlKqtrgs7ypSuOFP4zIzwW9YN/s6240/IMG_4287.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdVPwpLkPSoVvjgQWsiS3Uj53qWxSiuWH_EyotOSOcUfDV2P6sTOvk_eCzvYr8rkUHoJ9ilnyGgjsM-l7fXH1PCL0UTMYnzEWq7fJln9wF2lxCWFPUz6aJ03OSTnxfXx7N3sK--f661AdaVyQbToMuwMy1jyrOIDUoBCQlKqtrgs7ypSuOFP4zIzwW9YN/w640-h426/IMG_4287.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9ONOiwmT1RmAMkJ4fUxwxb67Ai7JF-1FG7gK-wK2vM9CTZj6OOY83E4iS5eesKzAYoAMAY1PxsCBRvEyQtYqWageRR_NPTqdaBeuU5ksE25CXpGn-uVLl6_bkXl0TybrTSyv8KHiGWo3fxdc-GZ3O79TAx2zxNi48TQKUwN3XjznSSIXUPh57iP5Z-Rs/s6240/IMG_4291.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9ONOiwmT1RmAMkJ4fUxwxb67Ai7JF-1FG7gK-wK2vM9CTZj6OOY83E4iS5eesKzAYoAMAY1PxsCBRvEyQtYqWageRR_NPTqdaBeuU5ksE25CXpGn-uVLl6_bkXl0TybrTSyv8KHiGWo3fxdc-GZ3O79TAx2zxNi48TQKUwN3XjznSSIXUPh57iP5Z-Rs/w640-h426/IMG_4291.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Shortly after leaving Cimarron, route 64 climbs up into the Carson National Forest and the Cimarron Canyon State Park. There is road construction which takes the road down to a single lane causing alternating traffic flow and delays. It’s a beautiful ride, but the road is narrow and there are many RV’s so you have to keep your eyes on the road. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">There are many day use areas, campgrounds, hiking trails and it is a popular fishing area with a creek running adjacent to the highway. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimarron_Canyon_State_Park">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimarron_Canyon_State_Park</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JGu7vXoGylkWReXhz1xfKhbV69WplVAKltJZqhQCVfTgLLtXHBZRzNFcWp1NCLk0VqMr3c3HOvD-wnJnTQOJxiR8SdlHqXT0kBQOBntS6dnq24u9DDCWrq9-pKiLTGQTnv54l9-AMLDYglGbUpaiLALbYanSdf4uJhnU3dEljb-DBGqN9IKcC-r8tqM_/s4032/IMG_3481.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JGu7vXoGylkWReXhz1xfKhbV69WplVAKltJZqhQCVfTgLLtXHBZRzNFcWp1NCLk0VqMr3c3HOvD-wnJnTQOJxiR8SdlHqXT0kBQOBntS6dnq24u9DDCWrq9-pKiLTGQTnv54l9-AMLDYglGbUpaiLALbYanSdf4uJhnU3dEljb-DBGqN9IKcC-r8tqM_/w640-h480/IMG_3481.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3TxdPZxjfS9Tc9hIdZHDh-xmM3wfRYab9WmJ68L5uVtn2DP5TmHh4c2DYJExq-H6U10LiLDc9r0QsydBelyP-iKgYCLDn9lHp2Wkl08r_0AJvfveZYci7bCCtVRdxqy-Kqh_isfxyQUPYeHIdnRCS2SSoUcP2hAZE6pvE-VJVdPuh7tluE_rX4WFOrBC/s4032/IMG_3484.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3TxdPZxjfS9Tc9hIdZHDh-xmM3wfRYab9WmJ68L5uVtn2DP5TmHh4c2DYJExq-H6U10LiLDc9r0QsydBelyP-iKgYCLDn9lHp2Wkl08r_0AJvfveZYci7bCCtVRdxqy-Kqh_isfxyQUPYeHIdnRCS2SSoUcP2hAZE6pvE-VJVdPuh7tluE_rX4WFOrBC/w640-h480/IMG_3484.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then arrive at Eagles Nest, NM adjacent to a huge reservoir called Eagles Nest Lake with many houses, boat docks, fishing and other outdoor recreation attractions. This is part of the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway. A road junction there also takes you to the Angle Fire Ski Area making this a popular four season resort area. I actually believe I have skied there once, many years ago on a weekend trip with a co worker when working on a railroad project in Colorado.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Nest,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Nest,_New_Mexico</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The road continues at a more relaxing pace to Taos, NM. As you enter Taos, you are somewhat overwhelmed by the beauty of the Spanish architecture of the older houses on the outskirts of town. I enter the old central square tourist area thinking parking was going to be horrible, but actually it was easy. I pulled into a small city parking lot, about one block from the center town square, it was about half full and since it was a Sunday parking was free. I’ve been here before, I kind of know my way around, the central shopping area is really not large, it’s easy to walk around even when it is close to 100 degrees. I looked in couple of art galleries, way above my cheap ass price range and quickly left, but I like to look. I feel that most of this art is over priced, I would much prefer to buy it directly from the artist.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taos,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taos,_New_Mexico</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wpkPUsRMaA5VIyLLO66aWUjHntoykHersGIxyCeK33l8LHs_6EuZr2s7hoxGHJxRQdS0EOLffuWJZ4qtiO3JZjTgKTl916HFAZ3FlIfqFyXluQkdDXeIgIasnHlFPFDloVIJuB3K79Tpiei3pfTFlNkFUXPj_ScULHOxafwVh2hYuU-mUkHT4KHViUfU/s3945/IMG_3497.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2958" data-original-width="3945" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wpkPUsRMaA5VIyLLO66aWUjHntoykHersGIxyCeK33l8LHs_6EuZr2s7hoxGHJxRQdS0EOLffuWJZ4qtiO3JZjTgKTl916HFAZ3FlIfqFyXluQkdDXeIgIasnHlFPFDloVIJuB3K79Tpiei3pfTFlNkFUXPj_ScULHOxafwVh2hYuU-mUkHT4KHViUfU/w640-h480/IMG_3497.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-KHEfCwe2NSGf5pdAazRNEmN21EkMEnegdFc7u2J0fvYm1CEWiwNJPz3r29S9H43PENWo4g_fJ-SGDcEYGvrtt8M9a_4psyHrWk2UY_olPfv9ptzwLBEXMBtNMotPWjyNKoiABSk4CEhw3dv8Nz5E5TKbF7zGjtnKvlwXXqgbbR5_cvSAa7NhdzJuHVY/s3939/IMG_3500.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2954" data-original-width="3939" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-KHEfCwe2NSGf5pdAazRNEmN21EkMEnegdFc7u2J0fvYm1CEWiwNJPz3r29S9H43PENWo4g_fJ-SGDcEYGvrtt8M9a_4psyHrWk2UY_olPfv9ptzwLBEXMBtNMotPWjyNKoiABSk4CEhw3dv8Nz5E5TKbF7zGjtnKvlwXXqgbbR5_cvSAa7NhdzJuHVY/w640-h480/IMG_3500.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-lCsN0_InW_97PrXPWLEFzsmlCQH96PFx4BZsS3hSMI9V1ZZ-3Klp5WxVP0MniuT8T5NTybSzcgB5ljTFJTz4dSwnfCOAC1v7qRU7wtQk1Up7Oasc3FM6TPdTm2cBK89lwtdfqwkhaAUyjby1TCtqaUTphb9CY_ET_O2HwEMNX8md6qminvG6ifkOucDR/s3705/IMG_3498.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="3705" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-lCsN0_InW_97PrXPWLEFzsmlCQH96PFx4BZsS3hSMI9V1ZZ-3Klp5WxVP0MniuT8T5NTybSzcgB5ljTFJTz4dSwnfCOAC1v7qRU7wtQk1Up7Oasc3FM6TPdTm2cBK89lwtdfqwkhaAUyjby1TCtqaUTphb9CY_ET_O2HwEMNX8md6qminvG6ifkOucDR/w640-h480/IMG_3498.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I’ve been to the two prominent historical attractions, the Kit Carson House and the Charles Bent house previously so I by pass them this time. I see a sign for the early cemetery where many of the early residents were buried and drive to take a look. It was tricky to locate and there was very limited parking, it would have been easier to walk. I am surprised that it not especially well maintained, actually it’s poorly maintained. There are historical plaques on a few notable graves and most graves are from early 1800’s to early 1900’s. The most famous person Kit Carson and his wife of 25 years Josefa (she had to a saint) are buried there side by side along with several other family members.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxk5C2YKpwhLEWH6fcAFS-0RjkIPVo-uv8WNJ04DUW7E9OYQ6NYiTf9NknUjoKZNB2fFpchjDcQ84o8gJsPZZ8zQNMqt75BU4rvAWBmhT9ojYJY9quUrrCAxzksxVaLjcT74PA1IUjD_XSEmi1UJDP5rhTg3FI25ZlIGvzswzkRFq9hpJ_0_7k6cZoFFB/s3875/IMG_3492.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2653" data-original-width="3875" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxk5C2YKpwhLEWH6fcAFS-0RjkIPVo-uv8WNJ04DUW7E9OYQ6NYiTf9NknUjoKZNB2fFpchjDcQ84o8gJsPZZ8zQNMqt75BU4rvAWBmhT9ojYJY9quUrrCAxzksxVaLjcT74PA1IUjD_XSEmi1UJDP5rhTg3FI25ZlIGvzswzkRFq9hpJ_0_7k6cZoFFB/w640-h438/IMG_3492.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_Vj1g0P75PjSpszT1BQLC_rmfT0tfqo5ll3tgyn5WOkAIrvEvdG0N6zS5lrh9kZRfMBQmslL7twRvv45THobhuNIoEWUYPcs2chbIR6wIXTRJ_HZy5ma13OrIkvBx5enRnPi0GMZNH7x7RE83D9hd_O2gp7KRyv4FMA_zQM0dDNMvpnHGqATeqmVOlVq/s3863/IMG_3503.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2897" data-original-width="3863" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_Vj1g0P75PjSpszT1BQLC_rmfT0tfqo5ll3tgyn5WOkAIrvEvdG0N6zS5lrh9kZRfMBQmslL7twRvv45THobhuNIoEWUYPcs2chbIR6wIXTRJ_HZy5ma13OrIkvBx5enRnPi0GMZNH7x7RE83D9hd_O2gp7KRyv4FMA_zQM0dDNMvpnHGqATeqmVOlVq/w640-h480/IMG_3503.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOHPaICyxnDtLV4YGPj11oRRj68pp6yqtDV4OhBhj9-cj_MDbcm8ETYe2X0WpfERfMgf6ftZNi3fN9-_YWFwxGmIBCG-AZ0SkLRci7Gd5qPRzPpUoCI8wpXQHeBPoTo7qsM7NvdUy4_Ej1ksWZe0Nsj2HOZirQj1fZtqwmdnU1XUx7pG9WBHCegSE7p31/s4032/IMG_3505.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOHPaICyxnDtLV4YGPj11oRRj68pp6yqtDV4OhBhj9-cj_MDbcm8ETYe2X0WpfERfMgf6ftZNi3fN9-_YWFwxGmIBCG-AZ0SkLRci7Gd5qPRzPpUoCI8wpXQHeBPoTo7qsM7NvdUy4_Ej1ksWZe0Nsj2HOZirQj1fZtqwmdnU1XUx7pG9WBHCegSE7p31/w640-h480/IMG_3505.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sorry, but he's no hero of mine, a horrible man</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I then drive out of town a few miles to the Taos Mesa Brewing Mothership. This is an interesting brewery and music venue that I’ve been to once or twice before. They have a very limited food menu, but it’s OK, I’m here for the music. A band is playing at their outside stage who I have never heard of, "Stone Daddy", they are all local seasoned, veteran players who can play about anything and do it well. They played a wide variety of cover tunes and a few of their originals and it was very entertaining. My only complaint is the band name, Stone Daddy, that has to be one of the worse? </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxZxyJdMdJSPUN0W13-E_RpkbYlnJXONF9_dDKYi17QuzsNdSdDVZ-SU7wGlQXivCO6xJ8kj2_MLwIINnQnlA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then return to Taos, searching around for overnight stealth site in the town as my dispersed camping app tells me that the local Walmart does not allow overnighters. I finally decide on a medical office parking lot in a dark hidden location. In the morning, I leave the parking lot early and head to a local convenance store for coffee and then go to Walmart to get a couple of things. I couldn't help but notice about 10 camper vans in the parking lot that had spent the night for sure. You can’t always trust these apps and web sites ? </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I get on the road heading out of Taos when I see a the beautiful historic San Francisco de Asis Church next to the road. I pull over to get a few photos when I realize I have been here before, but the light is great, so I get out to take some photos. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> There is a man tending to the flower beds who is talking to another visitor and I hear him say he is from New Jersey. When the other man walks away, I ask him about New Jersey and find that he has spent much time at the Jersey shore area that I am familiar with. We have a pretty interesting conversation, he now lives here in Taos and is a member of this church.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hs2ZtLcdPQNBvjBrf_aO8_2P8B1r6ss4yVas8OoVI5w4fWPzwgE7gvVVoqbUMQkDj39UvlyK8PenQ0cROBofAksFUbrmUkDcTJ4D6Hw8HuQAqhp6BrcRvNbdPeuc1kpm-wCG2mN6VQzB7wpONATqXSnPECahwq0UrQKNYbmIznmCg9JbEsDNiUgFUOTs/s3931/IMG_3533.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3931" data-original-width="2948" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hs2ZtLcdPQNBvjBrf_aO8_2P8B1r6ss4yVas8OoVI5w4fWPzwgE7gvVVoqbUMQkDj39UvlyK8PenQ0cROBofAksFUbrmUkDcTJ4D6Hw8HuQAqhp6BrcRvNbdPeuc1kpm-wCG2mN6VQzB7wpONATqXSnPECahwq0UrQKNYbmIznmCg9JbEsDNiUgFUOTs/w480-h640/IMG_3533.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2lRIdhusfn630jzLu0Fac-cgvfHSSgzg-mC8GCW3ECrmMwu266e7ozgWV36eH8xONfcv9wcy7s36IOR79g1LgK4Z1fHFuEBnUikJ7eIDz4GFqV6KScuHGYPO2MKibIuOVhBqD6ddZwyIY3qyMcVc3vPBI2pGLJfBCl23TJPgsmFSzbHhTVwtrucYbI6e/s3976/IMG_3535.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3976" data-original-width="2982" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2lRIdhusfn630jzLu0Fac-cgvfHSSgzg-mC8GCW3ECrmMwu266e7ozgWV36eH8xONfcv9wcy7s36IOR79g1LgK4Z1fHFuEBnUikJ7eIDz4GFqV6KScuHGYPO2MKibIuOVhBqD6ddZwyIY3qyMcVc3vPBI2pGLJfBCl23TJPgsmFSzbHhTVwtrucYbI6e/w480-h640/IMG_3535.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then continue south on route 68 which follows the old Santa Fe trail closely through hilly grass covered cattle range land. The route is elevated and you can see far down in the Santa Fe River Canyon. I make a stop at a trailhead for a hiking / horse trail that goes to the river but it is several miles and I’m not up to that in this heat. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I continue and make a stop at the Rio Grande Gorge Visitors Center and am told by the person there that across the highway is the old town of Pilar NM and if you follow the road it takes you into the Rio Grande River canyon. There are also several campgrounds there, with no hookups, but some have bathroom facilities, they are right on the river and are very scenic and cheap. There are many campers here, it appears to be a popular site and there is river access. The river is beautiful and there are many people on the river in rafts. I'm thinking, this is the spot I should be camping at ?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">After approximately 5 miles in I reach the trailhead for the Slide hiking trail. This trail was recommended to me back at the visitors center. On the map, it shows that this was once a road, many years ago, (old route 570), but is overgrown with vegetation and rock fall. It is a gradual uphill climb, in full sun and it was hot, it runs parallel to the river but climbs higher and higher above the river. Eventually you are way up above the river and looking across to the opposite canyon side which is even higher. I went probably to within a 1/2 mile from the end when I decided to turn around, this trail seems longer than expected, it is very hot and I was thinking about the cool river water below ! On the way back, near the bottom I did get my feet wet and soaked my very sweaty shirt in the river, it felt wonderful putting it back on. Later, back on the highway, I could see many raft outfitters groups on the river which has a fast current and moderate rapids in places.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Gorge"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Gorge</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTE2BTOfZSyVrjQwF6OGgM35ONKXTUD6A3bUNp_ZGM3drIfhaAA672u9Mvo9OjRq355E_5A2W4wq7AftUGBaAsaMAhlxUQqiCPizuskY41ANuiNR168EFW4aC1ntnU3-wG2Ce-izYpBeovs1ZNCUZ8cq1dN7doMWYvDeZt3F7s7kVB-hB0lRq9VXB5j7Ba/s6240/IMG_4327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTE2BTOfZSyVrjQwF6OGgM35ONKXTUD6A3bUNp_ZGM3drIfhaAA672u9Mvo9OjRq355E_5A2W4wq7AftUGBaAsaMAhlxUQqiCPizuskY41ANuiNR168EFW4aC1ntnU3-wG2Ce-izYpBeovs1ZNCUZ8cq1dN7doMWYvDeZt3F7s7kVB-hB0lRq9VXB5j7Ba/w640-h426/IMG_4327.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4091" data-original-width="6136" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWS1spQsCMfx2D-MlBaYmVLJSY7A9P3gbdQWrZbTQ3PVzktJl0NPTzuRJCIwMEfuFAcdKsrLJ_DPNxv2exD9P8i2IhSokdEdluSOwmol7ysAOCBaY0fqjMoYVr0FRYm9xMXEjn8dqrXL-XEPqnLLsvMy9QXDm4yKRGh-_2JCc9TT4RH8eW1Dqq1wYgpxtd/w640-h426/IMG_4356.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I'm then back on the highway driving past several Pueblo Indian areas such as Espanola, La Puebla and others with many casinos, dispensaries and murals. It was congested with rush hour traffic, it was hot and I was tired and rode past them all thinking I will return tomorrow.</span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I arrive in downtown Santa Fe about 6:30 PM, park and go directly to the Cowgirl bar and restaurant as I wanted to hear a local musician who was playing for the dinner crowd. I had a poor seat far away and could barely hear him so it was a bit of a disappointment. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Afterwards I go to the downtown Santa Fe Plaza area to see the entertainment. While I'm waiting for the show to start, I walk around and take a few photos. The entertainment was an americana singer / songwriter, Bard Eldrige V and the Blackbirds, who I was liking a lot. He was followed by a more conservative old country band playing country dance songs. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KV1SjirtnClGHOMBceH1HfwnoriMca5mnQ5Ah9RZISiDXHXSwOddBdnYKb9YG5CG95zggcziEMwNEgx7N4mCOa7NTQD2DMPwmOiFBw5z1ZlJrufNgXgR56D50eEVgT9vHopIg1I9cnBerb8SWASgFVfx8oTiSY8ZdjXetasKTrOtWHDMocZlWpXIbRy7/s3558/IMG_3571.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2668" data-original-width="3558" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KV1SjirtnClGHOMBceH1HfwnoriMca5mnQ5Ah9RZISiDXHXSwOddBdnYKb9YG5CG95zggcziEMwNEgx7N4mCOa7NTQD2DMPwmOiFBw5z1ZlJrufNgXgR56D50eEVgT9vHopIg1I9cnBerb8SWASgFVfx8oTiSY8ZdjXetasKTrOtWHDMocZlWpXIbRy7/w640-h480/IMG_3571.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beware of people who say; We come as friends</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhQZEFeaBhJsgwfia-Pvgdrs8bGwoM57mLdJ7Nxhy1f6hzt_UVrtpd5rneSpaFoYXVDpNrnMDs39fdXFISicXIylo8rBL-CO3P18-BQ-duZ4_kwcySeLVQdv_D6f7FrRH6x2mN6gFN0LqBeQameFJREkm469M-vaRTm46Az9DtGsuDm039c67KMiBWr9t/s3520/IMG_3573.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3520" data-original-width="2719" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhQZEFeaBhJsgwfia-Pvgdrs8bGwoM57mLdJ7Nxhy1f6hzt_UVrtpd5rneSpaFoYXVDpNrnMDs39fdXFISicXIylo8rBL-CO3P18-BQ-duZ4_kwcySeLVQdv_D6f7FrRH6x2mN6gFN0LqBeQameFJREkm469M-vaRTm46Az9DtGsuDm039c67KMiBWr9t/w494-h640/IMG_3573.jpeg" width="494" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very elaborate vases made for weddings</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTTXYbKQ0KovuumQkTFtuQ1LTV65TxMCaHq524VD5uodnDpZfP-nBZ6o6COV9sLEme0yLh9DixC4NpWXwUl9eCJl7R6-7Aj4B7yHXkfbcP-WFFDKjO4AJquddSM3O2p2VhC3JhrJjGJmPfD4z_sIOZcEK8w1fpkoeEZoxqCe4OHwkjTuKg-G53DqYMYSr/s3851/IMG_3575.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3851" data-original-width="2888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTTXYbKQ0KovuumQkTFtuQ1LTV65TxMCaHq524VD5uodnDpZfP-nBZ6o6COV9sLEme0yLh9DixC4NpWXwUl9eCJl7R6-7Aj4B7yHXkfbcP-WFFDKjO4AJquddSM3O2p2VhC3JhrJjGJmPfD4z_sIOZcEK8w1fpkoeEZoxqCe4OHwkjTuKg-G53DqYMYSr/w480-h640/IMG_3575.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The guardian of the water meter ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uWqUERQ6zbfk2rrby1R7m8O8r8NyTKz9I69vcf3yDGvzKngImFGP74_f3IqJJN01YXpp8n8_N_QPAmaJTTRn3mzBXQ7lB3ERV_qFZAFJa4pzyWzmRtNNJmKbACWe8R5uwNiAJnnY7I3BOf2ZOj9FDMewY-YqZafpTmI4m6-VLhkS7alcHdFR_G0QcLWR/s3724/IMG_3577.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3724" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uWqUERQ6zbfk2rrby1R7m8O8r8NyTKz9I69vcf3yDGvzKngImFGP74_f3IqJJN01YXpp8n8_N_QPAmaJTTRn3mzBXQ7lB3ERV_qFZAFJa4pzyWzmRtNNJmKbACWe8R5uwNiAJnnY7I3BOf2ZOj9FDMewY-YqZafpTmI4m6-VLhkS7alcHdFR_G0QcLWR/w520-h640/IMG_3577.jpeg" width="520" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Statue in the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dysA_Pnvt5eYLgt3L-RDGy9GhfZQrSG1sYVN13FoMYNzofCSWLj55gfwaxSSOTiHvRzn64_7eK-2O71-Z2eig' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I unfortunately had to shorten this video to fit and the equally good beginning is omitted.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I then went to the Walmart to see if any campers were in the parking lot, there were none and they have signs posted all over, “No over night vehicle or RV parking allowed”, I left and found a good spot on Aztec Street near the Cowgirl Restaurant for the night. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the morning I drive over to the nearby Railyard and park and start seeing people with bags coming over to the building in front of me. It turns out that it is the Tuesday farmers market so I go over to look around and get a muffin and a coffee for my breakfast. A good start for my day. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS2PosJVfaNWQiDGkorunCf0-XAuBTT1eWLTvxMMYHkTLVvx8QNKtc83LhR3xnyQP2MbKLdWa9eiEZxgHAhBwYIhJi3mS02dZKPuN_uEOu6wDYqVBDVrmrEVCm0fyeI2YCPg7Nb97Q2vZWTI4EqDTIujMtTzNYnTZ0UhC1FHbb3c4ZqKoOX1qnbiqMpyf8/s3763/IMG_3584.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2822" data-original-width="3763" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS2PosJVfaNWQiDGkorunCf0-XAuBTT1eWLTvxMMYHkTLVvx8QNKtc83LhR3xnyQP2MbKLdWa9eiEZxgHAhBwYIhJi3mS02dZKPuN_uEOu6wDYqVBDVrmrEVCm0fyeI2YCPg7Nb97Q2vZWTI4EqDTIujMtTzNYnTZ0UhC1FHbb3c4ZqKoOX1qnbiqMpyf8/w640-h480/IMG_3584.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was just getting started but it is a great farmers market</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvR0T6-0zwuSp9B_395NG2GGDbDs8ijU5ZQrLeRRU7_gM9I1Opb9WFyad8CpUTDLa-AlAkLNplANh9JyYpTcVAVTTSpE1Gl0vHaCdWYOSjLHYTQOhPOAwYvW3izknDVCysROwFL0INvamAKrxk07C-wtmlS1rdL4NbwKqnq4SRJPT4pJSYXmPFpkrkkHY6/s3966/IMG_3598.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2732" data-original-width="3966" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvR0T6-0zwuSp9B_395NG2GGDbDs8ijU5ZQrLeRRU7_gM9I1Opb9WFyad8CpUTDLa-AlAkLNplANh9JyYpTcVAVTTSpE1Gl0vHaCdWYOSjLHYTQOhPOAwYvW3izknDVCysROwFL0INvamAKrxk07C-wtmlS1rdL4NbwKqnq4SRJPT4pJSYXmPFpkrkkHY6/w640-h440/IMG_3598.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Across the street is this most interesting mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoE4Wrk3eyQGORvL5jss8QQX-mq9RET5ydYWVseWKEOC22By5L-7mV-hxJGK0GCpC_-EJLnlvr0IK3WQYtQJs3ebzwjekNmeFUF98cQlIzhmoVmH-NPK3C7uDx209QltsEDSkGb4hhfOwLGtTiWf-8MLMjPUUZL3ig0C7aCyeplr6rlf1_wfCLpKuXb0L/s3776/IMG_3602.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3776" data-original-width="2679" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoE4Wrk3eyQGORvL5jss8QQX-mq9RET5ydYWVseWKEOC22By5L-7mV-hxJGK0GCpC_-EJLnlvr0IK3WQYtQJs3ebzwjekNmeFUF98cQlIzhmoVmH-NPK3C7uDx209QltsEDSkGb4hhfOwLGtTiWf-8MLMjPUUZL3ig0C7aCyeplr6rlf1_wfCLpKuXb0L/w454-h640/IMG_3602.jpeg" width="454" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Solace art project done by Earthseed Black Arts Alliance which was <br />destroyed by arson a few years ago, recently repaired</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.sfreporter.com/news/2021/08/22/arson-destroys-downtown-art/"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.sfreporter.com/news/2021/08/22/arson-destroys-downtown-art/</span></a><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Now, I decide to go for an adventure away from Santa Fe, north to the Puye Cliff dwellings. On their web site I didn’t see anything about it being closed, but upon arrival the gate was definitely closed. That sucked, but I have a back up plan to roam around the pueblo towns I had passed by yesterday. This area is interesting, lots of murals, interesting signs, old trading posts and lots of adobe buildings of Spanish influence. It’s ironic to me that these Puebloen Indians who were so enslaved by the Spanish actually took on much of their culture. The tribes in this area seem to be doing quite well with their impressive casino hotels designed to look like Pueblo Villages. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It might seem like an abundance of murals to you but I can assure that your only seeing about 1/3 of them here.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhN2X2qL95hmbQtn_kBEJsvS-18N0E67hzw_SxqTLRIzu9FLCoFzjCoXWACE1jqO6EQd1xcc7IBII8wJQu1NhpFH0dTVX7oVb0X5sp5kxz8CE_h4JzWosNCjViDHhxNGcx7U10rey8SJZFyqmzcwN_Xvf0RQ9Sz2cuKY8hUCPzuAwnmASfhzHxj6GcfSbe/s4032/IMG_3603.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhN2X2qL95hmbQtn_kBEJsvS-18N0E67hzw_SxqTLRIzu9FLCoFzjCoXWACE1jqO6EQd1xcc7IBII8wJQu1NhpFH0dTVX7oVb0X5sp5kxz8CE_h4JzWosNCjViDHhxNGcx7U10rey8SJZFyqmzcwN_Xvf0RQ9Sz2cuKY8hUCPzuAwnmASfhzHxj6GcfSbe/w640-h480/IMG_3603.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This pueblo is situated somewhere in the distant mesa, I'm sure it is quite a sight</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-PXX_jwT-hNghh6RhWaNR85elCF2z3qt2rVSUjfKlLGAFd4498_8Pr9x0M8G0VPW94ZWWdLfLb8sGrHDSQR8ZRBVv4i8lJAljYOF5qWXfzgH9LmISlzHCbDIpe1W9lBV-WogDELvSEFyqoknGEq4g0X7X07bGE6sU3gs_70XJyEPPavc4tANYhs6yeT7/s3329/IMG_3637.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="3329" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-PXX_jwT-hNghh6RhWaNR85elCF2z3qt2rVSUjfKlLGAFd4498_8Pr9x0M8G0VPW94ZWWdLfLb8sGrHDSQR8ZRBVv4i8lJAljYOF5qWXfzgH9LmISlzHCbDIpe1W9lBV-WogDELvSEFyqoknGEq4g0X7X07bGE6sU3gs_70XJyEPPavc4tANYhs6yeT7/w640-h494/IMG_3637.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So many Pueblos here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWL95pLU4mB7NIvpGHNNRxfmofQudkFkVNrutHAIKd9RWbZxTRCFRiSCnECTxKZ0AbqeSQSGpcBbh8nd7uzenTcXte3XskVlZpNB-vi_Lc_y-HE3hwziOfbogUop_BzIXew4gq_tYnwEJldVO6mIizrtyfU9EMhSlq_BO-oKa3sc_3FPM8_xrKb361SDe5/s6240/IMG_4384.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWL95pLU4mB7NIvpGHNNRxfmofQudkFkVNrutHAIKd9RWbZxTRCFRiSCnECTxKZ0AbqeSQSGpcBbh8nd7uzenTcXte3XskVlZpNB-vi_Lc_y-HE3hwziOfbogUop_BzIXew4gq_tYnwEJldVO6mIizrtyfU9EMhSlq_BO-oKa3sc_3FPM8_xrKb361SDe5/w640-h426/IMG_4384.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Espanola, NM was covered with murals</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMq8r5xsmdqQeOG_TIf-x2Wl3_EzDk5HfHrx-l5D1P0zT0X3aY2t6IH3F2IvegsEepxC8aZ-pNTxBp2q5fK1ifweHdWDlZTF7jRnOXHg6sAAKde3AWIrnaG46pRqV7wXYbW54Q4O_Plky14b7GOVdkB6UQ6FcQeewvE6B0876iqk2CA_GXVoe5EYDR6jx/s6240/IMG_4387.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMq8r5xsmdqQeOG_TIf-x2Wl3_EzDk5HfHrx-l5D1P0zT0X3aY2t6IH3F2IvegsEepxC8aZ-pNTxBp2q5fK1ifweHdWDlZTF7jRnOXHg6sAAKde3AWIrnaG46pRqV7wXYbW54Q4O_Plky14b7GOVdkB6UQ6FcQeewvE6B0876iqk2CA_GXVoe5EYDR6jx/w640-h426/IMG_4387.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3983" data-original-width="5974" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2E5gUdnyFxnnT48upfq31XxsjAjCzHvpjL0lyva1gvXahWQgXhl2qB32SZLcx0zQKVlAzemMhpViXSjqlpzEC74z8-6sb7Jin_t7Nu_kutn_OZPTJR2NOdoiX6R3DBGeKmSQF3eEocAF5jkrML1XHEWGZrdSkPLoRr62vHUR6st1whZJbFbI734sd8PDw/w640-h426/IMG_4432.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Indigenous Arms Gun Shop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I stopped at the Poeh Cultural Center situated in a beautiful Pueblo looking building and went through their museum. They are thrilled to have worked a deal with the Smithsonian Museum to get returned to them over 100 original Tewa Pueblo Pottery pieces, taken away by Archeologists in the early 1900’s. They now have them on display in a special exhibit and is a "co-stewardship " deal between the Poeh Cultural Center and the National Museum of the American Indian. </span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">They have a unique exhibit that takes you on a tour of their history from creation theory to prehistoric times to the present, especially highlighting how horrible and brutal the Spanish were to their existence.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I make two additional stops along the highway to see this interesting rock formation and a huge impressive Hotel and Casino.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVNwU1ynzJdYsxLxF6VdRxRRowBzHvMYd0EF1Hj8GnHwfg8v3x1EqinGQyBSGxgMeuMZmpbX6JFUHJH00fIUozHiZRJXuOeF7Hxj-dTV9pF_LWIlC1yMyLmg_GbumvEAc8ARiZGW4FWd123BloHL5ITjMN-iYOT5UG_uKvQka81faIg7atzRwjp6Wp58S/s4032/IMG_3653.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVNwU1ynzJdYsxLxF6VdRxRRowBzHvMYd0EF1Hj8GnHwfg8v3x1EqinGQyBSGxgMeuMZmpbX6JFUHJH00fIUozHiZRJXuOeF7Hxj-dTV9pF_LWIlC1yMyLmg_GbumvEAc8ARiZGW4FWd123BloHL5ITjMN-iYOT5UG_uKvQka81faIg7atzRwjp6Wp58S/w640-h480/IMG_3653.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They call it Camel Rock ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAEdR7H2dHxAInBt1qLUCJJ0sB9EKoHPa1kv5UsY-Pq7IyTW9g7dK6rEaWlNvASBHPZmJfXAyd3muRCB95X4IEECBHSxppKGr9d2BWeS4tIFClXk3Yc2-9-0xcFQqAonrJGAAieV2_EQXqkQxC04L1h6HYBEPqEEy4sM8rO6HvUacuHsP7rcSx86pIifV/s4032/IMG_3654.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAEdR7H2dHxAInBt1qLUCJJ0sB9EKoHPa1kv5UsY-Pq7IyTW9g7dK6rEaWlNvASBHPZmJfXAyd3muRCB95X4IEECBHSxppKGr9d2BWeS4tIFClXk3Yc2-9-0xcFQqAonrJGAAieV2_EQXqkQxC04L1h6HYBEPqEEy4sM8rO6HvUacuHsP7rcSx86pIifV/w640-h480/IMG_3654.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Retaining wall with spikes to deter people from climbing on the rock, but <br />they do not deter visitors from writing on the wall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKFlUWrQs8_-5eRelSCf9b6FR4L_m-Kwe3MKNNJFgkYtaT0Uh9KKlsnZse86bFvnuzyO7HbEyD4MXKrYvd3NX5zFN9lYaKZ6xVnA11iHX7rBaGvHvAr87Buzr_7bomSX4wnLeN5PvWETBNy0MfnZw1c1iIvgsKmaVkNTNO9hqH6cc4n8iljRp2Rl7k9HN/s4032/IMG_3648.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKFlUWrQs8_-5eRelSCf9b6FR4L_m-Kwe3MKNNJFgkYtaT0Uh9KKlsnZse86bFvnuzyO7HbEyD4MXKrYvd3NX5zFN9lYaKZ6xVnA11iHX7rBaGvHvAr87Buzr_7bomSX4wnLeN5PvWETBNy0MfnZw1c1iIvgsKmaVkNTNO9hqH6cc4n8iljRp2Rl7k9HN/w640-h480/IMG_3648.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A most ferocious warrior statue</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqiKUf0j6lTCGSIeWnQufXn7FMfaizN2zmgYBERdFFpmU8xQkRFWWqRhHKgwYLL4uvELXGjed-7Cms81GPOg9Qnv-K4niecLUqtI0RQ_XtRokO6IGHOevgrE3rTvPnrnnFrHhLjSEHDDkyU7DtCpOthp0FiHUEB52hGJKZsac5wdMGZGdKKuyqP-gSYeBw/s6148/IMG_4438.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4099" data-original-width="6148" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqiKUf0j6lTCGSIeWnQufXn7FMfaizN2zmgYBERdFFpmU8xQkRFWWqRhHKgwYLL4uvELXGjed-7Cms81GPOg9Qnv-K4niecLUqtI0RQ_XtRokO6IGHOevgrE3rTvPnrnnFrHhLjSEHDDkyU7DtCpOthp0FiHUEB52hGJKZsac5wdMGZGdKKuyqP-gSYeBw/w640-h426/IMG_4438.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Buffalo Thunder Resort Casino or Camel Rock confusion ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7wSKfBnsm5WMkcRVIQWH1pGLjV7fq4YyKwp5I94cl0CFl5wyZS8hEmsDfOB2mwa_tRfOSm2y1ZLNswFoX32LazutsUlCoxKnqqAQ2XdrIfzJ5lf-KDlfsmhuROq9MLCqr_c1mZ8N6ziyaFP1SMeWoSATTs_t7LFezYG5AEMSrIiCQwR5vWWWrafCI88o/s6240/IMG_4441.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6240" data-original-width="4160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7wSKfBnsm5WMkcRVIQWH1pGLjV7fq4YyKwp5I94cl0CFl5wyZS8hEmsDfOB2mwa_tRfOSm2y1ZLNswFoX32LazutsUlCoxKnqqAQ2XdrIfzJ5lf-KDlfsmhuROq9MLCqr_c1mZ8N6ziyaFP1SMeWoSATTs_t7LFezYG5AEMSrIiCQwR5vWWWrafCI88o/w426-h640/IMG_4441.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pueblo of Tesuque sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">I’m now switching gears again heading back to the downtown Santa Fe Plaza for the concert series. This show is one that I am really am looking forward to, the opener is a local old timer, Bill Hearnes, who does good ole cowboy country, not the like the whiney, crappy new country that tops the music charts today. </span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The main act<b>,</b> James McMurtry<b> </b>was the one I wanted to see. He is an incredible songwriter with poetic and introspective lyrics that could be compared to Bob Dylan. He also is a great guitar player, a good vocalist and is backed by a great band.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McMurtry">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McMurtry</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.jamesmcmurtry.com/home.html">https://www.jamesmcmurtry.com/home.html</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxWhTxqqxCUlW8X1f5yh96yOSQSDwip_cIJRcOgM2rJlFORx9xBOM9fSeKsY9srYXhkhHSIbmoGbDepXngVqA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bRoaXHwa6VPiuta0WrBTi94Xnf6Mii7fQ1KSJvLJxpiFkr-dNq4LhfyDSt07LSXdV0mD63syfZMBVu-hDSI1HzA-V-i3sP8-sz2rb89ICzXcc5Orb_Lb-4V2mUOerGANQtsDOxZ9FwVAGJ8WluPz5a8bhNg5mDKbbEBTrBX8V9P1nbcfiuu3MWS6ak3b/s3859/IMG_3673.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2894" data-original-width="3859" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bRoaXHwa6VPiuta0WrBTi94Xnf6Mii7fQ1KSJvLJxpiFkr-dNq4LhfyDSt07LSXdV0mD63syfZMBVu-hDSI1HzA-V-i3sP8-sz2rb89ICzXcc5Orb_Lb-4V2mUOerGANQtsDOxZ9FwVAGJ8WluPz5a8bhNg5mDKbbEBTrBX8V9P1nbcfiuu3MWS6ak3b/w640-h480/IMG_3673.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyJ-k_lxKbi7q9VFerg8rWXGIT-tHBc-s_eWTHc-a4wNv_wqSvGuKI6A8RTlFc7z4kQFhWRV6q1rB49gSCYlA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Suddenly today, I’ve noticed a vibration in the van which I hope is due to the rear tires being worn down to or very near the wear indicators. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">For the balance of this trip, I’m just staying on the road, no scenic stops, no exits for museums or scenic areas, hiking or even a simple photo. It’s going to be a forced drive straight to Las Cruces, NM where I will stop at Cracker Barrel for the night. They have a nice quiet lot, but in the middle of the night, I am bothered by this horrible smell, really bad, so I move a mile away to a nearby Walmart. It weird, it has the same odor, but not as strong and I drift back to sleep. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It now about 6 AM and I have decided to set my mind at ease somewhat by jacking my front wheels off the ground, shaking and rotating my tires to check for looseness or roughness. I just want to know that my front wheels are OK. Since I’m at a Walmart Tire store, I then decide to see if I can get two new tires on the rear. It turns out after sitting in their nasty waiting room for an hour, that they don’t have the tires shown in their inventory, but another nearby store may have them. I drive to the other store only to hear the same story after wasting another hour or so. Walmart auto department is terrible ! </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">At this point, I decide to just drive it as is, take it a little slower and if it gets worse, I’ll just stop at the nearest town. It’s a straight 250 miles mostly on interstate 10 west back to Tucson from here. I do take a couple of photos in Las Cruces and I believe one highway rest stop.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzEdNnZU-755stiKgegeQb_1EOh5igvC-b_RwR5zuIZ1rV2VaTu8MTY2dzl9i5uQVoJT_BWsP3LGsY50qVOckJbDo9SAhJyYet1tMiS3fHqF0jTBCAkWr1uW8-RU_hwpEr5TgKorMbdT62k6Q_UfKYdw0BaQDFduuuWHgoFWcg--klUusdOG3SWVh_uHkv/s3894/IMG_3685.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3894" data-original-width="2920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzEdNnZU-755stiKgegeQb_1EOh5igvC-b_RwR5zuIZ1rV2VaTu8MTY2dzl9i5uQVoJT_BWsP3LGsY50qVOckJbDo9SAhJyYet1tMiS3fHqF0jTBCAkWr1uW8-RU_hwpEr5TgKorMbdT62k6Q_UfKYdw0BaQDFduuuWHgoFWcg--klUusdOG3SWVh_uHkv/w480-h640/IMG_3685.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a hotel front and I have no idea what it means</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNQHRmhrrEnVRv1UxTvoE9eK0X8JO4f2TDyES0dOZd40t1mXHKseez8XCo8A7bgLmecCC4HL2DlrZ-jB0qpChZnhnV0WtZDXm4F6SqysHz7kC81TX4jfp7dyZhky6Z6X6DPFxV8qbfK01LFog1aALAzxX2SqyVVszAkFQ3rsQDrHxwB2MwP8HwuRUTn-v/s3792/IMG_3687.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2844" data-original-width="3792" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNQHRmhrrEnVRv1UxTvoE9eK0X8JO4f2TDyES0dOZd40t1mXHKseez8XCo8A7bgLmecCC4HL2DlrZ-jB0qpChZnhnV0WtZDXm4F6SqysHz7kC81TX4jfp7dyZhky6Z6X6DPFxV8qbfK01LFog1aALAzxX2SqyVVszAkFQ3rsQDrHxwB2MwP8HwuRUTn-v/w640-h480/IMG_3687.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I parked in the parking lot of the Center for progress and justice and admired the<br /> indigenous plants, sage I believe.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9j2qH3EbTNgcLE32xSZXQuupxtgmL_JFvAIfoBrNwsMurTrKNjCJlZ4zjNhXiuBie9BV-l71SATwZjN_d8PWsJSQIEZXx3gszkfcy8F9bczd0GRXpyuPagg4fJGlbAR1ASUgZiiO3FNQnHqH_XqAJDWYn-NTs6ZrAWmmVZgWavL6qME2m_8ji17Pqfzq/s3827/IMG_3698.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2649" data-original-width="3827" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9j2qH3EbTNgcLE32xSZXQuupxtgmL_JFvAIfoBrNwsMurTrKNjCJlZ4zjNhXiuBie9BV-l71SATwZjN_d8PWsJSQIEZXx3gszkfcy8F9bczd0GRXpyuPagg4fJGlbAR1ASUgZiiO3FNQnHqH_XqAJDWYn-NTs6ZrAWmmVZgWavL6qME2m_8ji17Pqfzq/w640-h442/IMG_3698.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A quick stop in Truth or Consequences, NM</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkGQItan-JiTokmGpB_b05KS-EcEnKbDB2allA2ZiChRVazy7jdKo3vF7z2NHmAa1DO5KDreBW6W8PRA2kII1Dq2fAe-irJN3lVZIE82Aix8BAcDe3UVr_KT4z0J6Oec_d28DJVjFg96ZFXcHBNEylMTzf6gRFgBtoX65xVFn504ZytsF7eJGNNmM3oeL/s3806/IMG_3697.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2854" data-original-width="3806" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkGQItan-JiTokmGpB_b05KS-EcEnKbDB2allA2ZiChRVazy7jdKo3vF7z2NHmAa1DO5KDreBW6W8PRA2kII1Dq2fAe-irJN3lVZIE82Aix8BAcDe3UVr_KT4z0J6Oec_d28DJVjFg96ZFXcHBNEylMTzf6gRFgBtoX65xVFn504ZytsF7eJGNNmM3oeL/w640-h480/IMG_3697.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Ft. Craig Rest Area with a beautiful Yucca</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The vibration doesn’t get any worse and I’m pretty sure it’s the tire wear. I start to build confidence as I get closer to Tucson and increase my speed. This last day has been pretty horrible, but overall this trip has been trouble free. The heat this summer has been wicked at times and the area storms were troublesome, but we made it through without damage.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In summary; I put 5,292 miles on the van during this trip and the engine has run stationary for many more hours just to run the AC to cool me. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I traveled through parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Illinois, Kansas, but mostly in Oklahoma. I saw and learned much on this trip, Oklahoma is full of treasures. I was gone for 50 days, stayed overnight in about 25 different towns/cities and stopped to explore about 50 other towns along the way, visited at least 20 museums and a few art galleries, took 5,339 photos between camera and phone, met a few characters and a few assholes, saw many bad drivers, but managed to avoid them. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I’ve had people ask; Why Oklahoma ? What’s to do or see there ? I have no good answer for them. I saw this Edward Abbey quote before my hike into the Santa Fe River canyon which inspires me.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPi5GQxUioL68PsxagxDAPpY8z6g0pbSbaVJcExumpBf6CvCD6l6cC3YvgQOwviogssSuRlyKiyuLy6VRn3i5oJtgx7AofSziXtwyNKgQeh-AufXsyUN6hKkLdyjND7gdKTuGFPP8Gwfs_2cO16NhwRjB7moyDA2fd4EDJ7RoqyrR82VCJroaOUdDsixKi/s3067/IMG_3553.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="3067" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPi5GQxUioL68PsxagxDAPpY8z6g0pbSbaVJcExumpBf6CvCD6l6cC3YvgQOwviogssSuRlyKiyuLy6VRn3i5oJtgx7AofSziXtwyNKgQeh-AufXsyUN6hKkLdyjND7gdKTuGFPP8Gwfs_2cO16NhwRjB7moyDA2fd4EDJ7RoqyrR82VCJroaOUdDsixKi/w640-h346/IMG_3553.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><div><br /></div></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-24458808379452606982023-08-04T17:23:00.001-07:002023-08-04T17:27:39.925-07:00<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Clayton - Des Moins - Capulin Volcano NM - Raton, New Mexico</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">July 13 -15, 2023:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’m pulled over at an intersection and I'm debating which way to go, Colorado or New Mexico ? I decide on the route heading to Woodward, New Mexico as it's a town unknown to me. It’s very odd how as soon as you cross over the state line into New Mexico the terrain changes, like a light being turned on, there are now rolling hillside covered in Pinion Pine and Sage. New Mexico is a beautiful state, somewhat underrated. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I am traveling on route 64 when I rediscover the Santa FeTrail again. I stop at a roadside sign indicating that this is the Mc Ness Crossing, famous as the location where two men were killed by Indians. There are actual ruts here that are claimed to be from the wheels of Santa Fe trail wagons. It's sort of hard to believe that after 195 years they would still show, but I'll believe it.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OzhQEwsIe6zs4yttKpnO350tkh0Io51nFY1v3VAw3yvVlrGaP_m0Ya8j0spgAv1zHBcAyx0Wgu6Yxul87MXlSZfRpLnaO6Pi2j4egf433FtlkVfmHwXoMee36AdYYoEIpUPCEal9u7qjFcaEtrfkz4uPjq-s5HB9WaTUI6eLTDY8EPVo7QM2wZGugpsw/s3600/IMG_3202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OzhQEwsIe6zs4yttKpnO350tkh0Io51nFY1v3VAw3yvVlrGaP_m0Ya8j0spgAv1zHBcAyx0Wgu6Yxul87MXlSZfRpLnaO6Pi2j4egf433FtlkVfmHwXoMee36AdYYoEIpUPCEal9u7qjFcaEtrfkz4uPjq-s5HB9WaTUI6eLTDY8EPVo7QM2wZGugpsw/w480-h640/IMG_3202.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-Jo2oEPUG2tzTfY5kh9xjK4NaoN-BkGZv_rbmDy9bnvkffiHy4YwaRhBpP_N8ueKPi6Pp_YnBOl-eissz8tP1J7L0S46dYPx_GSGi8mcJ9AfJFHRxb5k09x4IoJVn6AiFaXqpANMiURMBS_PV46pbMlme1h7akeCcED2wofg2gpcYThRABGZ85PUc7nX/s4032/IMG_3203.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-Jo2oEPUG2tzTfY5kh9xjK4NaoN-BkGZv_rbmDy9bnvkffiHy4YwaRhBpP_N8ueKPi6Pp_YnBOl-eissz8tP1J7L0S46dYPx_GSGi8mcJ9AfJFHRxb5k09x4IoJVn6AiFaXqpANMiURMBS_PV46pbMlme1h7akeCcED2wofg2gpcYThRABGZ85PUc7nX/w640-h480/IMG_3203.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The wagon ruts</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I arrive in Clayton, New Mexico about noon and do my usual thing, park the van and walk the main drag taking photos of anything of interest. I am liking this downtown, it has a beautiful old historic Hotel and Restaurant, The" Eklund" and several other historic buildings, some in good condition, other falling apart. This downtown is vibrant, people actually come here to shop ? There is also heavy truck traffic, cattle haulers mostly and ranch pickup trucks with their flat bed bodies and front brush bars. </span><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton,_New_Mexico</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIagAPfhN4MJnZ-IuqHpmTCVXYX5a57GhAJvN9FZcD81cJkOf9CNyuE9v3inLybGjpnBUoj19Pd-tzz7JQYRZE30f1_HNaYdZWYDLm4dd2qsB9-tjZ21ChkVAQswBP5-2ccib21U1v9BnaxErZrXVuX1L8TEBfgB1i3AkKNfDElPTwenGwMRM6Z-GfiNe9/s5422/IMG_4179.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3526" data-original-width="5422" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIagAPfhN4MJnZ-IuqHpmTCVXYX5a57GhAJvN9FZcD81cJkOf9CNyuE9v3inLybGjpnBUoj19Pd-tzz7JQYRZE30f1_HNaYdZWYDLm4dd2qsB9-tjZ21ChkVAQswBP5-2ccib21U1v9BnaxErZrXVuX1L8TEBfgB1i3AkKNfDElPTwenGwMRM6Z-GfiNe9/w640-h416/IMG_4179.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The local newspaper, the Union County Leader</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA55bywQxaeztJ9ypEJjBaJB_E7acvQ5z1mJcQZU68QSvxfe5uLwYWcn5bjSJuDG4MkRu0YgEElQygL3XAycQjWFW32VDxRRFRDN7n8IDyUSbsReMT-GSw3OfmK2mEfNcM5LvWLOoiTtygfyyzus2U_W5Z0RDGfjr7ulXbNszqoJNm7rH-FQoyYqrO0w4e/s5839/IMG_4185.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3893" data-original-width="5839" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA55bywQxaeztJ9ypEJjBaJB_E7acvQ5z1mJcQZU68QSvxfe5uLwYWcn5bjSJuDG4MkRu0YgEElQygL3XAycQjWFW32VDxRRFRDN7n8IDyUSbsReMT-GSw3OfmK2mEfNcM5LvWLOoiTtygfyyzus2U_W5Z0RDGfjr7ulXbNszqoJNm7rH-FQoyYqrO0w4e/w640-h426/IMG_4185.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The front of the Eklund Hotel</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYtKT5NVAik_ZcpNb2puozkTVJEQ_SaARVbLkDYIth5PFzDVK42Be79iI2JLnRq7lmTbG6AKGcfq1mISaikpwRkGDa1_VHuUIuPEsrpCU9WDuVW-CXLxjXbVie3tNZTyh5CzHZ8cWrz3gMnC8NKZUZnRNjXNzSleuk4h2AVMSEyzr5D1MbyLMQWK3xkd6/s6240/IMG_4187.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYtKT5NVAik_ZcpNb2puozkTVJEQ_SaARVbLkDYIth5PFzDVK42Be79iI2JLnRq7lmTbG6AKGcfq1mISaikpwRkGDa1_VHuUIuPEsrpCU9WDuVW-CXLxjXbVie3tNZTyh5CzHZ8cWrz3gMnC8NKZUZnRNjXNzSleuk4h2AVMSEyzr5D1MbyLMQWK3xkd6/w640-h426/IMG_4187.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Coffee shop in front of the old grain elevator</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkVvMwu7fGF9ldY04ek2cIHl-SXV_E35oncPk2xsvcfJ4lL8tyzZf5eDiEHseQpHIGn65Q6AifMhbc0Oe8socDxl0pIogLOMiPvMuyl-CSZWRsrYro6qitFrbOViupdh_6tb9oybEjRUwlRJDurZhdrhRDTChAxnpaum2t51QDVdrCdPPlvnNv6hUGUn4/s6145/IMG_4190.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4097" data-original-width="6145" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkVvMwu7fGF9ldY04ek2cIHl-SXV_E35oncPk2xsvcfJ4lL8tyzZf5eDiEHseQpHIGn65Q6AifMhbc0Oe8socDxl0pIogLOMiPvMuyl-CSZWRsrYro6qitFrbOViupdh_6tb9oybEjRUwlRJDurZhdrhRDTChAxnpaum2t51QDVdrCdPPlvnNv6hUGUn4/w640-h426/IMG_4190.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Attractive downtown</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5waPXw5BKEKd3oVEkokwv0-sUl-BBFW3FVRwbsO0XcQbJEy4feKfYDYvDjuwszCzJ-eYeTLOi6tMMY6-cZLsRqTgYLiAajsHwtE-_tXE9RbqIE8mLjfZCMwPQnas8sC7T3dtUFUCMRvdvi1tezS7bFXuQMtnUyCNaRk_9Fc-oRg3DRLHqOl4-96ih_2-/s5783/IMG_4191.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3855" data-original-width="5783" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5waPXw5BKEKd3oVEkokwv0-sUl-BBFW3FVRwbsO0XcQbJEy4feKfYDYvDjuwszCzJ-eYeTLOi6tMMY6-cZLsRqTgYLiAajsHwtE-_tXE9RbqIE8mLjfZCMwPQnas8sC7T3dtUFUCMRvdvi1tezS7bFXuQMtnUyCNaRk_9Fc-oRg3DRLHqOl4-96ih_2-/w640-h426/IMG_4191.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Luna Theater</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CDSNE099Yy7eVEMYQSugvGfg_0Nhojr49Zwb6LLxE33YI9QTghfvYTJLLC-31AOx28Vnroq1TX7I1_hphjNr_qxIymhJ5eS6JrQ5KkWnQuN1e53zJtIWhDXLbHw_c0hPfOqu83G9ZQDnLpweznZ8lHp3GWHnaclsWthdF3ZPow2whD9L44OTzVKfCCkb/s6030/IMG_4192.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4020" data-original-width="6030" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CDSNE099Yy7eVEMYQSugvGfg_0Nhojr49Zwb6LLxE33YI9QTghfvYTJLLC-31AOx28Vnroq1TX7I1_hphjNr_qxIymhJ5eS6JrQ5KkWnQuN1e53zJtIWhDXLbHw_c0hPfOqu83G9ZQDnLpweznZ8lHp3GWHnaclsWthdF3ZPow2whD9L44OTzVKfCCkb/w640-h426/IMG_4192.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It appears that Pixie is out of business</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMDVXkgp7nCX8hcyjlfeTPoQD1ZJJGTL4ik6UYhdzjO7HJmdDq2uJnnxmu8ZTtpTBWPj1MnDiS7HZ9R78MpOv-3ZUsJJuN_m7xzUmejWQPeJhwJ3QNXWpKEbr50nqtd2hY4E73o0Q4AOpG4c_hLqSkmmY6Ih3mLUxT7xsgHFgBLpn4j5WDq_9xlXXjWOY/s6240/IMG_4195.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMDVXkgp7nCX8hcyjlfeTPoQD1ZJJGTL4ik6UYhdzjO7HJmdDq2uJnnxmu8ZTtpTBWPj1MnDiS7HZ9R78MpOv-3ZUsJJuN_m7xzUmejWQPeJhwJ3QNXWpKEbr50nqtd2hY4E73o0Q4AOpG4c_hLqSkmmY6Ih3mLUxT7xsgHFgBLpn4j5WDq_9xlXXjWOY/w640-h426/IMG_4195.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Eklund is the premier place in town</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFylTA9NDfe6OR2E9XP9IPgRsn2Z5M-CuwA6yQqc3O6D3YUIW2EhOsfi6hybUXtFCjOVQPqzt8_G21vEY3vwmarJyMn4xK3lQT_ROMQiKsYitZ9JvARn-hzmHI-jWGVlUqIDL-3oUDh45DuJEueZXNy1GB4K_F2XEpPlv0MEw4VuRhi-IzYF-slF_Pq4vb/s6240/IMG_4198.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">After about an hour, it's getting too hot, so I go to the air conditioned Herzstein Memorial Museum. This is another amazing local history museum on two floors that are dedicated to this amazingly enterprising Jewish immigrant, Morris Herzstein, who built and ran an amazing store for decades. He was eventually joined by other family members to operate the store. They had a large exhibit about him and his family with many photos and personal artifacts. 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzPN5504AnTr38YXbXNQX-CoHJ2RwHE8WPcEvdmgjCIT6f0xrvbb18ftrnlNKxKdD7-KH7z4VCwL7kMlM_aU6Mg2G4iSF1UAoWS21uawCIkPNLaXdJrq4SxBD3GSorGQJKLTNLuVv3TjoFXvK8nu27y830yzoY3muWVynuN8kHoljOvmfeA6m94I5hkF6/s3012/IMG_3266.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3012" data-original-width="2687" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzPN5504AnTr38YXbXNQX-CoHJ2RwHE8WPcEvdmgjCIT6f0xrvbb18ftrnlNKxKdD7-KH7z4VCwL7kMlM_aU6Mg2G4iSF1UAoWS21uawCIkPNLaXdJrq4SxBD3GSorGQJKLTNLuVv3TjoFXvK8nu27y830yzoY3muWVynuN8kHoljOvmfeA6m94I5hkF6/w570-h640/IMG_3266.jpeg" width="570" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A pretty cool story</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFh2Lq_xLFDlKuDXQ_EHXBy7a72iPxYw4Ra_a72xxNEm-ZvZA7OWUpZGe6E6rq1dBAaI2GFfCI7-c9GO60gXAJHM9v4Bt8IhpLbgGwhYD6peFpPJsblMEAiOwjOQXTY7uSr8ph3Xs2cL5v9xUJoU-FABlMiCBlvPuQIdEkX75-pAHoTLzUlksRYy1ZupNY/s4027/IMG_3267.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2698" data-original-width="4027" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFh2Lq_xLFDlKuDXQ_EHXBy7a72iPxYw4Ra_a72xxNEm-ZvZA7OWUpZGe6E6rq1dBAaI2GFfCI7-c9GO60gXAJHM9v4Bt8IhpLbgGwhYD6peFpPJsblMEAiOwjOQXTY7uSr8ph3Xs2cL5v9xUJoU-FABlMiCBlvPuQIdEkX75-pAHoTLzUlksRYy1ZupNY/w640-h428/IMG_3267.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I don't quite understand what is funny</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodHqRyOxRg7pdm7bIzX5dq0oA4O1AqrzL4hwhA68HmMwmVcbuf_6Y5Fj2HsRH0q109Gcoy1qNcITMsy2RHiXX4HrEGckYlnlSs71EOewg39pWdlDmwgeQ_vxtxtTC_9WhQqfQNVedavKbAtjyP2bSDplbajgPaBmFkjUzqDNW6EUvcMR0QcFJ4j1qGUWr/s3811/IMG_3271.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2858" data-original-width="3811" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodHqRyOxRg7pdm7bIzX5dq0oA4O1AqrzL4hwhA68HmMwmVcbuf_6Y5Fj2HsRH0q109Gcoy1qNcITMsy2RHiXX4HrEGckYlnlSs71EOewg39pWdlDmwgeQ_vxtxtTC_9WhQqfQNVedavKbAtjyP2bSDplbajgPaBmFkjUzqDNW6EUvcMR0QcFJ4j1qGUWr/w640-h480/IMG_3271.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A very remarkable family connection</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXhIlNQLSGXspIX8po-G7JcDe6KHXx8Yn-o5Jy0vifRQeLynL0FeipRfDBbOe4-Jz7DYeOK6jV8oF63gn8T0e4qnDLzkWqZqTwEKl74aYvse3pz7rCPLxCxf6VDNlfUeru-OMIEi-VUNilKTr3lIzJpnq7x2udTFZlYvKpdfnUiE7vjN-axV75QHslTn6/s3371/IMG_3275.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3371" data-original-width="2520" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXhIlNQLSGXspIX8po-G7JcDe6KHXx8Yn-o5Jy0vifRQeLynL0FeipRfDBbOe4-Jz7DYeOK6jV8oF63gn8T0e4qnDLzkWqZqTwEKl74aYvse3pz7rCPLxCxf6VDNlfUeru-OMIEi-VUNilKTr3lIzJpnq7x2udTFZlYvKpdfnUiE7vjN-axV75QHslTn6/w478-h640/IMG_3275.jpeg" width="478" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Good advice !</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sadly, Clayton is most known for the public hanging of the notorious outlaw Black Jack Ketchum. He was kind of handsome and dashing looking man in the photos which contributes to the his legend and the the attending western lore. It probably wouldn’t have become such a noted event had not his head dislocated from his body during the hanging. Of course a photographer was there to get a nice gory photograph of it. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrUUUYME6A5t36qHKnMkNCevcpirRuE-wIvXEKGB3kICr0CmcedHsqeYPMlFvoagA_i5REf7h8doG7KlNKUHp_Mwe0VtZUjnGj0xjJ0xv505mfx3vXxXftcGYmiJRYt6d7GWO5YSVhjHkkycCZZvc60D-f5P832b9xSFIojePE6ZFVjprEVBhlRMwNVNk/s3349/IMG_3250.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3349" data-original-width="2607" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrUUUYME6A5t36qHKnMkNCevcpirRuE-wIvXEKGB3kICr0CmcedHsqeYPMlFvoagA_i5REf7h8doG7KlNKUHp_Mwe0VtZUjnGj0xjJ0xv505mfx3vXxXftcGYmiJRYt6d7GWO5YSVhjHkkycCZZvc60D-f5P832b9xSFIojePE6ZFVjprEVBhlRMwNVNk/w498-h640/IMG_3250.jpeg" width="498" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDQQhPc9PeFn2uZegrPd_GvFPEzQLjLmnSmSeY2ST-wHZtS-iqhxiXJR1e2gZRxfltVN6J0I4DI0hkeCqKFozYV8eoBtWkTs_9cjgHDWL5c0uQDWmwMcLpGebjHJKm9TE4tHRzJzIGCPRqFsm3nuBxbZEZKBXCXExIy9PGEXTMwQnieSpOoE7TwE1DX_b/s3856/IMG_3270.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2485" data-original-width="3856" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDQQhPc9PeFn2uZegrPd_GvFPEzQLjLmnSmSeY2ST-wHZtS-iqhxiXJR1e2gZRxfltVN6J0I4DI0hkeCqKFozYV8eoBtWkTs_9cjgHDWL5c0uQDWmwMcLpGebjHJKm9TE4tHRzJzIGCPRqFsm3nuBxbZEZKBXCXExIy9PGEXTMwQnieSpOoE7TwE1DX_b/w640-h412/IMG_3270.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3337" data-original-width="2573" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xlW9_ylEwvPwVE9mtKFEa6mPxQCijo31eirTWZpBG_GSclX_m-PLpAfgUaP1XHpWYYFGAphnXxdEW2Kq7QH2uB2leWWCWZBsiUfezbDW1C1Dawe0qmFZAN2lZ6Ps6FLY_3Wg3m_v_3SL-Hr3mThHi3F-QG92NZ-YRmn4GWk_5QTF-o6kC1ccRyJ9W1Ss/w494-h640/IMG_3251.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="494" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Funded by the NRA ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I find a stealthy parking spot on a back street for the night amidst threatening dark storm clouds. Here we go again, severe storm warnings from the Weather Channel and it does occur around 11 PM and lasts for about two hours, but no hail, no extreme wind, but really heavy rain. Truth be told, I’m getting tired of these scary nighttime storms, I wonder how the locals get used to it ?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the morning, I'm back on the road, on route 64 north heading for the Capulin Volcano National Monument. I make one stop along the route at the small town of Des Moins, NM for a few photos.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVigg078AO8DnFTdgWLhMcTIHk3fhqvcCHY30lkdlkfuF3_YKbeJziFx4MIyEBHTsbySIzERfFOiKVPvTQH--6iSH2ZThWZ4d9YHf1vYghTnXWd-MuUYqBbb_MeM1ve4T0DasIGw3L5AMlASlxXumIDbGWEh8HQo_GrfvrJ93XeksToWkE_4NyUoeapuyr/s3684/IMG_3296.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2762" data-original-width="3684" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVigg078AO8DnFTdgWLhMcTIHk3fhqvcCHY30lkdlkfuF3_YKbeJziFx4MIyEBHTsbySIzERfFOiKVPvTQH--6iSH2ZThWZ4d9YHf1vYghTnXWd-MuUYqBbb_MeM1ve4T0DasIGw3L5AMlASlxXumIDbGWEh8HQo_GrfvrJ93XeksToWkE_4NyUoeapuyr/w640-h480/IMG_3296.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5sB0L0__pIbVtdm8D0cAaEh0uM9_822W9VxhFQJ6GSInNDTPQ1C4x3nQ5NdLj-C_CdEGX19Wp_HIGwGpUVyV6Zor5BWBwisf8BqH0JbNU0kLMI7UaDSDHEqiE7jO5MNoECDpNME9JxCJPIrxLnIJC6vqSuJC6XKoQ-jFodtvqseEY_cq7Zf2K2ShRSC1/s3943/IMG_3297.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2955" data-original-width="3943" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5sB0L0__pIbVtdm8D0cAaEh0uM9_822W9VxhFQJ6GSInNDTPQ1C4x3nQ5NdLj-C_CdEGX19Wp_HIGwGpUVyV6Zor5BWBwisf8BqH0JbNU0kLMI7UaDSDHEqiE7jO5MNoECDpNME9JxCJPIrxLnIJC6vqSuJC6XKoQ-jFodtvqseEY_cq7Zf2K2ShRSC1/w640-h480/IMG_3297.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The old trading post</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5B41fnmo4oydG5A0r30cpTG-FSDrw4gTmysrdu4ezEmCNrExH_NwsQI83XEQz3KuXP3qmK9PhCOTv7-B9MebQZhbZ3LPErNlzp8oQ0YFZZB-ZEXZzEt8KrmA0M6KMYfVIMpnopAqeLR_HKBxcPSia3wTQXwlRjsOsu590UbVjxpusfy5hG3Wvii14SGr9/s3905/IMG_3300.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2928" data-original-width="3905" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5B41fnmo4oydG5A0r30cpTG-FSDrw4gTmysrdu4ezEmCNrExH_NwsQI83XEQz3KuXP3qmK9PhCOTv7-B9MebQZhbZ3LPErNlzp8oQ0YFZZB-ZEXZzEt8KrmA0M6KMYfVIMpnopAqeLR_HKBxcPSia3wTQXwlRjsOsu590UbVjxpusfy5hG3Wvii14SGr9/w640-h480/IMG_3300.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The new coffee shop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGN8ujMNT-evWfofdoEVJDDnoncl5VVOJ_KDusDuWizmWnpGMfCDxS1PLX_Ph8s7eM2bOoCs-UGsnbFWqNkrqjp2Unz2zy6b1iX65rsoz48ZX8E56_1Jwz9NKDQODczCCBiS5XjnZibvvoE4uzGngLgUQQjhNMfmfRtNTEzDchVC-jGY-WjfmHoGyOATT/s3787/IMG_3302.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2840" data-original-width="3787" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGN8ujMNT-evWfofdoEVJDDnoncl5VVOJ_KDusDuWizmWnpGMfCDxS1PLX_Ph8s7eM2bOoCs-UGsnbFWqNkrqjp2Unz2zy6b1iX65rsoz48ZX8E56_1Jwz9NKDQODczCCBiS5XjnZibvvoE4uzGngLgUQQjhNMfmfRtNTEzDchVC-jGY-WjfmHoGyOATT/w640-h480/IMG_3302.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The old hotel</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I use my America the Beautiful senior pass for the first time this year which gets me into the Capulin Volcano National Monument for free. It’s a fairly simple park with one road spiraling up the volcanos cone with great views of the valley below. Once at the top parking lot, you have two hiking trails options, one is a 1/4 mile steeply downhill path into the volcano’s crater or a one mile trail that goes steeply uphill winding around the cone about half way up and then steeply back to the parking lot. I did both trails, they aren’t really that hard and the views were especially good on the upper trail. There was much vegetation and flowering plants along the upper trail.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capulin_Volcano_National_Monument">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capulin_Volcano_National_Monument</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG62532vsKH6_z8fRbf5UlrGSyBKHVHaG92MUIGJtCtdPSehkd8XokfhIK5vn-4clrhQXfu0PZ2A_dK7dHgqtenDRSWvLeLbsJEI6Vs0VnIUSyDpl2c3b0_WCGBX6jryC58OYUyzwOYtn7Jy3mIkhYlBrVBNCOOK0ihFm0TBqMsAZcFUo7iN2fofeNxXo1/s4032/IMG_3312.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG62532vsKH6_z8fRbf5UlrGSyBKHVHaG92MUIGJtCtdPSehkd8XokfhIK5vn-4clrhQXfu0PZ2A_dK7dHgqtenDRSWvLeLbsJEI6Vs0VnIUSyDpl2c3b0_WCGBX6jryC58OYUyzwOYtn7Jy3mIkhYlBrVBNCOOK0ihFm0TBqMsAZcFUo7iN2fofeNxXo1/w640-h480/IMG_3312.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A decent road up, but few guard rails</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUbn8bvs7uT_RIt6k7WCM2W0EL0FkUwVd6ndGTrvdg_whe02f74jd7lsRoBeWVsc0tcj03HzOgrWMqx9AtPOTkB50_mEk86EXa8f7OLuSyw_utAFSVcaXDf3EHG-t4aYRWXmdZQ2ylrEzZxXM1GJ4VrVm23-V5okIluZUoaEZt0mMYPSHxC0DEwzZk1RTQ/s6240/IMG_4207.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUbn8bvs7uT_RIt6k7WCM2W0EL0FkUwVd6ndGTrvdg_whe02f74jd7lsRoBeWVsc0tcj03HzOgrWMqx9AtPOTkB50_mEk86EXa8f7OLuSyw_utAFSVcaXDf3EHG-t4aYRWXmdZQ2ylrEzZxXM1GJ4VrVm23-V5okIluZUoaEZt0mMYPSHxC0DEwzZk1RTQ/w640-h426/IMG_4207.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The trail into the crater</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEeMi6YCIHBKvzIe4MTg_WYDIk0ptrWxaJ5wQHnwq_tBGf7Dh0k1Zu5CP2wVjP35GRf5vJrElMiHhFY1h-25RWBQl5lczUarGEqDXMHyNMyOENGf2GSHWrGt6s5nFpf8c9TAxCYUe0N7NOdeG8mRmzBNpmdkIu11T12kh0b2cQ-_f5XprzcT_dQ8zs17M/s6240/IMG_4211.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEeMi6YCIHBKvzIe4MTg_WYDIk0ptrWxaJ5wQHnwq_tBGf7Dh0k1Zu5CP2wVjP35GRf5vJrElMiHhFY1h-25RWBQl5lczUarGEqDXMHyNMyOENGf2GSHWrGt6s5nFpf8c9TAxCYUe0N7NOdeG8mRmzBNpmdkIu11T12kh0b2cQ-_f5XprzcT_dQ8zs17M/w640-h426/IMG_4211.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking up from the crater</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidufZIOVFn3CJnPdRDwNSCjwpI4V6QP9AubpcyvyXWJ1NM5lapV-ur5wQQAa0BhOBkq8pH6SjG-9zCxKElAETrP6W_HyUvzQCzzTvB0DdPCfvKHCJrtDrMNRHiWooJpSNkN2-RNFj1RiPrb7oJVNAlrJOspkBp_q9FaA4_HSSgjFSaYiq0J-sO6Pq_T1Zu/s6240/IMG_4218.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidufZIOVFn3CJnPdRDwNSCjwpI4V6QP9AubpcyvyXWJ1NM5lapV-ur5wQQAa0BhOBkq8pH6SjG-9zCxKElAETrP6W_HyUvzQCzzTvB0DdPCfvKHCJrtDrMNRHiWooJpSNkN2-RNFj1RiPrb7oJVNAlrJOspkBp_q9FaA4_HSSgjFSaYiq0J-sO6Pq_T1Zu/w640-h426/IMG_4218.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The upper trail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqQZpmCfM6LwpRTl7J7ALcKDUnOLbP9MgNo19qPKCu9FYLlFNZbyvHGBW72_6s9lvryKGa5WQFhWXkCWma2VZZwcyTHRNUiv_6C9v9YY8bAFFfSoGdMYk9fDqkrDns7mkkFWyB4b06j1kHGfSlC5hYLUsNWNdyQ4KNA3h8BH0CkXWtO0TQVP-Ox62h9eh/s6116/IMG_4221.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4077" data-original-width="6116" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqQZpmCfM6LwpRTl7J7ALcKDUnOLbP9MgNo19qPKCu9FYLlFNZbyvHGBW72_6s9lvryKGa5WQFhWXkCWma2VZZwcyTHRNUiv_6C9v9YY8bAFFfSoGdMYk9fDqkrDns7mkkFWyB4b06j1kHGfSlC5hYLUsNWNdyQ4KNA3h8BH0CkXWtO0TQVP-Ox62h9eh/w640-h426/IMG_4221.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The view from the top</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQRiKs2pqV4jIgc-SkvTMxnGT5GedGTH3kqJyE6Zoex8nTDzXJsKAZfdTBdxyn3f3IuKGJoNOLg3tPmJvj29I-ekFpwg9SBnF4fSY23RuR4OWSyGykTcu_YvVvyxCFvmT2efdNU8bn8InkNlaE9P3r_3PiZMeJ37RqJVFC2E8x7NGzC7841HM-0ULa6Ue/s6060/IMG_4224.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4040" data-original-width="6060" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQRiKs2pqV4jIgc-SkvTMxnGT5GedGTH3kqJyE6Zoex8nTDzXJsKAZfdTBdxyn3f3IuKGJoNOLg3tPmJvj29I-ekFpwg9SBnF4fSY23RuR4OWSyGykTcu_YvVvyxCFvmT2efdNU8bn8InkNlaE9P3r_3PiZMeJ37RqJVFC2E8x7NGzC7841HM-0ULa6Ue/w640-h426/IMG_4224.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A more scenic uphill area</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYlVqQobmz1YjMCdWk52SfQjv-fSUr7gp6SC55p8EYY5OAq94p0IE-VlatYs_SpEw-oNqcLY-YNhXvE0YZdQp7GWcCLgaxWZbMx7DQieLdaU3frqXLiCempJFhscrO-keK4yj3Y3_Dj5j1h0U9X9d8it8SSS1miIny1DwG5iT_OeBv0CYJK8O-0xeuJBQ/s3134/IMG_3338.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3134" data-original-width="2855" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYlVqQobmz1YjMCdWk52SfQjv-fSUr7gp6SC55p8EYY5OAq94p0IE-VlatYs_SpEw-oNqcLY-YNhXvE0YZdQp7GWcCLgaxWZbMx7DQieLdaU3frqXLiCempJFhscrO-keK4yj3Y3_Dj5j1h0U9X9d8it8SSS1miIny1DwG5iT_OeBv0CYJK8O-0xeuJBQ/w584-h640/IMG_3338.jpeg" width="584" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many flowering cactus on the trail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-B-1aljsw37uyIbIFPZBlmqi_gvIpr-HHsYYTYirpdKh39FZ-UBG4wA1XIyuuHYTM-EmLy8SQVXkWCzEJki2xthmwKtOs5WMftq82keo3Cvv2IF0ljxepaVu2hBEaM9u6rYJTBSz-SYJFFH1V4OXCFLy--rgh_5diuVH-3YQFPdMtTLlSsYjyozNJ9-w/s3731/IMG_3334.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3731" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-B-1aljsw37uyIbIFPZBlmqi_gvIpr-HHsYYTYirpdKh39FZ-UBG4wA1XIyuuHYTM-EmLy8SQVXkWCzEJki2xthmwKtOs5WMftq82keo3Cvv2IF0ljxepaVu2hBEaM9u6rYJTBSz-SYJFFH1V4OXCFLy--rgh_5diuVH-3YQFPdMtTLlSsYjyozNJ9-w/w640-h518/IMG_3334.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyr5TQrkPJmU-b5MZ572IC8XjtGIKYBlG3BxpLKVkF66iOn_HJb5zdFJmf3fR4k-9Ji16ANA0IosISIS08AW2j0ZnIYs09WK2oTaJS5tp7F6vjCaGZ5iEvnBdpeNu3aXRtw3uoJQwXz_lrVYnZXYFC22BDEdpHxqBvcLqmBllShEnGTHRddlx0_Hc75HnB/s4032/IMG_3333.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyr5TQrkPJmU-b5MZ572IC8XjtGIKYBlG3BxpLKVkF66iOn_HJb5zdFJmf3fR4k-9Ji16ANA0IosISIS08AW2j0ZnIYs09WK2oTaJS5tp7F6vjCaGZ5iEvnBdpeNu3aXRtw3uoJQwXz_lrVYnZXYFC22BDEdpHxqBvcLqmBllShEnGTHRddlx0_Hc75HnB/w640-h480/IMG_3333.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That tree looks like a work of art, but it's real </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">After the volcano, I continue to Raton, New Mexico which I have been to several times and it is a favorite place. The last time here, much was closed due to covid, this time most everything is open. Raton is actually looking better these days, it has an artsy downtown element and the town seems to be promoting its charms. Raton has an interesting downtown historic district, see the link below. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raton,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raton,_New_Mexico</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raton_Downtown_Historic_District">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raton_Downtown_Historic_District</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGv2cJK-py3RlCFZHqewezeS6WDI6vS4bMdZH64mAXcv37rjGl4wD0eR8_wv5c5BTgUoen67iJmEvRET0w9WN_KDr-j8xtKHdt_nfhcJw4cWTHnQnJ3dw8p0gQOIUyG6RWcStEjy2girtm_TIMQfD1_Ujkj4qT0dLmWTMP4G5x1ys-MEWfpc6P_ge5DV-/s3297/IMG_3373.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3297" data-original-width="2580" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGv2cJK-py3RlCFZHqewezeS6WDI6vS4bMdZH64mAXcv37rjGl4wD0eR8_wv5c5BTgUoen67iJmEvRET0w9WN_KDr-j8xtKHdt_nfhcJw4cWTHnQnJ3dw8p0gQOIUyG6RWcStEjy2girtm_TIMQfD1_Ujkj4qT0dLmWTMP4G5x1ys-MEWfpc6P_ge5DV-/w500-h640/IMG_3373.jpeg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Interesting brick work and Lion head embellishments</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Tj2rR52OF_yy9VrPSzOPfBoXZWMaRuo1JAmTdLK34j2ncgzDhaedtEl6DJhixSNOXHVtxf0smp6FHI5e69HPdKLrmqF1fuy-zVbd0D5PdpQKgmEGHntznv36ww07cdLbpJT25MZk6TuNwFsTt5VYiRUJtvKRhduccx1AZTDL-cBqDNVJF62gEuqccE4b/s3779/IMG_3375.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3779" data-original-width="2835" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Tj2rR52OF_yy9VrPSzOPfBoXZWMaRuo1JAmTdLK34j2ncgzDhaedtEl6DJhixSNOXHVtxf0smp6FHI5e69HPdKLrmqF1fuy-zVbd0D5PdpQKgmEGHntznv36ww07cdLbpJT25MZk6TuNwFsTt5VYiRUJtvKRhduccx1AZTDL-cBqDNVJF62gEuqccE4b/w480-h640/IMG_3375.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmo8wyJ5cca4hnWR-kDSwHEPtqAJbcofFloNQ5k2ZuZ2wur-X5EUi8FebDEpPdtrD1vR-M_90BkyQNCeNXUzM-Z3B-4I-o7MJvZUK1T1DdtoWsrcqlet-olNSpSSJVFlgmVwh-NL8fQYe52oZNPrI_vk7DeLdkR0m5mXPFmMiBqBzu7oX7MDT-P8PnRpM7/s3668/IMG_3377.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2751" data-original-width="3668" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmo8wyJ5cca4hnWR-kDSwHEPtqAJbcofFloNQ5k2ZuZ2wur-X5EUi8FebDEpPdtrD1vR-M_90BkyQNCeNXUzM-Z3B-4I-o7MJvZUK1T1DdtoWsrcqlet-olNSpSSJVFlgmVwh-NL8fQYe52oZNPrI_vk7DeLdkR0m5mXPFmMiBqBzu7oX7MDT-P8PnRpM7/w640-h480/IMG_3377.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This building has been vacant for a long time, hope that changes soon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHvvjQuUq4639uZTiLv9fyGLDEpDgo6kTLi0cZm_phToYMmgl0Moe_ZGNqeqxA7lbLyjq8CrVi3Y2kqZvPKv5-JwAmepmM2KharNUyJjZUux-pNXZ2HfTizaBvHMgAmYU5Dy7zEU007UCN2i8zuGrZfNL9qxjf8TBSasfCGtxp_yA2em_6JuiyuPpqsDb/s3683/IMG_3378.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2762" data-original-width="3683" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHvvjQuUq4639uZTiLv9fyGLDEpDgo6kTLi0cZm_phToYMmgl0Moe_ZGNqeqxA7lbLyjq8CrVi3Y2kqZvPKv5-JwAmepmM2KharNUyJjZUux-pNXZ2HfTizaBvHMgAmYU5Dy7zEU007UCN2i8zuGrZfNL9qxjf8TBSasfCGtxp_yA2em_6JuiyuPpqsDb/w640-h480/IMG_3378.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Raton rail depot is beautiful and is still served by Amtrak </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAFizjoZvcDwkCj28uuRlMTNtMXUHdE_TycQtueN0uXbOax7getGVR-6Fc6hhImR8UA1Q7E-GyXECYbALUkHMoX5DASUBwPI0IPF1z3Bu798SRaApKN6XNI2j_XtjjbbcA9yZ7FWIRzRXqBukAqnekdD7xVlssL7CpEt3xmDMvkk9Ra7rvISmMbDqX9Ah/s5644/IMG_4262.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3763" data-original-width="5644" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAFizjoZvcDwkCj28uuRlMTNtMXUHdE_TycQtueN0uXbOax7getGVR-6Fc6hhImR8UA1Q7E-GyXECYbALUkHMoX5DASUBwPI0IPF1z3Bu798SRaApKN6XNI2j_XtjjbbcA9yZ7FWIRzRXqBukAqnekdD7xVlssL7CpEt3xmDMvkk9Ra7rvISmMbDqX9Ah/w640-h426/IMG_4262.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The El Raton is open as a movie theater</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I happened to be passing by the "Shuler Theater" after reading that they do tours on Thursday to Saturday from noon to 4 PM. I pushed at the front door and to my surprise, it opened and a young man offered me a tour, just what I wanted ! It has a series of beautiful WPA paintings of surrounding towns in the foyer The Theater interior is very ornate and mostly original although portions required restoration after being empty for several years. It also has the original stage curtain from when the theater was built in 1916.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUOBwlzsADI05KEkZ1dEcbmpDeABudU_bppOaBFAIZKX6qw84YcrkIkzPdW90ZhQqdYGtY_eRC6uD_jfrNrht_Yvlst3_o27O6KDvBH-wM1jUTK8-HugqfkEw8Psd_BgBOboEJgmfiUHmvDmUncOnP5Xig3aAf2Wa5BmF0F3Eb7Z_4ivPUf0dsv9BKInY/s5785/IMG_4255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3857" data-original-width="5785" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUOBwlzsADI05KEkZ1dEcbmpDeABudU_bppOaBFAIZKX6qw84YcrkIkzPdW90ZhQqdYGtY_eRC6uD_jfrNrht_Yvlst3_o27O6KDvBH-wM1jUTK8-HugqfkEw8Psd_BgBOboEJgmfiUHmvDmUncOnP5Xig3aAf2Wa5BmF0F3Eb7Z_4ivPUf0dsv9BKInY/w640-h426/IMG_4255.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcT0beXOR_-hfiimbtlOvS4gLWjX2u4x5DS5po7nLlShegx9AUmAVJSiRjWhKBYjD2his6zW2GU72VrAfiPcorIB-oILnznr4nJVGULqUuNEogNlRTgn1Rt_qSiN4EhmRjWX8xME_0CU9j4nskJe8DmrIcId-QVCWeRuf-j4_IYocqy-XeMVaquWA5Jfe/s6240/IMG_4243.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcT0beXOR_-hfiimbtlOvS4gLWjX2u4x5DS5po7nLlShegx9AUmAVJSiRjWhKBYjD2his6zW2GU72VrAfiPcorIB-oILnznr4nJVGULqUuNEogNlRTgn1Rt_qSiN4EhmRjWX8xME_0CU9j4nskJe8DmrIcId-QVCWeRuf-j4_IYocqy-XeMVaquWA5Jfe/w640-h426/IMG_4243.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As seen from these photos, it's beautiful</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIdH8rweihipQWTGVEXDzc2A_rlupoP_M0jpNuyLlFhrRfis7TEmWGDhRX1AEJ2B_ahy_hqNrypLCmQFpEAKjMb7OP9xwRrPseD2MqlD_O-644DLvAb7AhXctH3RL0jSNiHsTn64wlVSCdmkud8gWapaT6PkFfzlP4juZ0tq1y7ruOA5wF4p7cGpUjWUO/s5745/IMG_4247.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVV7BKvQOZtjrDZr1QeFJBP1_8OcCESYdHt2GK1p7GvYDhR_xTxElYNcqYq5tDO6C6jb-_JpK-tqu3ozYWg0qhiRHkBYynxlDOyjrIwCMOAecH-5eMr8Ykax02QWlhN5QC32JMwJwffkL2-IFdB-ays9aLkfjQFqvnvlQFA4WINHdBakURer3T7_1I_iN/s4998/IMG_4252.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4998" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVV7BKvQOZtjrDZr1QeFJBP1_8OcCESYdHt2GK1p7GvYDhR_xTxElYNcqYq5tDO6C6jb-_JpK-tqu3ozYWg0qhiRHkBYynxlDOyjrIwCMOAecH-5eMr8Ykax02QWlhN5QC32JMwJwffkL2-IFdB-ays9aLkfjQFqvnvlQFA4WINHdBakURer3T7_1I_iN/w640-h394/IMG_4252.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A couple of the foyer paintings, I'm guessing there were about 10 total</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsR2hTjwA2Yc1nUG9m0wg4gUfwHQwNzbf74X2Y1BP2PGmY0DVOFgu2_9yzeJSEmqeB9n9_iPE1T0beQ_oebli8PUCNPKOtUmGZ2sbZfi2I3O0SxZ4TCKgLPt1lXDAxKY8uA9WYMpTXxaAJGA3LfYUjCrWChk7RJuFwf2VcCOzxhxzLCGmI5DLzhrhsmO7/s5835/IMG_4253.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3890" data-original-width="5835" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsR2hTjwA2Yc1nUG9m0wg4gUfwHQwNzbf74X2Y1BP2PGmY0DVOFgu2_9yzeJSEmqeB9n9_iPE1T0beQ_oebli8PUCNPKOtUmGZ2sbZfi2I3O0SxZ4TCKgLPt1lXDAxKY8uA9WYMpTXxaAJGA3LfYUjCrWChk7RJuFwf2VcCOzxhxzLCGmI5DLzhrhsmO7/w640-h426/IMG_4253.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I then wandered around the downtown, taking some photos while a storm system with huge clouds was approaching. I saw that the "Raton Museum" was open, I had to go in as it it’s always been closed when here in the past. Truthfully, I’ve been doing so many museums lately that I’m sort of burned out on them at present. Since I was carrying the camera, I was told no photography allowed of the art work on the perimeter walls and they have a lot of it. The building itself is almost a work of art. There was a lot of stuff on two floors, I bypassed the more ordinary items that I see all the time, I’m becoming such a snob ! As I was inside the store the storm came through but was only a light shower. As I came out, I saw that I needed to redo some of my photos as the light was much improved.</span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_TZSGOdw-9bcmXGYQAsnIWrpxFN0HJtCiWupBUCeFDkLzBrwxB6WfMM_QYVK3sFM8V1ZVMJBthdQRm6yIvGxCJNfnBVbcDjpn5pIk5V5ojvSW6oP_cv9b0KboaZBcYtCso0rDIwd-HXhmnsDqCTegb5eGaSiEMS9ID2i91w38I2aA6hudutT737Fw_rQ/s2827/IMG_3350.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2827" data-original-width="2202" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_TZSGOdw-9bcmXGYQAsnIWrpxFN0HJtCiWupBUCeFDkLzBrwxB6WfMM_QYVK3sFM8V1ZVMJBthdQRm6yIvGxCJNfnBVbcDjpn5pIk5V5ojvSW6oP_cv9b0KboaZBcYtCso0rDIwd-HXhmnsDqCTegb5eGaSiEMS9ID2i91w38I2aA6hudutT737Fw_rQ/w498-h640/IMG_3350.jpeg" width="498" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm not a dog lover, but you have to be really low to steal this, see<br />the story below on Tom</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2478" data-original-width="3835" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UPkIC2jzAkNUYrqkU85xW7iux-dHAnW75KMEeL0oT0pKqBi9AJiJhkiLW2DShO1PXpIwxWC5TJOTQxrIx2C0J8EzDbsiZgxeyBXqi3zLmZDh-2dAeVot2lNRJHaGqiAianxKdoLgijsHG6rQSuRP_OlogffRaBNePRwWPBg-u1UJ_cVA-CmP3klyEMJE/w640-h414/IMG_3358.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A traffic jam in Raton in the past</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHfB_G0t84AR8qRFmwCNhc7cWi-nYgDZ1QppTLXW5ZTRTGl0hGY0Qb88We2RrfiMQS85XJHy5bDzEPGxiVtAFb3NpuZ-dBgitjFGeeqIfQYE-lYdbMSw-2guColoApxBGmrCEzh0OHgMK3Cz1x_DoHfX6lCCgQWSZ6iUK7DHwnDLUvlYqN4_mZZGzk0Py/s3754/IMG_3360.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3754" data-original-width="2510" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHfB_G0t84AR8qRFmwCNhc7cWi-nYgDZ1QppTLXW5ZTRTGl0hGY0Qb88We2RrfiMQS85XJHy5bDzEPGxiVtAFb3NpuZ-dBgitjFGeeqIfQYE-lYdbMSw-2guColoApxBGmrCEzh0OHgMK3Cz1x_DoHfX6lCCgQWSZ6iUK7DHwnDLUvlYqN4_mZZGzk0Py/w428-h640/IMG_3360.jpeg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This local band, The Fireballs were very popular</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7THO3062K1aNvnI-Bwkx-I90vQ2GPQUC0g3tWo-erXSdLFnQ4r4u5dlPSzqfDIhJ-gsO_hMlDg4lhF3LwephhaQ-cFZlo47GbRt83BrlBWCqpQ53MdJWGhLZe41yBWv5opHdntXYJ0utThF7ypUZ1YuwyxXEZ2cQhGGfyi9sHdd3yCoMu7yPOgAXWl0z/s3650/IMG_3362.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3650" data-original-width="2717" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7THO3062K1aNvnI-Bwkx-I90vQ2GPQUC0g3tWo-erXSdLFnQ4r4u5dlPSzqfDIhJ-gsO_hMlDg4lhF3LwephhaQ-cFZlo47GbRt83BrlBWCqpQ53MdJWGhLZe41yBWv5opHdntXYJ0utThF7ypUZ1YuwyxXEZ2cQhGGfyi9sHdd3yCoMu7yPOgAXWl0z/w476-h640/IMG_3362.jpeg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Raton Pass is really an awesome ride</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I was happy to see that the “Alternatives to violence thrift store” remains open, so great to see that kind of vibe. Also happy to see that the Gate City Craft Bar was open, it’s usually not open when I am here. After wandering around for a while I return to the Gate City Craft Bar for dinner, their menu is limited but what they have is very good. It’s decorated very nicely inside, but I was hoping there would live music tonight. They have a very nice stage setup and a very nice pool room off to the side, but unfortunately no music tonight.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUbH2gZagDNycqQx-dEp6ACMxAdOw-2NX_RyNsmRUJacO5VaDnE14EGNMEahupfxH2W-mvrJvV2xHHVxEyksqqikrMeDweLMJkHDPTFj2eqa7dCY7Iov1Uhi5YZVIbbR08xBJG3UFrzQpY381I7uqj7ezdmtzkIQn5joPpyp7kXIbzyIn7EI6Yckygsws/s6240/IMG_4233.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUbH2gZagDNycqQx-dEp6ACMxAdOw-2NX_RyNsmRUJacO5VaDnE14EGNMEahupfxH2W-mvrJvV2xHHVxEyksqqikrMeDweLMJkHDPTFj2eqa7dCY7Iov1Uhi5YZVIbbR08xBJG3UFrzQpY381I7uqj7ezdmtzkIQn5joPpyp7kXIbzyIn7EI6Yckygsws/w640-h426/IMG_4233.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The used to have a really cool railroad locomotive sign, hope it comes back</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYMjfesIjWwNR8z4eRKQnVm9Of9qyAL9EvHBXCpcDfXVW2vW_HpzyLj4IKwVswGTGwgxZIvym9fgRZgiOCy_uvHqyi6d5HayQpjNM0wE55DiFIU2D8HInCnYvTn_cXcAtObVWujDhxlGSFLyNlreNYkbzcZS1WX5yvdZvvJDd0ZCGuZE9NZrCtoieFzJ6/s3830/IMG_3367.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2872" data-original-width="3830" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYMjfesIjWwNR8z4eRKQnVm9Of9qyAL9EvHBXCpcDfXVW2vW_HpzyLj4IKwVswGTGwgxZIvym9fgRZgiOCy_uvHqyi6d5HayQpjNM0wE55DiFIU2D8HInCnYvTn_cXcAtObVWujDhxlGSFLyNlreNYkbzcZS1WX5yvdZvvJDd0ZCGuZE9NZrCtoieFzJ6/w640-h480/IMG_3367.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very nice inside, but the craft beers are lacking</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the morning, I find my way to the Raton sign on the top of the hill overlooking the town. It’s the highest place for miles and affords a great view of the city and surrounding valley. I then check out the post office which does have WPA murals, (I think they are) and then take some photos of the beautiful Colfax County Court House. Last but not least, I visit the Public Library, another wonderful Carnegie Library. This one has many WPA art works from the 1930’s with ornate labeled frames, but also many other great pictures, not WPA, on the walls.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrIX9nJ3g8gIuzoplVer5LbZOmlko8wQsZYmGALNI2NtGsNHyaaEICM7Wn4xmUNmhJIi0K6S3mQ0DhTALGSFvqNDbVcxZuACggc_PxLJIPNxvZUIohPXygef2B5pxA4ivkI_bib8DvKqHHUhf05AwtzKmX_MPtFaPlYVEkFGjzKd4mcRzc1FQBoI_sfUm3/s6032/IMG_4274.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4021" data-original-width="6032" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrIX9nJ3g8gIuzoplVer5LbZOmlko8wQsZYmGALNI2NtGsNHyaaEICM7Wn4xmUNmhJIi0K6S3mQ0DhTALGSFvqNDbVcxZuACggc_PxLJIPNxvZUIohPXygef2B5pxA4ivkI_bib8DvKqHHUhf05AwtzKmX_MPtFaPlYVEkFGjzKd4mcRzc1FQBoI_sfUm3/w640-h426/IMG_4274.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Raton hill and sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5TKry6Dc83EmQOTMMPee2QrGWcvF5EtbO6xDcZbII90Y99xpqp6rU0vnFx3VfWkm0f9aYjpWhmcOCsMgGVFdsf92ERJUkndi6AWnnWHdcN25fZVGqs7RyM1wRaijeNVh69BBpDRNSIApzphYEWrtpbLugGz3_iXO-KWXjFGs-2d_EmrvVuMHoJ2j7_Qm/s5194/IMG_4272.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5194" data-original-width="4099" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5TKry6Dc83EmQOTMMPee2QrGWcvF5EtbO6xDcZbII90Y99xpqp6rU0vnFx3VfWkm0f9aYjpWhmcOCsMgGVFdsf92ERJUkndi6AWnnWHdcN25fZVGqs7RyM1wRaijeNVh69BBpDRNSIApzphYEWrtpbLugGz3_iXO-KWXjFGs-2d_EmrvVuMHoJ2j7_Qm/w506-h640/IMG_4272.jpg" width="506" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also a lighted star</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEX1piWmscMdW6VIcIN4_izrtJCIBDxW_AHLY75V23_AK1ZTbCMnCCSIYOmS3mySgBjUqzORWM_YyprJfDqaWTiP6Ni59TOYd8uSe9o4Xx98KAj2QmMGhRf54M7_y_sabn3DuZVh7op7YZ6c-fUuYxd3OspLJ-8CDRMFm1dyesuMUbtIWgfLQ-YS5XDBt_/s6177/IMG_4269.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4118" data-original-width="6177" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEX1piWmscMdW6VIcIN4_izrtJCIBDxW_AHLY75V23_AK1ZTbCMnCCSIYOmS3mySgBjUqzORWM_YyprJfDqaWTiP6Ni59TOYd8uSe9o4Xx98KAj2QmMGhRf54M7_y_sabn3DuZVh7op7YZ6c-fUuYxd3OspLJ-8CDRMFm1dyesuMUbtIWgfLQ-YS5XDBt_/w640-h426/IMG_4269.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Quite a view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsqgNM164GpkFmdzsnL1mF9Sh0S8wl4FVDM_fpb52DKmJsFa9KlAwpJxL38rQXwQEzUcQjTzbHYB_aBI8CsKqysb_G4762m4HPvlQo12V-sHrRMP1MNy4-uTLktUoa6gBw_J8yOS0N_xgT1omtLD7izbQZyoLO8fZOQ2kjFqdM9YUXRhwz6vC8UPZsJh4/s3811/IMG_3383.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2858" data-original-width="3811" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsqgNM164GpkFmdzsnL1mF9Sh0S8wl4FVDM_fpb52DKmJsFa9KlAwpJxL38rQXwQEzUcQjTzbHYB_aBI8CsKqysb_G4762m4HPvlQo12V-sHrRMP1MNy4-uTLktUoa6gBw_J8yOS0N_xgT1omtLD7izbQZyoLO8fZOQ2kjFqdM9YUXRhwz6vC8UPZsJh4/w640-h480/IMG_3383.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Colfax County Court House - Art Deco Court House built in 1936</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIcvpnU5LZRcadeq76cp1Mwjxc6UHAA3vViYqufRBfSWlUO2-JcsFaus2RkG7_P-07o_cFg6pGPS7jLmzTHpx0FXp7oIX0WKlPjrntSkAU9f8cvCoozWzIlGtXfsCXW_RsGvVcsQbmUl6PQWNomepifm6olkQej09cFJBm7j69QNnrugXb8J3BZvrEzsJ/s5472/0Q1A6109.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIcvpnU5LZRcadeq76cp1Mwjxc6UHAA3vViYqufRBfSWlUO2-JcsFaus2RkG7_P-07o_cFg6pGPS7jLmzTHpx0FXp7oIX0WKlPjrntSkAU9f8cvCoozWzIlGtXfsCXW_RsGvVcsQbmUl6PQWNomepifm6olkQej09cFJBm7j69QNnrugXb8J3BZvrEzsJ/w640-h426/0Q1A6109.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkv4k5VIByHpundwRtC_0N7Ggx0erNPrbEZEsBNXJzmQjAwqsMomxUqK2JDnVvdhIZ_xIY0GMwnYnCfVhVBkaFV5eWHon56w-F5stegwi7ccdNv77IueHHAXllmf5TJRl1Vdn-txemVy-nuwCj88nIIGOiHzbqMgL118B_XZVvFTNd1QIcXmGEUKvNJ1dQ/s3885/IMG_3387.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="3885" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkv4k5VIByHpundwRtC_0N7Ggx0erNPrbEZEsBNXJzmQjAwqsMomxUqK2JDnVvdhIZ_xIY0GMwnYnCfVhVBkaFV5eWHon56w-F5stegwi7ccdNv77IueHHAXllmf5TJRl1Vdn-txemVy-nuwCj88nIIGOiHzbqMgL118B_XZVvFTNd1QIcXmGEUKvNJ1dQ/w640-h480/IMG_3387.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Murals in Post Office</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3NDR13M414qcidt8rH6lwWKVwrFUav4eE95_ic3K8w1jEzNxSz3EVhSB4R-lypVZQekMLBt9_QrfnEclmQcVo7bAHtiZmxIAMXxDZm0uVjkQ4dKAX7AR04zbF0IOvflZXD65oZMSAYqENtPHU06ECfOqscxfzC0EhtJaCETGuoUHLKlMwvIOTQwf-Zxx/s3569/IMG_3398.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3569" data-original-width="2906" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3NDR13M414qcidt8rH6lwWKVwrFUav4eE95_ic3K8w1jEzNxSz3EVhSB4R-lypVZQekMLBt9_QrfnEclmQcVo7bAHtiZmxIAMXxDZm0uVjkQ4dKAX7AR04zbF0IOvflZXD65oZMSAYqENtPHU06ECfOqscxfzC0EhtJaCETGuoUHLKlMwvIOTQwf-Zxx/w522-h640/IMG_3398.jpeg" width="522" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WPA painting in Library</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Raton, NM is one of my favorite small towns in many ways, it is a well kept secret.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">It’s now about 10 AM and I'm leaving Raton and I’m heading to Trinidad, Colorado a short 25 miles away.</p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-62940137956297009992023-08-02T14:58:00.001-07:002023-08-02T14:58:36.069-07:00<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Woodward - Buffalo - Gate - Beaver - Guymon - Boise City - Black Butte, SP</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> July 10 - 13, 2023: </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’m traveling route 163 north to the town of Buffalo, Oklahoma, its beautiful country with lush green long hilly vistas. I take a side road that goes into a ranch area where the view was beyond great and as I stopped to turn around on a ranch road this cute little cattle dog came over wagging his tail to check me out. I’m now entering what is known as the “Pan Handle” region of Oklahoma. I will then continue north west into the “No Man’s Land” area. I better buckle up tight, could be a wild ride.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxyGGBAzZB_kojpwMTwSRTJ19iqgJPg7v6En8ND11m04LWn8JWVPpf4hTka2JcZv7rb67_jppKuU15zWvsvQsr95apj5dHf4CheATYUK9AH8WuPyk-2ZeWjtk0TwNGIcTEdA8YX1JFeHe7Kid0Eb51xBnTSD8a3Zkw6IYcn3uhAFf3TcWlF6LGu1Qqobn/s3862/IMG_2932.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="3862" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxyGGBAzZB_kojpwMTwSRTJ19iqgJPg7v6En8ND11m04LWn8JWVPpf4hTka2JcZv7rb67_jppKuU15zWvsvQsr95apj5dHf4CheATYUK9AH8WuPyk-2ZeWjtk0TwNGIcTEdA8YX1JFeHe7Kid0Eb51xBnTSD8a3Zkw6IYcn3uhAFf3TcWlF6LGu1Qqobn/w640-h480/IMG_2932.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was taken by the greenness and the clouds</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPJN79-JzECpphEkH6r_CrVlM4X-jaEH08IBUXxt0CIES_7uNzjCc4I4k2rrS-1qzSDQao1VsC0Elk7RedoGGQlU9KPJlpapjQbFPg2t9h6boYEP4PqM7r2t3FqoG-C3fDY4ZxI_E45Kfw2q8wsqnJHhs0QyA7HygX3Q-uVytv-4WjMse-NVzDVf7_8x6/s4433/IMG_3999.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2713" data-original-width="4433" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPJN79-JzECpphEkH6r_CrVlM4X-jaEH08IBUXxt0CIES_7uNzjCc4I4k2rrS-1qzSDQao1VsC0Elk7RedoGGQlU9KPJlpapjQbFPg2t9h6boYEP4PqM7r2t3FqoG-C3fDY4ZxI_E45Kfw2q8wsqnJHhs0QyA7HygX3Q-uVytv-4WjMse-NVzDVf7_8x6/w640-h392/IMG_3999.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The rolling hills and the wind turbines in the distance</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWaziLqFhQn-ZQQHyvLF6JHTjtgkTjZSt0sq3B6FCJsLsPU2RcLdZF9bSgGKhVtniLJtthQtcjuQlzHq4OnfIdeoCTylUrH4L-k-rFsNq4rlQFvvQEi87cJ81xZFNUt3B3YxnMsBJN4wPZtDAxX1Ysi7kfu8mUiul8EQv1cRck1BIMqIaIfwf0lRxhkHl/s6240/IMG_4001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWaziLqFhQn-ZQQHyvLF6JHTjtgkTjZSt0sq3B6FCJsLsPU2RcLdZF9bSgGKhVtniLJtthQtcjuQlzHq4OnfIdeoCTylUrH4L-k-rFsNq4rlQFvvQEi87cJ81xZFNUt3B3YxnMsBJN4wPZtDAxX1Ysi7kfu8mUiul8EQv1cRck1BIMqIaIfwf0lRxhkHl/w640-h426/IMG_4001.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The sandy red earth here is special too</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JME1LD39Xfi7Nn6lBOmfom0ih2hmwJBesJ9LwCyGmGg7AhxjBErgyoUTYClolRdCrpU2p-azo47osoJH7SM_JEark4BAS9IRyCbyxrNDcN9SAAzc9AgFXSrGZGUWk-nDR1d4brrPxDymxW8bVuwIE9F0DZQcKKcShhHbJqnLXTH3MafncsS_wOE608lc/s3821/IMG_2924.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I then drive on to the town of Buffalo, OK where I stop to explore the quaint, interesting downtown and take many photos. I found this small town quite remarkable and likable, a small oasis in the middle of nowhere.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo,_Oklahoma</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjr3xEEllPmgNT321m82xdWyhVFwqqmUK-qEPW8W2d4j5Irwj0h1A9AX26MWAOigJum9WEMGsLGc93iP0UzxuP9ppB3mm4B9iaexmRkXLMP1l2yCeekI-S7u0ozoqXU0pHga90Q1XkpAeGTRjCLQlCI8Ts01njIny-Wvgj8Sam7Q8IfiL3F9ixkcTkgb0B/s6148/IMG_4011.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4099" data-original-width="6148" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjr3xEEllPmgNT321m82xdWyhVFwqqmUK-qEPW8W2d4j5Irwj0h1A9AX26MWAOigJum9WEMGsLGc93iP0UzxuP9ppB3mm4B9iaexmRkXLMP1l2yCeekI-S7u0ozoqXU0pHga90Q1XkpAeGTRjCLQlCI8Ts01njIny-Wvgj8Sam7Q8IfiL3F9ixkcTkgb0B/w640-h426/IMG_4011.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Several nice murals here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTX7_Cg378pTsAqqvMjy5yx8tv20vFe3O0BZBbn57gibOhmI2cBtEhUkXIMX_q-FUTeB5dXMBOWTBJnBoN-EZD01AkBNWplp0kFBoxxeI0ZXKfJdYR6Tdf-4KLmR6Fsx_-6ChDzjlSU5xG3rqPT9CjquxQBJ98Upl9qg_GgOqTlsuxzqMkbrKlvZKgz4nq/s6240/IMG_4013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Next, I continue on route 64 west to Gate, Ok for more murals and a lunch stop. Gate has an interesting history museum, but it's not open today and there are many roadside buildings with aging western themed murals, that are slowly fading away. Laurie's Cafe was open and I just had to go in for lunch, where there was one other patron quietly eating. He was soon joined by two friends, all local farmers or ranchers who talked on and on about the rainfall, the flooding creeks and fields. I took a few iPhone photos inside the cafe, but I kind of wanted to sneak a photo of the ranchers.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate,_Oklahoma</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKaK1nFoXxT7QDJz8A3sIM4ypaYaJL_Hvq_4g5Il-8aoIIXE2Wp4l_M7l6gd7fMlwzAQVHVdUBqQQj2dodWk3oOODBOw3GHGQFj72yc4FUdjC1c6HB1QMtzG_VIhaAzAZIm_2knYUYbCM08bhX4KUKj0yeVy4MCpbvnYuYHDPXx81330hejZYljWwBzGqJ/s6240/IMG_4038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4owN40y4E1j7PNIp3V2fXfRwsRvI3iTs3J_OhKy5E5t9eFdzulFi9YnJNkYR0bjrSc0KtXnNzKRojvALdIfA6sYsFj7W4s5IOVez_xK3cEUlrUGxdaR9PFqdorgSLsg_4kXjXzpMkmL3CtlTx68Sb-WYcxVL8OFD-9F4YUvstuGgoEZPNQVfZa6u4kEq/s6240/IMG_4042.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4owN40y4E1j7PNIp3V2fXfRwsRvI3iTs3J_OhKy5E5t9eFdzulFi9YnJNkYR0bjrSc0KtXnNzKRojvALdIfA6sYsFj7W4s5IOVez_xK3cEUlrUGxdaR9PFqdorgSLsg_4kXjXzpMkmL3CtlTx68Sb-WYcxVL8OFD-9F4YUvstuGgoEZPNQVfZa6u4kEq/w640-h426/IMG_4042.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The museum is in the old depot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj360a4CldA_OKXRJx6rggtfTW_P_BE0ygd4dF-aJi3Q-uj-dklYopcz-zQkWNV_MfrSweXOcu0VTOCChI0mqKZDoOJ3rhYlIOpPheGuLzS8Td1cY38Ty0AhjLoGYvITWb_aWv--kZAS-qR-nG9j-idHBS3DA9zzf8VoN-AWwAcAYJD-VgYK8AxPqhwyOkb/s6240/IMG_4048.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj360a4CldA_OKXRJx6rggtfTW_P_BE0ygd4dF-aJi3Q-uj-dklYopcz-zQkWNV_MfrSweXOcu0VTOCChI0mqKZDoOJ3rhYlIOpPheGuLzS8Td1cY38Ty0AhjLoGYvITWb_aWv--kZAS-qR-nG9j-idHBS3DA9zzf8VoN-AWwAcAYJD-VgYK8AxPqhwyOkb/w640-h426/IMG_4048.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Several closed buildings with western themed murals</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwglQKIN5nDKCLSlQn0dLvJJPDt5AfWPwdhX5UsO0T9F-AgE0tSCcbFSjgBCf-zE1SWOpEARqoCL7I-7VfyG9tQ8Fq20ipI_7xRqLbCpwWanlw0Mc3hQq894yiXBpzdx6zOjWBFQ9mqIVSk0Y5juUPh60GbV8ZNZdyly2Ws7nXpkBkvzgH_gTlXb_hdhPx/s5635/IMG_4051.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3757" data-original-width="5635" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwglQKIN5nDKCLSlQn0dLvJJPDt5AfWPwdhX5UsO0T9F-AgE0tSCcbFSjgBCf-zE1SWOpEARqoCL7I-7VfyG9tQ8Fq20ipI_7xRqLbCpwWanlw0Mc3hQq894yiXBpzdx6zOjWBFQ9mqIVSk0Y5juUPh60GbV8ZNZdyly2Ws7nXpkBkvzgH_gTlXb_hdhPx/w640-h426/IMG_4051.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These murals were a little too folksy for me, but well done </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwOb0vZt0tFrg-W017jhmalA5zcfbDwGkXHd5GT0P0do7WZBULiAM3KIucPdHAlxJwO6plPIsYHB5TAkQeDThcP77tUAr1ulXQW1oElUo6fXNKzUyUTe6PmrNzNwpRut_3N187d--583RP5I4dLF8HazXTVGrLk7jlqxs7e4ugj0w4VrSwSH2DlS5mPxo/w640-h426/IMG_4053.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The cafe was rustic with a down home country, friendly vibe</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5E1Qx_Cjf2gV6zjwcZfHZNiGCisW0zow8gG8HjklcT6inWIbBGvZfeFhaTXUhWMfD65x9obC-pMCrJmfHMUNF0WNd2QZxpFiy-wRpo3D3VljqLCPwjrwP5r-ExpGppS4kAOmZAwXBnMMiQCnCf_bbzBfpVljprvROY3Sp0Q-6tb01FGVVYFT2o_SDhU9/s3880/IMG_2929.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2910" data-original-width="3880" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5E1Qx_Cjf2gV6zjwcZfHZNiGCisW0zow8gG8HjklcT6inWIbBGvZfeFhaTXUhWMfD65x9obC-pMCrJmfHMUNF0WNd2QZxpFiy-wRpo3D3VljqLCPwjrwP5r-ExpGppS4kAOmZAwXBnMMiQCnCf_bbzBfpVljprvROY3Sp0Q-6tb01FGVVYFT2o_SDhU9/w640-h480/IMG_2929.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAR3EQ07foYu-7QNRgP1KCsPvva21kW7tT37Oj7xl0WkcMWiD1pbLPJ7zAnI8-F5D9GNM3Y_2jQ2AC8uDNKrxt4kfRW3YRSP9er2iGkaHSeWHw0fuB0O_RmudU4IE-i4P9mFHBLG9Tz5A0ob8N5W1GDkIdnxxAYfO7moxUUxGoP7cIjRX4M73BOQB1Dmkg/s3263/IMG_2930.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3263" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAR3EQ07foYu-7QNRgP1KCsPvva21kW7tT37Oj7xl0WkcMWiD1pbLPJ7zAnI8-F5D9GNM3Y_2jQ2AC8uDNKrxt4kfRW3YRSP9er2iGkaHSeWHw0fuB0O_RmudU4IE-i4P9mFHBLG9Tz5A0ob8N5W1GDkIdnxxAYfO7moxUUxGoP7cIjRX4M73BOQB1Dmkg/w640-h480/IMG_2930.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That $6.25 cheese burger was really good and huge, a farmers meal ! </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I then continue west on route 64 to route 270 south and make a stop at the town of Beaver and as I cross the bridge, I see that the Beaver River has flooded its banks and part off the adjacent feed lot looks flooded too, I’m not drinking any tap water in this town. The Main Street is mostly dull, drab, rundown and poor looking and I stop for only a couple of sign photos; the Twister Inn and the Stockyard sign. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver,_Oklahoma</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIarG2e44zug-sNQWdWhZMbv8oLcJoVBjFf-DctjsWdyjrsrc-8RopBMU3BGuexzrGB2BRJIjCF_hp_xT-gR9sH0U_lm9ozh_U0ghLTdtdbIw3QC1Slwg3z2JjBSOYvI8Bv_5Eimoz99Ob0wSv9lGVeJa4wSgeSObc0HLP1EF-bSRUdFippyI_acfS8cx/s5839/IMG_4055.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5839" data-original-width="3893" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIarG2e44zug-sNQWdWhZMbv8oLcJoVBjFf-DctjsWdyjrsrc-8RopBMU3BGuexzrGB2BRJIjCF_hp_xT-gR9sH0U_lm9ozh_U0ghLTdtdbIw3QC1Slwg3z2JjBSOYvI8Bv_5Eimoz99Ob0wSv9lGVeJa4wSgeSObc0HLP1EF-bSRUdFippyI_acfS8cx/w426-h640/IMG_4055.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm a little worried about these Twisters around here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSHgHcJwB072tb7NOWNRWfHMTLKaTygc4C4znDa3rDmFSfcRGAH6fLebt_UTTTxLTMQKwBdovkMOsGAWSi-uSoHLC5klYkotVp9S4LIuBkUmTxGAui5JAD3oMZYQY22My9Ou6mIpyAADCBR8TUzzjYvTZWukXvvuKjogauJS3jr8NBbTS4KF_-QkUCPVw/s5576/IMG_4058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5576" data-original-width="3974" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSHgHcJwB072tb7NOWNRWfHMTLKaTygc4C4znDa3rDmFSfcRGAH6fLebt_UTTTxLTMQKwBdovkMOsGAWSi-uSoHLC5klYkotVp9S4LIuBkUmTxGAui5JAD3oMZYQY22My9Ou6mIpyAADCBR8TUzzjYvTZWukXvvuKjogauJS3jr8NBbTS4KF_-QkUCPVw/w456-h640/IMG_4058.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6WFw-HaucXx0WG6AB4f860XFnELy6JvUYWcnzdDTnUUFbhemglP3AvGp28OOg291oivyHy_ByPqInx163Z_JhLbi_RH_KJTnfEwYcCBmNpfpJ2pWPE702Snpt5IBM3UTJ4KwhkkbPL9DWz2QcZsvl--Mt3582NZ-rXqsljh17pRmKLFeab7q0IJ-jzqq/w640-h480/IMG_2934.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I definitely did my part today</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6WFw-HaucXx0WG6AB4f860XFnELy6JvUYWcnzdDTnUUFbhemglP3AvGp28OOg291oivyHy_ByPqInx163Z_JhLbi_RH_KJTnfEwYcCBmNpfpJ2pWPE702Snpt5IBM3UTJ4KwhkkbPL9DWz2QcZsvl--Mt3582NZ-rXqsljh17pRmKLFeab7q0IJ-jzqq/s4032/IMG_2934.jpeg"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTlAwqgYHJb4jriexEaeDumMhd09ZCvurkDDyZS_wTZImsDa-HqLhsA1K3uP8-3pG9Cqz_LdEJeYfphP9YvmbSC2S8qltW0wFHJzuFu2tJVvWuKGdCrylLHSIq1Chp3MuNHf7EZ7Clb0CY6M00E1hI31OzgBLt5AEzpAKtervCdOR3wWckHx-b-zxzy7D/s6110/IMG_4064.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4073" data-original-width="6110" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTlAwqgYHJb4jriexEaeDumMhd09ZCvurkDDyZS_wTZImsDa-HqLhsA1K3uP8-3pG9Cqz_LdEJeYfphP9YvmbSC2S8qltW0wFHJzuFu2tJVvWuKGdCrylLHSIq1Chp3MuNHf7EZ7Clb0CY6M00E1hI31OzgBLt5AEzpAKtervCdOR3wWckHx-b-zxzy7D/w640-h426/IMG_4064.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Beaver River running over its banks ? </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The Beaver Dunes State Park just outside of town and I take a one mile plus nature walk that through a wooded area and into the sand dunes. I'm trying to work off that giant cheese burger. The weather was threatening, it was really hot and the loop trail was not well marked, but the wildflowers and views made it all worthwhile. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDPjqsDGoNxIB6crZD8DiWoy23ClPu9AoelO8pdbGXKsK1bZtMbtBHzg3rtyb-RW-x1-o6wjQ6IqbZWp5gZzPaRA0D_Z6H1r7SRWyQVrAuE9kjFII7E9QFcI09Mpgzvi6gLK-2-pLMru5yjEyipU4-oD4nu0PcjKHTg3JlLKdw2kbeY3uu9BG_5HWVmUO/s6240/IMG_4066.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDPjqsDGoNxIB6crZD8DiWoy23ClPu9AoelO8pdbGXKsK1bZtMbtBHzg3rtyb-RW-x1-o6wjQ6IqbZWp5gZzPaRA0D_Z6H1r7SRWyQVrAuE9kjFII7E9QFcI09Mpgzvi6gLK-2-pLMru5yjEyipU4-oD4nu0PcjKHTg3JlLKdw2kbeY3uu9BG_5HWVmUO/w640-h426/IMG_4066.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNcXEyanuJiiAZEKWS6V4fW1elOojj2qfkxhU9NK7ZDS27bx6Wa_3vaUZA1bX8f2rTwPMpNU0Uz1KL0sX74AD7HySW6hfO4cSL8FUcp3SC72vzLRTg5zwanFlQfW7TeJYrOatsW8BmOymiVoMSre_Ny8Ekj7f8QnfgSiNkS_UsWcJeJi2nGu4wDjKjXjS/s6240/IMG_4072.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNcXEyanuJiiAZEKWS6V4fW1elOojj2qfkxhU9NK7ZDS27bx6Wa_3vaUZA1bX8f2rTwPMpNU0Uz1KL0sX74AD7HySW6hfO4cSL8FUcp3SC72vzLRTg5zwanFlQfW7TeJYrOatsW8BmOymiVoMSre_Ny8Ekj7f8QnfgSiNkS_UsWcJeJi2nGu4wDjKjXjS/w640-h426/IMG_4072.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9f_9GliXPFL4s9PIBQmymNBbnr_5D8COSciirH9D49X6jh7W8z4MMeEsUKtfu6KSdh1NRHWEC6GY8fDySHqQPLK1h3FJ2y47olBfEH2GwN_N5r15MEc6_sDxGkjJy4FgjCUXtZmx4TRF0CcpdT6xuw_HudUHJrxEzuflIvAhEy3_LaZHbz9thSvlhGg9R/s6240/IMG_4076.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9f_9GliXPFL4s9PIBQmymNBbnr_5D8COSciirH9D49X6jh7W8z4MMeEsUKtfu6KSdh1NRHWEC6GY8fDySHqQPLK1h3FJ2y47olBfEH2GwN_N5r15MEc6_sDxGkjJy4FgjCUXtZmx4TRF0CcpdT6xuw_HudUHJrxEzuflIvAhEy3_LaZHbz9thSvlhGg9R/w640-h426/IMG_4076.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UGW1xZwpfry5MZxMiEf75LYdsuHt763mk1DKs3o4cSrD08x116qOYEGENXKtAekWkqeoq97JMrc1bB7rKOI83K2stgQx68lI86yNsjdyK8xIcojqKfo_vZnKTiSIwuITqVa0pOYXYxvFxikj68GdSrJ8CUKm1kFMzqgIaJHRBtmrdLA04RREhXOoyZEV/s4032/IMG_2956.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UGW1xZwpfry5MZxMiEf75LYdsuHt763mk1DKs3o4cSrD08x116qOYEGENXKtAekWkqeoq97JMrc1bB7rKOI83K2stgQx68lI86yNsjdyK8xIcojqKfo_vZnKTiSIwuITqVa0pOYXYxvFxikj68GdSrJ8CUKm1kFMzqgIaJHRBtmrdLA04RREhXOoyZEV/w640-h480/IMG_2956.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">This area of Oklahoma has many areas with sand dunes, but most are not so high, exposed or readily visible since they are covered with trees and vegetation. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I then continue on route 270 south to route 412 west through open ranch land with big vistas and ponds have formed from the recents rains, some extending almost into the highway. In this area of the country, they refer to these depressions that fill with water as Buffalo Wallers. I understand this term as I see cows in these water holes today cooling themselves just as the Buffalo in the past must have. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I arrive at my destination of Guymon, OK in late afternoon. The old downtown business district appears to still have some life, something to explore tomorrow.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgSYMIOKf24ku3Seem68dk067u0WVX6xooZQu83NzJl0FU3HvsUqx1avG6y2VzNMQ7l1uQIaFKrjBsbIFGj4UBds73ijiRm4mzSPYZHkka_MKsI7WMCzhChUhcFEd4xKBOT5-5p1eD-QIU2cEJ-ecYA1nIIHlgikHHSJZAP9G3A4f569LHEWFvD8Vbhbg/s6240/IMG_4084.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6240" data-original-width="4160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgSYMIOKf24ku3Seem68dk067u0WVX6xooZQu83NzJl0FU3HvsUqx1avG6y2VzNMQ7l1uQIaFKrjBsbIFGj4UBds73ijiRm4mzSPYZHkka_MKsI7WMCzhChUhcFEd4xKBOT5-5p1eD-QIU2cEJ-ecYA1nIIHlgikHHSJZAP9G3A4f569LHEWFvD8Vbhbg/w426-h640/IMG_4084.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Huge water tank with storm clouds approaching</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the morning, I take a walk around the downtown Main Street area, but it’s sort of depressed with mainly discount clothing stores, household furniture, thrift type shopping, a photography studio and is very hispanic flavored as they account for over half of the population of Guymon. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guymon,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guymon,_Oklahoma</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkizNviKilIysQ8GxXL4_1MctiImn6teKVHrlK4TDHO0950M7tv24M530QSlY95WpXzO3CMzPjvN8VxsnEq-OMtbbv4_hXrlZFI9v5V-C-9U9g0Bu9QEsvtWeibUFGW7EdL9sA8eWJBQ6cB7qldgo67a8WW7jEOzuasw1ZbRJ2NnDO4rR_BtMbnHSziXlV/s5171/IMG_4091.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3758" data-original-width="5171" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkizNviKilIysQ8GxXL4_1MctiImn6teKVHrlK4TDHO0950M7tv24M530QSlY95WpXzO3CMzPjvN8VxsnEq-OMtbbv4_hXrlZFI9v5V-C-9U9g0Bu9QEsvtWeibUFGW7EdL9sA8eWJBQ6cB7qldgo67a8WW7jEOzuasw1ZbRJ2NnDO4rR_BtMbnHSziXlV/w640-h466/IMG_4091.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Downtown street view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGNCvEJPNPWGiRNspK6fEflcbk0PDp_srZgBE1HLV0jw8MtL2JneOZH2aAFMn6mNRWbrn7q-909SGHzZgDZiIwC5YxpBnPnW3WrZksKfCzGHjMD8JrX3DiijHBDjC4PDXV9V3NADrsQ2BxVMR-WeFkLvXHGIuXDjNtXAxjGt_V5jjuUOHmTrXgNUp4q3i/s6150/IMG_4094.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6150" data-original-width="4100" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGNCvEJPNPWGiRNspK6fEflcbk0PDp_srZgBE1HLV0jw8MtL2JneOZH2aAFMn6mNRWbrn7q-909SGHzZgDZiIwC5YxpBnPnW3WrZksKfCzGHjMD8JrX3DiijHBDjC4PDXV9V3NADrsQ2BxVMR-WeFkLvXHGIuXDjNtXAxjGt_V5jjuUOHmTrXgNUp4q3i/w426-h640/IMG_4094.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I looked inside the front window and bunch of women at tables and chairs ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Since found nothing of interest in the downtown area, I drive to the town of Goodwill about 15 miles south to visit the No Man’s Land Museum. It is a huge building with an amazing collection of native American arrowheads, pottery, geology and prehistoric fossils found in this area. They also have extensive area history exhibits and historic objects. There is also much about the dust bowl period which extended all over this area and accounts from people who lived through it.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This northwest area of Oklahoma became known as "No Man's Land" as it did not fall under anyones jurisdiction, as if no one wanted it and as a result there were no laws and consequently was a good hangout for those with criminal intent or hiding out from the law. 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It soon became obvious that she spends a substantial amount if time in this bar. I eventually learn much of her life story, she lives in an RV across the street and tells me I can park my van there overnight, no use risking getting a DUI driving back to Walmart. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Then there is a young hispanic guy settling his bar bill, she tells him sternly that he better give the barmaid a nice tip. He then buys a round of shots for the entire bar because his buddy is having a birthday soon ?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6WhmplIALt1GNPJewBA8-5TN4SfR2ylvXuwXv8_Vrov2He82XLF92JZx0UbjGo9dr_BaQvSm7Wmb1oN-83KKvQArbUNqE3JuJDwvaa04uYnrP9ySntX1eHPWyiXS7cWhSggRlqVFCMUU_fkL1RFkPkDnEigEI6KJV3uZc4AVtMblm3BBnhTIjxmvS1N0/s3233/IMG_2963.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3233" data-original-width="2705" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6WhmplIALt1GNPJewBA8-5TN4SfR2ylvXuwXv8_Vrov2He82XLF92JZx0UbjGo9dr_BaQvSm7Wmb1oN-83KKvQArbUNqE3JuJDwvaa04uYnrP9ySntX1eHPWyiXS7cWhSggRlqVFCMUU_fkL1RFkPkDnEigEI6KJV3uZc4AVtMblm3BBnhTIjxmvS1N0/w536-h640/IMG_2963.jpeg" width="536" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cowboy Bob's Saloon sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_91GL8_gDUhcxlFxht7xBa7rG3Vkeowu1EmcLX-vMnxZ5Vrp6KImieBg9rjg3KqBjtofh36dD_0ET8LtKqox36-YmAXECUoR6gxAuicSQaqTqF9qphNZQ4Qsg6uavqT-I1tJn82mWA8rdhnXTu6V7v9Sead-owzcmf7CZHzRtPNZyGEBLgogxDLFuck7i/s3729/IMG_3026.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="3729" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_91GL8_gDUhcxlFxht7xBa7rG3Vkeowu1EmcLX-vMnxZ5Vrp6KImieBg9rjg3KqBjtofh36dD_0ET8LtKqox36-YmAXECUoR6gxAuicSQaqTqF9qphNZQ4Qsg6uavqT-I1tJn82mWA8rdhnXTu6V7v9Sead-owzcmf7CZHzRtPNZyGEBLgogxDLFuck7i/w640-h480/IMG_3026.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pool is popular here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfIbIuUA2xQNsBV8O7o_eTNqitVTWWOUC7czjrInWuniDyUcFX9Bqt_3NyDelcO7CZJCdI2sD93kwXHDDvTkcPQhQh6WVNBy9xsOnaJWgCRlTS0ivMrTONHsYkTWGj0Gs7ktWajRCXRe3GHvWsTGWufm1waKW2mvrdTW3BVqvd9HDgmgZUyuqESNJISuv/s3880/IMG_3027.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2910" data-original-width="3880" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfIbIuUA2xQNsBV8O7o_eTNqitVTWWOUC7czjrInWuniDyUcFX9Bqt_3NyDelcO7CZJCdI2sD93kwXHDDvTkcPQhQh6WVNBy9xsOnaJWgCRlTS0ivMrTONHsYkTWGj0Gs7ktWajRCXRe3GHvWsTGWufm1waKW2mvrdTW3BVqvd9HDgmgZUyuqESNJISuv/w640-h480/IMG_3027.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I've now had enough excitement so I slip out the door and I do park at the RV Park. I then wake about 3 AM to heavy wind, rain, thunder and lightning and then when the rain stops a tree branch is making a awful scrapping sound against my roof, I exit the RV Park quietly and drive back to Walmart for the balance of the night. </span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It now the next morning and I’m on my way north on route 412 west across the Oklahoma Pan Handle (that's what it is known as) towards Boise City, Oklahoma. This is wide open range land for as far as you can see on both sides of the road. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I make a stop at the town of Keys, OK which is very sad, the old downtown is virtually, a ghost town, almost everything is closed up, out of business or abandoned, however it appears that this was once a vibrant small town. I'm on the street taking a few photos when a woman stops and asks me what I'm doing. She then tells me that this town in the 1970's was a vibrant place, but after the Helium Plant closed in 1981, many of the residents left town as there was no work and it's been in a downward spiral since then.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keys,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keys,_Oklahoma</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: 18px;">I arrive at Boise City about noon and take a quick tour around the Court House area. I now remember this town from previous RV'ing days, it’s the town that was accidentally bombed in WWII days by a bomber crew in training. Only a couple bombs were actually dropped, no none was injured, but there was some property damage. Of course this incident put Boise City on the map and they have a monument in the downtown documenting it. Otherwise, there isn’t much else of interest there although the Court House and the Bank are impressive buildings.</span><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boise_City,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boise_City,_Oklahoma</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBpAQ4Q6GeGthV0j0t8Li8nsMR_FFMmZDjdYfirXS-kx0yZqIMYqM6xJ3fzY8WRZVF3lrey2QV6J7G_K6_xYar93bidq8vgmwMIwN8IGMiEBGFQ69Ku6iKUr6IXPZ04g0wT3M3c95gZW6H_iBNBAfy2A_mnBODKCUiFKjE4UdSFxui9WvmVbJriVhhQ6O/s5944/IMG_4117.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfZBgV9QR3grCQ6J_yp1wZC9064dyYk4-MSzWYTEcNSPGpRgEira-D2-pS-I7znbxzdO9nnQjxbXfQ_M9KmqHB2hhveOlCUg22jA13S7ywZkcyxHRjJfyu1Q5oKOyewnXyo8IS07AtZND54PDyVZyQx_q7dgdTMcnj-jCxQM61WOhFGT9y47sCpdk10c4/w640-h426/IMG_4125.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Bank is beautiful</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-dwjMDojwsztQ9Spo0xKRFPig7M6JZkv8tFSwV1vHeL2o-OgTiYQubiIl6Z3jZ9ZSlWsiIVTxFsrplPEe4ridYUz8j_syiZy6ks0kFNRCdRLvGfgbJJULzMF2elkLbs3I2y_JQobrXax-pzy2o4-g6-21mX3zXR46pi5-b4aiJ1FwqLcXV1h1RtUjgGo/s6044/IMG_4127.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4029" data-original-width="6044" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-dwjMDojwsztQ9Spo0xKRFPig7M6JZkv8tFSwV1vHeL2o-OgTiYQubiIl6Z3jZ9ZSlWsiIVTxFsrplPEe4ridYUz8j_syiZy6ks0kFNRCdRLvGfgbJJULzMF2elkLbs3I2y_JQobrXax-pzy2o4-g6-21mX3zXR46pi5-b4aiJ1FwqLcXV1h1RtUjgGo/w640-h426/IMG_4127.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://chcmuseumok.com/the-cox-house"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://chcmuseumok.com/the-cox-house</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">I go to the Cimarron Heritage Museum on the outskirts of Boise City which is partially housed in an odd futuristic home designed by Bruce Goff who was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. This homeowner might be referred to as a collector, or a hoarder of sorts, as the collection is housed in several annex's of the house and many outside buildings. There is also the old Train Depot, an old school house, a barn filled with many antique cars, a windmill and further in the back a field filled with farm equipment, farm trucks, etc.</span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocWtsenxEHu9Bywt-UiVDi9owX-x7zkAgQMLsuFdRj909OJPi-wG9WpMTSTGy79wftwAVvZvoMMGxdZmBLV1jcTUp-8lsr4i2x9njbLe32QONCOwjB5Wf5JZ4RUsdeY2SfAp1ZBl80bWY0-Bugu9O7yj4ZKs3yaVrfVFUWM0p2Tv1zbB4h6Y0GMOgXWa0/s3747/IMG_3038.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3747" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocWtsenxEHu9Bywt-UiVDi9owX-x7zkAgQMLsuFdRj909OJPi-wG9WpMTSTGy79wftwAVvZvoMMGxdZmBLV1jcTUp-8lsr4i2x9njbLe32QONCOwjB5Wf5JZ4RUsdeY2SfAp1ZBl80bWY0-Bugu9O7yj4ZKs3yaVrfVFUWM0p2Tv1zbB4h6Y0GMOgXWa0/w640-h476/IMG_3038.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3512" data-original-width="2521" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg86wOqKwXcva2kuqzv8OZp7T5SKyngRhSoAjj0gsYjHNbHo2lSd0RRPnspFXbpmWS1V2VBcXIyAeBgUjp3x-ZvzSnOo0RQ_cy-XD-aiuVZBPkl0mpcBqYF0NYottoXbQp-i6eVp0SpJMORrhpSUyahDdISrWeQcj2c_WnvsKwOA-5YUQX28Qn_LePM5aDT/w460-h640/IMG_3048.jpeg" width="460" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This woman lived an incredible life</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UYAJm-twns1iqYQIYf-I7i3GBAw9_mCrAhvKw0_869RdlxPE9VsdKiOP9avcm_66zjRsxkRwbDpmIhDRUnXUQ3yDiUcLIkn8KC84Nzyzr0y3g6btS6s5MR-njhc7u66rGmbKRsxwaUmkJ3oDKSum-Y-OrE4WXNsadc66GT53Dfm0dfNKBAu2TRRo6pfw/s3731/IMG_3083.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2798" data-original-width="3731" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UYAJm-twns1iqYQIYf-I7i3GBAw9_mCrAhvKw0_869RdlxPE9VsdKiOP9avcm_66zjRsxkRwbDpmIhDRUnXUQ3yDiUcLIkn8KC84Nzyzr0y3g6btS6s5MR-njhc7u66rGmbKRsxwaUmkJ3oDKSum-Y-OrE4WXNsadc66GT53Dfm0dfNKBAu2TRRo6pfw/w640-h480/IMG_3083.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMopiiACr15fwXLr-tmSaCx7AGUGtuf7ACaaEOSNt2d_Vnx2oNglH9c859zl1QsKip8xzSw95t89kZgLVDQbC_tjCLDk6VzcLwkQ6WbnkcoEErOCR4KjnyXJNwgLCrb22K3gc1Yc1p607MN1OIlBpVrOCKOJ__dy-S6S8hx1BHkkMn26fQUBr-x0KWVIJE/s2603/IMG_3127.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2536" data-original-width="2603" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMopiiACr15fwXLr-tmSaCx7AGUGtuf7ACaaEOSNt2d_Vnx2oNglH9c859zl1QsKip8xzSw95t89kZgLVDQbC_tjCLDk6VzcLwkQ6WbnkcoEErOCR4KjnyXJNwgLCrb22K3gc1Yc1p607MN1OIlBpVrOCKOJ__dy-S6S8hx1BHkkMn26fQUBr-x0KWVIJE/w640-h624/IMG_3127.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is an Oklahoma map book showing the Indian Reservations</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfpV_7YOoJQrDN_mqD23y9fhXxav9jLAvXFml8rc3Y51iV8ve32P7snPKvyW1bi9il43F9nZG-rL4EV0aw04aw-NTTQ-rnOuk1oEiqwKTktcumaTifIyoenn6MYDoXxT6AegVJkx5rWnju66G7AC2eA3zJ1ag2mXu8qrSGkS4hYTXkmqxKRRx9FsUmT35/s3912/IMG_3133.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="3912" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfpV_7YOoJQrDN_mqD23y9fhXxav9jLAvXFml8rc3Y51iV8ve32P7snPKvyW1bi9il43F9nZG-rL4EV0aw04aw-NTTQ-rnOuk1oEiqwKTktcumaTifIyoenn6MYDoXxT6AegVJkx5rWnju66G7AC2eA3zJ1ag2mXu8qrSGkS4hYTXkmqxKRRx9FsUmT35/w640-h304/IMG_3133.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Life in the pioneer days</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklNtMsoKc6Sfs4Gbc51__JXNkaGzzbjUqk_4JdEFKVqLuKShZrnSCWX3S4IMrf2uPK-iLm6xci1knOiLHy91Jlz9ymuxxtQqZiTnm9ZHh0XkzmXxQRPEEMm4lgIys3iI0NjKc0x2KWJmGqEhGxt1Uattm6Opa1CmufPydwJIKP3RiBFkNz7Ej6P1gdBIf/s4032/IMG_3138.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2185" data-original-width="4032" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklNtMsoKc6Sfs4Gbc51__JXNkaGzzbjUqk_4JdEFKVqLuKShZrnSCWX3S4IMrf2uPK-iLm6xci1knOiLHy91Jlz9ymuxxtQqZiTnm9ZHh0XkzmXxQRPEEMm4lgIys3iI0NjKc0x2KWJmGqEhGxt1Uattm6Opa1CmufPydwJIKP3RiBFkNz7Ej6P1gdBIf/w640-h346/IMG_3138.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lots of information on area ranches</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Afterwards, I decide to leave Boise City go to the Black Butte State Park about 15 miles away and see if I can get a tent campsite for 15 dollars. It’s about time I actually do an overnight campground thing. I arrive there to see signs everywhere that all sites must be reserved on line ahead of time, I stop at the closed park office, luckily I have an internet signal and go on their website, pick a tent site, then have to answer a myriad of questions, provide my credit card number, agree to all the terms and finally get a confirmation. (what an ordeal !) </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I find that the campsite I picked is in another section of the park, away from everyone, but that’s fine. I really didn’t want to be near all the other full hookup sites. This park section is very quiet and I have a semi view of the lake, with a shade tree, a table and many birds, butterflies and more than desired bitting flys and mosquitos. This is a dark sky certified park area, no exterior lights are allowed at night and it gets really dark, the star viewing was pretty special. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://www.stateparks.com/black_mesa_state_park_in_oklahoma.html">https://www.stateparks.com/black_mesa_state_park_in_oklahoma.html</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mesa_(Oklahoma)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mesa_(Oklahoma)</a></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPTgGUa9r2uGsAoWuhVt9nXhuGk9G-PsliZdKEf93y5t-8IKw9lF8-eL6xjZI6cN-FnfI7BeFDxYtjY5_kJiX7VhNYfmR4c2b532Z4At3mUX-uzJ7sTWQpZJVWWwTwX_fQhW_ggP6lxCMTlCSuVpL-2vOOf-t4rOB1lNXsKtV2MdtWgUgo5llIbbvjBt3/s5889/IMG_4151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="5889" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPTgGUa9r2uGsAoWuhVt9nXhuGk9G-PsliZdKEf93y5t-8IKw9lF8-eL6xjZI6cN-FnfI7BeFDxYtjY5_kJiX7VhNYfmR4c2b532Z4At3mUX-uzJ7sTWQpZJVWWwTwX_fQhW_ggP6lxCMTlCSuVpL-2vOOf-t4rOB1lNXsKtV2MdtWgUgo5llIbbvjBt3/w640-h376/IMG_4151.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My campsite</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the morning I slip back to the full hookup RV area and get a nice hot shower, not sure I was allowed, but I did it anyway. I then rode to the dam area, which is the high point of the park and walked out on the dam where you can get a some feel for what the area looked like before the dam was built.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHa0SILtPtK73mlh5jo4K52LsNGuZbqkhXWS68nGOJkuzm94DNV0R9Px_9sviQ_w6_OjGivwchf_CK1Bvg0kK4HXP6cKT26jzJonCRmPQAtuiwJAfX9p1myhsHjBi92YT9H_IXsZ_1wxkpB388EcDa-MfBxGp2z39UVaDH9nPeiC7x0lqBPZu35Jx6vCW/s6072/IMG_4164.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="6072" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHa0SILtPtK73mlh5jo4K52LsNGuZbqkhXWS68nGOJkuzm94DNV0R9Px_9sviQ_w6_OjGivwchf_CK1Bvg0kK4HXP6cKT26jzJonCRmPQAtuiwJAfX9p1myhsHjBi92YT9H_IXsZ_1wxkpB388EcDa-MfBxGp2z39UVaDH9nPeiC7x0lqBPZu35Jx6vCW/w640-h426/IMG_4164.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful lake</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7guJmF-c4SyVZ5kNUwx-GcVQK6jlmGZBbusYwb0lliOlgACVOEnaR7TaUJVSNv89kVXShV4B-MJ7lWN_KNLSp23hosxbA--KYZoLrItBiHnw4Pf5MJiVqRKBtyoiqRiIQcEA3kkJ7yQ70J44B9KDOz71_iKVFjmq_93_twRdafl6oBGoq6iLL3zH69oL/s6240/IMG_4162.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7guJmF-c4SyVZ5kNUwx-GcVQK6jlmGZBbusYwb0lliOlgACVOEnaR7TaUJVSNv89kVXShV4B-MJ7lWN_KNLSp23hosxbA--KYZoLrItBiHnw4Pf5MJiVqRKBtyoiqRiIQcEA3kkJ7yQ70J44B9KDOz71_iKVFjmq_93_twRdafl6oBGoq6iLL3zH69oL/w640-h426/IMG_4162.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The plant and the coloration of the rock was attractive</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZczezJ2Pzw7ORaMXJ69PgWfPawpauxJZYbjqUBNL8W0ngwqXKZI9jOz4pnxlDEiBDbB5b9iBDEp6LyRC02CrOcxARCudNqwGTsuilhJQu8Kkla9bp9PQ3gof7TriTznlglNg6VLLL68uegXrH4Dr-Fe4-n1a6JdnML0h3CU7NPL0q-FNyxLp8LBEU6Hb/s6044/IMG_4169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4029" data-original-width="6044" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZczezJ2Pzw7ORaMXJ69PgWfPawpauxJZYbjqUBNL8W0ngwqXKZI9jOz4pnxlDEiBDbB5b9iBDEp6LyRC02CrOcxARCudNqwGTsuilhJQu8Kkla9bp9PQ3gof7TriTznlglNg6VLLL68uegXrH4Dr-Fe4-n1a6JdnML0h3CU7NPL0q-FNyxLp8LBEU6Hb/w640-h426/IMG_4169.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View from top of dam</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’m now leaving, heading north towards the actual Black Butte, the highest point in Oklahoma at 4,973 feet. You can’t drive there, but you can go to the trailhead to hike to the summit which is about 4 miles away, it's very hot and I'm not up for that today. I look for the dinosaur tracks that are reported to be nearby on the map, but since there is no signage, I find nothing.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4001" data-original-width="6001" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_h8p2xsEE5fqgPTiiAv6aRRgi7cyeFoEuA1ZVhD06NPw14P0Q1UfNdaxWATdXtEhWkGyoVlFAs448JhFalDJ_cs3_9IUguKDLc8rS7WCqYdrbytxj9FdKl2mM5TPNFyJm_oXZVEvwa7ip7IfmmvFW6M4g0XJ5eBHgEp8UH9vSH-fIZZmkYb5TtrgO6u4r/w640-h426/IMG_4174.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm thinking something great was found nearby</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNKJOSsH1KOhCsPt-aw98FLDFGuoSa5CtnODW8ybLeNf8XUeikbG6Y0DB6QkJumdOyN7MQTKu73Lw-2qwDvwDG6PtBeIGibeobgqZB6_SS0PWvDFA2heRKFppugO9ZMnwi4rEC9twBNJC2Bdetsb0NmmCXG-Bl_fu4WC2lGEBG11mSGH90stiHR1uZETj/s6240/IMG_4176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNKJOSsH1KOhCsPt-aw98FLDFGuoSa5CtnODW8ybLeNf8XUeikbG6Y0DB6QkJumdOyN7MQTKu73Lw-2qwDvwDG6PtBeIGibeobgqZB6_SS0PWvDFA2heRKFppugO9ZMnwi4rEC9twBNJC2Bdetsb0NmmCXG-Bl_fu4WC2lGEBG11mSGH90stiHR1uZETj/w640-h426/IMG_4176.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm looking for the dinosaur footprints</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">I’m now crossing the border into New Mexico heading for the next major town, looks like Woodward, New Mexico.</span><p></p><div><br /></div></div></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-14678386421516248352023-07-28T18:21:00.000-07:002023-07-28T18:21:27.474-07:00<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Pawnee - Woodward, Oklahoma</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">July 7-9, 2023:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It a very cloudy, stormy, windy morning as I depart Ponca City heading on route 177 to route 64 to Pawnee, OK. The wind was really strong so I made a stop at the 7 Clans casino, connivence store /gas station at Red Rock to wait the storm out for a while. It worked, there was some partial clearing, I nether lost or gained any money and I continued on. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I arrive at Pawnee Bills Ranch in mid morning and visit the museum and take the house tour, it was great as expected. He was an adept business man and promoter while his wife was a horse rider and sharpshooter who performed in his shows. He teamed up with Buffalo Bill for a few years touring all around the country. After the touring ended he held shows on his ranch and maintained a herd of Buffalo.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The house tour was very special as everything inside the house is original, just like Pawnee Bill left it. It's a beautifully designed, built and furnished house. He entertained many prominent people in the house, there are many rooms, lavishly decorated and as modern as possible for the time period with electric lights and a cooling and heating system. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">There is also a large barn with an amazing old hand painted show promotional sign panel that was found recently. This sign panel was hidden under wall panelling and discovered and saved when a building was being demolished. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Pawnee Bill was a huge proponent of saving the Buffalo and started a herd at his ranch, which continues today with about 50 buffalo on the surrounding ranch land.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawnee_Bill_Ranch">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawnee_Bill_Ranch</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawnee_Bill">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawnee_Bill</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQ3yAUHK-jeDtE4DCLpyNXA63FmgBTvI7nbMeClYsV4cdGuxDGYpoloCYZ5V_7mnVUbRi9IBtD4nfvm66rPNFHZ52E1pwvjDbvMxpNX8P9Xd5Ee67X9QE2vCbOihoXsfAu01Vp5TeecWi14bWSaevM7hMFhWnKi3PLQn4calqZ51aI8sGwXcWSy9E8Ect/s3094/IMG_2583.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2556" data-original-width="3094" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQ3yAUHK-jeDtE4DCLpyNXA63FmgBTvI7nbMeClYsV4cdGuxDGYpoloCYZ5V_7mnVUbRi9IBtD4nfvm66rPNFHZ52E1pwvjDbvMxpNX8P9Xd5Ee67X9QE2vCbOihoXsfAu01Vp5TeecWi14bWSaevM7hMFhWnKi3PLQn4calqZ51aI8sGwXcWSy9E8Ect/w640-h528/IMG_2583.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He was a great promoter</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqC3xn527h4iEk-7aPi7Q-0eAK4g2JkknSvFtef6rOcigYXGeb4xQVMLihHfSs8VLG1keq8IXUitSFpKaaGVuYn3gGQODZPdbPEHjzAbgd6giRD_YJu9d58919Wqnh0TT19OFzq-tw07nOAJfucF84_XrP4WCPxzQSAwZNJge-4_PVvyk1IYF-lSyC1vA/s3244/IMG_2584.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2538" data-original-width="3244" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqC3xn527h4iEk-7aPi7Q-0eAK4g2JkknSvFtef6rOcigYXGeb4xQVMLihHfSs8VLG1keq8IXUitSFpKaaGVuYn3gGQODZPdbPEHjzAbgd6giRD_YJu9d58919Wqnh0TT19OFzq-tw07nOAJfucF84_XrP4WCPxzQSAwZNJge-4_PVvyk1IYF-lSyC1vA/w640-h500/IMG_2584.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She went from a being Philadelphia doctors daughter to a wild west sharpshooter</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJ1wGrUzNv5GDhhSsH07W4HfMqvl1e-0dAXqp7A3xB4Zfm9_P1o0Pni6RuvTI9hHJqjCBwkEBxwWIiwFoku5hYesyuClKLaB3d_aQ5xABKMeH6zTir2DuwP-QmUFC6mSZGPORzf6gDQm7PbsnTtuz1uyUpnuILvFzysRw5m-Hl76VnFpX7ywidzmDiq74/s2869/IMG_2586.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2471" data-original-width="2869" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJ1wGrUzNv5GDhhSsH07W4HfMqvl1e-0dAXqp7A3xB4Zfm9_P1o0Pni6RuvTI9hHJqjCBwkEBxwWIiwFoku5hYesyuClKLaB3d_aQ5xABKMeH6zTir2DuwP-QmUFC6mSZGPORzf6gDQm7PbsnTtuz1uyUpnuILvFzysRw5m-Hl76VnFpX7ywidzmDiq74/w640-h552/IMG_2586.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mary was quite a character</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin: 0px;">I then go to downtown Pawnee, in light rain, to explore the downtown sights. There are several interesting early 1900’s buildings, especially the Court House with its very ornate stone work.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawnee,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawnee,_Oklahoma</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3H86kBI-Gr-HpNfU3NV592GD3gl18zjipTGRQDWhHpy-HrvCChMEMhzti93jzvsHSuMsYT85D8W8q0s4-4r5G8c1Eescsnyr69X4CZ7i7CugyoYp3kQoeEg7gOQfbyYPdhuvEa5B0DzsZO1zB_3ce9cOGj_NuCcVoZ_-WudAAehMuE8zNcOAg20Nax0V/s4032/IMG_2737.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then visit the Pawnee County Historical Museum which has lots of information on areas history, the original Indian tribes, the new settlers and lots of lots of historical relics, artifacts and family histories. Last but not least is a fascinating exhibit on Chester Gould who grew up in Pawnee and went on to develop the famous Dick Tracey character. They must have the largest repository of Dick Tracey objects in the country right here. You can’t miss this exhibit if in this area. This is another small town wonderful museum manned entirely by volunteers who tirelessly work to save this history. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpM6gyTyeeGsNOaMexlkEOFjLwGbz4Um6IBCismtc8GnxiRLIy0kvBxTm1Zl0-FEX-1N-7LSXDcFbIPIpp_zSV2u6cMfbNWTeXn-uFWgqUZKKUrWfsj42Pd5Zl2hSrVtMblk_nTwJIMJZfH8TQ86dQxtwpw1f-m3GQjWRxPGxx0Nh0Z94gU74cIfNNvQB2/s3942/IMG_2757.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2571" data-original-width="3942" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpM6gyTyeeGsNOaMexlkEOFjLwGbz4Um6IBCismtc8GnxiRLIy0kvBxTm1Zl0-FEX-1N-7LSXDcFbIPIpp_zSV2u6cMfbNWTeXn-uFWgqUZKKUrWfsj42Pd5Zl2hSrVtMblk_nTwJIMJZfH8TQ86dQxtwpw1f-m3GQjWRxPGxx0Nh0Z94gU74cIfNNvQB2/w640-h418/IMG_2757.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 18px;">The Pawnee tribe is alive and well with a reservation just outside of town and a small casino. It’s quite amazing to me that so many of these Indian tribes still exist and figure prominently in these areas. I believe there are many residents in these areas who are not tribal members, but have some connection through inter marriages over the years. Many of the original pioneers who came to these areas married native women because they were tough, worked hard, knew the area and would provide good relations with the area tribe. </span><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I also travel for a mile or so outside of town to see the "Bath House" which is quite amazing, a beautiful stone building, but inside the changing and shower rooms need some upgrading. The building itself is a national treasure built by the WPA in 1939, it’s sits on a hill top overlooking a beautiful lake side bathing beach area. This lake front area has many campgrounds, boating and fishing facilities along its shores.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0x55WAXI5DAXomoxJJ-YB7A6__oK2RXhUP3WMDwxDpz_80dogCp7BQe4j5ZKK0t3Ncc4HZm6EbaKmGiy0NK_sc9SJZB58NEPLRnukV5aARHAYSjD0HcNaufIi3lRRYtHH2Y_ZequczlvmNufZNtZdblX4aKQqGHjtPGnaeOqqQcI8D5iGZD2wi1WJvZei/s4032/IMG_2801.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0x55WAXI5DAXomoxJJ-YB7A6__oK2RXhUP3WMDwxDpz_80dogCp7BQe4j5ZKK0t3Ncc4HZm6EbaKmGiy0NK_sc9SJZB58NEPLRnukV5aARHAYSjD0HcNaufIi3lRRYtHH2Y_ZequczlvmNufZNtZdblX4aKQqGHjtPGnaeOqqQcI8D5iGZD2wi1WJvZei/w640-h480/IMG_2801.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The entrance</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TEMBl5ezmeCOes1Smbgib5rRPxpbt_hn6IC3mUapUm2Q3UgW5MVXjZsgUnm6QFsIvnqcr-S57aoUIr0vN518qvGG7sZKvCD5aeD6xMp0tHmRxiWl2f2CCbnIBc0G-BnZPsJi0J2Rdha6k4t43YQYaRmTS4vUeShZShfEedGT8zybvWp42UY5O6lXzkXw/s4032/IMG_2799.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TEMBl5ezmeCOes1Smbgib5rRPxpbt_hn6IC3mUapUm2Q3UgW5MVXjZsgUnm6QFsIvnqcr-S57aoUIr0vN518qvGG7sZKvCD5aeD6xMp0tHmRxiWl2f2CCbnIBc0G-BnZPsJi0J2Rdha6k4t43YQYaRmTS4vUeShZShfEedGT8zybvWp42UY5O6lXzkXw/w640-h480/IMG_2799.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The stairway leading down to the swimming beach</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1sv7RRksU4hxZBFU2FlhvVa8CQ1ediSklbqbemUN8GV5YkzPg9iYeJRXcizXDfNoYFQ2G9WVi-AF-PSa8xxIAmveUKtwSzpAP4AIb51WVbPqRrNQvdHQ4BiFDLgKdB16tnK20kLMTghjiTlgoazCjdvj6VfKnQuqHqRPOsX8p4tJB8WifRcmPdQ9VFOx/s4032/IMG_2796.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1sv7RRksU4hxZBFU2FlhvVa8CQ1ediSklbqbemUN8GV5YkzPg9iYeJRXcizXDfNoYFQ2G9WVi-AF-PSa8xxIAmveUKtwSzpAP4AIb51WVbPqRrNQvdHQ4BiFDLgKdB16tnK20kLMTghjiTlgoazCjdvj6VfKnQuqHqRPOsX8p4tJB8WifRcmPdQ9VFOx/w640-h480/IMG_2796.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The beach</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large; text-align: left;">I spend a quiet night on a downtown side street and as usual am up at 7 AM. It's Saturday morning and I see a few people setting up for the Saturday Farmers Market in the town square. I take a look, but nothing really interests me. Overall I like this rough small town, it has some character and the people seem really friendly. </span></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’m now moving on continuing west on route 64 to Route 412 once known as the Cimarron Trail, now the Cimarron Turnpike. It’s labelled a toll road but when I exit there is no toll, I'm confused ?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I exit the highway to explore Enid, Oklahoma where I find an attractive Courthouse and Post Office surrounded by the arts and entertainment district, but there really wasn’t much art or entertainment, it was more like lawyers offices, banks, clothing shops and restaurants.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid,_Oklahoma</a><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-J5v09ksTQ6v5Qa1t7qswm3FfWSzwmS1Yyt4z8JYDhDfAjfl40s5zfQYUF1BzVmJmC8dwFpYW_qgrvHHBeWedQ767q5iCi-2Tv_TKb3bdlbz0kuARzN7_62-VN_oe4MNEuROEZYsEyJb7XNj6HZIyzruhRzl6xkELQn1WDD3Ldvq7M1AYapvV0rzKIp0L/s6240/IMG_3889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-J5v09ksTQ6v5Qa1t7qswm3FfWSzwmS1Yyt4z8JYDhDfAjfl40s5zfQYUF1BzVmJmC8dwFpYW_qgrvHHBeWedQ767q5iCi-2Tv_TKb3bdlbz0kuARzN7_62-VN_oe4MNEuROEZYsEyJb7XNj6HZIyzruhRzl6xkELQn1WDD3Ldvq7M1AYapvV0rzKIp0L/w640-h426/IMG_3889.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A nice downtown view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmY-YJrsNbU60aD4MtwtoQvYUePbFQWYKJwZtCQujQk2jPfMf-VSwKR_ULhG9vrgGagrM5RYwowT29xDnhaQE5MlbTbP6Cl27laAtLbSR4km0fbxvxbcaaLc43Yo3knpAQYj5lUDgQeOvEuFpfg9HXkzsFIIP2QoltAYBy0heGj37rBICvjjkCcHg_TqJ/s5461/IMG_3893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5461" data-original-width="3784" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmY-YJrsNbU60aD4MtwtoQvYUePbFQWYKJwZtCQujQk2jPfMf-VSwKR_ULhG9vrgGagrM5RYwowT29xDnhaQE5MlbTbP6Cl27laAtLbSR4km0fbxvxbcaaLc43Yo3knpAQYj5lUDgQeOvEuFpfg9HXkzsFIIP2QoltAYBy0heGj37rBICvjjkCcHg_TqJ/w445-h640/IMG_3893.jpg" width="445" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Keeper of the Plains statue</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG1o_H1z8YjpT1fTPIHmsNqooUp5AcgMrGkhvboq8YekhuJy4Rn-UIP8mXbHxPvI3vNcSZqQjLUXuYjyj97bOJXM7uMhLdj7PSfc6WGjtV8sJr_1zzTJ_up4IJCRj1MlQYpdYnXt5d28qb9561UdIYUAiDV3eVJV55O_XUz_vNBM9p8sCCpCNevPQxoxj/s6028/IMG_3894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4019" data-original-width="6028" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG1o_H1z8YjpT1fTPIHmsNqooUp5AcgMrGkhvboq8YekhuJy4Rn-UIP8mXbHxPvI3vNcSZqQjLUXuYjyj97bOJXM7uMhLdj7PSfc6WGjtV8sJr_1zzTJ_up4IJCRj1MlQYpdYnXt5d28qb9561UdIYUAiDV3eVJV55O_XUz_vNBM9p8sCCpCNevPQxoxj/w640-h426/IMG_3894.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Court House in the center of the town square</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3CRFPG1NW6YdTxHp6oyHf6yOi6jLDEr5vi0o6mGk6Q-HwClvstTzLntV_dhWvVfgh2PvgeC9QoLTtXnYqPk-lvC3cZFYY3suZjkk3UJ_x2SoWvdJW-nPc4NtMN_RPe3bJTupdPTE4A5w8ssO3Cath8SAnp5_GTy4crWM4O1o5DQUztPcFXea8-TlyVju/s5906/IMG_3899.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3937" data-original-width="5906" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3CRFPG1NW6YdTxHp6oyHf6yOi6jLDEr5vi0o6mGk6Q-HwClvstTzLntV_dhWvVfgh2PvgeC9QoLTtXnYqPk-lvC3cZFYY3suZjkk3UJ_x2SoWvdJW-nPc4NtMN_RPe3bJTupdPTE4A5w8ssO3Cath8SAnp5_GTy4crWM4O1o5DQUztPcFXea8-TlyVju/w640-h426/IMG_3899.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Can you buy anything for 5 cents today?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRDBK9Ix6oNgQhMxLkyEcSHPbH_Bq3jG54NDANAvzsqutnp3FFAZC4Nbv3YdgieGMlw2aiym80mpYmz9uju4A8vUWVREWv1JNDugbQcGzGab14hpkYjcAENFf-Nv6ifsIGzYnkc15el0LIzj6YaJTmIq1Bnbkilc_MzfMJBaiGBKHBjoq6fJjj8uNiM52/s5717/IMG_3900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3811" data-original-width="5717" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRDBK9Ix6oNgQhMxLkyEcSHPbH_Bq3jG54NDANAvzsqutnp3FFAZC4Nbv3YdgieGMlw2aiym80mpYmz9uju4A8vUWVREWv1JNDugbQcGzGab14hpkYjcAENFf-Nv6ifsIGzYnkc15el0LIzj6YaJTmIq1Bnbkilc_MzfMJBaiGBKHBjoq6fJjj8uNiM52/w640-h426/IMG_3900.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nice mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4xkAbMsvWphjX1pXA66QTbh3oXQhsghAyWbQ-u1ZN4DbkKKeeUe97G5VB3_E_eTiYkcUzH9n9jISpjhgnLT2NHSw5AQZHyGqXpdsJ3aey0FlfjU9cGuvA0qybokXOC8fYDDA-a0-a2xo1xnJBhnfhU9fspZ9-yTCKbOApIcREEhnc0c0diGBnUKH57Dl/s5944/IMG_3904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3963" data-original-width="5944" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4xkAbMsvWphjX1pXA66QTbh3oXQhsghAyWbQ-u1ZN4DbkKKeeUe97G5VB3_E_eTiYkcUzH9n9jISpjhgnLT2NHSw5AQZHyGqXpdsJ3aey0FlfjU9cGuvA0qybokXOC8fYDDA-a0-a2xo1xnJBhnfhU9fspZ9-yTCKbOApIcREEhnc0c0diGBnUKH57Dl/w640-h426/IMG_3904.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the tallest buildings, but I don't know what ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMu3fZq-wLROJXGXg6qA1GyTQXLf1iZxDaIBA56MSkYB_rk6U1-RA6HpAqRvdyJzDYd-U5sedmqWCerQvgq6QNRTj3m_3POhI3Bo714lWiZCP5IZfOIHkRl-VsOKVYWSgB6m8hIPfU0g6otCuTrt9fYIfieGF9gGfhAqhpUyTVPv5Ttnpeexzmo9UCRN4/s6240/IMG_3906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMu3fZq-wLROJXGXg6qA1GyTQXLf1iZxDaIBA56MSkYB_rk6U1-RA6HpAqRvdyJzDYd-U5sedmqWCerQvgq6QNRTj3m_3POhI3Bo714lWiZCP5IZfOIHkRl-VsOKVYWSgB6m8hIPfU0g6otCuTrt9fYIfieGF9gGfhAqhpUyTVPv5Ttnpeexzmo9UCRN4/w640-h426/IMG_3906.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A few more beautiful murals</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2t-VwT-HgO_UqSW79HW5iDBmBWBwwbeqUEMF4CFCMqb8VoyfS72XO61GJ8qLyoy1I3LHU4I1T_9yGzcR5Fwv_ezw2Y3ONEKy--tmrfAEVJcAzJRq8jJ6vENH8kfZdH-1YbEapO_uLtKEUayJda7NtzSQfx2_4VY5AK8WTo5IcPMJRT_-Ebx9SXGy0viAT/s5630/IMG_3907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I continue on route 412, stopping at a few small towns with nothing much to see until I come to the towns of Fairview, Oklahoma where find many views to capture. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairview,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairview,_Oklahoma</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuO35Y-mz6iWTMm7l3ngPFVGbA54PiG4aZX9vHzKYgFfk82ItHSody6TNDpExbtaOAWu37h-_mP_MU9Tkf5asas8QsAdHD8yXId5VixkFL3tnVsXnlTmC5IhAalANZRgB5qX-YWyBqw3rqvOeQogLF4vxmJxnpuSYVYwPuvYdYeE1LpwOUwUgM2dg-r22e/s6240/IMG_3912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwp-Ooer2GV6XCobUBwjY7DcQaa2TFsZRVb4bo0O3OShVajLEXei9OsOC4GlIXdDM-4v6j_5TKYmhIR3uNzs95W5vctHXMA3ICGKyaw_IGX_Ec0-bWyb5GoS4XyMhd5KyDvCR7QMAHy92SgpJ47qrJZxSl3kxM6LlnTCkmGqWcVZntq5ax-WhLQzc6lRA9/s6240/IMG_3918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwp-Ooer2GV6XCobUBwjY7DcQaa2TFsZRVb4bo0O3OShVajLEXei9OsOC4GlIXdDM-4v6j_5TKYmhIR3uNzs95W5vctHXMA3ICGKyaw_IGX_Ec0-bWyb5GoS4XyMhd5KyDvCR7QMAHy92SgpJ47qrJZxSl3kxM6LlnTCkmGqWcVZntq5ax-WhLQzc6lRA9/w640-h426/IMG_3918.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Liked what they did to dress up the sidewalks</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUVLwyf4UON7JQrE9e-HJLr6emRVtYQc4wmZ3uEZBe7noma45QwUcfwldLrtK3ldbwyz05mYEdCyqXj7yHLMuQCuPfV3lO9J52QiQmGeQFkmpzadIpwUQNnlpZFzurkoQiFqIC1ZUymGfd5q8XEWdMPJfxlU7nN1A-RxUcjsZ8jJ5e1C8PDXoNZE6LJfm/s6240/IMG_3919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUVLwyf4UON7JQrE9e-HJLr6emRVtYQc4wmZ3uEZBe7noma45QwUcfwldLrtK3ldbwyz05mYEdCyqXj7yHLMuQCuPfV3lO9J52QiQmGeQFkmpzadIpwUQNnlpZFzurkoQiFqIC1ZUymGfd5q8XEWdMPJfxlU7nN1A-RxUcjsZ8jJ5e1C8PDXoNZE6LJfm/w640-h426/IMG_3919.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">More Train murals</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJXc3RrqvpA7pSe_7-v5el83Wzv_UIF_78uhZcEYNlgIoUee9XWy5WGvRWuyvD3UhgkAiXrdRQv6unLypxCzUcCoqNUmUxedCZew6IB0MwyHkCI2nhUJ1_8oUqcmVhZO9n1pRvp7yglacAP3Y6CoV49Swr9FpspwRqF2vfUCobrPkTcDM9dktdOMIpnU8/s6240/IMG_3920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQH_x1-uDvJh2r_8Up48A3pqKuLLLhCfrYQqGab4LOD24mwgMua1BWrOFakpGuQeb7fb7ITZfioHpS1mHYktIv20hgSifEOwV3DbWxOPsgNDZWsMAQ0ZsXtRydxXyvqkzJp9E4ZS061Oc9rTiSo5BjK1EtWSLYrNn1w4NjOobUcJq_S1LYcdF-93NvdFs/s5738/IMG_3931.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3911" data-original-width="5738" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQH_x1-uDvJh2r_8Up48A3pqKuLLLhCfrYQqGab4LOD24mwgMua1BWrOFakpGuQeb7fb7ITZfioHpS1mHYktIv20hgSifEOwV3DbWxOPsgNDZWsMAQ0ZsXtRydxXyvqkzJp9E4ZS061Oc9rTiSo5BjK1EtWSLYrNn1w4NjOobUcJq_S1LYcdF-93NvdFs/w640-h436/IMG_3931.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">GM mistake getting rid of Pontiac ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">After Fairview, the scenery changes considerably with rolling terrain, exposed red earth and mesas. I then come to an exit for the Gloss Mountain State Park and take it to find a parking lot with a trail going uphill to a mesa top with beautiful views. It is quite a geology lesson as this mesa is composed primarily of Selenite Gypsum. The view from the top looks down on several oil wells.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss_Mountain_State_Park">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss_Mountain_State_Park</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1ji_IXllXbedKPLGLleA7KwRZkt_Ypt8TSFrWXTiPMA-MO1cQP1ora1yig4X_AFrfAuYXgpj9VOEyqJX5r843MIHkiATXP_rsN9t1rzXeVziaAHWvxpnflQEvBgShMFzw1h0VDNVSwCqn-I6kqpkmt1GeUsG5ji2gXccB-ngd_Y0ZCPX0BFBZfTnrEbq/s3854/IMG_2836.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I then continue to my destination for the night in Woodward, Oklahoma. It has a very attractive central downtown area, with the especially nice Woodward Theater and a great looking western store. It seems that there was a legendary young man, a real character Temple Lea Houston who gave a famous speech concerning the town Madam. There is a prominent statue of him in front of the Woodward Theater.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodward,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodward,_Oklahoma</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVfwg_xkS4amO2daFK5PjF0VfI29uI4FU-TVwI-NoXTO8UQYylG2wWMMVyVaIxSS7L1pqAKWDXdaEtF5A9SroL2zLrqnsjbK3owIb8qZq5rvOgQoPjqbn7bSSFPB6AwubLOkCA3AV2N-RV_2ksPQ_Bt5e0lJ8oPp9dYps-xT08Pl6FJ50g2ubke4ntqZj/s6240/IMG_3973.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgoZ-s2_hixQ1da-VmwSbj-LfRU1kdyvV_wNOQMypNu7kxEHG_hCgUZdUMYwTiXr22PIeJtgE5lwf2l6OT6DGKzck9rI-T7e-e0O0nF7lzE6v8qRXU_1F_Fy1pEefHBIZD0NZOveoJl1SBkI56b-i4UK3dX3cx1yNAT6qRUbEQIJWZ__0Ipb6VcMI52Ek/s5757/IMG_3998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5757" data-original-width="3631" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgoZ-s2_hixQ1da-VmwSbj-LfRU1kdyvV_wNOQMypNu7kxEHG_hCgUZdUMYwTiXr22PIeJtgE5lwf2l6OT6DGKzck9rI-T7e-e0O0nF7lzE6v8qRXU_1F_Fy1pEefHBIZD0NZOveoJl1SBkI56b-i4UK3dX3cx1yNAT6qRUbEQIJWZ__0Ipb6VcMI52Ek/w404-h640/IMG_3998.jpg" width="404" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A fine western shop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It looks like another Walmart parking lot for me again tonight, but first I go to a downtown restaurant, Long Shots, for a meal and it was excellent.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3745" data-original-width="5617" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50bJBsSQaQjOWTk_nmaqqi1wAKUXC2v2FM4YaN-v291upbIeXFhTv2R-Gwme2GVF2cnqatCR4PuWifmMJNxFZnaWUJdQSsoHVXet7RvTFjHzxDDB_RpP9nkTMgyDIJogB6ECpuEmthQ0yHtvMutpQehGol-KRSlUFO7PQkeT0a14jYLewWxtxS4KmJ8PV/w640-h426/IMG_3995.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A fine restaurant</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50bJBsSQaQjOWTk_nmaqqi1wAKUXC2v2FM4YaN-v291upbIeXFhTv2R-Gwme2GVF2cnqatCR4PuWifmMJNxFZnaWUJdQSsoHVXet7RvTFjHzxDDB_RpP9nkTMgyDIJogB6ECpuEmthQ0yHtvMutpQehGol-KRSlUFO7PQkeT0a14jYLewWxtxS4KmJ8PV/s5617/IMG_3995.jpg" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;">At around 11PM the storm starts, high wind, pounding rain, thunder and lightning for about 2-3 hours, kind of scary, but it could have been worse.</span><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyvpHk2ifrKGZIfpm_Uwak6ixggoqK5niqoMaiEn5qQEg7t3PcpP-EEc-xcKaO2ERLjVzVQDqyHjV9r1ZFHLQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It wan't fun</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the morning I search for a Laundromat, it seems that there are very few here, I find one that is open, but my first impression from the street is poor. However after going in and getting a friendly greeting from the attendant inside, I decide it will be fine and it was. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">My lack of overnight sleep resulted in a decision to take it easy for the day. I drove around exploring, searching for murals and interesting views and I found several. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxpiEAuYIk7C5rzYX3idtnWtPYJInFwbo81f4_f0kkiaE049KbSB6rnySu7F10jU2JdYma2ek_OSgcz4LzEuRH-QH4Vbma3lx2YTJUiqCLiijAlxn2-iNv_UQFsKTdBzsLBzDg9stesTW4kDD0ogDgmKNqRp4JM4RYDtyPVtRG-y6J7U_3L9zfg8n-htM/s4032/IMG_2866.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxpiEAuYIk7C5rzYX3idtnWtPYJInFwbo81f4_f0kkiaE049KbSB6rnySu7F10jU2JdYma2ek_OSgcz4LzEuRH-QH4Vbma3lx2YTJUiqCLiijAlxn2-iNv_UQFsKTdBzsLBzDg9stesTW4kDD0ogDgmKNqRp4JM4RYDtyPVtRG-y6J7U_3L9zfg8n-htM/w640-h480/IMG_2866.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Temple seems to be the most notable town resident</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEheQSxsGrO_UhTTySaZ6S2KOZGtWg42sjb63bsVk3_bpHISLVbxHhSh2b0cOXg74jL59rFt1AxNh8tcHcgWrd4TKvdD93J-mo7xPUNzCZrC1GFnZU7FLV0KIXmoy8mna3m1uZj8MuCzy5hBVU44Syu6TyZQe67RzqTp-b0-ZZr1z2tc9hDVRNTXyEmMfk/s4032/IMG_2898.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEheQSxsGrO_UhTTySaZ6S2KOZGtWg42sjb63bsVk3_bpHISLVbxHhSh2b0cOXg74jL59rFt1AxNh8tcHcgWrd4TKvdD93J-mo7xPUNzCZrC1GFnZU7FLV0KIXmoy8mna3m1uZj8MuCzy5hBVU44Syu6TyZQe67RzqTp-b0-ZZr1z2tc9hDVRNTXyEmMfk/w640-h480/IMG_2898.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> A recent fire on Main Street, another old building gone</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOSiaLk1-1yhwGwftYRFLBR8dOpb3Xta-OC0qFqdYkOqSfe9ZMWGM9BJqFCGg3p9eax3wiPewsvKtUYhTgNcuYGqfp3_rGwxVvItAeR3nvMfBw1JG3pzTLW1Shv6XgqWJPEZy3fQcvyfV_O1NPXLm7V9hQb0Vpvtnp3K4f6mRLWja2roeVjUCrXX1km5y/s4032/IMG_2907.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOSiaLk1-1yhwGwftYRFLBR8dOpb3Xta-OC0qFqdYkOqSfe9ZMWGM9BJqFCGg3p9eax3wiPewsvKtUYhTgNcuYGqfp3_rGwxVvItAeR3nvMfBw1JG3pzTLW1Shv6XgqWJPEZy3fQcvyfV_O1NPXLm7V9hQb0Vpvtnp3K4f6mRLWja2roeVjUCrXX1km5y/w640-h480/IMG_2907.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is true !</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The attendant at the laundromat had told me about a town northwest of here (Gate, OK) to check out and it's in my direction of travel so I have a game plan for tomorrow. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Not sure where my day will end ?</p><div><br /></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-44565480921506945052023-07-24T13:50:00.004-07:002023-07-24T13:52:11.386-07:00<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Pawhuska - Ponca City, Oklahoma</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">July 5 - 7, 2023:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I arrive in Ponca City in mid afternoon as I had a late start leaving Pawhuska. I decide that it’s time for me to get cleaned up and have a good quiet nights sleep so I get a motel room for the night. Also for some unknown reason, I have pulled something in my lower back and it is killing me. At the Motel there is a hot tub which I immediately use which helps slightly, coupled with aspirin and a heating patch. Overnight, the back pain remains but when I walk it diminishes somewhat, I can deal with this. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponca_City,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponca_City,_Oklahoma</a> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the morning, I start by visiting the Pioneer Woman Statue and Museum and Statue where they have exhibits focused on pioneer women of note, and a large focus on recent women who have been successful in the TV news arena. There was also an interesting exhibit and all types of medicines in the past promising to cure everything which lead to the creation of the FDA. Also an exhibit on women’s and mens undergarments designed to improve or accentuate your shape such as corsets. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNnel6YJHULP18zILyB4h1i23fsqKPJb9WXl5lhQz4cV55NKGkxqLhWclny6ImmTe_Qdcv9J0I0PKAVsrmZybfDYvlCquFqayna0fOSHMBnoJ3xYxF49b_dOuHuhu0qh1V54xgDPHB3PECH-dNPfJJB8wrVdYpmELCrCrslqGqi9CCWmCKYuula2UMFTK/s3960/IMG_2455.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3960" data-original-width="2970" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNnel6YJHULP18zILyB4h1i23fsqKPJb9WXl5lhQz4cV55NKGkxqLhWclny6ImmTe_Qdcv9J0I0PKAVsrmZybfDYvlCquFqayna0fOSHMBnoJ3xYxF49b_dOuHuhu0qh1V54xgDPHB3PECH-dNPfJJB8wrVdYpmELCrCrslqGqi9CCWmCKYuula2UMFTK/w480-h640/IMG_2455.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Statue</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisl8Oppd655tzMwtmEhioQ6qJM5IjNioS8wjB_XRQUvKo6zXJnRnD9SRRt2I5FUBgxqY1wPVCtd_T8Lwde8Tjsky9k79p16IR1d6PcsyCPnizsVxUyUHINltfyjvWcbp685T-8Dv7N8VkdHRsXmwKNfCUyGGbOv4j5Tgxdz6yGBjSmr0_848pRJxEQOy2q/s3742/IMG_2461.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2807" data-original-width="3742" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisl8Oppd655tzMwtmEhioQ6qJM5IjNioS8wjB_XRQUvKo6zXJnRnD9SRRt2I5FUBgxqY1wPVCtd_T8Lwde8Tjsky9k79p16IR1d6PcsyCPnizsVxUyUHINltfyjvWcbp685T-8Dv7N8VkdHRsXmwKNfCUyGGbOv4j5Tgxdz6yGBjSmr0_848pRJxEQOy2q/w640-h480/IMG_2461.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Cherokee Land Strip run</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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A closed road due to bridge construction cancels that idea initially, but I will return on an alternate path latter, see below. <p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Next it's back to the historic downtown area where I find a couple of great murals and a huge grain elevator complex that is an amazingly good photo scene. I then walk around several blocks, seeing the restored Poncan Theater, I push on the front door and it opens to my surprise, but no one seemed to be there, I shot a quick photo and left ?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">There are several good murals and many very attractive turn of the century (1900 century for people of my age) buildings. This was a very prominent town back in the early to mid 1900’s with a booming oil industry and the powerful had no problems building a great Court House, City Hall , Library, Schools etc.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DOXAfxiUS4E56FHWg1jU0E3Wbi3-qdyqDXWIxJbP0LfZPCvMGmh8VuT01NPNcdLi8Mh7UD7DQEyO63O98P6sfci8lZ-z_Ff5yWLb95gwu3bT0lDHQEfXNN9hiKAvEe1IgdXy-1-vEQZQRu5VRobD-Sm5X-wym8Nd1zcIQ06tHKNIyZLGxy0ngSFzKE4Q/s6240/IMG_3814.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DOXAfxiUS4E56FHWg1jU0E3Wbi3-qdyqDXWIxJbP0LfZPCvMGmh8VuT01NPNcdLi8Mh7UD7DQEyO63O98P6sfci8lZ-z_Ff5yWLb95gwu3bT0lDHQEfXNN9hiKAvEe1IgdXy-1-vEQZQRu5VRobD-Sm5X-wym8Nd1zcIQ06tHKNIyZLGxy0ngSFzKE4Q/w640-h426/IMG_3814.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This Grain Elevator was immense and to my eyes beautiful </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCDOo7t9RRfMV4Vtnclp41jQKwplllVtO8NUerAl5wNv-mITXfSrtG7eaALAhKmjsDhyNbWijKmObknzuPKFUwcd04Mbw1AoCtLFxMooRM79n2bwxwaRmL_fDmd7dCnIShcSrRCSx41pF2AuvqDBoaNs6GB2A5zxTPGS0JfbInoaGDkjju8KpfdOoAB3m/s6120/IMG_3815.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9F6-JydWJv50Ne1lDEo-QCgTKZGxA_v8hAJqY3GXlL7m73pE0zJipDVgyRhlDRPVWqeELZVfkQYHOpj2ksOx1rzznhl3jRPzlR5QN4BnnjVVkscm2uvWPQEEeZbiXe6Tt1ic3lRgCgQleY3ZGIxT98zZAVOXDvLcqU73nBbbCmD9u64HS6oERbTMS9wkT/w640-h426/IMG_3817.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another part of the above mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYA0AUY3AiQcbpifJ4tEP4WSDdC3QU7Qkf1S5zkk__X9IwBgnkPHrdxOBBOgFhbe4AWlR5Ept6QwM698JQgghdKC475VOritQNzHsltbuZ6WNlg_empJfz708TdjfSd5E4RImplxow8gKgaj7jIwf3dqy-qv2v72RclsZoB0jkCFA5VouNKdE2Ty2bfOR/s6088/IMG_3820.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4059" data-original-width="6088" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYA0AUY3AiQcbpifJ4tEP4WSDdC3QU7Qkf1S5zkk__X9IwBgnkPHrdxOBBOgFhbe4AWlR5Ept6QwM698JQgghdKC475VOritQNzHsltbuZ6WNlg_empJfz708TdjfSd5E4RImplxow8gKgaj7jIwf3dqy-qv2v72RclsZoB0jkCFA5VouNKdE2Ty2bfOR/w640-h426/IMG_3820.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking down the tracks</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHt6Gs00760rl2Wp2zEsHF07hLSZ5j5J8b1TQz4QzzYJauOWRh-0bKoOM4OKFdSoYodPgMJtffpSrtHJmNlBiLJ2ukvXHREyJHiVUJta6reWN9ncVvJb0X4xeNr1FPQGWBeB5WaFSNIvVBtOddBpVBGyMpCjX6h-AaF17U8si50HrDgHtLf1UKpFcGgNd/s5890/IMG_3822.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3927" data-original-width="5890" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHt6Gs00760rl2Wp2zEsHF07hLSZ5j5J8b1TQz4QzzYJauOWRh-0bKoOM4OKFdSoYodPgMJtffpSrtHJmNlBiLJ2ukvXHREyJHiVUJta6reWN9ncVvJb0X4xeNr1FPQGWBeB5WaFSNIvVBtOddBpVBGyMpCjX6h-AaF17U8si50HrDgHtLf1UKpFcGgNd/w640-h426/IMG_3822.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Across the street another huge old mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu22A3_MTN3_RR5mGBpzh_9OLHiJtACAqHwx98gS7GKiYjDwrvBih_C5Mul6LTcFJWf4ZnoymKYFufEaPhY9BByrKBNfcd2-Z6XUigP9vgxOSi1x3uqpiCUXOTGWoqbhfK_jgdoic0Quu970yOs4EIYUFNr3sAYZ3K0-x3t17gb_VQ0zkUT4hXLafAeb5M/s5982/IMG_3823.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3988" data-original-width="5982" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu22A3_MTN3_RR5mGBpzh_9OLHiJtACAqHwx98gS7GKiYjDwrvBih_C5Mul6LTcFJWf4ZnoymKYFufEaPhY9BByrKBNfcd2-Z6XUigP9vgxOSi1x3uqpiCUXOTGWoqbhfK_jgdoic0Quu970yOs4EIYUFNr3sAYZ3K0-x3t17gb_VQ0zkUT4hXLafAeb5M/w640-h426/IMG_3823.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It depicts history of the famous 101 Ranch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmd-wxDRrIYdQk2F9B6dsdVWXoFAsNnbyZlJliRrCtNVoiFeU8sW4JNRdP3oGSxo6f7gkzGrDfMdvtj8mkAghn2vVP_LaGpMICx7gSjqxgO-KLVKYlmMIY3Ar4Xrw2p0258jvyNq8KfeI_F4XS_D5D5FzdOd-mYKBRgtd6Dd4Sk7Mvm-s5Se8PYrwHt9N/s3692/IMG_2509.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2882" data-original-width="3692" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmd-wxDRrIYdQk2F9B6dsdVWXoFAsNnbyZlJliRrCtNVoiFeU8sW4JNRdP3oGSxo6f7gkzGrDfMdvtj8mkAghn2vVP_LaGpMICx7gSjqxgO-KLVKYlmMIY3Ar4Xrw2p0258jvyNq8KfeI_F4XS_D5D5FzdOd-mYKBRgtd6Dd4Sk7Mvm-s5Se8PYrwHt9N/w640-h500/IMG_2509.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Informative sign on the 101 Ranch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGEJRUbceJPjVzeT7PP2g1BUJVEv-3k7gC0IxmLkwBNOOPm_D6Q1C8j2rS8YDURHP0YjsFuryX0p1tga5-wF_GGRQ-9FEjW9D7OZdCyqiparbRn0hjL7Qt8FCvgjx0puFgljQShqWort2SxiyT5db_3DO94gaRBgcGvHuV2iPPN_uaS0YpqGtTTiKh2DQ/s6240/IMG_3825.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGEJRUbceJPjVzeT7PP2g1BUJVEv-3k7gC0IxmLkwBNOOPm_D6Q1C8j2rS8YDURHP0YjsFuryX0p1tga5-wF_GGRQ-9FEjW9D7OZdCyqiparbRn0hjL7Qt8FCvgjx0puFgljQShqWort2SxiyT5db_3DO94gaRBgcGvHuV2iPPN_uaS0YpqGtTTiKh2DQ/w640-h426/IMG_3825.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Interesting building and paint job on van</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHK9KH4pFf5Qb-23zQHtUZ6OJB2FqPr8sE6_N1hQR25sg2lsxB_QYUDw4Tj4Mqc0UNpxKVll63qBZ6UgpqSEVGZ8kjFvbLPs6ujNPsOfhlZGQQ-InIsWLrKPa5rPCYc1jqEWYWTtG_9dMCNtxlbcENVyy9TpcW0_JASNRWevJL6BAH4M0p2p2jb7uhilm/s6240/IMG_3831.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHK9KH4pFf5Qb-23zQHtUZ6OJB2FqPr8sE6_N1hQR25sg2lsxB_QYUDw4Tj4Mqc0UNpxKVll63qBZ6UgpqSEVGZ8kjFvbLPs6ujNPsOfhlZGQQ-InIsWLrKPa5rPCYc1jqEWYWTtG_9dMCNtxlbcENVyy9TpcW0_JASNRWevJL6BAH4M0p2p2jb7uhilm/w640-h426/IMG_3831.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Poncan Theater</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMX_FHwJyE08ku1gVx0348sPjjhmWEURB0f6tl0CcSJO3YegKy7kQi8NY4DtX-CQi368MFG-5OBNtnKON-9EgsaN3WEsVF7kCNa-S-54J-nkOzUAxMVSy_pGjuLRM0L8SEHpu3XQ92uzH536PUjmv9l-EXmasUEI0VTRECkH49O6u9rHKoSHeEVpIF_r0/s4731/IMG_3836.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4731" data-original-width="4057" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMX_FHwJyE08ku1gVx0348sPjjhmWEURB0f6tl0CcSJO3YegKy7kQi8NY4DtX-CQi368MFG-5OBNtnKON-9EgsaN3WEsVF7kCNa-S-54J-nkOzUAxMVSy_pGjuLRM0L8SEHpu3XQ92uzH536PUjmv9l-EXmasUEI0VTRECkH49O6u9rHKoSHeEVpIF_r0/w548-h640/IMG_3836.jpg" width="548" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The upper architectural elements are great</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdKi3_oNrdkdZ7qu6RMpCop0aIaeLIlLfVXurWoOfBYaheemx8-8alrrdkRDfCTiwZPt6kPdnPB943t7Wh0uY--wc7KpoIosfzuOQTaoc_olZT7Omp_NyxYWxrn0K9OJnDnJms6jmvmhU5VxocfpgUMwBW0-vSHGCqlUnEu5mVYTblupgykDcOmWfwwgI/s6002/IMG_3842.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4001" data-original-width="6002" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdKi3_oNrdkdZ7qu6RMpCop0aIaeLIlLfVXurWoOfBYaheemx8-8alrrdkRDfCTiwZPt6kPdnPB943t7Wh0uY--wc7KpoIosfzuOQTaoc_olZT7Omp_NyxYWxrn0K9OJnDnJms6jmvmhU5VxocfpgUMwBW0-vSHGCqlUnEu5mVYTblupgykDcOmWfwwgI/w640-h426/IMG_3842.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Old Chandler and Cleveland car dealer sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMGvG8x3x1xV7hT3RgAAIki1xpw5KONY172klTdAVEYP1zxv3xbabdY-J-Um20gC4q1tyAsHIjaO-MgVeFmbnjmyXKUZm_TytE2OLj9I2Kfs2cIJGzh6gZcTj4ddr3vevcDZYiI_zMTbr2wQmU_nExQkN3ZMi8wbwrCaSU19nB-VuND5RPyuxMoUbTUon/s6119/IMG_3843.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4079" data-original-width="6119" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMGvG8x3x1xV7hT3RgAAIki1xpw5KONY172klTdAVEYP1zxv3xbabdY-J-Um20gC4q1tyAsHIjaO-MgVeFmbnjmyXKUZm_TytE2OLj9I2Kfs2cIJGzh6gZcTj4ddr3vevcDZYiI_zMTbr2wQmU_nExQkN3ZMi8wbwrCaSU19nB-VuND5RPyuxMoUbTUon/w640-h426/IMG_3843.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very nice old Coca-Cola sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaq66aamIKBjm5dsQ7rDwKvLBQd2DfVDQNDX2WENZtmyDf5O3ggbk7exZ7qf3BfgZ8cnL-7mMAbVZvl85sJ1U4RxKmFbyZvbyfhHvalEXy2ICLUaWOUrmz7tBF2Y5pKLeayW8B3v2j92oSEBUYhu9vqmT3I_JeFzZUxvLVOv3D8XftEEI53HEjGzI1fb7k/s5622/IMG_3846.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3748" data-original-width="5622" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaq66aamIKBjm5dsQ7rDwKvLBQd2DfVDQNDX2WENZtmyDf5O3ggbk7exZ7qf3BfgZ8cnL-7mMAbVZvl85sJ1U4RxKmFbyZvbyfhHvalEXy2ICLUaWOUrmz7tBF2Y5pKLeayW8B3v2j92oSEBUYhu9vqmT3I_JeFzZUxvLVOv3D8XftEEI53HEjGzI1fb7k/w640-h426/IMG_3846.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The old Ponca Railroad depot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdn3pk0st5oKX6NYKrdKRRWSyLy0pA5ZRO3DeJDwIW8NdPMp0TB9d2cfdVPy1p6XNtgeQW0WYVeMKn7u052Wt66D6DfDYdeXlOTBm6v72BTDvI_BVgqrVmIyPqcZVl6rfxyrQ-xjUA4UwQ4d5cqTezGKQJ7dVSV2mR1kP4zJUn9m_vyVTx_JDE2A60Tjt/s5669/IMG_3862.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3779" data-original-width="5669" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdn3pk0st5oKX6NYKrdKRRWSyLy0pA5ZRO3DeJDwIW8NdPMp0TB9d2cfdVPy1p6XNtgeQW0WYVeMKn7u052Wt66D6DfDYdeXlOTBm6v72BTDvI_BVgqrVmIyPqcZVl6rfxyrQ-xjUA4UwQ4d5cqTezGKQJ7dVSV2mR1kP4zJUn9m_vyVTx_JDE2A60Tjt/w640-h426/IMG_3862.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful Ponca City Hall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zg-MBJmdnlnabqUI5QMaWbwMlOEi_m9aaJUhmMDFDqE55Bt9FjUz7WVu4IXKpAtjleM5IGb_Ld_F6oEOGvAZbW7AM4gs7uge38I4fpOJKU46-n2r-roYvZcXhPANF6G9f3QyafIrjrTbiqA2FmxbOuESdMHDpegHOUF345SslprU4xACE-WO8-sZo-TV/s5590/IMG_3863.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5590" data-original-width="3906" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zg-MBJmdnlnabqUI5QMaWbwMlOEi_m9aaJUhmMDFDqE55Bt9FjUz7WVu4IXKpAtjleM5IGb_Ld_F6oEOGvAZbW7AM4gs7uge38I4fpOJKU46-n2r-roYvZcXhPANF6G9f3QyafIrjrTbiqA2FmxbOuESdMHDpegHOUF345SslprU4xACE-WO8-sZo-TV/w448-h640/IMG_3863.jpg" width="448" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">B.S. Barnes Founder of Ponca City</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUL1smPCjkES-qr2bzQos0lJ5AIZsk2Ls11ju022d4K_1OGJHG-bYqr6zgpXlkj_1ZJhVUToa0QOm9dW0tyjrk099ZKAerfQdYcn0BDbOiv-jT1OrVDcjlq1aEZB2oe-sKMOb1X0uJmwckFkP0vbp1zUNZzjyP0ehcTOKqFFXcgW-id4h_Rt_RrSoJsHE2/s6061/IMG_3864.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4041" data-original-width="6061" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUL1smPCjkES-qr2bzQos0lJ5AIZsk2Ls11ju022d4K_1OGJHG-bYqr6zgpXlkj_1ZJhVUToa0QOm9dW0tyjrk099ZKAerfQdYcn0BDbOiv-jT1OrVDcjlq1aEZB2oe-sKMOb1X0uJmwckFkP0vbp1zUNZzjyP0ehcTOKqFFXcgW-id4h_Rt_RrSoJsHE2/w640-h426/IMG_3864.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Extra nice Library</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">My second attempt to get to the 101 Ranch was successful. There isn’t much left of the former ranch site, which is mow owned by the 101 Ranch Old Timers Association who has put up historical signs, although they are in dire need of updating. There was once a huge house here, a state of the art advanced house that they called the “White House”. It was surrounded by all sorts of building to support the ranch, which was mostly self sufficient since it far removed. It ended up encompassing 100,000 acres which was mostly acquired from original Indian land. The Ranch was owned by Col. George Miller and operated by his three sons, George, Joe and Zack. It began as a cattle ranch and with many productive oil wells. It seems that they were decent souls who felt compassion for the Indians and made sure that they didn’t have to go hungry, they provided food and supplies as needed. </span><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=MI029">https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=MI029</a> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Brothers_101_Ranch" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Brothers_101_Ranch</span></a></div><div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">They were very friendly with Chief White Eagle of the Ponca tribe and when he died they built a hill top monument to him with an eagle sculpture. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiM3NnA9RLm-o1bZGYa5guSoHbBp9x022RQ5vwPv49QSv9rYfp3l9jsLNW8fVp__joXMlkvFpM910fiK-_1JgMnqZ5Am7UwDRZkoXxTwvaZPTs0ioDWwXXyLQwGfUNTUfs6F8NZJzgjNQrQ_Njm2DhSZk1qFrLompN7P2fT1S_jvRrPU3nL5XOCmBQWxb/w640-h480/IMG_2547.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oddly, the chief is not buried here, only a number of black ranch employees ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiM3NnA9RLm-o1bZGYa5guSoHbBp9x022RQ5vwPv49QSv9rYfp3l9jsLNW8fVp__joXMlkvFpM910fiK-_1JgMnqZ5Am7UwDRZkoXxTwvaZPTs0ioDWwXXyLQwGfUNTUfs6F8NZJzgjNQrQ_Njm2DhSZk1qFrLompN7P2fT1S_jvRrPU3nL5XOCmBQWxb/s4032/IMG_2547.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Eventually, the brothers decided to do their own version of a Wild West Cowboy and Indian show which became an event similar to the Pawnee Bill and the Buffalo Bill shows. This show operated from1905 - 1932 and traveled the US and the world.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5gNCiuWXMeCnc4uQWe0A0iCP-SV-LznNlrUUa2ev2oP2hQTwp7E3vqfLJ-4T7H5GC8UDOZGgZ93lWjBgeX4yAPbguLlmDt2v9rbiCuLJOS08UW1_OuQnIzY7jyeTsvDcus9BhMzkJKfJXDrgcBqQWoDiVo58w46fjyBfHHkVlh4cRhuipB0w5_IJqyci/s3883/IMG_2475.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3883" data-original-width="2320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5gNCiuWXMeCnc4uQWe0A0iCP-SV-LznNlrUUa2ev2oP2hQTwp7E3vqfLJ-4T7H5GC8UDOZGgZ93lWjBgeX4yAPbguLlmDt2v9rbiCuLJOS08UW1_OuQnIzY7jyeTsvDcus9BhMzkJKfJXDrgcBqQWoDiVo58w46fjyBfHHkVlh4cRhuipB0w5_IJqyci/w382-h640/IMG_2475.jpeg" width="382" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">These photos are tough to read, but if you double click on them you can get a more </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">enlarged view. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAiQ7rfM0mJkeoDCFUDg6CqGZiilk6tQ-xgEZxJttNG6UVHIkuc6Hl0v_HjHSply_pkmUCdK8355_5ORNbGgvu1QOD5iJnl99EMbQEc969NeUMl7GPMk2Bx_in1OI_8H_-hOk4EivTXMlemKk5hOVVIvaeGemYKvPfYu25nn6Zosa-wPDQnDkc6zTeGI-/s6117/IMG_3878.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4078" data-original-width="6117" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAiQ7rfM0mJkeoDCFUDg6CqGZiilk6tQ-xgEZxJttNG6UVHIkuc6Hl0v_HjHSply_pkmUCdK8355_5ORNbGgvu1QOD5iJnl99EMbQEc969NeUMl7GPMk2Bx_in1OI_8H_-hOk4EivTXMlemKk5hOVVIvaeGemYKvPfYu25nn6Zosa-wPDQnDkc6zTeGI-/w640-h426/IMG_3878.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These silos and the small building is about all that is left today</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45Ybq-81nWsAaW0VfcAhj0TZzkjm---wMZEUC1Eq2NyMISCgZiMpMt3oC58c4lta1aIbwwV0Yqty-TsCpZ_nMZuDvYW_S_fW_K5BISoPc5TxhsPq3dDvGVeVXNhL2y4V0L8nOkiP7yNG6iWthKeHgp-E6LgnTQF_CAHnBbQGQqwt6PfZpRo6Vx_YPSwm4/s5555/IMG_3884.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3692" data-original-width="5555" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45Ybq-81nWsAaW0VfcAhj0TZzkjm---wMZEUC1Eq2NyMISCgZiMpMt3oC58c4lta1aIbwwV0Yqty-TsCpZ_nMZuDvYW_S_fW_K5BISoPc5TxhsPq3dDvGVeVXNhL2y4V0L8nOkiP7yNG6iWthKeHgp-E6LgnTQF_CAHnBbQGQqwt6PfZpRo6Vx_YPSwm4/w640-h426/IMG_3884.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It once was a palace on the frontier visited by many dignitaries and celebrities</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZ4F7mWMecnVvS-_0S-U0yiqYHJHM0RqlJMe-7ENdJTNPQtooexdcsUVOGX5edi3s-C3IFSjU_nHGF1bVO9zVisXHDt1prap-WERvqE52RpDkmh0PbDjBL95BbAKwGNCnbhPmhbUxONn2MDZcjQDIju5MuEomKPsKpb2-SFoDRK8DGZ_U3bdENEa5YDh6/s6240/IMG_3883.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZ4F7mWMecnVvS-_0S-U0yiqYHJHM0RqlJMe-7ENdJTNPQtooexdcsUVOGX5edi3s-C3IFSjU_nHGF1bVO9zVisXHDt1prap-WERvqE52RpDkmh0PbDjBL95BbAKwGNCnbhPmhbUxONn2MDZcjQDIju5MuEomKPsKpb2-SFoDRK8DGZ_U3bdENEa5YDh6/w640-h426/IMG_3883.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A recenty built sign out front</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29rzyr3enx20RziEakO_-bWbaimn4y0YT9_OR6HyuTmxhLVL34gZ0tdKIVngWYoeLX76Mcs0I1TTF_Qch75Q2O1ndbsSWWQZE3Nzjw-ddc4MCaHnRGGxkqoqZpcy5tWgAQ4jm8YWbHjV388n5YKAm1-a7Ueu5JLw58t5QMh6AqF3aqLp0DCJ63VW3u7L2/s3429/IMG_2557.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2790" data-original-width="3429" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29rzyr3enx20RziEakO_-bWbaimn4y0YT9_OR6HyuTmxhLVL34gZ0tdKIVngWYoeLX76Mcs0I1TTF_Qch75Q2O1ndbsSWWQZE3Nzjw-ddc4MCaHnRGGxkqoqZpcy5tWgAQ4jm8YWbHjV388n5YKAm1-a7Ueu5JLw58t5QMh6AqF3aqLp0DCJ63VW3u7L2/w640-h520/IMG_2557.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The original Ranch House known as the "White House"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9a6BXmFT2vxkdRioFH3ZlB8oRXOW_dJsEEZDkh9eOuC98Wrono2o9kAOpX9fQEFBEaGpe9RvrMqCP1udPxWagxSLvLrHDnbfozOLfGSIS91Pl9aRnR1uyZW5YR5WudmFxHFQXsCEKams9Jo24sE1unxXkx5jng0_zf3jdWai2VitwKzNY3gAvzQo6VAy/s4032/IMG_2558.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9a6BXmFT2vxkdRioFH3ZlB8oRXOW_dJsEEZDkh9eOuC98Wrono2o9kAOpX9fQEFBEaGpe9RvrMqCP1udPxWagxSLvLrHDnbfozOLfGSIS91Pl9aRnR1uyZW5YR5WudmFxHFQXsCEKams9Jo24sE1unxXkx5jng0_zf3jdWai2VitwKzNY3gAvzQo6VAy/w640-h480/IMG_2558.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Part of the floor tiles remains</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBKewRaiUuvBThVWg2oI1JwUcm8beKsEmuRoe6kucf5ZHFDFdA8e0rlZMG_crWsh5hoqrcJ0uL4UUNl9A6dZYSscU4I2-m9WWEM691YrNyJ7oMyQPh1GH1p5HP-OOphXunFNBnx_CIk9LNhMitj7x1Liv7p7ZaIuj-3MuV4OeBGPVYopbQsVoh8M57rrD/s3183/IMG_2561.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2401" data-original-width="3183" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBKewRaiUuvBThVWg2oI1JwUcm8beKsEmuRoe6kucf5ZHFDFdA8e0rlZMG_crWsh5hoqrcJ0uL4UUNl9A6dZYSscU4I2-m9WWEM691YrNyJ7oMyQPh1GH1p5HP-OOphXunFNBnx_CIk9LNhMitj7x1Liv7p7ZaIuj-3MuV4OeBGPVYopbQsVoh8M57rrD/w640-h482/IMG_2561.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bill Pickett was a beloved black ranch cowboy and wild west show performer </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivtmLeJxvRA5IRdOHacRyBuD5x3OV9b49GL6V4FUoX_s70UEExpB5br9-IKwhIXaYTL38m3k1eSmlXMj3SKA7A8qAkrK8_UP9xhrcylrI6WvDhhBefsl2IbKid_QbnXZJK3pUt1-Igt6XhMTqNpZiPGgdDQkoCwOBZTHzPlHmImGYy9ns2J49UGaD8Uv93/s2917/IMG_2564.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2194" data-original-width="2917" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivtmLeJxvRA5IRdOHacRyBuD5x3OV9b49GL6V4FUoX_s70UEExpB5br9-IKwhIXaYTL38m3k1eSmlXMj3SKA7A8qAkrK8_UP9xhrcylrI6WvDhhBefsl2IbKid_QbnXZJK3pUt1-Igt6XhMTqNpZiPGgdDQkoCwOBZTHzPlHmImGYy9ns2J49UGaD8Uv93/w640-h482/IMG_2564.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Horse Barn</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip67F32y-_EyWVXjCTVM7d0GtZ8FQUnkWd4D9IOXD941HpH0a7883b9U-5A5-CVwc0O_CxiffnZeq_wX6nev-9AF4IiPUWflTiKjCHGROWw4PgnGOErk8DdinJ1EPtLhxfJqLVnoBIF60vbTsXBGRNl_NNJqo1_qe51HyfvRJ4Y6tTQ353Bvdssud4Ckv6/s2791/IMG_2565.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2140" data-original-width="2791" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip67F32y-_EyWVXjCTVM7d0GtZ8FQUnkWd4D9IOXD941HpH0a7883b9U-5A5-CVwc0O_CxiffnZeq_wX6nev-9AF4IiPUWflTiKjCHGROWw4PgnGOErk8DdinJ1EPtLhxfJqLVnoBIF60vbTsXBGRNl_NNJqo1_qe51HyfvRJ4Y6tTQ353Bvdssud4Ckv6/w640-h490/IMG_2565.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Power House</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVMm3ScKPmdTAvNKAsXlFC1jY-HQoo-7wWOy1V4WUKeHdJoEDcM05pUrzo9XGp8yOGGeHU4ndB3k1T0CBiwEiFoByI5vp3QGCV6ggk2AwcSHZcrL-yT6OvvoqZCbqRXjNmxBnegMUQeZ5J0H0pUWuly-17PDEPMgteJvFl4NlweCGuNFz-79430Db3Yzn/s2631/IMG_2569.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2079" data-original-width="2631" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVMm3ScKPmdTAvNKAsXlFC1jY-HQoo-7wWOy1V4WUKeHdJoEDcM05pUrzo9XGp8yOGGeHU4ndB3k1T0CBiwEiFoByI5vp3QGCV6ggk2AwcSHZcrL-yT6OvvoqZCbqRXjNmxBnegMUQeZ5J0H0pUWuly-17PDEPMgteJvFl4NlweCGuNFz-79430Db3Yzn/w640-h506/IMG_2569.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Even a Cotton Gin</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQRCJdW3mf5HucqpJfbirDWMpD5Bf-cC33ceLqMPzMNia3FP9k-9rmXyclmXFh8MG1LLWB5zZ7FDZxSMkQb2uEqk0ORtyKXpNyKWZ1eBxqgwrueA2OqSdL-M7OaSkkA6Yfwh14u6OXGyB8xiLnYvxUzQyExG0POE6hzIy0q-zWUen2A3_y-Zjeq1vpRv2/s2620/IMG_2572.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="2620" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQRCJdW3mf5HucqpJfbirDWMpD5Bf-cC33ceLqMPzMNia3FP9k-9rmXyclmXFh8MG1LLWB5zZ7FDZxSMkQb2uEqk0ORtyKXpNyKWZ1eBxqgwrueA2OqSdL-M7OaSkkA6Yfwh14u6OXGyB8xiLnYvxUzQyExG0POE6hzIy0q-zWUen2A3_y-Zjeq1vpRv2/w640-h454/IMG_2572.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bill Pickett starred in the in the Bull Dogger movie</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">The ranch eventually went bankrupt in1936 and was taken over by the government for use as a depression resettlement program. It then came under the ownership of the Federal Farm Security Administration who sold the house contents for salvage value at auction and then demolished the house. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Attempts in Ponca to find some night life, like a bar or a brew pub is frustrating. I find this to be the case in most small to medium towns and cities in Oklahoma. But I have noticed in late afternoon many people leaving convenance stores with a 6 or a 12 pack of beer to take home, maybe that's better, keeps them off the streets ?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Next stop is a slight dip south to Pawnee, OK to visit the Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, I’m hooked on these hokey Cowboy and Indian Shows.</p><div><br /></div></div></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-89511836813773950522023-07-15T16:35:00.002-07:002023-07-24T13:51:21.331-07:00<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">Joplin, MO - Bartlesville, OK - Pawhuska, OK</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">July 2 - 4 , 2023:</span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">After a not so healthy, but hearty breakfast at Cracker Barrel and getting yesterdays events documented, the camera and phone downloaded, looking at travel route for the day, its about 10 AM by the time I get on the road. I take off heading west on route 166 which suddenly without warning or detour directions, just ends. I then spend about an hour riding in circles, it seems, getting onto a detour route. But, there are always, rays of sunshine in every dark period, as I end up across the border in Kansas in the town of Galena, yet another route 66 crazed town with a great old restored gas station, several good murals and interesting buildings. I am now on the route 166 detour route, which I am carefully following and am again heading west. I eventually get back on route 166 and make stops in several towns along the way as noted below.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Galena, KS:</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrYKl6DzH84CvNSAsDq7us45JovBN1nYzPFIf-r5S48H-sOs7gx7fO6m53j8GDKoeFRuwDEDLGwFQzOxOHy-SniH1rzdN25jDqNon2JFb8QANSlVP7k4dR8E5XpdluHqNWFfvsXy3UWMhVrVEVM6t7DdeKW2yrRD8z1CKJxD-k8tXWfB-VKa6p4gbHn0W/s6071/IMG_3584.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4047" data-original-width="6071" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrYKl6DzH84CvNSAsDq7us45JovBN1nYzPFIf-r5S48H-sOs7gx7fO6m53j8GDKoeFRuwDEDLGwFQzOxOHy-SniH1rzdN25jDqNon2JFb8QANSlVP7k4dR8E5XpdluHqNWFfvsXy3UWMhVrVEVM6t7DdeKW2yrRD8z1CKJxD-k8tXWfB-VKa6p4gbHn0W/w640-h426/IMG_3584.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Coffeyville, KS<span style="font-size: 18px;">: </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Former great downtown business district practically empty now, very sad, but they are restoring the Midland Theater. <br />Also there is the famous restored historic Condon Bank, famous due for the foiled Dalton Gang bank robbery attempt, in which town residents killed four of the Dalton Gang members. The Dalton Gang Defenders Museum documents this event across the street.</span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuvGI475OOZiC1n6SVnb35b3-BAMvxY5jvqPqG6v5OFUTh4iXNcEWToUCZ2BcTVg1bpZM-aDYMRNpeYBhjU0HlXsO3-8Aq5tfU8zV1lqXpl5k9_6wUpuZZYBP8MAHQSYsByS0ZPSwKroz26atwkKbbeFoUcjQuE4aVPrJuKxVcihCTPVspMqD_KPzX3BO/s6240/IMG_3646.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuvGI475OOZiC1n6SVnb35b3-BAMvxY5jvqPqG6v5OFUTh4iXNcEWToUCZ2BcTVg1bpZM-aDYMRNpeYBhjU0HlXsO3-8Aq5tfU8zV1lqXpl5k9_6wUpuZZYBP8MAHQSYsByS0ZPSwKroz26atwkKbbeFoUcjQuE4aVPrJuKxVcihCTPVspMqD_KPzX3BO/w640-h426/IMG_3646.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bank mural</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Bartlesville is a horrible town name, doesn’t roll off the tongue well, but it is the county seat of Montgomery County and looks very clean and prosperous.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartlesville,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartlesville,_Oklahoma</a><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the morning I drive downtown, park and explore a 3-4 block radius. This downtown area is immaculate, the streets and sidewalks are squeaky clean, the grass is green and trimmed. The flower beds are kept nice, the store front are neat, no graffiti, no street art, no homeless people wandering around asking for money or a cigarette. It also seems to be the headquarters of the Phillips Petroleum Company, with a huge office building, the Phillips Petroleum Museum, and a downtown park named for Mr. Phillips. I suspect that the Phillips Petroleum Company has done much to improve this city. I’m not a big fan of oil companies, but I have to tip my hat to a company that sticks to their home base and supports their local economy. As I wander around, I am wondering why they haven’t changed the city name to Phillips, but when I go to the Bartlesville Area History Museum, I find the answers.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ANAxRGU6cpnENHtHt0-SeaAToJ11XIreCacZT5c4XQKPtY7QZ2l7UWFexZjFT8Sf58fkN3YRjqeH8WeXGLV48hZWD5urmVS1p77HbKufFq6KYr-uJ7sS2hKeoudPtpPHrIbkMt_xNjApEhI9yu2HzEZv_kPdh5Ojol1cXL2yIAFGrmeih5GZ5jE7rmMW/s6002/IMG_3739.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3790" data-original-width="6002" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ANAxRGU6cpnENHtHt0-SeaAToJ11XIreCacZT5c4XQKPtY7QZ2l7UWFexZjFT8Sf58fkN3YRjqeH8WeXGLV48hZWD5urmVS1p77HbKufFq6KYr-uJ7sS2hKeoudPtpPHrIbkMt_xNjApEhI9yu2HzEZv_kPdh5Ojol1cXL2yIAFGrmeih5GZ5jE7rmMW/w640-h404/IMG_3739.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Restored steam locomotive 940 and a few cars are on display next to the station and it is appropriate that this locomotive originally ran on these tracks.</span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69z53vsKjeRZ1BfGiMwVuAGKkCz954BEzE85bJzoRquz225ktFvAlrXAsnNytgRlWaB6lHB5gwNC258MyQ6CqBhhGv9ZA5Cwp6eriT0zhENfq8-nkS-uxX66W9OJYwInvqRpt_f0wQCmZ_3UuR37PI0a7SmtjQeP854n-cFmUqvkCBbm4ESu-89OHKZFP/s6032/IMG_3711.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3034" data-original-width="6032" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69z53vsKjeRZ1BfGiMwVuAGKkCz954BEzE85bJzoRquz225ktFvAlrXAsnNytgRlWaB6lHB5gwNC258MyQ6CqBhhGv9ZA5Cwp6eriT0zhENfq8-nkS-uxX66W9OJYwInvqRpt_f0wQCmZ_3UuR37PI0a7SmtjQeP854n-cFmUqvkCBbm4ESu-89OHKZFP/w640-h322/IMG_3711.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnvdfSf0dbPyWIXLQSkuI30hlB0_LWMk1l6aszWclUc6vWX6bNSrgfHWoTz0em7PNK2qKkXOsMXwbR-oxXhhxDMr7Lm1Mm3S3vxOiA3ZZtqg8YN727ODL-mgXmFyvXXp-EB8xRQSLU2lUuFhcGBCiH7LucSUY5kOKgavvGeylgVWvuufl18P8LYl7NcriB/s6051/IMG_3715.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4034" data-original-width="6051" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnvdfSf0dbPyWIXLQSkuI30hlB0_LWMk1l6aszWclUc6vWX6bNSrgfHWoTz0em7PNK2qKkXOsMXwbR-oxXhhxDMr7Lm1Mm3S3vxOiA3ZZtqg8YN727ODL-mgXmFyvXXp-EB8xRQSLU2lUuFhcGBCiH7LucSUY5kOKgavvGeylgVWvuufl18P8LYl7NcriB/w640-h426/IMG_3715.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I visit the Museum where the docent is busy talking to an elderly man who has pertinent information about a historic town figure, she was really excited to hear his connection and told him bluntly, I need to interview you about this ! Initially he didn’t seem too interested in doing an interview, but he kept telling her more and more and she became even more excited. I just wandered off and started going though the museum which had great stuff. As usual this is Indian relocation country, the relocated Indians were the first people to live here and an Eastern tribe of all types, the Delaware Indians, played a prominent role in the towns early history. The docent related that the Delawares after being pushed across the country, with dozens of broken treaties, to this day do not have their own reservation. The Cherokee have shared some of their land where they now exist, but because of their situation, they can’t even have a Casino !</span></div><p style="font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">She also enlightened me on the Osage tribe after I told her I had read the book, The killing of the August Moon, that sort of impressed her. She told me that the books author was having trouble getting information from Osage tribal members and he came to the museum for information and help. The museum became involved and assisted with much information and tribal contacts which helped greatly with the completion of the book. It’s gone on now to become a highly anticipated Martin Scorsese film due to be released in the fall.</span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkbH4prmyxi92huKRPG-unX1FI_4rMKzONL1QoZLDx048JEy7GDWRW4dWftI5wChmQItF-EjrhhTEgTPunmT2GuYLoQ3YLg3I_flmJ6MioZ2TyBo8lu0PSJwS5H6ZWSaUcGZV02TULuOYjveNb12gIsT-E_olJUJZkISpw6hXMpCTHNiRJL7Q8z7s5_-R/s3787/IMG_2198.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2368" data-original-width="3787" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkbH4prmyxi92huKRPG-unX1FI_4rMKzONL1QoZLDx048JEy7GDWRW4dWftI5wChmQItF-EjrhhTEgTPunmT2GuYLoQ3YLg3I_flmJ6MioZ2TyBo8lu0PSJwS5H6ZWSaUcGZV02TULuOYjveNb12gIsT-E_olJUJZkISpw6hXMpCTHNiRJL7Q8z7s5_-R/w640-h400/IMG_2198.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">After that, I found my way to a park area which was the site of the first oil well, they now have an authentic reproduction of that drill rig. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bEnBItGqN2_LEQypbJlvMy4FCLbUilB1b1uq-5KPzYekaFyOult7MnGYbG0t_PBQg7peJHvyEo3avGiqZrH6p04_FLl2UYs-ksi2Agm49DO5jiLe97yxxBDpJmHbRyUjmFyGd26KYFhZOGtfm0Ggz3VnZRmk_68ctWEDH3llngEVUykZpk7SnjoPNFqs/s6145/IMG_3749.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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He was a most ambitious businessman </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiao2n5cU6uG0jfWYE7l-lp4GnACA-s6HXNfhDBsN8VXM5aKImmOLz_bp6fbkQvbBWSV_KhiMbnwqhf1nSqBsgyqiBtRWMkvdBwPfggAKeIK61t9qoNGxetnD263TU_thhv_FKrXcIMp35xWeG4NtSdO8EUerQa93XkjJepXsGfdtPItoqDup3EN4WBPKFn/s4030/IMG_2213.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2589" data-original-width="4030" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiao2n5cU6uG0jfWYE7l-lp4GnACA-s6HXNfhDBsN8VXM5aKImmOLz_bp6fbkQvbBWSV_KhiMbnwqhf1nSqBsgyqiBtRWMkvdBwPfggAKeIK61t9qoNGxetnD263TU_thhv_FKrXcIMp35xWeG4NtSdO8EUerQa93XkjJepXsGfdtPItoqDup3EN4WBPKFn/w640-h412/IMG_2213.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mr. Bartles</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I take a ride to the Osage Indian Reservation and into the Osage Hills SP, but do not stay. I take a side road to explore and I’m passing through grass covered hilly terrain with oil rigs all over the hillsides. This area is truly beautiful. The Osage tribe originally were located in , not that far away, but they agreed to relocate here and it was probably a good choice. They did and continue to thrive here.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoT7uSDYoY2TjuiS8N-tX_Q8RBMJ9T4ANKAIGGXKFb4IeX0IjCMqfcrUDOrNenj-5r7fCbbHPfBZSYkkgbKcHNFdsko2noZ0ypVwKaiUeg_JRU8LfyFnX9QmcQ4-RmXx9iFqqiAw4SAsezfIqAWmCLQTD6sY2aqtUOvu7mJkUltAesxiiprh7vPUqxQMw/w640-h426/IMG_3755.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Welcome gate to the Osage Reservation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tZfGI9COXEVHeteqeIFTEAORuqHe9KZ6AAYZSd5Qhslu-cVBVqF2sBNu24CW_YpF-Pz10hnIjT77AsmEh0UZRPK-Jkk9kMN_cgelgUYO7LQ3PrqsnQnsAhyaXgCiSrprr9yNvmLXaHTAJ0Y3iYlqkNT5LASjEYiQWROx4QoYePoYR22TcjJqIJgGZZek/s4032/IMG_2280.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tZfGI9COXEVHeteqeIFTEAORuqHe9KZ6AAYZSd5Qhslu-cVBVqF2sBNu24CW_YpF-Pz10hnIjT77AsmEh0UZRPK-Jkk9kMN_cgelgUYO7LQ3PrqsnQnsAhyaXgCiSrprr9yNvmLXaHTAJ0Y3iYlqkNT5LASjEYiQWROx4QoYePoYR22TcjJqIJgGZZek/w640-h480/IMG_2280.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoT7uSDYoY2TjuiS8N-tX_Q8RBMJ9T4ANKAIGGXKFb4IeX0IjCMqfcrUDOrNenj-5r7fCbbHPfBZSYkkgbKcHNFdsko2noZ0ypVwKaiUeg_JRU8LfyFnX9QmcQ4-RmXx9iFqqiAw4SAsezfIqAWmCLQTD6sY2aqtUOvu7mJkUltAesxiiprh7vPUqxQMw/s6240/IMG_3755.jpg"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">In the morning, it’s now the forth of July, I leave Bartlesville heading west on route 60 for Pawhuska, OK. This route quickly enter the Osage Indian reservation, the same ride I had taken yesterday into the Osage hills. I arrive in Pawhuska to find that I have missed their July 4th parade, I suspect it was small, but there will be more festivities later. The central downtown area is all decorated, very patriotically with large banners and volunteers are setting up tables for the planned festivities to come later. There is a large stage set up for a band, the fireman have their enormous ladder truck fully extended with the flag flying overhead. Lots of people are along the sidewalk in chairs waiting for the action which doesn’t happen until mid afternoon. </span><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawhuska,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawhuska,_Oklahoma</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsUz0aCZ5Lv3OFlzJCeyc_NCrNB-PV6icNZv3l7u2S70mXE33SgTH-tyNw_w2xmFVTGHqlyU3rn1gBWyfpnSMPUpqypWXsrIJrdUsXPYQlMRDF6oG02ZqJFVflN7slsuG-MD_2cW5uRocnQGQtcgrreo1DKcM7KxKytnmmubnhvF1XGEVWzdDDMi4RwLD/s5866/IMG_3803.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3765" data-original-width="5866" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsUz0aCZ5Lv3OFlzJCeyc_NCrNB-PV6icNZv3l7u2S70mXE33SgTH-tyNw_w2xmFVTGHqlyU3rn1gBWyfpnSMPUpqypWXsrIJrdUsXPYQlMRDF6oG02ZqJFVflN7slsuG-MD_2cW5uRocnQGQtcgrreo1DKcM7KxKytnmmubnhvF1XGEVWzdDDMi4RwLD/w640-h410/IMG_3803.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Welcome sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNI7rcytOGBkhElh_eCFZrwnXgLOW_TtTOHYvZg6F9XhSMytptf0w0r_tLClLWlHOS6aRX8ChTePCPgZ_Jivn2M8BK_t1Jv_l5EMXvfTsZ8CsKi_RSlIaM5TgA3tiBSMBmKBJzAsThFF4Op-yzLEoFfhFQYdAjQ_0XfDGJunDwNWZvZ6p3LLtIPjevpveL/s6089/IMG_3780.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4059" data-original-width="6089" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNI7rcytOGBkhElh_eCFZrwnXgLOW_TtTOHYvZg6F9XhSMytptf0w0r_tLClLWlHOS6aRX8ChTePCPgZ_Jivn2M8BK_t1Jv_l5EMXvfTsZ8CsKi_RSlIaM5TgA3tiBSMBmKBJzAsThFF4Op-yzLEoFfhFQYdAjQ_0XfDGJunDwNWZvZ6p3LLtIPjevpveL/w640-h426/IMG_3780.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCN5zRu6pu7O9SpXprxGCd_BbduGV7bYC0qEgfRMNtO1rIozVhhrH1Uq-GrM3Lgiswhc04_ovTN2wmUv981j9h3xuueS4vADX3S4GVWhozjzTOjj7knDhcZOZRWQJ-pBP46bZzy2JSYRi1MeD7_9YOPZlpSntxEA34LObk8xOPIv6AEdR0UJuUE9iCHCw/s5970/IMG_3779.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3980" data-original-width="5970" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCN5zRu6pu7O9SpXprxGCd_BbduGV7bYC0qEgfRMNtO1rIozVhhrH1Uq-GrM3Lgiswhc04_ovTN2wmUv981j9h3xuueS4vADX3S4GVWhozjzTOjj7knDhcZOZRWQJ-pBP46bZzy2JSYRi1MeD7_9YOPZlpSntxEA34LObk8xOPIv6AEdR0UJuUE9iCHCw/w640-h426/IMG_3779.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pjyApqL8PJwlK9AXNEKqIYPHbCGrrQkbNqsOh1vltuQxrteftOvEfv9fD0oPldeyt6Dp8gN1RgpyP1kcYghpZNUpoflk6NhjP5F3C-4JyG7X2_N7Dg5WPLg2oLE_hfTjN-2tDN4nlKk4VeJhtpnt5TP2IBOlKcO57X0Cxg3-nDT4VPokQcTCFsMjlkKI/s4032/IMG_2286.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pjyApqL8PJwlK9AXNEKqIYPHbCGrrQkbNqsOh1vltuQxrteftOvEfv9fD0oPldeyt6Dp8gN1RgpyP1kcYghpZNUpoflk6NhjP5F3C-4JyG7X2_N7Dg5WPLg2oLE_hfTjN-2tDN4nlKk4VeJhtpnt5TP2IBOlKcO57X0Cxg3-nDT4VPokQcTCFsMjlkKI/w480-h640/IMG_2286.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lots of flag waving going on here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Everyone seems to be shopping or eating at the "Mercantile" which is a bakery and Deli on the second floor and a General Store and Restaurant on the first floor. This all part of the Pioneer Woman, Red Drummond, empire which seems to have taken over the downtown action. They have a bright red mid 1940’s Dodge Power Wagon on the street out front and are selling a matching tee shirt in the store. The pioneer Woman herself was on the street during the event to sign books, she has several and have pictures taken with her fans, there was a line, she is like a rock star !</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_GS6kcwiApwxRI0wALEH224cTUop_AT7fHBwQomqrUAHqr_b8ls77dl8w8sxF9KfKTDRxOZLGSDofPoNMiO3N8XBSk9kcJ12_M-rwhMC6POoLfhh6voYbqmkRcbT1jE1M4iN9w8dZSq-FCCJinHPbti0lsd6mlUkSrJgc5-CYMhi58XPjNPpljT-lzjH/s6240/IMG_3784.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_GS6kcwiApwxRI0wALEH224cTUop_AT7fHBwQomqrUAHqr_b8ls77dl8w8sxF9KfKTDRxOZLGSDofPoNMiO3N8XBSk9kcJ12_M-rwhMC6POoLfhh6voYbqmkRcbT1jE1M4iN9w8dZSq-FCCJinHPbti0lsd6mlUkSrJgc5-CYMhi58XPjNPpljT-lzjH/w640-h426/IMG_3784.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">The downtown area of Pawhuska is interesting with well built stone buildings mostly from the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. This was the boom period when the oil industry in this area put this town on the map.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Prui1dCFhMXn-pApfX_ocn5NY-W21upie0itHBrTKJSNMxkxbRfEKVcvHzLvu2-Xa3YE_t8CvErPRHIte4-rPi-N7iY9WB6NBZkhdkHe2gPwyiMYYGvL3SY43sfgr_pfNYQyeCVQj9l0TixmhCp5WANJETZ5GhLEOlFSraaxsv9MNDDmSV92rs7OBh-w/s6056/IMG_3773.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4037" data-original-width="6056" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Prui1dCFhMXn-pApfX_ocn5NY-W21upie0itHBrTKJSNMxkxbRfEKVcvHzLvu2-Xa3YE_t8CvErPRHIte4-rPi-N7iY9WB6NBZkhdkHe2gPwyiMYYGvL3SY43sfgr_pfNYQyeCVQj9l0TixmhCp5WANJETZ5GhLEOlFSraaxsv9MNDDmSV92rs7OBh-w/w640-h426/IMG_3773.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Most Indian tribes do not own the underground rights and suffer greatly for that, they never realized the value and were sort of taken advantage of.</span></div><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Osage mineral rights were auctioned off (under the so called million dollar Elm Tree) with the Osage tribal members suddenly becoming very wealthy. There were problems with this new found wealth as the award winning book and movie, Killers of the August Moon explains.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUY0F3Kz0dC1WaOCw3ckHjR-CtSu7JO6TZztnOl_lWTqvyNBmrGi-zQnP5UhSJCBVW4xbSb3ZLuXuSIPB40RCLqVZX5F61_0Wr5YvsEja8GAAEZtFdFCuRO1f4SJr3mHL9WQIJp8aCZDEx6gU6PgV7Nx7vPVFfpMOESVBnzLKeouWT-ednFeHGlg8hJpmx/s3549/IMG_2320.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3549" data-original-width="2922" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUY0F3Kz0dC1WaOCw3ckHjR-CtSu7JO6TZztnOl_lWTqvyNBmrGi-zQnP5UhSJCBVW4xbSb3ZLuXuSIPB40RCLqVZX5F61_0Wr5YvsEja8GAAEZtFdFCuRO1f4SJr3mHL9WQIJp8aCZDEx6gU6PgV7Nx7vPVFfpMOESVBnzLKeouWT-ednFeHGlg8hJpmx/w526-h640/IMG_2320.jpeg" width="526" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHPEDecADoVM2U6w3ri3FuSzW_Z05NySvy2Yujb9FFH7OV96WYZvfxthZXJoKbJrAk67B-Vzt9lnOFwTFMzyDDgPqjSO53uztLa5tcrUGhipkPTUpAwjI-F2t397rlKc9Fnx5Ad0Ey-U2PM4ZrCOjiwZvusgwTQf6PowkU7il1f2mJhhDd5AKckWYgsZJ/s3872/IMG_2319.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3872" data-original-width="2904" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHPEDecADoVM2U6w3ri3FuSzW_Z05NySvy2Yujb9FFH7OV96WYZvfxthZXJoKbJrAk67B-Vzt9lnOFwTFMzyDDgPqjSO53uztLa5tcrUGhipkPTUpAwjI-F2t397rlKc9Fnx5Ad0Ey-U2PM4ZrCOjiwZvusgwTQf6PowkU7il1f2mJhhDd5AKckWYgsZJ/w480-h640/IMG_2319.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">All this wealth, allowed the Osage tribe to build a modern town structure, somewhat out of place looking for a remote area in northern Oklahoma. One interesting old stone house that remains in beautiful condition is actually the oldest house in town. It was built by an Anglo blacksmith before the area became the Osage reservation, due to his blacksmithing skills the tribe permitted him to stay on the reservation as long as he worked on their horses. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRGGNedpWUAxxuSyLrW-w5ahR8iI-ECIYMuh7o5CYDf5LSf5A7CexFRKR1pCaN-LuwnNk_xDuAR4i4O632bpW_4hpWPVkh2pf_zRQL2F2ZAyY3mnxv-wLVkMmArqy3l7xJFkgWl1kbXVsYb1YTkosfcUf8_HnNbzUmX4vo7ehDU4t1Cm0P8GL7q1rkp2Y/s4032/IMG_2307.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRGGNedpWUAxxuSyLrW-w5ahR8iI-ECIYMuh7o5CYDf5LSf5A7CexFRKR1pCaN-LuwnNk_xDuAR4i4O632bpW_4hpWPVkh2pf_zRQL2F2ZAyY3mnxv-wLVkMmArqy3l7xJFkgWl1kbXVsYb1YTkosfcUf8_HnNbzUmX4vo7ehDU4t1Cm0P8GL7q1rkp2Y/w640-h480/IMG_2307.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I roamed around downtown for a while checking the sights while the downtown activities were actually not happening. There were no schedules posted and the band did not start until about 4 PM. I took a break from the celebration to visit the Ben Johnson Cowboy Museum which was way better than imagined, I had no idea who he even was, but he was a super star western actor, a real cowboy and champion roper. They had great exhibits on many other cowboy rodeo stars.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3c330m_SdZMRq1try-WQ5yHedl6Tm9TLEHnnqM7pMYvhYrfI5O7S6toysfwjpsgh3nfAMzl0S_PHpXXNxtN8Wla7yOOyQE9KSCpjiX4C9vcGV7Jpe0OXwXhtIOWE_BYLTiEqktbe2raijfNHxowklfspCkBp69pF0pl9gw2QfUg8vLgJyiGoTME92Ncn/s6240/IMG_3799.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3c330m_SdZMRq1try-WQ5yHedl6Tm9TLEHnnqM7pMYvhYrfI5O7S6toysfwjpsgh3nfAMzl0S_PHpXXNxtN8Wla7yOOyQE9KSCpjiX4C9vcGV7Jpe0OXwXhtIOWE_BYLTiEqktbe2raijfNHxowklfspCkBp69pF0pl9gw2QfUg8vLgJyiGoTME92Ncn/w640-h426/IMG_3799.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-JKTuEvQ79y43MdrsOSVumSrF4XpYU2K-8n9BsgJoDBih2OMyXq8I8YSCgVlUciP0aPJHcK_OPgufhXhGm9flfFCUpGNGVpPla36DB0b_6OiOkNSkWfcPcyObP8pZAeMjVpr-HqiNqQ0EIMxUR2cFboC0_VCJhUZasiDHHXnwkrATkb1MzSQmFgW4KF7/w480-h640/IMG_2340.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ben"s dad was a champion also</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ViwfgFowSZQ8x_zR3-Cr90tPOc_4sXdaS2CJbroRrn0zcwP5y3DwvcnkTTy8kZxfcqR3qJ0jU54bWbLW70j_I8yS469liXCCEmxWOHUbQU2AsYoNlXZA9prA0_6D4Sef-QZ4Gcgj_mgFuVTBm1UOjrP5xv0D06rkZuFPScJ6TsAiGpdWpa3WlPlh6HV0/s3177/IMG_2337.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3177" data-original-width="2878" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ViwfgFowSZQ8x_zR3-Cr90tPOc_4sXdaS2CJbroRrn0zcwP5y3DwvcnkTTy8kZxfcqR3qJ0jU54bWbLW70j_I8yS469liXCCEmxWOHUbQU2AsYoNlXZA9prA0_6D4Sef-QZ4Gcgj_mgFuVTBm1UOjrP5xv0D06rkZuFPScJ6TsAiGpdWpa3WlPlh6HV0/w580-h640/IMG_2337.jpeg" width="580" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ben also won a championship when taking a break from the movie business</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDujDXsKokOXJqLPmeGGIqOAZ7yeb3n4f1mjOuIOvA6FWOQkiueRL5arbjFziGgTdbK-USCkqR9oiXGSjmgXRbFAIAUSE5lNNWEiGGOWd6jdB0ctzpPSle7-mlRMZIhR-fEbxf4BWhfTVokxaiuPiDcNmIwef13KPwtAHCDnQsitHE9SaQQLvYWb_-Dy2i/s3465/IMG_2336.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3465" data-original-width="2824" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDujDXsKokOXJqLPmeGGIqOAZ7yeb3n4f1mjOuIOvA6FWOQkiueRL5arbjFziGgTdbK-USCkqR9oiXGSjmgXRbFAIAUSE5lNNWEiGGOWd6jdB0ctzpPSle7-mlRMZIhR-fEbxf4BWhfTVokxaiuPiDcNmIwef13KPwtAHCDnQsitHE9SaQQLvYWb_-Dy2i/w522-h640/IMG_2336.jpeg" width="522" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How Ben started</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCXM48tvPlwo56Aa-MyK9u_FMVLSQL67Z6dlg5_R4RM4PYiu6vr8YaiWGSvVqJJ7JNPdzPxHIldMxtTPTT-mUrhLVbNy-CBgYkYhm7qGgZB6_OW_0aC1NUNkbvKRuYTNvC5sNUxoargDLO3lKPJKFXBgHimBIAvAwUekYAhK8qbFjzR0bJcSJpDWqbgja/s3744/IMG_2333.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2936" data-original-width="3744" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCXM48tvPlwo56Aa-MyK9u_FMVLSQL67Z6dlg5_R4RM4PYiu6vr8YaiWGSvVqJJ7JNPdzPxHIldMxtTPTT-mUrhLVbNy-CBgYkYhm7qGgZB6_OW_0aC1NUNkbvKRuYTNvC5sNUxoargDLO3lKPJKFXBgHimBIAvAwUekYAhK8qbFjzR0bJcSJpDWqbgja/w640-h502/IMG_2333.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRlj4AyfsLcSalTu8mQ6889FS8ZLcDAOK8J8s6_G9s3JMkUdlqOjbJczPJCjO_durFJ49CULLLwUHYSoUJssUniX4231tRLzZw1Y0SJNyq95c7y_3RCOtKhVEeiFwq373owcTFSXCacP7UA3SK7M_RDHu9wnoD9pspY_ToOrqEM3NHDhmzY8eu4thRVd9/s4032/IMG_2339.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRlj4AyfsLcSalTu8mQ6889FS8ZLcDAOK8J8s6_G9s3JMkUdlqOjbJczPJCjO_durFJ49CULLLwUHYSoUJssUniX4231tRLzZw1Y0SJNyq95c7y_3RCOtKhVEeiFwq373owcTFSXCacP7UA3SK7M_RDHu9wnoD9pspY_ToOrqEM3NHDhmzY8eu4thRVd9/w640-h480/IMG_2339.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He was in dozens of movies </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It was kind of weird, the band was a rock band and the people were not into it at all, no one sat in the chairs or danced. They played for about two hours, they were Ok but not very exciting. There was then a break while they brought on the next older more traditional country band dressed in suits and ties. Now, the crowd was into that, the seats filled, a few people danced, but it was to me, of little interest, I left after eating. The food was great however, good ole country food like real beef burgers, hot dogs, beef strips, corn on the cob and cheap beer.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aXxcGagAoE0_rWiwrXMRH3d4YxXnSrUDV5z1ospS-ekOPvZYcMLRt4_LLYkRHSFoRTxCmM2WevffGMvtEYSy8V9FJsnLb6Tj3wrMqvG-Wd2KwMZlR8IYc8m2Bjw661JeZAjg-qO8IxvszzOhoiQ6KKFJeCdN8zl-9zUCCK_KZPwEtEcXoxwiQGRCskYY/s3907/IMG_2368.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2930" data-original-width="3907" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aXxcGagAoE0_rWiwrXMRH3d4YxXnSrUDV5z1ospS-ekOPvZYcMLRt4_LLYkRHSFoRTxCmM2WevffGMvtEYSy8V9FJsnLb6Tj3wrMqvG-Wd2KwMZlR8IYc8m2Bjw661JeZAjg-qO8IxvszzOhoiQ6KKFJeCdN8zl-9zUCCK_KZPwEtEcXoxwiQGRCskYY/w640-h480/IMG_2368.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzwHIEVTh67zj_g1fqCGWMY9oogGiZTM0uFJP4t7lmD5TGf2ugAIqObRSy3SodTTXwLV6H2kv68eWOa-Lp2fw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They had this calf roping machine for the kids to play, I took this video of this boy, not expected much, to my surprise he nailed it. Might to be future champion ?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dywPy0KtUAuTsMZ3kb_Iqfgk_LJxMsdWnoagtIO44H_EOurvowU2D1eCEn7rq5gHYf-CkmM_wAbZi0ADl5tlg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLSFL-aTBhEfDDbtjKC51e0aTsj2YbK5OjwYyEPA2Co1Vn9isunfgwCcEzw83MFsyqL5epJuhVrgKFLL-a5WeHn3ZfbyVg8vV4sh55uit8wcwt-2qc1KhnYqIWsGltQ6DhSojCUZbyqKSVzNFqZb7ZhPsWPciTCmeCQoOuufkRHLLXQxZg2iGKXOFxlGX/s4032/IMG_2383.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLSFL-aTBhEfDDbtjKC51e0aTsj2YbK5OjwYyEPA2Co1Vn9isunfgwCcEzw83MFsyqL5epJuhVrgKFLL-a5WeHn3ZfbyVg8vV4sh55uit8wcwt-2qc1KhnYqIWsGltQ6DhSojCUZbyqKSVzNFqZb7ZhPsWPciTCmeCQoOuufkRHLLXQxZg2iGKXOFxlGX/w300-h400/IMG_2383.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That's one of her books</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkSNTzk0AMj3uEmPV_QJs0HF0CsZDKU3GJplYLAXQVHLM-5h8QFZzZPEw1jNeQcwUAExT5EjGkv_pUhKLVQSvLgpQEQQDZLLGExHtnRF1SgmBc7qfS5llaLq9HmXL7X8IDeGNYR8i1gVMqhCNUcz6NGlDzpSKScCbzVUDqqf6o6l9lAE3K_wl5BplM0bs/s3349/IMG_2381.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3349" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkSNTzk0AMj3uEmPV_QJs0HF0CsZDKU3GJplYLAXQVHLM-5h8QFZzZPEw1jNeQcwUAExT5EjGkv_pUhKLVQSvLgpQEQQDZLLGExHtnRF1SgmBc7qfS5llaLq9HmXL7X8IDeGNYR8i1gVMqhCNUcz6NGlDzpSKScCbzVUDqqf6o6l9lAE3K_wl5BplM0bs/w400-h361/IMG_2381.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A lineup of fans for book signings and photos</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I had decided to drive about 6 miles away to the Lake Pawhuska where my app showed it as a free camping site. I get there to find that it is actually a dam site and reservoir, but that’s fine and it’s scenic and I have it all to myself. That is until about 8 PM when a few people showed to set off fireworks right behind my van. They departed after using up all their explosives, then another group shows and they came very well prepared, they put on an almost professional fireworks show. I finally get to sleep about midnight and then I wake about 4 AM to violent wind, rain and lightning. I check my weather app and it is showing violent storm warnings, but appears to be just skirting this area, but still pretty wild stuff. After it stops and the sun rises, I return to the safety of the downtown area and go to the Osage County Historical Museum. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZ5OTMOgHLhNZn_1AHfq0gnC21tbQxi-bg6QnrOq_tgoIQqPlRR5Lj6LyZU0TrlVWrxuwPiagWCGojzb6yhjpQhm-Q5Rgs0z_HLrDTK8RU9q0col_0K8TrXJGjpO1RkplCXx_cgdYHlE8K20BjVdoLqnTFa9W6ph9MGAbyLmH5neycikfH104c6WzxVc5/s4032/IMG_2391.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZ5OTMOgHLhNZn_1AHfq0gnC21tbQxi-bg6QnrOq_tgoIQqPlRR5Lj6LyZU0TrlVWrxuwPiagWCGojzb6yhjpQhm-Q5Rgs0z_HLrDTK8RU9q0col_0K8TrXJGjpO1RkplCXx_cgdYHlE8K20BjVdoLqnTFa9W6ph9MGAbyLmH5neycikfH104c6WzxVc5/w640-h480/IMG_2391.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Driving over the top of the Dam was a little weird</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbzBOIW3xfWyFqr-Yg7W5ZusiTOFYdT4_tMM8NGdNHzKnRXorMawwHhThCpK0y80VOP_N5MZ4N_OHTvAK3rvsCS3CPeucOBMaguZ1DtessF2QmrVv_E2HsqmDoSxu1T94EP8ZZWHQip1k_BTXFN0XowJJuYSv1H0xxW2t74_vJYuguYrClg2qBThXjOoi/s5895/IMG_3805.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3930" data-original-width="5895" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbzBOIW3xfWyFqr-Yg7W5ZusiTOFYdT4_tMM8NGdNHzKnRXorMawwHhThCpK0y80VOP_N5MZ4N_OHTvAK3rvsCS3CPeucOBMaguZ1DtessF2QmrVv_E2HsqmDoSxu1T94EP8ZZWHQip1k_BTXFN0XowJJuYSv1H0xxW2t74_vJYuguYrClg2qBThXjOoi/w640-h426/IMG_3805.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The boat dock in the lake</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The Osage County Historical Museum had lots of stories about pioneer people and prominent Indian chiefs. It also had much information on the “Killers of the August Moon” movie shoot that took place in this area. They spent an incredible sum of money constructing or modifying houses and buildings, bringing a steam locomotive from California and constructing track and a myriad of other details to make everything look authentic. The docent told me that a preliminary screening is taking place in Tulsa and the movie is to come out in the fall. </span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EGlBbgMI8j9J6ttZ8zF9f8MV0SRfdRT0bVVnCMBw9PopE64lh488Kxccpqks7P483R4AxP6kylqFveWDCLuOZiQjmoHXNtkNtY5Dou4fNYbIXaLiHcg4jPWjcpMo2rNf8CUBuUmFSwmGDUUpNZ5JyP_noQPDzQ3PPc6CSdr1QsO3BIfGr1GsX80XYEIf/s2464/IMG_2397.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2295" data-original-width="2464" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EGlBbgMI8j9J6ttZ8zF9f8MV0SRfdRT0bVVnCMBw9PopE64lh488Kxccpqks7P483R4AxP6kylqFveWDCLuOZiQjmoHXNtkNtY5Dou4fNYbIXaLiHcg4jPWjcpMo2rNf8CUBuUmFSwmGDUUpNZ5JyP_noQPDzQ3PPc6CSdr1QsO3BIfGr1GsX80XYEIf/w640-h596/IMG_2397.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">No expense was spared in the making of this movie</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMu3nvlK1uakUoVPyeI8qcZ1gE0GAnMTmBVWGy9xKrIT_KdCCQEhFjFOxBtYHWd6XoctqjQwwk_LEE13xM2A3gXlRksST9833MaQyEgLfei-f6Z3pn_ae-7-1nQQc0zjTZW6RdJvj2UIK41MgNG_ZI7685itJeuNmd6Cx-11VirB_Z-wWxsJ9sWayziNpS/s4032/IMG_2403.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMu3nvlK1uakUoVPyeI8qcZ1gE0GAnMTmBVWGy9xKrIT_KdCCQEhFjFOxBtYHWd6XoctqjQwwk_LEE13xM2A3gXlRksST9833MaQyEgLfei-f6Z3pn_ae-7-1nQQc0zjTZW6RdJvj2UIK41MgNG_ZI7685itJeuNmd6Cx-11VirB_Z-wWxsJ9sWayziNpS/w480-h640/IMG_2403.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oil changed everything</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRDrw1JJ79KBUA8CX-tDTINnzVUoJdUXC73mXRk5uybOFg_taEFe2iublSXQ-dftRZKD6uL_hxXHCtEsvPCaBg9i3He8mMukap8VhMuHXssHQ9P1B8CblNhfZ-v9bFzEtjRkT7JyU4Lu1valPHj24rtNBK7OiR7C_1HEgJ10njJPKH3vHYP3kBQTX71ir/s2944/IMG_2406.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2451" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRDrw1JJ79KBUA8CX-tDTINnzVUoJdUXC73mXRk5uybOFg_taEFe2iublSXQ-dftRZKD6uL_hxXHCtEsvPCaBg9i3He8mMukap8VhMuHXssHQ9P1B8CblNhfZ-v9bFzEtjRkT7JyU4Lu1valPHj24rtNBK7OiR7C_1HEgJ10njJPKH3vHYP3kBQTX71ir/w532-h640/IMG_2406.jpeg" width="532" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">High stakes bidding took place under the Elm Tree</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkHiuIu269ZA32ke1HFeevimHLxW6YkSTHnyIPeYbPRaSOaPhhT9IzgukyZNtC_bA6tXfoScitwj3NWG-XdeGzKbMlfeLALRStRkJXb2Qnhy_mIKmC_4kzLgHh1nKY05UAElBAnXsrZ3mQpovdGX0HHupSKNkFvgqtxyjPJ_gSLFaCqwTYuIXFqOXFWsg/s4032/IMG_2446.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkHiuIu269ZA32ke1HFeevimHLxW6YkSTHnyIPeYbPRaSOaPhhT9IzgukyZNtC_bA6tXfoScitwj3NWG-XdeGzKbMlfeLALRStRkJXb2Qnhy_mIKmC_4kzLgHh1nKY05UAElBAnXsrZ3mQpovdGX0HHupSKNkFvgqtxyjPJ_gSLFaCqwTYuIXFqOXFWsg/w480-h640/IMG_2446.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj215hga8TTyNOINVxt6Wabn1HHy4vrTo7Qnj-fDc06cRAwCV2WSNPTRolLyS7l96TH_LHsiSDqHDPOGkh0ULJeCK0EEDWTKwpYfOCz-FVaV9q-MXpAJLI1TDDOydISYBLFzh3Bt5FxNVXk4o9P4ZjHl89ZFfNSlZZPMl1xcMmPCo9AKu3GkZepjwm0GLYG/s3517/IMG_2447.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2850" data-original-width="3517" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj215hga8TTyNOINVxt6Wabn1HHy4vrTo7Qnj-fDc06cRAwCV2WSNPTRolLyS7l96TH_LHsiSDqHDPOGkh0ULJeCK0EEDWTKwpYfOCz-FVaV9q-MXpAJLI1TDDOydISYBLFzh3Bt5FxNVXk4o9P4ZjHl89ZFfNSlZZPMl1xcMmPCo9AKu3GkZepjwm0GLYG/w640-h518/IMG_2447.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then went to the Osage Tribal Museum which was housed in a beautiful stone building but it was focused mainly on the prominent chiefs and a few historic objects, no phots allowed. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then made one trip to central downtown area to the post office where they have a beautiful mural.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObC_qUsrGIqXMYGgKAgE3cq2Y73jJ137_iAvtIteds2I6H8Kt6302TQWuqE4UoNXRWhM_OOPz4NemyIBYVNROWwpvX2a3nhhJgRpLcRfal3SbhcQ7G6yQqkcr3JF1sSKJc_X4tSrgbKkLobGVgHI3A6dwZTynXuKOLSIQR6eozEdbm5F7W-geggE32YtE/s3758/IMG_2453.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1703" data-original-width="3758" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgObC_qUsrGIqXMYGgKAgE3cq2Y73jJ137_iAvtIteds2I6H8Kt6302TQWuqE4UoNXRWhM_OOPz4NemyIBYVNROWwpvX2a3nhhJgRpLcRfal3SbhcQ7G6yQqkcr3JF1sSKJc_X4tSrgbKkLobGVgHI3A6dwZTynXuKOLSIQR6eozEdbm5F7W-geggE32YtE/w640-h290/IMG_2453.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">That’s enough, I’m tired of this town now, I’m going straight to Ponca City, Oklahoma</span></div><p></p><div><br /></div></div><br />Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-27282768539880254402023-07-09T18:49:00.000-07:002023-07-09T18:49:01.107-07:00<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Muskogee - Miami, OK - Joplin, MO</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">June 29 - July 1, 2023:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’m could take route 44 toll road and get to Miami in an hour, but what fun would that be ? Instead I will take a very rough route 69 north, much of which is on old route 66 passing through several small decaying towns (but interesting)a nd a couple that remain fairly vibrant.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Pryor, Oklahoma</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WPcerpKRj41HKT6YJhX9c5a5T03wX4o3OX6Wg7zyWD9NRnk8kZGHfXXV8an15F0f3X2hDIhIu-7vosjjScU0w_edsUcofkcuTOwdeNv4GIADzjEz4PlGg_mhcCCRaiSYChyhWpJ3_pYVIZ4ZfeEKnzkC_ziZYkHhRZtK7ySfiP8vQaHvrdJUviHfpL08/s4032/IMG_1986.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WPcerpKRj41HKT6YJhX9c5a5T03wX4o3OX6Wg7zyWD9NRnk8kZGHfXXV8an15F0f3X2hDIhIu-7vosjjScU0w_edsUcofkcuTOwdeNv4GIADzjEz4PlGg_mhcCCRaiSYChyhWpJ3_pYVIZ4ZfeEKnzkC_ziZYkHhRZtK7ySfiP8vQaHvrdJUviHfpL08/w480-h640/IMG_1986.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These Boom a rang diners seem to be everywhere</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknUuXiTGD5zOMGUQKUaSMZ-9HKUu9qBLWVJcfbL-O22AB-oxjRwscNkby93UuogqqbrYOgTW57Q8z1N1kGXpyzTb4eCFaSzsPZUJ8w_h_TRFOIlLJeOghYAzYIP3-1kf6a1VW8D-KCTebGjy-7QyLYFngrlLDr3XF8lJHgFrqmcZNfzm6q_9ICQpHwx6p/s4032/IMG_1994.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknUuXiTGD5zOMGUQKUaSMZ-9HKUu9qBLWVJcfbL-O22AB-oxjRwscNkby93UuogqqbrYOgTW57Q8z1N1kGXpyzTb4eCFaSzsPZUJ8w_h_TRFOIlLJeOghYAzYIP3-1kf6a1VW8D-KCTebGjy-7QyLYFngrlLDr3XF8lJHgFrqmcZNfzm6q_9ICQpHwx6p/w480-h640/IMG_1994.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Must be a dispensary ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tx8MPosGYE4f2_sGtQEiwMO5mj8Q7YbaSXie64IyOoQknuNMOL-aAt9utZvQruD3uGEeDT1mwmGmX9Npxt5K9sBodzux8uZTrQnPDabmj2LohtJbnfY7M3HxOWazrwSmPivoYDLONxntx55Wvj99doFinauk0KUq4MweON1YDw5tFqT9LXW6eGEOiKCC/s4032/IMG_1989.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tx8MPosGYE4f2_sGtQEiwMO5mj8Q7YbaSXie64IyOoQknuNMOL-aAt9utZvQruD3uGEeDT1mwmGmX9Npxt5K9sBodzux8uZTrQnPDabmj2LohtJbnfY7M3HxOWazrwSmPivoYDLONxntx55Wvj99doFinauk0KUq4MweON1YDw5tFqT9LXW6eGEOiKCC/w480-h640/IMG_1989.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Big Cabin, Oklahoma</span>:</span></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6VHyysUDG-HGmCGyo41UKYi9U0Yfq2R-fwFH1Yjm5JGbfezGtxBIEICkzXO95VDZHOH-3fE-wcLij-mq3nq7FpGdvtuVVr6k9mZc1yyTDW2jmKvmrLb6uIRxafLbGYbELl4mhY1qjTbUkXArF8GKXjJsTD12NqQCt-xw86qkCYadDmUI5Cs095RRnPAM/s4032/IMG_1998.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6VHyysUDG-HGmCGyo41UKYi9U0Yfq2R-fwFH1Yjm5JGbfezGtxBIEICkzXO95VDZHOH-3fE-wcLij-mq3nq7FpGdvtuVVr6k9mZc1yyTDW2jmKvmrLb6uIRxafLbGYbELl4mhY1qjTbUkXArF8GKXjJsTD12NqQCt-xw86qkCYadDmUI5Cs095RRnPAM/w480-h640/IMG_1998.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In front of a truck stop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Hi-Way Cafe, Oklahoma</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSgRigKFcqHguRNZ6mEVQWrTeoRn3piie11fvktccuOIbR3b1e5enJs1yQPHZ44iRQSDUZyNCQqnizPS1_h7EyBDxtrCk9nyhLa3TOtBLAZFhiynRyYko7x6KQOfPL1WbgzB1HdkHiumhKNOZVGYb_eE2tkyPsOBLyHhe1SDiJ298qgeY08FqxCZBpD8K/s4032/IMG_2001.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSgRigKFcqHguRNZ6mEVQWrTeoRn3piie11fvktccuOIbR3b1e5enJs1yQPHZ44iRQSDUZyNCQqnizPS1_h7EyBDxtrCk9nyhLa3TOtBLAZFhiynRyYko7x6KQOfPL1WbgzB1HdkHiumhKNOZVGYb_eE2tkyPsOBLyHhe1SDiJ298qgeY08FqxCZBpD8K/w480-h640/IMG_2001.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A popular place to stop to eat<br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Vinita, Oklahoma</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zzr-vnwwJEu_jDoDo9Zj1tNM1CbpJHf8J8D1nF3BJoov3VlHXJdywIgqJt3fBPZ7ztD3HHz9XEh5Oohvo_6dWbX7ZUY5XHlPKRVS5Erd33ao1ht81DuZcyVAg4RLBRTcbssRV-Kdfd3r2WDHHvDm2tgAbIUgwtytv1E-ncOJ9V5r9t6rGZC0HJ9F3tsB/s4032/IMG_2003.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zzr-vnwwJEu_jDoDo9Zj1tNM1CbpJHf8J8D1nF3BJoov3VlHXJdywIgqJt3fBPZ7ztD3HHz9XEh5Oohvo_6dWbX7ZUY5XHlPKRVS5Erd33ao1ht81DuZcyVAg4RLBRTcbssRV-Kdfd3r2WDHHvDm2tgAbIUgwtytv1E-ncOJ9V5r9t6rGZC0HJ9F3tsB/w640-h480/IMG_2003.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBMzqmaFx7uOD6OuLuHp21sNc902ag_89Q9Ogi6KuOyC8j50vAVjUadCiDHAlp1cj2gjFRGfElsOIDfRpTK94mzoYNRhzPGJ-JRepc9GXk5qKHiIVaRuc7_rQeHY58ptHF6e90rqAK2WMbyRSlRlXJ9hwDxQXenhlPCJfYQUcoFlJjANl8qbpfFlMUApy/s4003/IMG_2005.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2654" data-original-width="4003" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBMzqmaFx7uOD6OuLuHp21sNc902ag_89Q9Ogi6KuOyC8j50vAVjUadCiDHAlp1cj2gjFRGfElsOIDfRpTK94mzoYNRhzPGJ-JRepc9GXk5qKHiIVaRuc7_rQeHY58ptHF6e90rqAK2WMbyRSlRlXJ9hwDxQXenhlPCJfYQUcoFlJjANl8qbpfFlMUApy/w640-h424/IMG_2005.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Post Office murals</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuZQpY34FMeKmBNy-Q-0pv9Thu9mGrpuEYBIIyb9Y0l_-0vf1CcRIXQ_Q4sR0evRtCoEiWywgoFXmemFMFH5dtJgdoulM_GZD_yekDyjKtiMamNl9nQ4sD4M-PX6V4cBbK1MpQqz1xhvsbIcNHpK7pobo6egTF5gEW2E3FJ091A-qIT2NtlaQ-gMXzFmS/s5233/IMG_3341.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3610" data-original-width="5233" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuZQpY34FMeKmBNy-Q-0pv9Thu9mGrpuEYBIIyb9Y0l_-0vf1CcRIXQ_Q4sR0evRtCoEiWywgoFXmemFMFH5dtJgdoulM_GZD_yekDyjKtiMamNl9nQ4sD4M-PX6V4cBbK1MpQqz1xhvsbIcNHpK7pobo6egTF5gEW2E3FJ091A-qIT2NtlaQ-gMXzFmS/w640-h442/IMG_3341.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The beautiful Vinita City Hall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtqRwhpCUoa3gBkS2XuMT5YV9bKIuQW85M5JR2vA4vX6fEKIr_JKiefN9ixXS8r60tcdOsKTVo_rvCnF6lxlsWW3XxNtXc-UI3CORE5DwPnK6xzFf14C7gcfIlWkDjBKXCeV8W8o5vDMhne6wQDcyHpSaqiMScpOrajSeNhFi_azCbj-MBsAua34fn2QB/s5664/IMG_3350.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3836" data-original-width="5664" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtqRwhpCUoa3gBkS2XuMT5YV9bKIuQW85M5JR2vA4vX6fEKIr_JKiefN9ixXS8r60tcdOsKTVo_rvCnF6lxlsWW3XxNtXc-UI3CORE5DwPnK6xzFf14C7gcfIlWkDjBKXCeV8W8o5vDMhne6wQDcyHpSaqiMScpOrajSeNhFi_azCbj-MBsAua34fn2QB/w640-h434/IMG_3350.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Close up view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_NaZ1Z3v6AkO_wInXfbzJv7LaeGPE7cgVAjSKWGsmCP9fh0waJoSwb83XbMda7F829xIihxsHXoxy359xQOhLpYjgWLscbbVqdDOoDZeu6237S5PDR4pk06jEqCg41yGXb2vcrCTNMjdL3LCmWJUps-VIzaXswkQJcXgYMD13MUN45AWt32jbI4HqYfO/s4032/IMG_2008.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_NaZ1Z3v6AkO_wInXfbzJv7LaeGPE7cgVAjSKWGsmCP9fh0waJoSwb83XbMda7F829xIihxsHXoxy359xQOhLpYjgWLscbbVqdDOoDZeu6237S5PDR4pk06jEqCg41yGXb2vcrCTNMjdL3LCmWJUps-VIzaXswkQJcXgYMD13MUN45AWt32jbI4HqYfO/w640-h480/IMG_2008.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fun on the street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkCyjzEZhWu0eCw_MOyQQZHlX_9xu6xpBgoCs8oQcLg8VjV6hYJSQ-dcCNkaSTnK_T13HswAgc5djfGsWsmOdWv2no02Z7mhHiBUijbyHqIRLObAFVHnn3jE1JONojBNMw2Sk1F6IPf9bV_ATeHK2fC90QsNWqXlC4qN7zKz9Rqz6DqZC-QJX_KVEQ1GHu/s6063/IMG_3339.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4042" data-original-width="6063" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkCyjzEZhWu0eCw_MOyQQZHlX_9xu6xpBgoCs8oQcLg8VjV6hYJSQ-dcCNkaSTnK_T13HswAgc5djfGsWsmOdWv2no02Z7mhHiBUijbyHqIRLObAFVHnn3jE1JONojBNMw2Sk1F6IPf9bV_ATeHK2fC90QsNWqXlC4qN7zKz9Rqz6DqZC-QJX_KVEQ1GHu/w640-h426/IMG_3339.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The big rig fit nicely in this photo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStvQ9ylw111BlrzFtWFJ5rfVXPBIq4sCjSUoAZmxfXQnsdi-Gs8pvdR5FrzUpmHqJ0SavC6V2iqIpXCniU7yRHK8-xXmhWbhxXdkKGDZ9YUowjNlS2zLmaF139JPjTNBIb2qWQl_Cd8AGar9fYmif9if-U0exjyYCs3eSHiLbx0lSf6QZPzIjJGfRjFzt/s5373/IMG_3360.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5373" data-original-width="3748" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStvQ9ylw111BlrzFtWFJ5rfVXPBIq4sCjSUoAZmxfXQnsdi-Gs8pvdR5FrzUpmHqJ0SavC6V2iqIpXCniU7yRHK8-xXmhWbhxXdkKGDZ9YUowjNlS2zLmaF139JPjTNBIb2qWQl_Cd8AGar9fYmif9if-U0exjyYCs3eSHiLbx0lSf6QZPzIjJGfRjFzt/w446-h640/IMG_3360.jpg" width="446" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1xINquDtSMMDS8URgtQb-_KYWJQ8bjSY1NUXYbjbgCp0S1c-Fs7Z4bxHWseExnD3kZhWYllydFZpFOgGKvEzMcf7N-EA0ddXYskxpzv7m7HblJHI-Xp-3SkjEWlpAsJh4wEQMAoED5sXIC3yp6Z2oAlWAmfGCZZHfxa7TLDXnvShkBriX9sGED_a2yjG/s6240/IMG_3331.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1xINquDtSMMDS8URgtQb-_KYWJQ8bjSY1NUXYbjbgCp0S1c-Fs7Z4bxHWseExnD3kZhWYllydFZpFOgGKvEzMcf7N-EA0ddXYskxpzv7m7HblJHI-Xp-3SkjEWlpAsJh4wEQMAoED5sXIC3yp6Z2oAlWAmfGCZZHfxa7TLDXnvShkBriX9sGED_a2yjG/w640-h426/IMG_3331.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A big rodeo arena is next door<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Afton, Oklahoma</div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqt7hoCVRi24bMYhdnU0BAQlywP3AD6AUGzE-w3uaoiaxZLnag1NS9j2Afkae6S-adaK28HnHC93wuacwhQwqvtxbXUK1D6QsU67C2UDYgZVlxGshBvV23vX9ph4KoiohnnIVPXaccUKHaFMQzlC7YejYZFE0HnQKTqp6GsU0OvHYNXx5hgctlxW31YgV/s5849/IMG_3368.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5849" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqt7hoCVRi24bMYhdnU0BAQlywP3AD6AUGzE-w3uaoiaxZLnag1NS9j2Afkae6S-adaK28HnHC93wuacwhQwqvtxbXUK1D6QsU67C2UDYgZVlxGshBvV23vX9ph4KoiohnnIVPXaccUKHaFMQzlC7YejYZFE0HnQKTqp6GsU0OvHYNXx5hgctlxW31YgV/w640-h426/IMG_3368.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lots of classic 50's pickup front clips</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6_nfiUgTwe0aj47ZVE2RX21ElXhYN9maef6OF-FTiI8eDCTGhtgvAgdkZalXw4tmveJ0vH4PW4S0KJGS9j2JD4h-BRw1FkawE8dPdiqc5-ToSI9m6VH3AF6dqumd4rU4qx2Fwh44H6J_sTYrlHX0ZAgWRiOnNlHZc3npRnAlfwf85ZgFPYBMeb_NxvMt/s5942/IMG_3369.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3961" data-original-width="5942" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6_nfiUgTwe0aj47ZVE2RX21ElXhYN9maef6OF-FTiI8eDCTGhtgvAgdkZalXw4tmveJ0vH4PW4S0KJGS9j2JD4h-BRw1FkawE8dPdiqc5-ToSI9m6VH3AF6dqumd4rU4qx2Fwh44H6J_sTYrlHX0ZAgWRiOnNlHZc3npRnAlfwf85ZgFPYBMeb_NxvMt/w640-h426/IMG_3369.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He is Ok with people writing on them with a marker provided</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizunQStjd6LV-7gnoZurPIBaaF1nkiCFYZkX_PqI0UMgGHck_10kuK5JF49fagUpKdpYJI7XicNS4coDNEEYEIf1rrM9xfVze9aNGkSYwNWy3CjcGeZ79kDwaz-1PlQR99WhVVHn0KQx9YSRk76mcIc6iS2xSvaGIeT3Ces2W5W8QfTMCEmcYq7QcfXH8u/s5930/IMG_3379.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3953" data-original-width="5930" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizunQStjd6LV-7gnoZurPIBaaF1nkiCFYZkX_PqI0UMgGHck_10kuK5JF49fagUpKdpYJI7XicNS4coDNEEYEIf1rrM9xfVze9aNGkSYwNWy3CjcGeZ79kDwaz-1PlQR99WhVVHn0KQx9YSRk76mcIc6iS2xSvaGIeT3Ces2W5W8QfTMCEmcYq7QcfXH8u/w640-h426/IMG_3379.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A very creatively modified rat rod</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Mgf6sqDMLaBsKnQLlAGPed2RG86q2dEF2MJ20pFW-QqXlk7hjEVb-dvSVdOl0Xv3QBmpcrrKwXUdv54CQmRLE5g6QVGTjzveG1FWOOZKfFK3GWHxcqyERAGruXsuB7eATDcbSurrcHGINWOA6eMsgCwQd0HoI9rwd5OuK8AQyrd_ycTIUmakJed0pZpI/s6089/IMG_3381.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4059" data-original-width="6089" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Mgf6sqDMLaBsKnQLlAGPed2RG86q2dEF2MJ20pFW-QqXlk7hjEVb-dvSVdOl0Xv3QBmpcrrKwXUdv54CQmRLE5g6QVGTjzveG1FWOOZKfFK3GWHxcqyERAGruXsuB7eATDcbSurrcHGINWOA6eMsgCwQd0HoI9rwd5OuK8AQyrd_ycTIUmakJed0pZpI/w640-h426/IMG_3381.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This retired man makes all this stuff himself</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2TR26i2b80u7OPJ0JFuWmVcspI7uh9FvLCTyaixoR_h8bw4qS0pnLVkEpkPVFGXk19_1VHLNUpt-z4gfhpunptPHldIVyvAthvPvtYp6TxA2CGfkTPXXRUfrw28FjX9H7f5id7xLtYkAqsYReIb0e3xoMDBFm8LQaRFbgRLh5CIW4XDAqgjKtOF2m_3Z/s6240/IMG_3384.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2TR26i2b80u7OPJ0JFuWmVcspI7uh9FvLCTyaixoR_h8bw4qS0pnLVkEpkPVFGXk19_1VHLNUpt-z4gfhpunptPHldIVyvAthvPvtYp6TxA2CGfkTPXXRUfrw28FjX9H7f5id7xLtYkAqsYReIb0e3xoMDBFm8LQaRFbgRLh5CIW4XDAqgjKtOF2m_3Z/w640-h426/IMG_3384.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Elvis is in the building</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0b7NUy40c24aQzD-Oj5BkM7zjTiVzAhZUOyQj_JMwgWR6Ddcw9v3h11jYruysrGTb973ms2vsozC1oMBtK28UP1ymdI7hu8MqeSgauJgTX3aQp9ONaKKAgv3tltcFGfYPfucu8HnZTve80w2GoyhZJ1PrugZyf_jlc3RYC5RywleSNR6suuuqTnNKc4ur/s6240/IMG_3405.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0b7NUy40c24aQzD-Oj5BkM7zjTiVzAhZUOyQj_JMwgWR6Ddcw9v3h11jYruysrGTb973ms2vsozC1oMBtK28UP1ymdI7hu8MqeSgauJgTX3aQp9ONaKKAgv3tltcFGfYPfucu8HnZTve80w2GoyhZJ1PrugZyf_jlc3RYC5RywleSNR6suuuqTnNKc4ur/w640-h426/IMG_3405.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So mush more in this town, need your hair teased, or is it teazed ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Arriving in Miami, Oklahoma my first activity was to find a laundromat which I found easily, close by and best of all is really clean and everything works. I am going to look into casinos here, there are several, but they do not seem interested in RV parking these days, more trouble than it’s worth I suppose. On second thought, staying at a casino may me cost more, I’m a lousy gambler. I’m been wondering why I see dispensaries everywhere in Oklahoma, but very few bars and most of them are in restaurants, sort of like in Mormon country. It’s could the Indian reservations, they discourage or outright restrict alcohol use, but are fine with smoking anything, the dispensaries here are doing very well. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami,_Oklahoma</a> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This brings up another topic, all the cities I have been to where homelessness is rampant, people are always coming up to me asking if I have a cigarette, why are these people who have little if any money for food and necessities, but can't live without cigarette ?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lead mining was once the prominent local business in Miami, this I learned from visiting the Dobson Museum. In fact the museum is supported today by funding set aside by a prominent do-gooder, that’s what the docent said, a woman whose money came from mining. I also learned that a major tire manufacturing company once operated in Miami until a few years ago that created many jobs. Of course, they left and now the jobs are gone. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9gFOXJ32RNWWDWHdjiI17DYkBXJ74v4dRJML46INMZ8zwupFUzVPHF6fTF8-_9yl9G6lmZIwf524hRY8z4s2-0lvjlC94xkD62YqnO_LKgRdapXJvRE9BFjBfnFinc469bMti1clBPtsgDzaxDhrXGgL7hTU9KcQGHbcUJDjH0du6CFyRmZ77d4Ag0uK/s4032/IMG_2034.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9gFOXJ32RNWWDWHdjiI17DYkBXJ74v4dRJML46INMZ8zwupFUzVPHF6fTF8-_9yl9G6lmZIwf524hRY8z4s2-0lvjlC94xkD62YqnO_LKgRdapXJvRE9BFjBfnFinc469bMti1clBPtsgDzaxDhrXGgL7hTU9KcQGHbcUJDjH0du6CFyRmZ77d4Ag0uK/w640-h480/IMG_2034.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They call it Galena</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4-Ff5SVSojmHteMhgSt-9d9P-ZI9mJSGwYkT8dRE9CR6hn_pSA0zwxBOel0WljXak5xwowhQwFW5pDbDAL1OHgkhad2rJLKkWzRCN5oLotfX6-8NW7rGdgrIyb8PZsdIFlRWX7za6OLVgqDlpx9KIpCsDmPXog_2dWxpUxQhqvVVszeQzTq9bpxd_RO2/s3521/IMG_2035.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3521" data-original-width="2465" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4-Ff5SVSojmHteMhgSt-9d9P-ZI9mJSGwYkT8dRE9CR6hn_pSA0zwxBOel0WljXak5xwowhQwFW5pDbDAL1OHgkhad2rJLKkWzRCN5oLotfX6-8NW7rGdgrIyb8PZsdIFlRWX7za6OLVgqDlpx9KIpCsDmPXog_2dWxpUxQhqvVVszeQzTq9bpxd_RO2/w448-h640/IMG_2035.jpeg" width="448" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Those are the tire guys</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLP1aGqU2IoDEbNUW3bVh-al-1KS4N5I8oxBdHQicfVbpXrxIRHf-DQH07v4Xkn01pXSxpU3Ihw6oSgzpFMzppoc5cHMUwjeLv0akDgGfIo7pDajerApflxHQQ4LH_9uNpeL7vdMOq1ExZS-KRcNjPUTuQ8bGxifd39e-dO99eSJBqnkqeqWl3mKifHuQC/s4032/IMG_2038.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLP1aGqU2IoDEbNUW3bVh-al-1KS4N5I8oxBdHQicfVbpXrxIRHf-DQH07v4Xkn01pXSxpU3Ihw6oSgzpFMzppoc5cHMUwjeLv0akDgGfIo7pDajerApflxHQQ4LH_9uNpeL7vdMOq1ExZS-KRcNjPUTuQ8bGxifd39e-dO99eSJBqnkqeqWl3mKifHuQC/w640-h480/IMG_2038.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mickey Mantle was a local hero</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnx5TNrtMLvLgQ0QoBvwBvXneVPs1OdnB_L6aH29R0a5URag_b2Nz4cXyeAxz_btGpZAG1dOuYG1NO5fPHpityDMAB1Zod_AHRzLAQK85iHvFfKCR8ASSWu-YON87KTDzWD8JmUv9aS0nXk-UpB74Fkcq2MO350qZkbQQzNkU-A2nF8RrUiSRtYpgCIByi/s3955/IMG_2042.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3955" data-original-width="2966" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnx5TNrtMLvLgQ0QoBvwBvXneVPs1OdnB_L6aH29R0a5URag_b2Nz4cXyeAxz_btGpZAG1dOuYG1NO5fPHpityDMAB1Zod_AHRzLAQK85iHvFfKCR8ASSWu-YON87KTDzWD8JmUv9aS0nXk-UpB74Fkcq2MO350qZkbQQzNkU-A2nF8RrUiSRtYpgCIByi/w480-h640/IMG_2042.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Two members of Lynyrd Skynyrd were Miami natives</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">One of the reasons I came to Miami was to see the ColemanTheater, regarded as one of the most beautiful theaters around. I had hoped to get inside the theater, but the door was always closed when I checked and I saw no sign about tours. While at the museum, the docent said to check it again, it should be open, so I did, but the door was still locked although I saw people inside. I rattled the door a little and someone opened the door, A tour had just ended and I was welcomed to wander around inside. The Theater attendant told me that George Coleman had this built in one year at a cost of about 600,000 in 1929<b>,</b> but he could easily afford it since his mine brought in one million each day. (Not sure about these numbers) It was very dark inside, difficult to get any good photos, but they came out decent. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_Theatre">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_Theatre</a><br /></span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTV1j4cCfUaGlhQUF2nfGpZpFxv5dWlAd5grv-kFx33gHmODoLZLDPQAFYJyevGitVEJoMp5JZhRuLinlnLSXZoMOI29e0PXgiLqYJof2j5Hu6hX1WWlVMIDyr6n-Rcj6MSoyUYaAtFo-0N0nmbr7cBXHCo-9PKi-6RjKpDQ08rXx3g36SrsYIAoX_7Xqd/s4032/IMG_2015.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; 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It's like most cities these days, the majority of current retail business, the fast foods, chain stores, gas stations, hotels, convenance stores and other assorted service businesses are located in the newer area of town. We live in a throw away society, discard the old. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAFNHlZ55oyJUWxHTigXdCKCi-W6DsjAMPIM6IWGioLgikOC-b9MW3Fd9UEveu389JsyVHJ8YXUGX-gvBEisUbqm7MIY_SL7sWnMeouVfdwmuCR925FGZTiU7Qz8MMKHCApTUxcXnMS4CO20g5scTIWa80rPLJrAyQI6r28_JQFfZ-LjI0rzwVGWSzb7g/s3900/IMG_2019.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2924" data-original-width="3900" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAFNHlZ55oyJUWxHTigXdCKCi-W6DsjAMPIM6IWGioLgikOC-b9MW3Fd9UEveu389JsyVHJ8YXUGX-gvBEisUbqm7MIY_SL7sWnMeouVfdwmuCR925FGZTiU7Qz8MMKHCApTUxcXnMS4CO20g5scTIWa80rPLJrAyQI6r28_JQFfZ-LjI0rzwVGWSzb7g/w640-h480/IMG_2019.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wide spacious street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2916" data-original-width="3888" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtyadv9GcS1IunIcj6BuUtdiDvHFp9kSOlXejVk0b4eLqTIpRTKF4nDeS7Omt-_AoT5kimkrdh4WRQwdHZdOWf-kEfMANFX4SCoiSKpXX7soALXZRH87ySgaTb_S3hzilWxEPHTrluY9q0zIs5Damtyel-hQeCF9x1uJWFsEewIQW1IK0-3whgVVzEdQz/w640-h480/IMG_2055.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nice mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEEGaoXA_kknepUw7c0wxHx1wtBcDhPg2s2-KKPuID7xtHmEULq5yfEy8ez__yImad__Oriw4S_v8yn9nOwToMRiQmWrPfoQKUuSOfDQsXtrQaXofUI2iSVn6GfDL2dVacrjBJwz3vPdO9MSDczoo24XO0KdQ9FiNpN_Ec9Ka_TsJF8quhkUamMal8l_X5/s6077/IMG_3422.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4051" data-original-width="6077" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEEGaoXA_kknepUw7c0wxHx1wtBcDhPg2s2-KKPuID7xtHmEULq5yfEy8ez__yImad__Oriw4S_v8yn9nOwToMRiQmWrPfoQKUuSOfDQsXtrQaXofUI2iSVn6GfDL2dVacrjBJwz3vPdO9MSDczoo24XO0KdQ9FiNpN_Ec9Ka_TsJF8quhkUamMal8l_X5/w640-h426/IMG_3422.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kind of goofy</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-W_TFz3kHGlJ40UMbPVVV3VSgZNvyK224kH3UpNXGJcckNh1IjIHB68UJ3AEVk-ZdB0DG7F7TSd-pv5bq1cJ9lkNZXb0gSk1r5DHDO1yjRzZzqgGvNQ34eXC63LeN_3OntAWyPUOMXTmjxykh4arA1FoGkfkiF9mZMDKqguDGyGT2z6LMWyTvqXnz1BIY/w640-h426/IMG_3423.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I really like this one</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-W_TFz3kHGlJ40UMbPVVV3VSgZNvyK224kH3UpNXGJcckNh1IjIHB68UJ3AEVk-ZdB0DG7F7TSd-pv5bq1cJ9lkNZXb0gSk1r5DHDO1yjRzZzqgGvNQ34eXC63LeN_3OntAWyPUOMXTmjxykh4arA1FoGkfkiF9mZMDKqguDGyGT2z6LMWyTvqXnz1BIY/s6240/IMG_3423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I took a ride to the neighboring town of Commerce which does not live up to that name these days, but it’s on route 66 and I’m sure it had its day. In fact most of the downtown storefronts were vacant or going there. There is a very nicely restored gas station and store at the end of Main Street and another more rustic gas station across the street. The big attraction in town is the boyhood home of baseball Hall of Fame, Mickey Mantle.</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce,_Oklahoma"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce,_Oklahoma</span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjFKmhzgQPnLdozDr_pTOpcNUacpwFncu8rHy8LzMPUo9tGVvQYodax6MVIsGiB1YAMwloAJ7sHp8xOWp0rP1sEq66s-ONxvkiXi2H2grFsfDkDmK681fsXb-VADaxfHtcIsvydgiY7bGTJvuqSI5rMLOTA2cYrS0amT7OvDSdooWEBW2yFc837HGhh-X/s6240/IMG_3439.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjFKmhzgQPnLdozDr_pTOpcNUacpwFncu8rHy8LzMPUo9tGVvQYodax6MVIsGiB1YAMwloAJ7sHp8xOWp0rP1sEq66s-ONxvkiXi2H2grFsfDkDmK681fsXb-VADaxfHtcIsvydgiY7bGTJvuqSI5rMLOTA2cYrS0amT7OvDSdooWEBW2yFc837HGhh-X/w640-h426/IMG_3439.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very nice</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh60agFYQvB48htATLlTLT64rYGIeFoKGn4-qDf_p-hRvjfPwYjHMX6o2uAVxo-OW7Xw4H4EZ8ecl_GItli2q_X62VCFnLfICL7N0F9n9Zgf1BMS2_fzvKe4xYxMoaSi6Bi3Lx5w9m4zdQpjMuYtfhVFtZIIC5PIVVz-HyCmj_oTi85fBVHP7PvcmMcfPq/s5873/IMG_3445.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3915" data-original-width="5873" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh60agFYQvB48htATLlTLT64rYGIeFoKGn4-qDf_p-hRvjfPwYjHMX6o2uAVxo-OW7Xw4H4EZ8ecl_GItli2q_X62VCFnLfICL7N0F9n9Zgf1BMS2_fzvKe4xYxMoaSi6Bi3Lx5w9m4zdQpjMuYtfhVFtZIIC5PIVVz-HyCmj_oTi85fBVHP7PvcmMcfPq/w640-h426/IMG_3445.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very unique</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgep0owKwFKokHdtnigb9Wdx3t_NuTh63ZohFvet8ChLzCMKz9CC59GeKLcMEqSAF4pdTbJJarTWjEl37RYfmU_HIHqiiRB_GROJIXuwiBYTX-6x7rDFRExJpxpwgy5a10EQYMkTNnwm32osEfrOr0WdHsc_Q-Wc04CyVmc9vk_tl6Qpndu7zLGZF8qMJmX/s6069/IMG_3453.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6069" data-original-width="4046" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgep0owKwFKokHdtnigb9Wdx3t_NuTh63ZohFvet8ChLzCMKz9CC59GeKLcMEqSAF4pdTbJJarTWjEl37RYfmU_HIHqiiRB_GROJIXuwiBYTX-6x7rDFRExJpxpwgy5a10EQYMkTNnwm32osEfrOr0WdHsc_Q-Wc04CyVmc9vk_tl6Qpndu7zLGZF8qMJmX/w426-h640/IMG_3453.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On the corner of Commerce and Vine</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwGfiH4Qjucu_LN6MxsCIk6NWNHR51R1pETiLUX1xWfFNErpWJ4nA1DywnGu9HnnGrJ1-ouTiMFa5JQwEeZj3PyvmDEjz6YaksMGT-QSjjmltmrKG6yae51O8xIWk81oqBu5CX7NUFCvlixRRZeA418TR98yhZEKfTU4hoPEKOu2vmtp0_Hm38Ho25XhI/s6030/IMG_3455.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4020" data-original-width="6030" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwGfiH4Qjucu_LN6MxsCIk6NWNHR51R1pETiLUX1xWfFNErpWJ4nA1DywnGu9HnnGrJ1-ouTiMFa5JQwEeZj3PyvmDEjz6YaksMGT-QSjjmltmrKG6yae51O8xIWk81oqBu5CX7NUFCvlixRRZeA418TR98yhZEKfTU4hoPEKOu2vmtp0_Hm38Ho25XhI/w640-h426/IMG_3455.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mikey Mantle's humble beginnings</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">It is now mid afternoon and I decide to blow this town, head north across the state line to Joplin, Missouri. I take the highway exit for the main business district which takes me right onto Main Street. Note: I love it when town or city actually calls their main street, Main Street, it makes it so much easily for me to get around. </span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joplin,_Missouri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joplin,_Missouri</a></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I park at Main and 6th, (I love it when they number streets like this, so much easier) where a really nice welcome mural exists. I then get out into the blistering heat, did I tell you yet that it is near record heat here and then walk a few blocks. I happen to stop in front of a prominent building with interesting historical information, the doors are open, I walk in and this woman in the visitors center motions me inside. This exuberant woman ( If I had a visitors center I would want her ) then gathers up all sorts of visitor information for me and tells about the Grant Woods painting in the lobby and the Grants Wood exhibit on the upper mezzanine.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpmZ44xBM4exF6yflxMa3frrCGpUurXsBSFuKdwUQ4m9cRZDdMYmfw6YYSW0LWsgHIr9XpOZjsO_29EA3wFBN1-iObdHGgfnsEh_DgQ5m-lMUwNgKUXNQqZtXriRjLhD3O4kmV52ypaGjWwXR6iSnBWgtLqcOzFLxLvSWOh0AO8uODLx0bT4J8p7rDnnn/s5939/IMG_3505.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3959" data-original-width="5939" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpmZ44xBM4exF6yflxMa3frrCGpUurXsBSFuKdwUQ4m9cRZDdMYmfw6YYSW0LWsgHIr9XpOZjsO_29EA3wFBN1-iObdHGgfnsEh_DgQ5m-lMUwNgKUXNQqZtXriRjLhD3O4kmV52ypaGjWwXR6iSnBWgtLqcOzFLxLvSWOh0AO8uODLx0bT4J8p7rDnnn/w640-h426/IMG_3505.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Downtown view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6gkou2dOp-pg9LTP9dLw-gDuAv0_VhA_iFhmtNtNZDCzMn9F3d61sbPDRM75aao1OeU3ixWxA1EBeWf03dkCUYvtfGzsaJjqPWID5r5cKcDFWNRlS8gc1H8i3Xaxxi5taFk2oM9UqkoFMGTQRn2m9hBZYfxXhTH47XUlXZlbhTwmkCzBtBU7wqSlT4HJ/s6240/IMG_3504.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6gkou2dOp-pg9LTP9dLw-gDuAv0_VhA_iFhmtNtNZDCzMn9F3d61sbPDRM75aao1OeU3ixWxA1EBeWf03dkCUYvtfGzsaJjqPWID5r5cKcDFWNRlS8gc1H8i3Xaxxi5taFk2oM9UqkoFMGTQRn2m9hBZYfxXhTH47XUlXZlbhTwmkCzBtBU7wqSlT4HJ/w640-h426/IMG_3504.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Close up view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk99PnxVNhUDWH0zFzIz6UztFtfiReYtURehArTnzBAy8ij_f3zAd92EBpB1SmrhPIqBGggvtg7cwaQqX6sko8HqTBJrhD4xnHqO6o1xKOy--BEWoEhFXpgiVo-vm6Zwo9o82N6GtelqrMNsnATDf0Maqt-7-bC_05ptUqMvhoNtF0Rco58m0G149C183D/s5915/IMG_3519.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3943" data-original-width="5915" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk99PnxVNhUDWH0zFzIz6UztFtfiReYtURehArTnzBAy8ij_f3zAd92EBpB1SmrhPIqBGggvtg7cwaQqX6sko8HqTBJrhD4xnHqO6o1xKOy--BEWoEhFXpgiVo-vm6Zwo9o82N6GtelqrMNsnATDf0Maqt-7-bC_05ptUqMvhoNtF0Rco58m0G149C183D/w640-h426/IMG_3519.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A jazz music themed mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLaqyiv8Q5o_NpnPXHHJzeX6_zcuP5S9lYy5P0SMhFowFMkBpkmqslsU9NlibPBu7xAJmzMpVsR8nYuXVsFQz1-tgMYoLbh_fdvAi_dB6jD2xz0arOQLN9zT6h-NsE9N0aZHUJPeNJFPkt37HavbcNiWdbmwC9iMux6WgcnmprjGBlpLHSOt20bSyNdJi/s6240/IMG_3518.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLaqyiv8Q5o_NpnPXHHJzeX6_zcuP5S9lYy5P0SMhFowFMkBpkmqslsU9NlibPBu7xAJmzMpVsR8nYuXVsFQz1-tgMYoLbh_fdvAi_dB6jD2xz0arOQLN9zT6h-NsE9N0aZHUJPeNJFPkt37HavbcNiWdbmwC9iMux6WgcnmprjGBlpLHSOt20bSyNdJi/w640-h426/IMG_3518.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in other words - Joplin Missouri</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Q-oJRVIq-IJaZzLKv3ZFi1a5lrE0QSQb6u4k4oN0rNSHg9jCVcsNZ1xxWLpu8ZwsWv-zpZvZP17i6rqZ8faIPxPuS7uwgwUCUXaikk2O9wVv0nG2fRXtU9_gdtBcCkn3pjN3ey-oOfGhO17q0tOMSo0fJydKnQo4qz9re8q1QsIk-E2-6TdtmYbZrGEa/s6240/IMG_3516.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Q-oJRVIq-IJaZzLKv3ZFi1a5lrE0QSQb6u4k4oN0rNSHg9jCVcsNZ1xxWLpu8ZwsWv-zpZvZP17i6rqZ8faIPxPuS7uwgwUCUXaikk2O9wVv0nG2fRXtU9_gdtBcCkn3pjN3ey-oOfGhO17q0tOMSo0fJydKnQo4qz9re8q1QsIk-E2-6TdtmYbZrGEa/w640-h426/IMG_3516.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A favorite mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJlFMVf4ydOKir4f3Adypw6tbkYnDgZoR3_WmoUdr118ztQiYDZ0a3Ehk2DqoPiVsVqQVbtGPtBnWLaiJjFkCIKPKHXZVNswzlqOdoXrlsvlZapbBlW5HNMVyy7DBhvEb5rk_75pxOUsi6jf_UQnGfbXdv5XazD5geHSjz-2QN_bhxA_kyVgQEqAm5dIn/s5965/IMG_3514.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3977" data-original-width="5965" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJlFMVf4ydOKir4f3Adypw6tbkYnDgZoR3_WmoUdr118ztQiYDZ0a3Ehk2DqoPiVsVqQVbtGPtBnWLaiJjFkCIKPKHXZVNswzlqOdoXrlsvlZapbBlW5HNMVyy7DBhvEb5rk_75pxOUsi6jf_UQnGfbXdv5XazD5geHSjz-2QN_bhxA_kyVgQEqAm5dIn/w640-h426/IMG_3514.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This one was the real favorite</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8ih--b3QcS6YG9YCzdXio_ThBCcZfHM3e5_5BC8LVrlkPn7N_2ixJUzWLsFxFZY6ruZCOETewLc-pIdyHDo-cyB6n4Stlk-hXUjpBzrF6p5qFlHrXGbNDo5EeDVNoDZ3Hrgta8F6iFMUEPVjj-GiW6j90fz9KEcPUFlHxhJyCuG1in0o8_9hY6V4_2m5/s6240/IMG_3513.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8ih--b3QcS6YG9YCzdXio_ThBCcZfHM3e5_5BC8LVrlkPn7N_2ixJUzWLsFxFZY6ruZCOETewLc-pIdyHDo-cyB6n4Stlk-hXUjpBzrF6p5qFlHrXGbNDo5EeDVNoDZ3Hrgta8F6iFMUEPVjj-GiW6j90fz9KEcPUFlHxhJyCuG1in0o8_9hY6V4_2m5/w640-h426/IMG_3513.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another Main Street view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj11W5W03JdsGAxiLivr7iFo9Xyt2NdHML7YAhTaLsrBqsErbd_i3zBN9kdR6SBJnTvnAnQD7iloa4q2UoS6hI-8FR8vOa6itcQGospWPHMNW7qkvfOf5v5_6GrkCENiQlTS02AvXSpeuh8UtpWdgtUn_CS_CN3g3x8P1FjrYJchFo6wnrRGgcuXKFWaU6b/s5930/IMG_3511.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3727" data-original-width="5930" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj11W5W03JdsGAxiLivr7iFo9Xyt2NdHML7YAhTaLsrBqsErbd_i3zBN9kdR6SBJnTvnAnQD7iloa4q2UoS6hI-8FR8vOa6itcQGospWPHMNW7qkvfOf5v5_6GrkCENiQlTS02AvXSpeuh8UtpWdgtUn_CS_CN3g3x8P1FjrYJchFo6wnrRGgcuXKFWaU6b/w640-h402/IMG_3511.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Grant Woods Mural, one of his last</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcTD6hQ-EvILSe3K3bDq6vPR7EDkJabh4FbjQByGuaS4Tk-_x0jN7kCoKHumOqGghuU4TGaa1gvejAu_GysBbUHXRrY2f8-AigWR3gpixirJLPnjfmPsOCRdgWqlOYvhKph62ql5I-ywO8ulYU44K9AlbdO7wpbM-HjjGCMk8aNxIblcswbPlAK5zZNNe/s5994/IMG_3508.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3996" data-original-width="5994" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcTD6hQ-EvILSe3K3bDq6vPR7EDkJabh4FbjQByGuaS4Tk-_x0jN7kCoKHumOqGghuU4TGaa1gvejAu_GysBbUHXRrY2f8-AigWR3gpixirJLPnjfmPsOCRdgWqlOYvhKph62ql5I-ywO8ulYU44K9AlbdO7wpbM-HjjGCMk8aNxIblcswbPlAK5zZNNe/w640-h426/IMG_3508.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This one done by his son</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKU7XzkUQXdPGXy0Moy2Ddonv3yMmTlz0CcaB1kcBqaUJB6sMJQastuUQF4I7qPVTuy0-C4Gmm81BVWnhy8DmSe2FfRyVMa3fqxz4ZwSIXb_8oIRZJeqzalL-E6lh6N0zlwm0wyUursf8saHu89ytnO-msrNv2YDi_wyE2LxnLs9DQB1h9QmeHKk3iA0W/s6148/IMG_3506.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3839" data-original-width="6148" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKU7XzkUQXdPGXy0Moy2Ddonv3yMmTlz0CcaB1kcBqaUJB6sMJQastuUQF4I7qPVTuy0-C4Gmm81BVWnhy8DmSe2FfRyVMa3fqxz4ZwSIXb_8oIRZJeqzalL-E6lh6N0zlwm0wyUursf8saHu89ytnO-msrNv2YDi_wyE2LxnLs9DQB1h9QmeHKk3iA0W/w640-h400/IMG_3506.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sorry, I don't remember who did this one</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I’m now hot and tired so I’m off to the nearest Walmart where I can soak up that wonderful cool air and possibly buy a treat or get a necessity. You know, I hate these stores, they have put just about every small mom and pop store out of business and have ruined most downtowns, but they are so fucking efficient, the prices are good, they carry everything, parking is easy and they are geared for the low to middle class customer so they win the competition like it or not.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It’s morning, it’s cloudy and there was just a little wind storm but it didn’t last, the weather here can be very unpredictable. I go off today to find the Grand Falls which claim to be the highest or longest in the state at 14 feet high, doesn’t sound that impressive. Arriving there with many fishermen, it is actually quite impressive, there is a fast flow to it and the rocks are very weird. This area has a very large outcropping of Chert, one of the largest in the country, it is very unique.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmpiLAbQGugZY7XqyrXIbKYHEoHBvER3y0MW_nm1rzGNZyKSv22noJlFdkTS1BQQR7hCAPqISQpdkbrq277goEzD-Za8uv4lxfZBiqUWKUcx1sBKyWTlbnVZZP7N1uvCqTvsytYO0-IdKqkHs7QivSfWi-ituKvPS9n38fO9-XAn8OmGeYiOGmKCDdO7i/s6240/IMG_3522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmpiLAbQGugZY7XqyrXIbKYHEoHBvER3y0MW_nm1rzGNZyKSv22noJlFdkTS1BQQR7hCAPqISQpdkbrq277goEzD-Za8uv4lxfZBiqUWKUcx1sBKyWTlbnVZZP7N1uvCqTvsytYO0-IdKqkHs7QivSfWi-ituKvPS9n38fO9-XAn8OmGeYiOGmKCDdO7i/w640-h426/IMG_3522.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWX5H1KKznTvnpl3KaDGSD89BWqRVNniYIMakxtxuWb4cY_Jp9kJaXULiLCLwgZnJz-ZoMSP-2CUc0BTZw_SuW9vWYXvuAqS37-_DmLzIeXM2xZVEQWoLjTJ6ZpS18xFs4S-VVm4zS-JEeJHsk-xX9EB6bX8ZRExavHq78Se6Vg55sL6izzXh_bC1Ppv5/s6240/IMG_3531.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWX5H1KKznTvnpl3KaDGSD89BWqRVNniYIMakxtxuWb4cY_Jp9kJaXULiLCLwgZnJz-ZoMSP-2CUc0BTZw_SuW9vWYXvuAqS37-_DmLzIeXM2xZVEQWoLjTJ6ZpS18xFs4S-VVm4zS-JEeJHsk-xX9EB6bX8ZRExavHq78Se6Vg55sL6izzXh_bC1Ppv5/w400-h266/IMG_3531.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The rocks were almost translucent at times </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Afterwards, I go the a state boundary marker only a few miles away where you can stand on the states of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma at one time. I normally would not do something this lame,I have standards, but it’s in the package that the nice lady at the City Hall visitors center gave me. But, by going to the boundary marker I stumble upon the huge Downstream Casino Resort of the Quapaw Nation. It’s a beautiful Casino and Hotel complex, super modern and clean. I do the usual.I get the players card and go to the slots and lose $30 and quit. I also visit the Hotel lounge area and gift shop where I look at some very attractive bowls made by the tribe, quite impressive a buy an attractive drinking </span><span style="font-size: medium;">glass at the gift shop. </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDv0Reog47pva-5alzxVU29KNtk-vpwbg1qsB81E2FFwIcrjYRsrmIfi6dlGWXjg1q0oXEEYAj8M9wE2DpaKaTZvXnyCrxFynrnGM2JvLkjE-wWheCMS0-BIL5uY4_uXLAHMeFYN6IPo5Cze_AwGi4UXNbXoTQHuITTzsPFTNtW-W-09Za1sGr27B8fCD/w480-h640/IMG_2082.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This monument is there with lots off graffiti</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDv0Reog47pva-5alzxVU29KNtk-vpwbg1qsB81E2FFwIcrjYRsrmIfi6dlGWXjg1q0oXEEYAj8M9wE2DpaKaTZvXnyCrxFynrnGM2JvLkjE-wWheCMS0-BIL5uY4_uXLAHMeFYN6IPo5Cze_AwGi4UXNbXoTQHuITTzsPFTNtW-W-09Za1sGr27B8fCD/s4032/IMG_2082.jpeg"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4vJKw6euGiKRx96jQKyiDpN8VDw7ra8mRYDlw-EUiHh641pkCtQK6NX4enYuG8dqvy96w7uL7_-k7DmgQy-7egI8yYqazV7ToK_J93qahQLM08Jqtrzu9sbBr1gML17hrYYiSQHD7LjlzjGAADNxVacAnAYibZwaMK5Xm34hNX1v1WD4kyT09mClLO3U/s4032/IMG_2086.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4vJKw6euGiKRx96jQKyiDpN8VDw7ra8mRYDlw-EUiHh641pkCtQK6NX4enYuG8dqvy96w7uL7_-k7DmgQy-7egI8yYqazV7ToK_J93qahQLM08Jqtrzu9sbBr1gML17hrYYiSQHD7LjlzjGAADNxVacAnAYibZwaMK5Xm34hNX1v1WD4kyT09mClLO3U/w640-h480/IMG_2086.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I did it !</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWHI-xXHRWn2m1-llhl_AZbTcQHa8iRNlJ0nmqROzMzkKrZFT9WKJlzvs8DpIEWrLKidEGHB-LYdlZSeL9ADHqU-symWNEc6QT5-8SkNPvF-75JFkIiDMtI6bti9llo1o5LvuVx6-Fq17zG9o3EjKB02pNZf-Jk36KovOXy33AM2zblxxvwWH60mkIl-y/s3896/IMG_2087.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2922" data-original-width="3896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWHI-xXHRWn2m1-llhl_AZbTcQHa8iRNlJ0nmqROzMzkKrZFT9WKJlzvs8DpIEWrLKidEGHB-LYdlZSeL9ADHqU-symWNEc6QT5-8SkNPvF-75JFkIiDMtI6bti9llo1o5LvuVx6-Fq17zG9o3EjKB02pNZf-Jk36KovOXy33AM2zblxxvwWH60mkIl-y/w640-h480/IMG_2087.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The casino Hotel is impressive</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quapaw">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quapaw</a><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KfWq5dn_bFJsifetpLZ4U2rvM02GXfIQlYjspgee4lLd5eS0gO0U4VnkI9aQmSXM6FEv8ohtRKfYAV4jzeCDybJNLP60gEWBM3Bm_sbYlvpElLd5F4mEeAvHaNrjEpY2vh8JOugUO-6R4LyW2Y6b560anTMVqmzukmrfiBUj-i0TqdXmRM61Pj2eL5c8/s4032/IMG_2090.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KfWq5dn_bFJsifetpLZ4U2rvM02GXfIQlYjspgee4lLd5eS0gO0U4VnkI9aQmSXM6FEv8ohtRKfYAV4jzeCDybJNLP60gEWBM3Bm_sbYlvpElLd5F4mEeAvHaNrjEpY2vh8JOugUO-6R4LyW2Y6b560anTMVqmzukmrfiBUj-i0TqdXmRM61Pj2eL5c8/w480-h640/IMG_2090.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The pottery is beautiful</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDBMRIUgvedOiRQBAyeAnDXNwayyqn6vckLWOn3k4UISqBykDlnqbEH3k2XdWARSSsxbie7vB5ZNScoqzM9Ir6l8rZ06TOi9pjFcAkRrZ03io-vXqsOlE6H_vrJGiALkZLo5fISvum0XBYm9YAfXOyrZQTHJ1VzEl_dOYyh-gB2aGyX3gxDbdr2S7RDDOj/s3657/IMG_2091.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2742" data-original-width="3657" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDBMRIUgvedOiRQBAyeAnDXNwayyqn6vckLWOn3k4UISqBykDlnqbEH3k2XdWARSSsxbie7vB5ZNScoqzM9Ir6l8rZ06TOi9pjFcAkRrZ03io-vXqsOlE6H_vrJGiALkZLo5fISvum0XBYm9YAfXOyrZQTHJ1VzEl_dOYyh-gB2aGyX3gxDbdr2S7RDDOj/w640-h480/IMG_2091.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very creative style</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then stumble upon a a very nice serene park area on Shoal Creek where I stop to take a break from the action. I tried to hide that cable across the river but it didn't work well. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9oGPSwmuPgBrjT7FQ4aHifeoJUPan0HPeymlvruGYV5pv_xwFzZ8J_66iKlCXyIYF8yqwId1-yJkwtOIFkZBBB1o4H7t295fB1fbuvC3hMmvKy8RlrzPdFXLjw-XVrAyqyH21f7YZ1GaHDESwqClw37p0cXajpFk95qkDEBBP5PRYXh3C3aAo0ISZORP/s4032/IMG_2099.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9oGPSwmuPgBrjT7FQ4aHifeoJUPan0HPeymlvruGYV5pv_xwFzZ8J_66iKlCXyIYF8yqwId1-yJkwtOIFkZBBB1o4H7t295fB1fbuvC3hMmvKy8RlrzPdFXLjw-XVrAyqyH21f7YZ1GaHDESwqClw37p0cXajpFk95qkDEBBP5PRYXh3C3aAo0ISZORP/w640-h480/IMG_2099.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shoal Creek</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">I’m actually on my way to a Nature Center where there are a trails through a wooded area along Shoal Creek again, it's everywhere.<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">This reminds me of rivers I have seen in glacial areas which carry lots of rock sediment. I'm guessing, (not smart), that the color is due to the chert rock sediment in the creek.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39lL_BdVwhVD4nGQ85naBrT0nRUcVcjBjSa64LUkc9GugU2bQJi9JcRV6HBm6KIllV9nTXTAAoZoF0YKdeoM6k6Zn1ouhp97i00n79wqpru6e5g-Zl3VWETAQBhMwqREhPAQYj2j0mGI421YIX5CcswWc6QWiFlDmAreehSeX1Gu1LMEI_leT47ySLr2q/s6240/IMG_3542.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39lL_BdVwhVD4nGQ85naBrT0nRUcVcjBjSa64LUkc9GugU2bQJi9JcRV6HBm6KIllV9nTXTAAoZoF0YKdeoM6k6Zn1ouhp97i00n79wqpru6e5g-Zl3VWETAQBhMwqREhPAQYj2j0mGI421YIX5CcswWc6QWiFlDmAreehSeX1Gu1LMEI_leT47ySLr2q/w640-h426/IMG_3542.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Those rocks pilled up had a reason ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafMZcp9NLa-lBfKLLRTNpZzSXBCPmgZAJ4CGVhGedWiAR7P95K2OrpkWS9-5X9XECtEtGp2xFV-yGTIByjrZ4D6h8K3bopba_qPon5B9c2W0SmOUevnjOM44f0KokPuFFDQBSynhKHM2jvO1Wr1lfdqDvEufCBycHjw4c9fCd4HvVdSLVpbYhTNz3rZos/s6240/IMG_3546.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhafMZcp9NLa-lBfKLLRTNpZzSXBCPmgZAJ4CGVhGedWiAR7P95K2OrpkWS9-5X9XECtEtGp2xFV-yGTIByjrZ4D6h8K3bopba_qPon5B9c2W0SmOUevnjOM44f0KokPuFFDQBSynhKHM2jvO1Wr1lfdqDvEufCBycHjw4c9fCd4HvVdSLVpbYhTNz3rZos/w640-h426/IMG_3546.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very nice</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It's then time to return to downtown Joplin to search for the old Joplin Railroad Station, the Carnegie Library, the Scottish Rite Building and a look around the formerly wealthy area loaded with Victorian mansions. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5k_MsqglHY6Z3K8vdEp43Z-4b-vTibseDnWUFSHQUfShMyXv5dcKpImuAVv_4QHpXorrrGtJmkhyabKlawJEPfoUAyBecvpBtOBiDD72ddIlCjFPSR6QTBjj1NDCe5j0nQpOO0QL2JINkTJogVBh_2u6siFLQQjpkhW7iymO1k-aut0UDIVtS4AGeI2S/s6033/IMG_3561.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4022" data-original-width="6033" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5k_MsqglHY6Z3K8vdEp43Z-4b-vTibseDnWUFSHQUfShMyXv5dcKpImuAVv_4QHpXorrrGtJmkhyabKlawJEPfoUAyBecvpBtOBiDD72ddIlCjFPSR6QTBjj1NDCe5j0nQpOO0QL2JINkTJogVBh_2u6siFLQQjpkhW7iymO1k-aut0UDIVtS4AGeI2S/w640-h426/IMG_3561.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The abandoned Joplin Train Station, very sad </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4pe7rKCcbDjcGocgYg860Ci1SY1El-4DIw4oYtQK0sauTrm9eNy-MUb_ygttZWtjQgdGYi3YYID2kK94YECU8B2A_kINtcfAlBwnBsUlbIJ3dLHKx2fM-EhteWwCx61ebmXjjYJZ5qFscLNwjmOLFiN24kXx94AksU-TaLNNbTl3brT8gAFTtDhhyqXE/s6123/IMG_3567.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4082" data-original-width="6123" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4pe7rKCcbDjcGocgYg860Ci1SY1El-4DIw4oYtQK0sauTrm9eNy-MUb_ygttZWtjQgdGYi3YYID2kK94YECU8B2A_kINtcfAlBwnBsUlbIJ3dLHKx2fM-EhteWwCx61ebmXjjYJZ5qFscLNwjmOLFiN24kXx94AksU-TaLNNbTl3brT8gAFTtDhhyqXE/w640-h426/IMG_3567.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I believe this is the Scottish Rite Auditorium, might be confused</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzIsK_FDj2oCNWqrUn0dwIFChTV2TiKvJih2Fml5bnxkp4IQVYGjyiw2k_Y7j2rp1MOFs3UcIQG11mwCgNBnPy-EmfEzMOfFPA4nS7z8crF-qTDVDnt_-72I-0csEfRwQ9B-DSXVR9MBZbXnrZ54PmFIkeYNQ8Fn7fAQNfTrpsF6pylOtGQPCmfVFWz3S/s6108/IMG_3574.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4072" data-original-width="6108" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzIsK_FDj2oCNWqrUn0dwIFChTV2TiKvJih2Fml5bnxkp4IQVYGjyiw2k_Y7j2rp1MOFs3UcIQG11mwCgNBnPy-EmfEzMOfFPA4nS7z8crF-qTDVDnt_-72I-0csEfRwQ9B-DSXVR9MBZbXnrZ54PmFIkeYNQ8Fn7fAQNfTrpsF6pylOtGQPCmfVFWz3S/w640-h426/IMG_3574.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A mansion in the high rent district</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then stop for a beer at the "Pub" which turns into way more fun and /or weirdness than expected. First, as I entered I was hit with the stale odor of cigarette smoke, they allow smoking here. It’s the old school bar atmosphere that is hard to find these days of the upscale craft beer pubs. There is a pool table, a very old jukebox, an old slightly tattered bar top and stools, one or two old school draft beers on tap at 2.50 a pint, gotta love that. The bar maid is fun, she is attractive in spite of some missing teeth and goes to the juke box and plays; "I love this bar". I kind of know this song, but I really never listened to it, but it seems like it was written about this place. I mentioned to the bar maid that it was great to hear that and it developed into a good conversation. She told me the bar owner is 91 years old and he’s definitely old school. I mentioned how nice the flowering plants were in the front window and she said that the bar owners wife used to do that, but she died a couple of years ago, now all the staff takes care of them. The standard questions, where you from, where you going, in an RV ?, No, in an old modified van. Oh, my mother was a hippie and she and her boyfriend had her bus painted up psychedelic 60's style.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQ5-NQqTm0b_sdqGclXWfqgUDL3lSrPUEZ73coXfxLriFLVL7n_75ga1VvNMrStgLL1FLpRwD5xFKnqGuD9tkVHQwkC-Odk-tCU6payG_DnUphZGPNKPk5FzidaevanM-mRheMOShEtlgF94tTk3YA9t664gkOkGMexZqU2T5JAwHWJ5HnPlLcmNbYwNi/s4032/IMG_2161.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQ5-NQqTm0b_sdqGclXWfqgUDL3lSrPUEZ73coXfxLriFLVL7n_75ga1VvNMrStgLL1FLpRwD5xFKnqGuD9tkVHQwkC-Odk-tCU6payG_DnUphZGPNKPk5FzidaevanM-mRheMOShEtlgF94tTk3YA9t664gkOkGMexZqU2T5JAwHWJ5HnPlLcmNbYwNi/w640-h480/IMG_2161.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Pub</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-ULNBCqCoLtbOky6Yhb_KI2vcCi81PQCdZASBkzcw7eWGwN1h5vsVXmZdPa8eDGRA9XuZyHnxUMFO2IaUrlUOA0OhGtv2-wBk5AIVvGP3X-jPppU3QBd21wFcr6aZc9wFjY2YzMoecgSADOZB-5u9UOonvAAfw9JqVU6AQja4Y0zRt42VrOitOPzCOaP/s4032/IMG_2157.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-ULNBCqCoLtbOky6Yhb_KI2vcCi81PQCdZASBkzcw7eWGwN1h5vsVXmZdPa8eDGRA9XuZyHnxUMFO2IaUrlUOA0OhGtv2-wBk5AIVvGP3X-jPppU3QBd21wFcr6aZc9wFjY2YzMoecgSADOZB-5u9UOonvAAfw9JqVU6AQja4Y0zRt42VrOitOPzCOaP/w640-h480/IMG_2157.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If the owner guesses your bra size he wants you to hang it up</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXtAA1hNSSWAstEC2MrrKzqo-sb7lbEBeA2GtY3murvSGZDVknYwGxG0-5cox8_Va7EdSO5PtsuLRgBL8lWSXJ67DviKUTYLY7peq97_lHpnakgtzf-ER1fRvVp5sdpw9Lfi9m72xSJOnI0psF_JFgSRvk6t0b3DamTr0yhrn8SoYImY0Y6ve-uqMNgIxf/s4032/IMG_2156.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXtAA1hNSSWAstEC2MrrKzqo-sb7lbEBeA2GtY3murvSGZDVknYwGxG0-5cox8_Va7EdSO5PtsuLRgBL8lWSXJ67DviKUTYLY7peq97_lHpnakgtzf-ER1fRvVp5sdpw9Lfi9m72xSJOnI0psF_JFgSRvk6t0b3DamTr0yhrn8SoYImY0Y6ve-uqMNgIxf/w640-h480/IMG_2156.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Extreme old school </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">The Walmart I stayed in last night was a bit creepy and trashy, so I decided to go to the new area of the town adjacent to route 44, the new miracle mile area loaded with every chain restaurant, motel, convenance store and gas station and stay at the Cracker Barrel parking lot. It’s way more quiet and clean and you can go inside for a reasonably priced breakfast in the morning. They truly are kind of hooky, but I don’t mind.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This is the northern limit to my travels as there are issues to attend to back in Arizona. I am heading directly west across Oklahoma with possibly a small detour into Kansas, next stop is Bartlesville, Oklahoma.</p></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-9839037688557122112023-07-03T15:11:00.002-07:002023-07-03T15:20:57.391-07:00<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tulsa - Muskogee - Tahliequah - Oklahoma</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">June 25 - 28, 2023:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It’s an easy 50 mile drive from Tulsa to Muskogee making no stops along the way, very unusual. As I approach Muskogee, I see a sign for the Five Tribes Museum and take the exit and drive to it, it’s not open as expected on a Sunday, but it’s in an interesting old stone building, I’ll try again on Monday. I’m getting a motel room tonight, a nice big bed and especially a good shower is much needed.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskogee,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskogee,_Oklahoma</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Forks_(Oklahoma)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Forks_(Oklahoma)</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I do a tour through Muskogee, there is a great old train depot turned into the Three River Museum and across the street another old building now housin g the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. They both appear to be Museums i'd like to visit but closed from Sunday - Tuesday.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNN9cwQTekzHnIFHQYZSJFafvmqsO64oPEye2v6tOMlK58ygTCZM04XAG2nYvd6SpV2ro0NKQWX1gmhMw70NoXwQszjHB94GhkyR60MRlcuxvhuI7yYwFe3sJ7_utYj3NPxvjHG_0W0MkQ-HTlEdZWIXgjBXl8PlpGdX7e36WJU2cdjUDWp-064U5pMFHh/s5880/IMG_3224.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3920" data-original-width="5880" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNN9cwQTekzHnIFHQYZSJFafvmqsO64oPEye2v6tOMlK58ygTCZM04XAG2nYvd6SpV2ro0NKQWX1gmhMw70NoXwQszjHB94GhkyR60MRlcuxvhuI7yYwFe3sJ7_utYj3NPxvjHG_0W0MkQ-HTlEdZWIXgjBXl8PlpGdX7e36WJU2cdjUDWp-064U5pMFHh/w640-h426/IMG_3224.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6fOD1-jVSEM6RduJ0cZKNFZtLVh7IA5jp7H9SDIYEtd0sJNIFxIR0_z64-l17yXSa8BpTCjpIr8U-9aUwS-mV_vYDjN318uaH5GfzoiKi4T6KIw2e8J-OQwOSg5E6ksXEDkbO3P1Rsp-xPD_NVL_Re_ICtlT4rt5_O7LeDweICxOgI4LlPNxtIJw42yQ/s6240/IMG_3228.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6fOD1-jVSEM6RduJ0cZKNFZtLVh7IA5jp7H9SDIYEtd0sJNIFxIR0_z64-l17yXSa8BpTCjpIr8U-9aUwS-mV_vYDjN318uaH5GfzoiKi4T6KIw2e8J-OQwOSg5E6ksXEDkbO3P1Rsp-xPD_NVL_Re_ICtlT4rt5_O7LeDweICxOgI4LlPNxtIJw42yQ/w640-h426/IMG_3228.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Once upon a time, this was a big railroad town</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6auC1JSXPSq4qMVB9oOtbP_XpRJduE2us91QVq9mUbELT0B36V5--hEaJ1_qPuAMUTYdZkchcYxKStVu48_FqhCSQdRT84T6u2PJjcZitsAZt-fW3IYs3MRRoVnjl6947glqoI39YxYPRUb845ohDE-zWLouv6DkmOcyBr5-fz8zBy1JnVKjeuG3NmtD1/s6240/IMG_3232.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6auC1JSXPSq4qMVB9oOtbP_XpRJduE2us91QVq9mUbELT0B36V5--hEaJ1_qPuAMUTYdZkchcYxKStVu48_FqhCSQdRT84T6u2PJjcZitsAZt-fW3IYs3MRRoVnjl6947glqoI39YxYPRUb845ohDE-zWLouv6DkmOcyBr5-fz8zBy1JnVKjeuG3NmtD1/w640-h426/IMG_3232.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuTxXEkqS5lXhGmDXr9iZ-KPD6F_P140qw-6P2DJ5mM-7JRTjbY8o85yhCDd4Yy3yjYKJ9cO9-1Xv9tmul3zdLX5CajLgghcP2I_AN3NZSXkoafUhuKtetx2YAhMOpSUYe8SVKICRMIothM-3BjyeYVjbh6WxtRAtExNn0LG87x-K2paP5IhER0Z_y4Lx/s6240/IMG_3236.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuTxXEkqS5lXhGmDXr9iZ-KPD6F_P140qw-6P2DJ5mM-7JRTjbY8o85yhCDd4Yy3yjYKJ9cO9-1Xv9tmul3zdLX5CajLgghcP2I_AN3NZSXkoafUhuKtetx2YAhMOpSUYe8SVKICRMIothM-3BjyeYVjbh6WxtRAtExNn0LG87x-K2paP5IhER0Z_y4Lx/w640-h426/IMG_3236.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The old Muskogee Hotel is in decay</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqq3ZFXyIo58WjIa7GVYcz_JcmEpyjIM46hgqunGjx7ygcylCSlp2-IYsE_6uBRnEZXGaGEWBzIUHmGT3YZfl9qLq2zoi_2KXkyuBvxxu-02jXRF6ssMw6gQZV-spueIKpJCkChFvlhg26AVjSpZPIN6SmQof6oT50CMEEg1UcWJhVgilffxGIlCq7eaYm/s6240/IMG_3245.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqq3ZFXyIo58WjIa7GVYcz_JcmEpyjIM46hgqunGjx7ygcylCSlp2-IYsE_6uBRnEZXGaGEWBzIUHmGT3YZfl9qLq2zoi_2KXkyuBvxxu-02jXRF6ssMw6gQZV-spueIKpJCkChFvlhg26AVjSpZPIN6SmQof6oT50CMEEg1UcWJhVgilffxGIlCq7eaYm/w640-h426/IMG_3245.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We do smoke marijuana in Muskogee</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I go to the Five Civilized Tribes Museum, it is open and I find more information of these civilized tribes. They were the Chickasaw, Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole and Muskogee tribes. It seems that these tribes took on some of the new settlers ways and had more advanced social structures, they farmed, they developed schools and the Cherokees even developed a written language. They sort of take offense to being called the civilized tribes by whites, they thought they were as civilized before white influence.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpyVzfWGolECZjsFhL60IbP4dI2Ril51U7sB5ysZd0ayOhSQjrt9-d2Pr-ZnMij5WYfQMjvg0sXNv3Rc_BKICgylxztuR6vxZEx4qd5fzOyboj9ydq7zELVJ4dJScwTbVsE6pavOsSAtwnepu5TEmu_LSMwKLLr7KehePLkIyYfhUInkKmSzVNpvWWs9Q/s3862/IMG_1789.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="3862" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpyVzfWGolECZjsFhL60IbP4dI2Ril51U7sB5ysZd0ayOhSQjrt9-d2Pr-ZnMij5WYfQMjvg0sXNv3Rc_BKICgylxztuR6vxZEx4qd5fzOyboj9ydq7zELVJ4dJScwTbVsE6pavOsSAtwnepu5TEmu_LSMwKLLr7KehePLkIyYfhUInkKmSzVNpvWWs9Q/w640-h480/IMG_1789.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This building is one of the oldest in town as the Indian agency meeting place</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then head back to downtown Muskogee, which has a very nice downtown, I find numerous interesting buildings and building details. I stop at the Roxy Theater to take a photo, a man comes out, looking like a maintenance man, but starts telling me the history of the theater and all sorts of interesting facts about the town. He is sounding like a pretty smart guy and we are having a good conversation. Eventually I ask him, What is your position here, are you the Manager ? and of course he was.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFyr9xVRgskq7N3203vVG4B0S-XbOAwQgR62ziko19Aynk0A0C7RtP_shLbFZwjOo7t1k-uO6XYMvQ_8eGkXHKgYFLLf37keQNWkfxDwF9TWHrIZoSYhN-WM5LIiouy0KyfYP77gmm9-MpsvKYqt1xo7UwB5kWOlQAHMukUi98GOM-3TKaCHmJM940Z5M/s3696/IMG_1792.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2772" data-original-width="3696" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFyr9xVRgskq7N3203vVG4B0S-XbOAwQgR62ziko19Aynk0A0C7RtP_shLbFZwjOo7t1k-uO6XYMvQ_8eGkXHKgYFLLf37keQNWkfxDwF9TWHrIZoSYhN-WM5LIiouy0KyfYP77gmm9-MpsvKYqt1xo7UwB5kWOlQAHMukUi98GOM-3TKaCHmJM940Z5M/w640-h480/IMG_1792.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Court House and Post Office</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFaZ_4E5I7JCT97eWhhcNGF4xdulRw853_3nuG44GlPPj3yuJtKiMUm8UFDP7T8J6R5X2roqNRntpz16YofoB1XO3jfPuTkaCL8SqpxDFIBhnjPNqg6TAx_kWxDVwr4fq2c6pYUsBqlXkmFlJ9jga_RmzM9Hw0yyVyKsHsSNpbbqr9YAUnLEtE-bsM3RJ/s4032/IMG_1795.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFaZ_4E5I7JCT97eWhhcNGF4xdulRw853_3nuG44GlPPj3yuJtKiMUm8UFDP7T8J6R5X2roqNRntpz16YofoB1XO3jfPuTkaCL8SqpxDFIBhnjPNqg6TAx_kWxDVwr4fq2c6pYUsBqlXkmFlJ9jga_RmzM9Hw0yyVyKsHsSNpbbqr9YAUnLEtE-bsM3RJ/w480-h640/IMG_1795.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This store was beautiful inside and out</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYV4S9r2IBUc2tmZvrAY2BihyYUg40cTbn6FrlaoD7rVZ42MoicJcqVNvxoZPO92ekCZ4X5t1LXZ7wJaVXJ1h8AWXqboq4jRqouktr69lsErOpjuQwx6mRsZWBpfpoS6niGSOPtOcd6UtPg5uebdS2bgSP9LtTQRdLq9ItYZkQ33SOqe1kFTqIQIJXqaoa/s6240/IMG_3248.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYV4S9r2IBUc2tmZvrAY2BihyYUg40cTbn6FrlaoD7rVZ42MoicJcqVNvxoZPO92ekCZ4X5t1LXZ7wJaVXJ1h8AWXqboq4jRqouktr69lsErOpjuQwx6mRsZWBpfpoS6niGSOPtOcd6UtPg5uebdS2bgSP9LtTQRdLq9ItYZkQ33SOqe1kFTqIQIJXqaoa/w640-h426/IMG_3248.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Street art, not always socially acceptable, but still my favorite</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2JW95Cr5aVkyf7lBIYO_y-36NqJvLZ_uW3qUapo9xa83StaFvTJ_QyGoGBqmIOpSiZuR2AJnG_5Nx4IJw0UQVzZXX-XnSpr1I5QabwQiDmugL5ToZfTzHKVdr3-uy9idDMyzPSzdRDoTW4ni_oJezcYkZzexUn1x3_GMSm70GpFntlvUpPf-jAE0Yihl/s6240/IMG_3269.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2JW95Cr5aVkyf7lBIYO_y-36NqJvLZ_uW3qUapo9xa83StaFvTJ_QyGoGBqmIOpSiZuR2AJnG_5Nx4IJw0UQVzZXX-XnSpr1I5QabwQiDmugL5ToZfTzHKVdr3-uy9idDMyzPSzdRDoTW4ni_oJezcYkZzexUn1x3_GMSm70GpFntlvUpPf-jAE0Yihl/w640-h426/IMG_3269.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's labeled The Parisian on the front and the Buck'N" Bull Saloon on the side</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8nsuBFZEYepIBXroO_YbtYyWQPy_53uPr_Lbz1deXCMTXdkOCMybYsudafAN1ROCPSYJ08Kr9Fku9qx834UY9BhiTeN2_Nlb7LO7maBzU2JHyYad7wCRn0TbQ8LnbjJfMQYlme6Nz2rMg0KLVvzc8-LBfpYH-ipxHmA-EUpFtZbSD35QNr19Rge87qB0/s5719/IMG_3252.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5719" data-original-width="3813" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8nsuBFZEYepIBXroO_YbtYyWQPy_53uPr_Lbz1deXCMTXdkOCMybYsudafAN1ROCPSYJ08Kr9Fku9qx834UY9BhiTeN2_Nlb7LO7maBzU2JHyYad7wCRn0TbQ8LnbjJfMQYlme6Nz2rMg0KLVvzc8-LBfpYH-ipxHmA-EUpFtZbSD35QNr19Rge87qB0/w426-h640/IMG_3252.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of several local dispensaries</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4KNS1qyrZwGjfCLFjzsK5Q1XMXb-NnS55HF6pC3NydPhRv70SJ_xUDuJXg4mhXIU8lpOc2vkK_eI0hhBBMOBEpPzkxznpVKlOw-Tzt6VzE_Bh0cx94cGp_5mSpQyOGfGfH0TS3Xr_T9nhQPNG1YIZFdd-xRPzFRyaH2D6Vt-YJ1ZvS-dDaEyziq6KFGrc/s6240/IMG_3254.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4KNS1qyrZwGjfCLFjzsK5Q1XMXb-NnS55HF6pC3NydPhRv70SJ_xUDuJXg4mhXIU8lpOc2vkK_eI0hhBBMOBEpPzkxznpVKlOw-Tzt6VzE_Bh0cx94cGp_5mSpQyOGfGfH0TS3Xr_T9nhQPNG1YIZFdd-xRPzFRyaH2D6Vt-YJ1ZvS-dDaEyziq6KFGrc/w640-h426/IMG_3254.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Roxy holds many film festivals and Hall of Fame events</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdR-R7aywUwg0Yg3FqPe1gcrJa9eKtvYGDKdwBQ92afNYKXcVrep7VtWpC2DZpdYnupvhUT9L74Ka1emTz-QAh0dWF4N7hZNsflSD5nKAWqakyRGVGAgte5i3TIqOBnFQs-byVKlcnv94jM-UR8cx4ZXbVNmFVECYuongW-PhOVsqsOGV9HJsytwbcO6X9/s6240/IMG_3255.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6240" data-original-width="4160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdR-R7aywUwg0Yg3FqPe1gcrJa9eKtvYGDKdwBQ92afNYKXcVrep7VtWpC2DZpdYnupvhUT9L74Ka1emTz-QAh0dWF4N7hZNsflSD5nKAWqakyRGVGAgte5i3TIqOBnFQs-byVKlcnv94jM-UR8cx4ZXbVNmFVECYuongW-PhOVsqsOGV9HJsytwbcO6X9/w426-h640/IMG_3255.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Roxy Theater facade</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioI2Jhv9wp3seJnB2AKhFpFGs8p-iGmNLqi6AJQjNkKTp9LyTtiR6zIvMcVVlz7DOoJ_wROJMSQVtYU8qI4wrC7bPK3zW6C1w25u5bowprc-S7sZ-pV3lhNvbXdUHLjrOSSgA4Oy18Rxf6fgMp9LmFl9CpSB2fpMeewCjGKvPb-RWdw29KWGxhVxAuI9ag/s6240/IMG_3259.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioI2Jhv9wp3seJnB2AKhFpFGs8p-iGmNLqi6AJQjNkKTp9LyTtiR6zIvMcVVlz7DOoJ_wROJMSQVtYU8qI4wrC7bPK3zW6C1w25u5bowprc-S7sZ-pV3lhNvbXdUHLjrOSSgA4Oy18Rxf6fgMp9LmFl9CpSB2fpMeewCjGKvPb-RWdw29KWGxhVxAuI9ag/w640-h426/IMG_3259.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Roxy interior the photo doesn't do it justice, it was dark</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">It took me a while to find, but eventually I found the Three Forks Harbor where they have built a marina and a cultural center with other things in the planning stage to develop a riverside recreational park on the Arkansas River. They refer to this area as “Three Rivers”, a little misleading, as the rivers, the Arkansas, the Verdigris and the Grand don’t actually merge together in one spot. I also find another park area near historic Fort Gibson where you get a way better natural view of the river and it and a nature hiking trail.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTIOBqBfvRA8sPLEWTQ0hGYG5gMYuGE91JYq44O_rhAGHnMDgsF9YjUZjCwlMgPfW1qfKRx0GU1S6Qbu1AYl5z8WG56_m8IoEculR21xOfVSI7WeLiXweSVSihWt9s2KF0WjNhQjHFlbqPON0M-r2GZSkpd3qeCL6U9SCU3O9CRGvvG4eTztPHUMSfbKt/s6127/IMG_3271.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4085" data-original-width="6127" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTIOBqBfvRA8sPLEWTQ0hGYG5gMYuGE91JYq44O_rhAGHnMDgsF9YjUZjCwlMgPfW1qfKRx0GU1S6Qbu1AYl5z8WG56_m8IoEculR21xOfVSI7WeLiXweSVSihWt9s2KF0WjNhQjHFlbqPON0M-r2GZSkpd3qeCL6U9SCU3O9CRGvvG4eTztPHUMSfbKt/w640-h426/IMG_3271.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They have facilities to move large boats in or out of the river </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2B94FdmxSTJbp9MDJzZord5T4uKwxYt8LSoFFNGEPi2zD1otVbwCa-h3i8VA6tWBHHQZNmInb1BGEM69FSGmugXhJg3cNGV_mEfGujFtJ0CymfvXMI5-K_gmIj3zX_T9Xccbe8508PEHwnd2b7ejxDcqwDGpz-FnW3JZ7HuPymhw2Ryw2UjBT8m6CxmXI/s6240/IMG_3273.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2B94FdmxSTJbp9MDJzZord5T4uKwxYt8LSoFFNGEPi2zD1otVbwCa-h3i8VA6tWBHHQZNmInb1BGEM69FSGmugXhJg3cNGV_mEfGujFtJ0CymfvXMI5-K_gmIj3zX_T9Xccbe8508PEHwnd2b7ejxDcqwDGpz-FnW3JZ7HuPymhw2Ryw2UjBT8m6CxmXI/w640-h426/IMG_3273.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View from the parking lot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCva3pJKMuf6rKHEqkqdNaJejF5fRLA4_O7iBe1rVdp6gqDTljhnx4dkRCzF-eq7P7P2VP_dl_bBW48QZIbKfIrXPkuIyQRoXKupSXy0lyz2hVx3KPzcN2TphGUT8G6LIJvP98a2x9VM-BQJ-WpXgha_APiAYztkPQUyHEM2QmEaWHC1i6isApCWAJhqc/s6240/IMG_3277.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCva3pJKMuf6rKHEqkqdNaJejF5fRLA4_O7iBe1rVdp6gqDTljhnx4dkRCzF-eq7P7P2VP_dl_bBW48QZIbKfIrXPkuIyQRoXKupSXy0lyz2hVx3KPzcN2TphGUT8G6LIJvP98a2x9VM-BQJ-WpXgha_APiAYztkPQUyHEM2QmEaWHC1i6isApCWAJhqc/w640-h426/IMG_3277.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The other direction</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">There is something strange going on in Oklahoma, It was even more obvious in Tulsa, there are massage parlors everywhere in Oklahoma, lots and lots of them. I am wondering if this is a regional thing, like everyone here suffers from muscle or joint pain or stress and needs frequent massages ? I’ve never had a massage in my life, am I missing something ? I checked online and found that the number of applications to open a massage business in Oklahoma was increased dramatically in the last few years. My erotic perverted mind is telling me that there is some shady business going on here and I’m tempted to investigate ? </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I leave Muskogee for a day to visit the nearby town of Tahiequah which is the capital city of the Cherokee Nation. I go to the Cherokee National Historical Museum which covers their existence from emergence story to the present time. They were the tribe that conformed to white European customs more than any other tribe, became good farmers, were industrious, built schools, had a good governing system and even developed a written language. However since they were located in the southeast they were caught up in the slavery issue with the tribe members being split. As a result, they suffered greatly during the civil war from both sides.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Then when the tribal removal act was passed, they argued against it in court, but lost. There was much political debate about this, but in the end they were forcibly removed from their homeland and force marched to Oklahoma in what is known as the “Trail of Tears”. If it's any consolation, they probably faired better than most other tribes as at least they were relocated to an area with fertile land with plenty of water, trees and a mostly temperate climate. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Also while many tribes are struggling to maintain their original language the Cherokee use it and keep in viable, their street signs are in both English and Cherokee.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahlequah,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahlequah,_Oklahoma</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_Nation">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_Nation</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgco-KvQpNJMMRJxbiL2CiST7_B2Eve5rYl-m0Q5Ua-40mIY3v5sngMM03UWQXT51dwEw-VlEfo5rfZlRVX_M9jvp8koafys5gjyLSztD5DNPiNQsXsqJX2edusgHFXhYpiukEGM3n-qP4jradDpryeHFxY2SEeWg3qykT7nJ2B6qr-CAgc-4IKpzPNgGVi/s4032/IMG_1836.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgco-KvQpNJMMRJxbiL2CiST7_B2Eve5rYl-m0Q5Ua-40mIY3v5sngMM03UWQXT51dwEw-VlEfo5rfZlRVX_M9jvp8koafys5gjyLSztD5DNPiNQsXsqJX2edusgHFXhYpiukEGM3n-qP4jradDpryeHFxY2SEeWg3qykT7nJ2B6qr-CAgc-4IKpzPNgGVi/w640-h480/IMG_1836.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Cherokee National Historic Museum</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrOvROUWgeQlhzUmEq6VDcpLrUwWxE93e9TIYBCylvrB5lE7GYOW8xe4u3GL0RqqB10xhQuV49RiEtbMUzZ2ndQuq0T75LDpgb37PEjV1cU3hco55hljNOmdUoRAMTQKKIiP3koXTCOKhb-4kfOKnWPc-KksDbKGpimtd_dZsiFd_0X2oETpEauf22NlN/s4032/IMG_1833.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrOvROUWgeQlhzUmEq6VDcpLrUwWxE93e9TIYBCylvrB5lE7GYOW8xe4u3GL0RqqB10xhQuV49RiEtbMUzZ2ndQuq0T75LDpgb37PEjV1cU3hco55hljNOmdUoRAMTQKKIiP3koXTCOKhb-4kfOKnWPc-KksDbKGpimtd_dZsiFd_0X2oETpEauf22NlN/w480-h640/IMG_1833.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">John Ross was the most beloved chief during most turbulent times</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKEwqFYw18VlIiRTzND0y4jWd2kdtJlzf5DhXz1vZXeVAD_bqhg_u1zxMzcT8UpVYq0s-7zU53AnnC2XPnXisKFwWoP798fEi5EpMHXcdsnPaxgrXTGwldBWOUtYB95ZocZ9iwEbeTxTd8olYnATGwtO9FrQUfWRboqfdBpgGy6cDmg9Zu7Qz6N4B9Zag/s3273/IMG_1843.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3273" data-original-width="2787" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKEwqFYw18VlIiRTzND0y4jWd2kdtJlzf5DhXz1vZXeVAD_bqhg_u1zxMzcT8UpVYq0s-7zU53AnnC2XPnXisKFwWoP798fEi5EpMHXcdsnPaxgrXTGwldBWOUtYB95ZocZ9iwEbeTxTd8olYnATGwtO9FrQUfWRboqfdBpgGy6cDmg9Zu7Qz6N4B9Zag/w544-h640/IMG_1843.jpeg" width="544" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Notice the Cherokee at the top of the page, the signs were done in both languages</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_816EtqnEN9pWZpLf78ta1kCJEbGfm39kI0qpm2X__p8nvZv_Rh5DG0HruGxgRoocLU9WGA6YPMkg7E8SHqrDigAk957AeRGHZnCr9oJZ9Di7WKDHz2HHREDK9O6u2BYs3PjZRDZ6L8vxNIZGCrqb75GQ6B5gTBK9ewmpPDYezhvwKEemmy0icg5YYuw/s4030/IMG_1850.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2747" data-original-width="4030" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_816EtqnEN9pWZpLf78ta1kCJEbGfm39kI0qpm2X__p8nvZv_Rh5DG0HruGxgRoocLU9WGA6YPMkg7E8SHqrDigAk957AeRGHZnCr9oJZ9Di7WKDHz2HHREDK9O6u2BYs3PjZRDZ6L8vxNIZGCrqb75GQ6B5gTBK9ewmpPDYezhvwKEemmy0icg5YYuw/w640-h436/IMG_1850.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Cherokee tribe played the game</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjonPkxTFv8vQ03ja0RV-lBBQq1wLANh-JHbZWF8AplY-1xSSLXCLsvBe-Y42sN6MBizb41eTUeSIAFMFSM6yrJ6k3PQAz2q_bIkFmUcWe6xazF569BkRJ5KsPVqPNPm0OmdqYWLVILviXsQDoxZkx-qaZKwL4ph-fLHmuLTjHDZ1IKWX3CiqhyV3J4TpoR/s3286/IMG_1865.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">My last day back in Muskogee, I visit the Three Rivers Historical Museum and the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is mostly a radio station and a performance venue for special events and a room dedicated to country musicians and bands who have been inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YRAJQF3jcaaLt6aDX4SMPD9Xd__fbZ-xQeN4V_fBrOeiMb4GevXSpJy_GxN7AlZ6uChcRQyF6jwwyLIUKHS29YculJ3NJtvCanQk0b90cqx84SoYHP3MDV6MFFPeYBmoyP7fPa3uH6YQzVnL7w-IFq7UNiQXHNcLlP_V3XSvYW13JlyIjBmlMuMLBzTw/s3529/IMG_1908.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2175" data-original-width="3529" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YRAJQF3jcaaLt6aDX4SMPD9Xd__fbZ-xQeN4V_fBrOeiMb4GevXSpJy_GxN7AlZ6uChcRQyF6jwwyLIUKHS29YculJ3NJtvCanQk0b90cqx84SoYHP3MDV6MFFPeYBmoyP7fPa3uH6YQzVnL7w-IFq7UNiQXHNcLlP_V3XSvYW13JlyIjBmlMuMLBzTw/w640-h394/IMG_1908.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The three rivers, this area started as a French fur trade outpost</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuMhIg71XVOXRMkMMPSTrDkGSoKa1H9tCfD6OMPOQj1bPdyCDMsCE735Qzltjf0uZ_3UVCVviAi8tr0184vEjKLUgsi-MUdcO7KvzthJfymKyvohIP0ZIgApA0uEhOAbX9qAsT-7WIkDWApVqffIpdPF2g-Fwt2EHm4N1OswGY8jSxn05Mw8mOe8ICpbs/s3260/IMG_1909.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3260" data-original-width="2725" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuMhIg71XVOXRMkMMPSTrDkGSoKa1H9tCfD6OMPOQj1bPdyCDMsCE735Qzltjf0uZ_3UVCVviAi8tr0184vEjKLUgsi-MUdcO7KvzthJfymKyvohIP0ZIgApA0uEhOAbX9qAsT-7WIkDWApVqffIpdPF2g-Fwt2EHm4N1OswGY8jSxn05Mw8mOe8ICpbs/w534-h640/IMG_1909.jpeg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The girl scouts and the cookies started here in Muskogee</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1o0hb4nhugd8NyJM3U4a_N6582RdbakS5GcltbfcFl4jmBMtlKZ5LHYAW5LC5-hic_euZ-JnAHwEj0ySaYVqEGwUW2lwfQ4-SY5MRFpYbIER1LHE1VcXwjU1ajooWDNKSLbe0z1vqL1v5sQH37KGq9TS51InRQ06R0F1PYgP72Ou6GiCUZSFIx9ONGHF5/s3774/IMG_1912.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2831" data-original-width="3774" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1o0hb4nhugd8NyJM3U4a_N6582RdbakS5GcltbfcFl4jmBMtlKZ5LHYAW5LC5-hic_euZ-JnAHwEj0ySaYVqEGwUW2lwfQ4-SY5MRFpYbIER1LHE1VcXwjU1ajooWDNKSLbe0z1vqL1v5sQH37KGq9TS51InRQ06R0F1PYgP72Ou6GiCUZSFIx9ONGHF5/w640-h480/IMG_1912.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Muskogee had a very vibrant economy </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnOJRxWMIH_GceBIX9Oq4SJ616xKtjQc2jPHhvra48d-7l_KesaAzjSTzQQIeojwUlK-Q0FehCTENziiwgqTdLrKGoh-liS7-0eBk1-W7vBeWOJRH6Ztb9XuMcTmDpVc3PcDZffVcA4NHkMaKusEoFPnKz6kRqcdZtHl7bGg9IZxsGFnMsdTXNfK8NoSK/s4032/IMG_1913.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnOJRxWMIH_GceBIX9Oq4SJ616xKtjQc2jPHhvra48d-7l_KesaAzjSTzQQIeojwUlK-Q0FehCTENziiwgqTdLrKGoh-liS7-0eBk1-W7vBeWOJRH6Ztb9XuMcTmDpVc3PcDZffVcA4NHkMaKusEoFPnKz6kRqcdZtHl7bGg9IZxsGFnMsdTXNfK8NoSK/w480-h640/IMG_1913.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alive Roberson was an amazing woman</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcxE7JWeApBHblvscXQ2gyyUWhPd8vLvuenNnVcEe80sqewXDZbi_jYq7hTdJBHYsjv8I7dpDBKb3t2gmdM9gnGzFPCPecLaJfP9XuU0PRnlXCD-T52bHjDNToXmrHR7UEMbwnfTBX7K_r5xqTKRgFcZc3KrdBf_nBn9JBc7BeuJaQ2-xHAVOvzS2p9rP/s3752/IMG_1917.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3752" data-original-width="2752" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcxE7JWeApBHblvscXQ2gyyUWhPd8vLvuenNnVcEe80sqewXDZbi_jYq7hTdJBHYsjv8I7dpDBKb3t2gmdM9gnGzFPCPecLaJfP9XuU0PRnlXCD-T52bHjDNToXmrHR7UEMbwnfTBX7K_r5xqTKRgFcZc3KrdBf_nBn9JBc7BeuJaQ2-xHAVOvzS2p9rP/w470-h640/IMG_1917.jpeg" width="470" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oklahoma had lots of outlaws</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSt4z7DCecH25dpFy9TDERjtxVAUjiOvsU4b0g-9COSUFXn9Tqg6ZIQ-1iU_LI2c0_3bEGs5OV5j2uu19deqXZpgsbq-5du_v5wD3HsL5BvBXjVsarCfIAWtUcl40_ZoQ8H_fu-n1m1TYVhqYTXOAKzyKWU4jKxDbMD1DrpUZR-2aN1JBG4u4kZfgtryz/s4032/IMG_1918.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSt4z7DCecH25dpFy9TDERjtxVAUjiOvsU4b0g-9COSUFXn9Tqg6ZIQ-1iU_LI2c0_3bEGs5OV5j2uu19deqXZpgsbq-5du_v5wD3HsL5BvBXjVsarCfIAWtUcl40_ZoQ8H_fu-n1m1TYVhqYTXOAKzyKWU4jKxDbMD1DrpUZR-2aN1JBG4u4kZfgtryz/w480-h640/IMG_1918.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bass Reeves, a black man, was the most respected US Marshall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmalFPacpM8ufwa4UMoDEXdQIKYQRPS4uENfz7Hv8jYXk_mcbo3L2K8cW9oSyVvtUY-Z3h_O8lE-WdD5Lh7dEy7B8_auYF93SpRkQayXaji0eJWGbFJm-ixia0xjPdeGOHZsu2MEFNK5KR4CFF5QN3001jNEQjHzalCKyjdjseOJgIeDn9JEnvdmATooz/s1945/IMG_1919.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1945" data-original-width="1746" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmalFPacpM8ufwa4UMoDEXdQIKYQRPS4uENfz7Hv8jYXk_mcbo3L2K8cW9oSyVvtUY-Z3h_O8lE-WdD5Lh7dEy7B8_auYF93SpRkQayXaji0eJWGbFJm-ixia0xjPdeGOHZsu2MEFNK5KR4CFF5QN3001jNEQjHzalCKyjdjseOJgIeDn9JEnvdmATooz/w574-h640/IMG_1919.jpeg" width="574" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They had a video on him, he was the best, compared to the Lone Ranger</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRaBszH246IOyznEbKa-iA4EAgCYtQ3h00lAl4ohOPgHR2a7njTjKVYvp6DASF-HfWEkjPAgIRI3NCXe93Ze2Fw-x6HRmx3tAFQZdaWqDfQoBY69vsQPOQNTkbFUKpiVHl0TP3oGczg-SVk894bW9IWFp_kF4BbW_GlrY1hl_gme_bs5KMbdolmFAwiJ2/s3637/IMG_1927.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2343" data-original-width="3637" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRaBszH246IOyznEbKa-iA4EAgCYtQ3h00lAl4ohOPgHR2a7njTjKVYvp6DASF-HfWEkjPAgIRI3NCXe93Ze2Fw-x6HRmx3tAFQZdaWqDfQoBY69vsQPOQNTkbFUKpiVHl0TP3oGczg-SVk894bW9IWFp_kF4BbW_GlrY1hl_gme_bs5KMbdolmFAwiJ2/w640-h412/IMG_1927.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Belle Star was a most colorful and legendary character </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2729" data-original-width="3409" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSgk8sbmw6FI5buCCqT8UWb49kDRzXxHP2jW6eer5fqQy4b9ev15UF9LJmAwLv9gj4rtFPziX76mhRfSx7c8ImhBGx7U_E7F7HeT03HBQLZTOBN8WhT3lDQfvqTrX_oVhmgnGdb-gpO_dHAg6iqzLYM3GHq0ybZkZj6oN_jbYKQaD2G7UQEkceolbL7UW/w640-h512/IMG_1929.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Belle Starr carrying a big gun<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRMw_X6aTk7iTw_Af6cd52kLTqhy6SvQ_nMYQPKBDGVXW_X9QaoWknmFRmrrDXgyd6uO_ULIeukKCHAF14_kLwFRl9rlUttnfkEM1kcqXqpICKZFX2EPCXHTQfOEwnKCFRzHFaygcrcxD600hAEpuAEnfJhgtmLny95Si7zn70h2Kfg1GBDDU5WioOfyn/s3052/IMG_1941.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3052" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRMw_X6aTk7iTw_Af6cd52kLTqhy6SvQ_nMYQPKBDGVXW_X9QaoWknmFRmrrDXgyd6uO_ULIeukKCHAF14_kLwFRl9rlUttnfkEM1kcqXqpICKZFX2EPCXHTQfOEwnKCFRzHFaygcrcxD600hAEpuAEnfJhgtmLny95Si7zn70h2Kfg1GBDDU5WioOfyn/w452-h640/IMG_1941.jpeg" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Merle Haggard is another legendary character</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sOVss-g-tgDPgnpSg_LXkZxmU9oqq1C5PLEL5iMRv_Sl6WlGbm6fz_Kz6l1_HlFfziBwtD2rGqF4NkRvgqtdxRlxdXdNskbf6_S9BxRURT6AAQs2uQpwo5IRugJkTsM1mnc2hurjrPZT7kxHPLKrM8E_tiM9tcLBnE7n5ROsefPK55oMYloP8w3tFqfT/s4032/IMG_1944.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sOVss-g-tgDPgnpSg_LXkZxmU9oqq1C5PLEL5iMRv_Sl6WlGbm6fz_Kz6l1_HlFfziBwtD2rGqF4NkRvgqtdxRlxdXdNskbf6_S9BxRURT6AAQs2uQpwo5IRugJkTsM1mnc2hurjrPZT7kxHPLKrM8E_tiM9tcLBnE7n5ROsefPK55oMYloP8w3tFqfT/w640-h480/IMG_1944.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inside the Music Hall of Fame</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mOLaTCQ28AIRjpu6s_0E9hBVaNoKjty1ngtcMBmUU1dqWMxPl8rxsLOk5L8QBYGtjQ-ki6P8SaMMYRCNisTu4QonKQuZUOLYGEXGm_vrmVObBoE71l_6t2FMSw4OwsHqmxe6jDacpZQEBnA2OUJZlleiNE7EbF-pEu5vEWye9h3XQCy3YpLDZKbpsyqk/s4032/IMG_1948.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mOLaTCQ28AIRjpu6s_0E9hBVaNoKjty1ngtcMBmUU1dqWMxPl8rxsLOk5L8QBYGtjQ-ki6P8SaMMYRCNisTu4QonKQuZUOLYGEXGm_vrmVObBoE71l_6t2FMSw4OwsHqmxe6jDacpZQEBnA2OUJZlleiNE7EbF-pEu5vEWye9h3XQCy3YpLDZKbpsyqk/w480-h640/IMG_1948.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Leon Russell is definitely there</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxdI74Olu649B4AxRWX_l1gTs7LPSjCnlGTvyHCDO8UnH38LpfDIhJ8bpOVnzBAotsafUG7HDz-TmGOclzNEIXhLv4MQaeX_Ex5UJAd1mJ4HiUkp6ayX7F5OJz53qolOIHVfv7ZAyNVy00_OCfq9-GS0h5QProqcrdwJn0D0y7EMwJNrgu3-n6FVW6HiH/s4032/IMG_1949.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLQ-4EOBW-fAZxKj0V4I_AADaAZwA7V3Kjxm9T3z6ebqA9YBiSvWKAKEbnOjmT345PGSIWG1XDfF2ufDquj9pR5a8qyfNilNoAu31USULqHsgJd7pBGmDHUhu0APT48HsOAmCvTpkz-1MycVrGHRx4mZ9J-Y6ADUAp5TWOXZUjdhV-Xhwm_K-dWoqu6UJ/w640-h480/IMG_1956.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Outside view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiiur0f4-7W-X4lS5_0U3rYo1PXaQi8x9O77cv3dwnXEjVBJHD2yCI2Q5nhJuUPbzHwWnXlgGmoQ-Lc5Q9pLAz9XsHFhmBW9_GcAwn_EDDopbpcrcjtCwwBsvyk4FmbxgFir_x_oHwwnZQ4alBd-4mmkPxNMBdNboa-siSeL3mjg6af6odci48_WhRkLf/s4032/IMG_1958.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiiur0f4-7W-X4lS5_0U3rYo1PXaQi8x9O77cv3dwnXEjVBJHD2yCI2Q5nhJuUPbzHwWnXlgGmoQ-Lc5Q9pLAz9XsHFhmBW9_GcAwn_EDDopbpcrcjtCwwBsvyk4FmbxgFir_x_oHwwnZQ4alBd-4mmkPxNMBdNboa-siSeL3mjg6af6odci48_WhRkLf/w480-h640/IMG_1958.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Merle put Muskogee on the map</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I eventually find two Arkansas River access points, near the site of historic Fort Gibson. The first is at two side by side scenic old iron bridges, one in use railroad bridge and the other is an out of service road bridge. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Nearby I find a park along the river with beautiful shade trees, picnic tables and a scenic nature trail through the forest with side trails down to the river.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqwnysjR1F_A_Z2oZD3hvBaLlH_7qwfZd_pI6WW7EltgIHV2D3TwV6xyImyP5EP5qR7mwkvDHs3BZxEb3Nasw-Jw_rE_PwdZDWQdk__XQ0hUsqyulOWseQFP5N0XP48tOq4M6TxrCoWuj9vJfdgdFL8s85Ohr96i9UHstB_xPjpr2XofPS_r0i7-sSAbn/s6066/IMG_3302.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4044" data-original-width="6066" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqwnysjR1F_A_Z2oZD3hvBaLlH_7qwfZd_pI6WW7EltgIHV2D3TwV6xyImyP5EP5qR7mwkvDHs3BZxEb3Nasw-Jw_rE_PwdZDWQdk__XQ0hUsqyulOWseQFP5N0XP48tOq4M6TxrCoWuj9vJfdgdFL8s85Ohr96i9UHstB_xPjpr2XofPS_r0i7-sSAbn/w640-h426/IMG_3302.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The highway Bridge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwOvehk4cfUlP1nj0WnOVVAw7W8hWZZ2-AteEBo6rGtMv9EhpezAibNvTf3whWS0CnJU60AepxBmYGw6ber-lls41JPMUiGxSd_wI33pH3mXkXO_P-hyDa3axu3_SSMRTlUTPiK7D1hwUlwfFITxKrkoGILQIlLiQVVJYX6tRSIEOFUZ2YPhYqvqvhQxs/s6240/IMG_3303.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwOvehk4cfUlP1nj0WnOVVAw7W8hWZZ2-AteEBo6rGtMv9EhpezAibNvTf3whWS0CnJU60AepxBmYGw6ber-lls41JPMUiGxSd_wI33pH3mXkXO_P-hyDa3axu3_SSMRTlUTPiK7D1hwUlwfFITxKrkoGILQIlLiQVVJYX6tRSIEOFUZ2YPhYqvqvhQxs/w640-h426/IMG_3303.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Railroad Bridge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXy1Iqqh6sk51TOUFbDrNORWEIOjTAwhaXbXcHfX_daUeRqpsUBd58slh6Cm53L5Uhpr7MyYB4cGpj58PRqPbT4edhTbXriQ6c2024cQSwhC8SLwGqog_0EmmB-dZNTWIU6GhJp3rfcefiXfh4AaE8-aReEva5Fn7kyaaTibSJtqugGgVYT0LvASi55cn/s6240/IMG_3312.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXy1Iqqh6sk51TOUFbDrNORWEIOjTAwhaXbXcHfX_daUeRqpsUBd58slh6Cm53L5Uhpr7MyYB4cGpj58PRqPbT4edhTbXriQ6c2024cQSwhC8SLwGqog_0EmmB-dZNTWIU6GhJp3rfcefiXfh4AaE8-aReEva5Fn7kyaaTibSJtqugGgVYT0LvASi55cn/w640-h426/IMG_3312.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Arkansas River is a beauty</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykBeVUvl87JP3Ns5QXYsEbI5quSMIn2l7TsKeD_NZToqCR0GnpXetNsZ-gPLPHkCGxNDqxXfebSslRSAi78FlmOKeDQn86pzDsu6ll6F8TSQwoama4fAa2MuixatzDrUkT9FM-fUUxQJs-Js3oK4sBHei3xVG9qs1tsxAZsAqqZZnVfCVXBeIsCMw6z3m/s6240/IMG_3315.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6240" data-original-width="4160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykBeVUvl87JP3Ns5QXYsEbI5quSMIn2l7TsKeD_NZToqCR0GnpXetNsZ-gPLPHkCGxNDqxXfebSslRSAi78FlmOKeDQn86pzDsu6ll6F8TSQwoama4fAa2MuixatzDrUkT9FM-fUUxQJs-Js3oK4sBHei3xVG9qs1tsxAZsAqqZZnVfCVXBeIsCMw6z3m/w426-h640/IMG_3315.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I love to see these big trees !</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">It’s been a very hot day, Tucson hot, and back at Walmart I spend a very sweaty night in the van even though there is a decent breeze outside. I eventually just open the side door and crack the rear door slightly open to get some air flow.</span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I was thinking about going into Arkansas tomorrow, possibly to Fayetteville, but I’m kind of tired of the crowded crazy city scene. Instead, I'm heading north in Oklahoma taking a more route 66 route to Miami, Oklahoma. </p><div><br /></div><br /><br />Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-24577136336928102932023-06-30T09:38:00.005-07:002023-07-01T14:57:55.099-07:00<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Oklahoma City - Tulsa, OK</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">June 21 - 24, 2023:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Leave Oklahoma City in heavy going to work heavy traffic, sure don’t miss that, with my GPS putting me on Route 44 north which is a toll road, which I didn’t want to be on. So, I take the first exit about 20 miles down the road where I go into the town of Luther. There was an interesting looking cafe and I hadn’t had my coffee yet (thinking of my you tube friend Otis Gibbs), so I went in. I thought it would be sort of rough, but the owner was super friendly and it was nice inside with a good menu selection, so I went for a breakfast sandwich and it was great. I came to find out that they use only local, as much as possible, quality ingredients, I’m not that much of a foodie, but I was impressed. Luther is another one of those Rt 66 town built along the railroad that was quite a happening town in the day. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1hSl64338qbHAMHw9UqjZjHXwtHn6c6EeVKStf9pRA20g8yGoZ4nnQHnuHiPixjTaYyRd5HMADD2LOxmhRgqir3DrCTYusOZeUveCUJViFcaD-OezoDqVLMY2vvZ6Qhzu2_2Kfv0Ud1zjQvNjFvWXwULyNXqITDCYKFROicqqJw5EAE3Tz60hhjH3vbn/s4032/IMG_1380.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1hSl64338qbHAMHw9UqjZjHXwtHn6c6EeVKStf9pRA20g8yGoZ4nnQHnuHiPixjTaYyRd5HMADD2LOxmhRgqir3DrCTYusOZeUveCUJViFcaD-OezoDqVLMY2vvZ6Qhzu2_2Kfv0Ud1zjQvNjFvWXwULyNXqITDCYKFROicqqJw5EAE3Tz60hhjH3vbn/w640-h480/IMG_1380.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRorpJajzPbzNAbhlP0MIwC6JcGt6_Em3TTdzIMOe5FfsIV5WaqzSE6fb43Ea7Od0o1nRJFTEZ4grQcywn9qMfsL7wcOJj5oZPCR66H01kCpco53kv9QJtK7VlGczyfwzA9_VbFJOPlpH_1oC4IMsp_nPNg3Di208Q_hi-6X408gMPflzjo4gu2nOvMPo1/s4032/IMG_1379.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRorpJajzPbzNAbhlP0MIwC6JcGt6_Em3TTdzIMOe5FfsIV5WaqzSE6fb43Ea7Od0o1nRJFTEZ4grQcywn9qMfsL7wcOJj5oZPCR66H01kCpco53kv9QJtK7VlGczyfwzA9_VbFJOPlpH_1oC4IMsp_nPNg3Di208Q_hi-6X408gMPflzjo4gu2nOvMPo1/w640-h480/IMG_1379.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My expectations were low</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxBv_QjPAI9NnuZI6NaiG5kTY6bshMInMqc4SeDjVN1XCa5TFBuHo7KEJIseXHfOMPj3woX_FKtGjSm59epjiDHiirCr2lLPmF0jTnR1uzRoizy_bhNiqvjtuaX7U6caqENOcKTMaSC2qW8p0XE-o44anV5RcfearRDm-Gh-dqjUSw_yhz0cJks63q_9c/s4032/IMG_1384.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxBv_QjPAI9NnuZI6NaiG5kTY6bshMInMqc4SeDjVN1XCa5TFBuHo7KEJIseXHfOMPj3woX_FKtGjSm59epjiDHiirCr2lLPmF0jTnR1uzRoizy_bhNiqvjtuaX7U6caqENOcKTMaSC2qW8p0XE-o44anV5RcfearRDm-Gh-dqjUSw_yhz0cJks63q_9c/w640-h480/IMG_1384.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But the mural impressed me and inside was even better</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I next stop at Chandler, OK, another Rt 66 survivor with a main street paved with the original bricks that is protected as a historic landmark. The bricks were made locally and they were a profitable business back before they had asphalt. They had a few old buildings of note, several murals, especially one on the Land Run. This area was part of the “Land Run” where former Indian reservation land was opened to new settlers. On a specified date the land run started and it was then a mad dash to stake out a parcel of basically free land. As usual some cheated by sneaking in ahead of time and were called the “Sooners”.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUV9eqw8f8GyFQjUnq5Ryy3Q2xiWPFDOMKNxlDuBQ7SOvLSNY5R43_4_ui-itJvgt7zbtJb7sQsY4hqF-Wgdq5YA7ZvbL8-DfUv6W8Djta-g2KRQzLJBsrdCULoSf2DguPixMtW66zA-ez9htlrSoRUgffe7uieGuIwd8_JKKmV-CsDOTMH7YbRLJAI8t/s5329/0Q1A5973.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5329" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUV9eqw8f8GyFQjUnq5Ryy3Q2xiWPFDOMKNxlDuBQ7SOvLSNY5R43_4_ui-itJvgt7zbtJb7sQsY4hqF-Wgdq5YA7ZvbL8-DfUv6W8Djta-g2KRQzLJBsrdCULoSf2DguPixMtW66zA-ez9htlrSoRUgffe7uieGuIwd8_JKKmV-CsDOTMH7YbRLJAI8t/w640-h438/0Q1A5973.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I didn't really get why this brick road was that historic</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6wCgSLPqm8swyBgkBL5K7EmJVYub7VVQtjtOtiNx1f4NWTItrbEn17APHWQsXIF05mfVqQF6t2YS61ROIxwHmMogWPPJsc9xITFLUxr2t8sWqD5mkM0Wb09Yfpn4P5EAoeIxz9H8ZcLgQ7fJn5eK5EO3oAQTCGNxf4QriCJR30zPsRloZW2DKcHyg2V4/s5472/0Q1A5971.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6wCgSLPqm8swyBgkBL5K7EmJVYub7VVQtjtOtiNx1f4NWTItrbEn17APHWQsXIF05mfVqQF6t2YS61ROIxwHmMogWPPJsc9xITFLUxr2t8sWqD5mkM0Wb09Yfpn4P5EAoeIxz9H8ZcLgQ7fJn5eK5EO3oAQTCGNxf4QriCJR30zPsRloZW2DKcHyg2V4/w640-h426/0Q1A5971.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A mural reliving the glory days</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDcTYj4quEL21CUvA8MvArb88bFRRFCWH7FwnctRS285uvpv6LH7aDpe7OPNpoKnxXPNRKYz1Z1I7S2ANyte1hPy5d2gN5TGfgyn_u0tqCQQwRBxPyFm-mr2Kp_8SuuR__u6EvRU91KrHmS_D26jaiMFj79B4J6duCU5lgkN9WO0EWe6bka2L0RLGLDha/s4423/0Q1A5978.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3315" data-original-width="4423" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDcTYj4quEL21CUvA8MvArb88bFRRFCWH7FwnctRS285uvpv6LH7aDpe7OPNpoKnxXPNRKYz1Z1I7S2ANyte1hPy5d2gN5TGfgyn_u0tqCQQwRBxPyFm-mr2Kp_8SuuR__u6EvRU91KrHmS_D26jaiMFj79B4J6duCU5lgkN9WO0EWe6bka2L0RLGLDha/w640-h480/0Q1A5978.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Land Run</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsG8bVSTahjdnyPKdFTls3393mZclHqUHV8ergm7Zqw5Jwfxkhn51B_MtBUwUqUL8nPt9y3DE1Y10J_DJQz8cC6TkHMvzbfRTW8Gwzwap7fj9Ba_bC5QNEmHe7LvZm-P0KvspNZuvze4nI4qJJANTfXvLRoIHu3gUqNLUUdiKIZsqCXrD2KYNCSORk7Z0/s5317/0Q1A5979.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3545" data-original-width="5317" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxsG8bVSTahjdnyPKdFTls3393mZclHqUHV8ergm7Zqw5Jwfxkhn51B_MtBUwUqUL8nPt9y3DE1Y10J_DJQz8cC6TkHMvzbfRTW8Gwzwap7fj9Ba_bC5QNEmHe7LvZm-P0KvspNZuvze4nI4qJJANTfXvLRoIHu3gUqNLUUdiKIZsqCXrD2KYNCSORk7Z0/w640-h426/0Q1A5979.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">No money at the Farmers Bank these days</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZsZYmaXx7mFdb-Hr14BTer3pvAGV4dSewG7a-Lnz3nQPeRJnTshSrzvn7juYlVe7Yk4gryIV9pbYTT33y5vB09S2tWT6sXiBcHz8xYrBYPlaOHo2bRvqwClDCqBlBZqyDDIonfDhHz8f5F-UDK61M_e68CYpBzK2Pgoy9nnhg5SFPUffbA-f-Dk3iPvw/s5239/0Q1A5981.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3493" data-original-width="5239" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZsZYmaXx7mFdb-Hr14BTer3pvAGV4dSewG7a-Lnz3nQPeRJnTshSrzvn7juYlVe7Yk4gryIV9pbYTT33y5vB09S2tWT6sXiBcHz8xYrBYPlaOHo2bRvqwClDCqBlBZqyDDIonfDhHz8f5F-UDK61M_e68CYpBzK2Pgoy9nnhg5SFPUffbA-f-Dk3iPvw/w640-h426/0Q1A5981.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Make America Great Again?<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Next was a stop in Stroud, OK, (actually Stoud followed Chandler but I'm not changing it now) a larger town also on route 66 with much to see, but I had to hurry as darkening clouds were fast approaching and within a few minutes it was pouring rain. Luckily, it was just rain, no hail or super high winds like did occur here a few days ago.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8OSQyWc8wg_zVwQbJSsFZyg1_nxpSMm7hH-TQEeP9PgwWQxnsSbu7q5iaa9IiBjjU4xnOSFUbUpnSHlC_cMiCGtop54LOi0vVtFeMvGS0MBgmYwk9IkVyL57esPRFKpKd2S-ahCuBJsKsbuPbZ8JoRy2_aTdM-GGm5I7CoyZNONcRm6hWkM2u4_6p7l72/s5347/0Q1A5964.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3565" data-original-width="5347" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8OSQyWc8wg_zVwQbJSsFZyg1_nxpSMm7hH-TQEeP9PgwWQxnsSbu7q5iaa9IiBjjU4xnOSFUbUpnSHlC_cMiCGtop54LOi0vVtFeMvGS0MBgmYwk9IkVyL57esPRFKpKd2S-ahCuBJsKsbuPbZ8JoRy2_aTdM-GGm5I7CoyZNONcRm6hWkM2u4_6p7l72/w640-h426/0Q1A5964.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This Hotel was once bustling with activity</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcTw8izsKNguLenbqr3WIIrm6GW9HCGsrWGfSQ9gziXcNmfoxdhIBR0UhzJNA9CV1cdApxSxGl729hwDCgwXCLr9t7Scz3jNH3GtS86kGoHVDuzoh9FSB9V36r31tIKpNmdIF5HV66IakPSkCrCZSz7R9TNXym6Lxkf_dUeF_WxTGxY2cKeUDihfugC8q/s5472/0Q1A5986.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcTw8izsKNguLenbqr3WIIrm6GW9HCGsrWGfSQ9gziXcNmfoxdhIBR0UhzJNA9CV1cdApxSxGl729hwDCgwXCLr9t7Scz3jNH3GtS86kGoHVDuzoh9FSB9V36r31tIKpNmdIF5HV66IakPSkCrCZSz7R9TNXym6Lxkf_dUeF_WxTGxY2cKeUDihfugC8q/w640-h426/0Q1A5986.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When these people walked the streets</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqfxaruLcqZuM1aVYYem9uKGdI3_mV4FzRPvitufnLokp2UzdpNOD6nS39O6CuC5We2KlYJhGsxEOW-UJHGCt8qrylu7LbUgPC0kwyqzGW2KPStXE3swFETdnVYM6d8EZ7iwkk8Ebxa7eUksGqpystVSSb6iLQ_gnpNQN66xFo0-8U94YlSRULrSTWo7H/s5342/0Q1A5987.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3561" data-original-width="5342" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqfxaruLcqZuM1aVYYem9uKGdI3_mV4FzRPvitufnLokp2UzdpNOD6nS39O6CuC5We2KlYJhGsxEOW-UJHGCt8qrylu7LbUgPC0kwyqzGW2KPStXE3swFETdnVYM6d8EZ7iwkk8Ebxa7eUksGqpystVSSb6iLQ_gnpNQN66xFo0-8U94YlSRULrSTWo7H/w640-h426/0Q1A5987.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The big business in town these days</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9JAxxtEexbl6VgdEMVHUrqKd6PbbVjXCR6-0ZTCxuOiI9bbY1IE6fOdrJXnR8rXeaa3Wo0uw2e-uAYocWhD2eERLvnxHgLQD_zJesZKStGKsch7gW2lHp8PlkIEx9N7qlOJ84y65pxggLosS-DeBZ29ljmNHiKVLfHLZyf1hmomeBzid1YG6Isk-tpNl/s4962/0Q1A5988.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4962" data-original-width="3308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9JAxxtEexbl6VgdEMVHUrqKd6PbbVjXCR6-0ZTCxuOiI9bbY1IE6fOdrJXnR8rXeaa3Wo0uw2e-uAYocWhD2eERLvnxHgLQD_zJesZKStGKsch7gW2lHp8PlkIEx9N7qlOJ84y65pxggLosS-DeBZ29ljmNHiKVLfHLZyf1hmomeBzid1YG6Isk-tpNl/w426-h640/0Q1A5988.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Loved the ATM sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Next stop was Bristow, Oklahoma</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkZQ3p0KdHVdfxgvpjvN5aF2J9H5oeKEUArdZEyZPOTcRLSE2LIrz-4EZPNSqxyiundZcsQYXjhOY5_fy3son4ZCc-s8frA0_ruXZN9lZpX1c-3GGZhy_xEXB5u4RJY1WNL4C31WhTLeeumCbA34gKPc9UdW2F46dPi5tDwxR2QWXys819JsCRCkAaWtc/s5472/0Q1A6003.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkZQ3p0KdHVdfxgvpjvN5aF2J9H5oeKEUArdZEyZPOTcRLSE2LIrz-4EZPNSqxyiundZcsQYXjhOY5_fy3son4ZCc-s8frA0_ruXZN9lZpX1c-3GGZhy_xEXB5u4RJY1WNL4C31WhTLeeumCbA34gKPc9UdW2F46dPi5tDwxR2QWXys819JsCRCkAaWtc/w640-h426/0Q1A6003.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very interesting project, could be very cool ?<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3564" data-original-width="5346" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBBhNFDmzRUM2vXjMRs7oqDgnHFm-2_nkCelX76IUoK6b-Rciwd94wZNovm62tY4Saqat2z9S1JCuWxwoxH640stpvXTPHoPP5j2MVbIrZvZOZtWZFmj_xvF5RRR5-vVt736yDbyW4ic7wG07ZJ5Hx9qiJfLKd7Qu1JdRQkoIk-Q1DPMjrIwKG8zDj7v-/w640-h426/0Q1A6004.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's happening here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBBhNFDmzRUM2vXjMRs7oqDgnHFm-2_nkCelX76IUoK6b-Rciwd94wZNovm62tY4Saqat2z9S1JCuWxwoxH640stpvXTPHoPP5j2MVbIrZvZOZtWZFmj_xvF5RRR5-vVt736yDbyW4ic7wG07ZJ5Hx9qiJfLKd7Qu1JdRQkoIk-Q1DPMjrIwKG8zDj7v-/s5346/0Q1A6004.jpg"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><div><br /></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdgmKIjbbVm2E_k2PGkMN_SVw7pPexhf9dWOGGSuzxXUSOAPo52hgCLp3Puq0FcbMcJziJalUUG1nBauOc41i08GfqCqjgc6eyWSBQrv7a-Lo5vIrTtbXaGLp3C8Mh8ZoZ0XO1IRn9y24k6gTWFi6SVw4Hcmggr9DBkWh5d6GDL8RzTis-aXbfwaSSKSj/s5397/0Q1A6000.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3598" data-original-width="5397" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdgmKIjbbVm2E_k2PGkMN_SVw7pPexhf9dWOGGSuzxXUSOAPo52hgCLp3Puq0FcbMcJziJalUUG1nBauOc41i08GfqCqjgc6eyWSBQrv7a-Lo5vIrTtbXaGLp3C8Mh8ZoZ0XO1IRn9y24k6gTWFi6SVw4Hcmggr9DBkWh5d6GDL8RzTis-aXbfwaSSKSj/w640-h426/0Q1A6000.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You gotta love half price burgers<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIoZM_JH_eoag0BCUrwxRSpQFOqChkfqXIm0VYLlDBM_nzOxGhCnP_4Qh_OeZYW8YSnY8JvwJZRMzKgPlqtOd1sdt3wi3GOPgYajfutShANO9QfK-OuoVn82B7oIcFjROE51UMBzACCW11gFMkzLQGfgj9Z1x9KHuXWnX0ImEzct7NUQmgcGL2TMHVZ8H/s5472/0Q1A5998.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIoZM_JH_eoag0BCUrwxRSpQFOqChkfqXIm0VYLlDBM_nzOxGhCnP_4Qh_OeZYW8YSnY8JvwJZRMzKgPlqtOd1sdt3wi3GOPgYajfutShANO9QfK-OuoVn82B7oIcFjROE51UMBzACCW11gFMkzLQGfgj9Z1x9KHuXWnX0ImEzct7NUQmgcGL2TMHVZ8H/w640-h426/0Q1A5998.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chrysler - Plymouth dealership sign was impressive </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn88h-yU7ukGwP3shNRUhEHXfniyTHkm8nwwRGOEumzR6PGTcuFD5jcJ7auhpHx2p99oB5FywtuyZxl2TebLBMtXn6Y57Xg85bIJhFUt0c8tWcQmIs77cb8MrX63BL4ncTwFphXDDeYBt9KkcN3FPhVnwXaw2P1JwN-XJMlq-9MTUq3bkmm2LNJtjtWYS2/s5472/0Q1A6012.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn88h-yU7ukGwP3shNRUhEHXfniyTHkm8nwwRGOEumzR6PGTcuFD5jcJ7auhpHx2p99oB5FywtuyZxl2TebLBMtXn6Y57Xg85bIJhFUt0c8tWcQmIs77cb8MrX63BL4ncTwFphXDDeYBt9KkcN3FPhVnwXaw2P1JwN-XJMlq-9MTUq3bkmm2LNJtjtWYS2/w640-h426/0Q1A6012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Bristow train depot is now a museum</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I then arrive at Sapulpa, OK a larger town with a vibrant downtown and many original buildings being renovated, that’s what I like to see. The Sapulpa Museum there looks excellent, may have to return later ?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqvEXkTLBFYog7yCxJlpXOrNBb0MAWSsPTM3jOX4orv3qHm-e9nd7cTd6yYYte0n3Wi6-skeKwXDitSn8_jQV1cwordbJrAHlgLf37PFWAAAwTxOeUJMtHM3m8Ylr5omQvXIa2mKGhoaer8tlHDSKKv0PkRNMBj79jf_yTwYGzl-9R0oRF3p5P1SVqHEw/s5326/0Q1A6026.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5326" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqvEXkTLBFYog7yCxJlpXOrNBb0MAWSsPTM3jOX4orv3qHm-e9nd7cTd6yYYte0n3Wi6-skeKwXDitSn8_jQV1cwordbJrAHlgLf37PFWAAAwTxOeUJMtHM3m8Ylr5omQvXIa2mKGhoaer8tlHDSKKv0PkRNMBj79jf_yTwYGzl-9R0oRF3p5P1SVqHEw/w640-h438/0Q1A6026.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A nice clean downtown</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeI7mKfDT4l12qkQFIMaG-fIymxAVkXuJ3DdK3232QhTc4xSE8t3tUKghGWCvSw2osfFfVAtXACH4w6sy_FVXVzURw-XPfpvsD5lIY9ZcHzXzxrB9z75yFbjUvCqMv0HZq5TKNXunUOK9H6OkbYFObMMm3f1tDrF5wRcryx_z4A9S9V18T9IktE0_G0aSO/s4032/IMG_1399.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeI7mKfDT4l12qkQFIMaG-fIymxAVkXuJ3DdK3232QhTc4xSE8t3tUKghGWCvSw2osfFfVAtXACH4w6sy_FVXVzURw-XPfpvsD5lIY9ZcHzXzxrB9z75yFbjUvCqMv0HZq5TKNXunUOK9H6OkbYFObMMm3f1tDrF5wRcryx_z4A9S9V18T9IktE0_G0aSO/w640-h480/IMG_1399.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHfrJpVBB3A74P0UbSDFH28jkcW9bU8RG46F62qoiRnFQzuXYRDHbVQC2TvCulLxKThWxwU6mVY6MTHYTKgN52ISq2Q60bUXsvBlGzl7Gslw6BZOWa_u_YGsQ-z9Q-Kp3N4jukLjO8Bbv71Q0wMfsCxphZmQ-tvlZoPF-im4ybdLvwbK_NgYC9RdgEHNb/s4032/IMG_1400.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHfrJpVBB3A74P0UbSDFH28jkcW9bU8RG46F62qoiRnFQzuXYRDHbVQC2TvCulLxKThWxwU6mVY6MTHYTKgN52ISq2Q60bUXsvBlGzl7Gslw6BZOWa_u_YGsQ-z9Q-Kp3N4jukLjO8Bbv71Q0wMfsCxphZmQ-tvlZoPF-im4ybdLvwbK_NgYC9RdgEHNb/w640-h480/IMG_1400.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Route 66 mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYIH8X1V89rblMtBpgFP-Ysmmc9JzljpmBTGP_ycrUMSOmv0N15oWUVSeWd213LxAGr-7ZxqLzpjGtihP59aiH0mKODRWP_JaMyLwk3-R1G4ulLV6lHvziJQDP3Lox9NLKtfhHV4-EejuC3Eaq3XPmwRNBNzl2l6MKzlrAHE2n5NzgRdCgpgz1oDrDkMd/s3856/IMG_1402.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2892" data-original-width="3856" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYIH8X1V89rblMtBpgFP-Ysmmc9JzljpmBTGP_ycrUMSOmv0N15oWUVSeWd213LxAGr-7ZxqLzpjGtihP59aiH0mKODRWP_JaMyLwk3-R1G4ulLV6lHvziJQDP3Lox9NLKtfhHV4-EejuC3Eaq3XPmwRNBNzl2l6MKzlrAHE2n5NzgRdCgpgz1oDrDkMd/w640-h480/IMG_1402.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Restored gas station</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHCnF40nGGDaUEVzl7bEDLbLakXirJGqHETj763kSUL-vb97fBHIAWOBBmfJpiBLlRjjRcsSe3Gt4uNiWRHk1716u5VWJvTNo628QskfwHR1tu3JTUHQsblpaf-OPN5s6FwQd0VBKZGKvIL4muz1bgUOtK4Oir6mxejZLfj2sYKXYG5y9tjr0LrUZZ5TF/s5219/0Q1A6023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3479" data-original-width="5219" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHCnF40nGGDaUEVzl7bEDLbLakXirJGqHETj763kSUL-vb97fBHIAWOBBmfJpiBLlRjjRcsSe3Gt4uNiWRHk1716u5VWJvTNo628QskfwHR1tu3JTUHQsblpaf-OPN5s6FwQd0VBKZGKvIL4muz1bgUOtK4Oir6mxejZLfj2sYKXYG5y9tjr0LrUZZ5TF/w640-h426/0Q1A6023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I need some of this </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFKuRVIvDMa9EmbtHJZb8lxl4SXV-Ex-RIw4J4aBHAe-r6tPlfWR1ggIHUW1zWfxlNJGAe3yI0BdOfrcZF0jm0GNrWEBexh_Fe6zIbmdBvx8dyikDwVh34ZNpCYkpPDXSMsbeA6Wovtf7adAYSxwPUkpHQa0B3TzAUAFN26TOiUH4Vd-teI88jhsxIisG/s5472/0Q1A6036.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFKuRVIvDMa9EmbtHJZb8lxl4SXV-Ex-RIw4J4aBHAe-r6tPlfWR1ggIHUW1zWfxlNJGAe3yI0BdOfrcZF0jm0GNrWEBexh_Fe6zIbmdBvx8dyikDwVh34ZNpCYkpPDXSMsbeA6Wovtf7adAYSxwPUkpHQa0B3TzAUAFN26TOiUH4Vd-teI88jhsxIisG/w640-h426/0Q1A6036.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many drug stores here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0R6rbFFVcVSVnrvAA5KMdRfrJ7GcoYxIFyepZDt6Q6JOc0CONurnhqWRsjomO5fVeGBVH1Lt7Y1Y1u66PKrUTTzlQNdqrpnUHzyZhUXGQ9dS1ydNEK9w3S2Mz0gm-GP6FGQiMTIo2TXtwk57VQ3iPcY2PtfcvpottHq7gQ0Y7bnFZJtXw5qLY5LURPmS/s5260/0Q1A6046.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3507" data-original-width="5260" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0R6rbFFVcVSVnrvAA5KMdRfrJ7GcoYxIFyepZDt6Q6JOc0CONurnhqWRsjomO5fVeGBVH1Lt7Y1Y1u66PKrUTTzlQNdqrpnUHzyZhUXGQ9dS1ydNEK9w3S2Mz0gm-GP6FGQiMTIo2TXtwk57VQ3iPcY2PtfcvpottHq7gQ0Y7bnFZJtXw5qLY5LURPmS/w640-h426/0Q1A6046.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Visit the dispensary and then get your kicks on route 66</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I continue on route 66, probably a mistake as there was much road construction, and it needs it. This area was heavily damaged a few days ago by storm winds estimated to be 125 MPH. Many huge old trees came down, along with electric lines causing wide spread power outages. This continues into many areas of Tulsa, many neighborhoods are still without power and crews are working everywhere to restore the power grid.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGX9VLFmHE11B592EkV8EyIF-H9BZkv8JgaqG1vhH0yz_ubBsEofhvukoOjZsChcV5f_H6upSc3i9tX5gQXo3rIJw5yViVjo6OsPnO0IKfLLvMqHTEzLMvaR4pIGqRZEkO3VRx2eGKn9PdIrcQw04TjX2ugO8iblYFrWQap7pfNTrjyMzxq-TRFVWfJnjs/s5472/0Q1A6047.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGX9VLFmHE11B592EkV8EyIF-H9BZkv8JgaqG1vhH0yz_ubBsEofhvukoOjZsChcV5f_H6upSc3i9tX5gQXo3rIJw5yViVjo6OsPnO0IKfLLvMqHTEzLMvaR4pIGqRZEkO3VRx2eGKn9PdIrcQw04TjX2ugO8iblYFrWQap7pfNTrjyMzxq-TRFVWfJnjs/w640-h426/0Q1A6047.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A great sign along the road</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Driving into Tulsa, I see lots of homeless people, no surprise, and I park across from the Woody Guthrie Museum to walk around and explore the area. There are many restaurants and businesses closed due to power outages. I end up having hot soup in the hot van, not so apetizing. They call this area the Entertainment District as there are many restaurants and bars and a popular minor league baseball field. There is also the historic Cains Dance Hall, that is approaching 100 years old, many of the country greats have played there as evidenced by the stars in the sidewalk.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vTjNAz6dBcdesInURuS37QS_e32VOxv0m_7pEVBwmAvKVl7Ag9nvOS22TvVfemvby34RtYxxpDmmaVcdY2Nxd4xafqocX5DCncKHtiKowwMGLB9hqLjWor7EX5aXxP4O1KjURI_29-KuNWF-QMZG6l61XRMve-1o76nMdl_zodhcLe5giqlpakpluFar/s4032/IMG_1412.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdV63bLBwPFF1vJAmiUhN1N7dbR4JwHCCqEv2tpqYENfakVv6zRdZzHFzKF8IzuWautprU6YXlU2PLJkr8f3NNHMWVgLcIWIxSFTzemqo1K8y9kFcENzQ5cM6038jU5sHS0Uz4yGK6nho1CmVy_dcGvSIgeO4Ig1cRW0i948ckmZ1xGP7bf2h1cOkXZfv/w640-h480/IMG_1605.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On Saturday night they had a music event and a fireworks show</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rO4VgVwT0MVhyTsATBj10hqbVDstQXTw8Muq8bDiweGcn6jIispxtGjeuPyg8W0elx2erM-ve6lTY7eCkKSdyYA2CMQaA-V7p7fNri_CTfP6QCsma7d7PA7oPG0KGKpPxBdqqswtKBn9tk_ffEKXuoaG1Mia3KY-73qDZqoikO37cgmqWiW37kVdURHo/s5472/0Q1A6048.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rO4VgVwT0MVhyTsATBj10hqbVDstQXTw8Muq8bDiweGcn6jIispxtGjeuPyg8W0elx2erM-ve6lTY7eCkKSdyYA2CMQaA-V7p7fNri_CTfP6QCsma7d7PA7oPG0KGKpPxBdqqswtKBn9tk_ffEKXuoaG1Mia3KY-73qDZqoikO37cgmqWiW37kVdURHo/w640-h426/0Q1A6048.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Woody Guthrie Museum</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34X_HJaphsJcEA3p8T6uHJmls1i_g1KYqsV7QZOd04T42eURfGENAegFFyDdbKobkMYfYaYOpXoQQkI6-q_QYaY7S_vumjTKdd5UzzDkVQy3ny4eFmV6eyIPxmMjiQoCUK0NbgNW9jRp4MSS88loPytLsK6NVF0j-u18t2FLGjL-M3sEYFNi6kZhTQh_J/s5472/0Q1A6050.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34X_HJaphsJcEA3p8T6uHJmls1i_g1KYqsV7QZOd04T42eURfGENAegFFyDdbKobkMYfYaYOpXoQQkI6-q_QYaY7S_vumjTKdd5UzzDkVQy3ny4eFmV6eyIPxmMjiQoCUK0NbgNW9jRp4MSS88loPytLsK6NVF0j-u18t2FLGjL-M3sEYFNi6kZhTQh_J/w640-h426/0Q1A6050.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Looks to be a mural for the homeless</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCRfj8RvicRE0QRowvdwtMGM4Rrgg48aG4dH_5BBson0ye3qjAcRI4Vi9XK8VCgxlKoX-bp0c7DqSx-eL-s8fdkd-76Z3h_kE5KLtHw6RgaWzQA_dM9Gp6S0mIlx7Jbqkeh0DM6pAu70VgNPHaMbV-37kwmWklSpD4ekLLRX5flMKfivTNDm0o-ryQ7SK/s5472/0Q1A6055.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCRfj8RvicRE0QRowvdwtMGM4Rrgg48aG4dH_5BBson0ye3qjAcRI4Vi9XK8VCgxlKoX-bp0c7DqSx-eL-s8fdkd-76Z3h_kE5KLtHw6RgaWzQA_dM9Gp6S0mIlx7Jbqkeh0DM6pAu70VgNPHaMbV-37kwmWklSpD4ekLLRX5flMKfivTNDm0o-ryQ7SK/w640-h426/0Q1A6055.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Bob Dylan Museum, Woody Guthrie Museum is in the same building<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">In the evening, I drive a short distance to the The Blue Dome District which gets its name from an old stone gas station with a blue roof that still exists on its original site. My initial impression of this area is not so good, it looks rather seedy, downright sleazy in fact, especially with the mega sex shop right in the center. I go into Red’s bar which is more like a pool hall with karaoke on this night, it’s rather lame with only one person participating or even paying attention. I leave and find a relatively safe looking spot for the night across from a Main Street Hotel in the Center City area. </span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDf5iOxLiETlDU5Rqlw2D9ZhuGwYxflfaat3xGs9HogFrdjhjoZY0IprhcWJcV000-Eoq4IOzEnJRv93gY2CK3cjAKffhNyXwio4bm0SLz0vRox3xxKZw10vlafXiJBaFRck1D25yeWJVo1u_1kPSKEZ7k-046eLltKBJO4452PhkZ7yDTvmI2lhBzSP2/s3974/IMG_1599.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3974" data-original-width="2980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDf5iOxLiETlDU5Rqlw2D9ZhuGwYxflfaat3xGs9HogFrdjhjoZY0IprhcWJcV000-Eoq4IOzEnJRv93gY2CK3cjAKffhNyXwio4bm0SLz0vRox3xxKZw10vlafXiJBaFRck1D25yeWJVo1u_1kPSKEZ7k-046eLltKBJO4452PhkZ7yDTvmI2lhBzSP2/w480-h640/IMG_1599.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Red's Bar corner</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCvWTz7fsTYucAQUHXE6mTNSPeneIo1EV0ODgPHR1ty-bqfk95byRHsq9potIpLgokP_d9awg87cxHm2nkLhEqPbXRuzkI2auAFH5qg7rcsYfTXEizIaTrc190Jla0uDawG9m5XtMb4j40Ltu0ULXHWi2wDgvWftF53wBW2nDaLNL9a6y0oeeMxHwbQo3/s4032/IMG_1601.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCvWTz7fsTYucAQUHXE6mTNSPeneIo1EV0ODgPHR1ty-bqfk95byRHsq9potIpLgokP_d9awg87cxHm2nkLhEqPbXRuzkI2auAFH5qg7rcsYfTXEizIaTrc190Jla0uDawG9m5XtMb4j40Ltu0ULXHWi2wDgvWftF53wBW2nDaLNL9a6y0oeeMxHwbQo3/w480-h640/IMG_1601.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That was a good way to put it ?</span><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I find the driving in Tulsa to be crazy?, it’s a combination of one and two way streets with a mix of four way stops, two way stops and random traffic lights further complicated presently by many areas where the traffic lights are not working due to recent storm. Also, you have to pay for parking virtually everywhere and some of the parking seems to be in lanes that were once the original right lane, now converted to parking spaces. Also due to the power outages, many businesses and restaurants you are trying to find are closed when you get there.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the morning, I go the the Woody Guthrie Museum and spend about three hours there. You get Woody Guthrie’s life story here, with lots of interactive audio stations accompanied with photos and videos. The man was somewhat of a genius who lived an incredible full life as an artist, a musician, an author and an activist. His last years were sad as he contracted Huntington's Disease and was confined to a hospital in New Jersey. It seems that his wife did much to save his artifacts along with other existing Guthrie family members and everything is now archived here at this Museum. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Guthrie">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Guthrie</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpc2NdFYyNntixY3OQAnG4NsmOARNYomYiKCtbo-2CbMlg7RG8V2UKDuViwqRbBh6RUlBECoZsCZGOpuuTnl4_LNZN6PujNZ58Xyb19ISU4E6hG8n2Uz8OrmsMgGatIcnLyMTDegX-8jgsl7rFYAL_0Ym2vUmDn_aGjuy2BEoAJpuBi68UKavIZZXNfaZ5/s2832/IMG_1422.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2832" data-original-width="2607" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpc2NdFYyNntixY3OQAnG4NsmOARNYomYiKCtbo-2CbMlg7RG8V2UKDuViwqRbBh6RUlBECoZsCZGOpuuTnl4_LNZN6PujNZ58Xyb19ISU4E6hG8n2Uz8OrmsMgGatIcnLyMTDegX-8jgsl7rFYAL_0Ym2vUmDn_aGjuy2BEoAJpuBi68UKavIZZXNfaZ5/w590-h640/IMG_1422.jpeg" width="590" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She was quite amazing, maybe a saint, I'm sure he was difficult</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFxMpYLhq4hiakKZixVTBHx77ejrTSn1zT1fgVSyWwmRwHGpA3OfJMMqMtrHxUg047E9r7K4c973kfNx5wr7JDOip4pmKqCxjHHuEhflYu5LWkJJHi9Mbv08Wml7FUgb4WBuPsZvdL_KA-U2ERoDxKAE0dBM0wX37BM4GnrvMvDVCoO1iNJTj1-v6AnxxV/s2239/IMG_1434.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1954" data-original-width="2239" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFxMpYLhq4hiakKZixVTBHx77ejrTSn1zT1fgVSyWwmRwHGpA3OfJMMqMtrHxUg047E9r7K4c973kfNx5wr7JDOip4pmKqCxjHHuEhflYu5LWkJJHi9Mbv08Wml7FUgb4WBuPsZvdL_KA-U2ERoDxKAE0dBM0wX37BM4GnrvMvDVCoO1iNJTj1-v6AnxxV/w640-h558/IMG_1434.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0x69UyNOlNcnKL_oNYoRGiXwJwz3r9nQavbSOlxftqjpWS6EZLwNhdTdVzgCZ1wCFFidqX4-GrgfzcrJemp1QBFxKDnjDKKaha2LbtNI81J-vlwVfnVSqGCLUwmYvXmIh7LDpOc5AFGu5O-DB_N4cykLgLNhDsQpChVyM4ApuJrntCFerLpfvAYTscYE/s3404/IMG_1436.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2085" data-original-width="3404" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0x69UyNOlNcnKL_oNYoRGiXwJwz3r9nQavbSOlxftqjpWS6EZLwNhdTdVzgCZ1wCFFidqX4-GrgfzcrJemp1QBFxKDnjDKKaha2LbtNI81J-vlwVfnVSqGCLUwmYvXmIh7LDpOc5AFGu5O-DB_N4cykLgLNhDsQpChVyM4ApuJrntCFerLpfvAYTscYE/w640-h392/IMG_1436.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tis was like his self help manual when he became over stressed</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_9gMECeaGoW8-XNGmmFECMHEp7XQPP_5SBrBG_1YZq34xOY2ki7gLtfaxO5MZ4Qhhpk3hD7QIfajKXIiceHfXqiT2PAFoQr4GsCcISLBac2vR826b_5Y51HzMrUXFnBDZYPil3RdOplHTrMVWsirIb7cJc31wDbBkFzYwIJwe2ie0RCL1rW7Ppzqo_d7/s4032/IMG_1443.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_9gMECeaGoW8-XNGmmFECMHEp7XQPP_5SBrBG_1YZq34xOY2ki7gLtfaxO5MZ4Qhhpk3hD7QIfajKXIiceHfXqiT2PAFoQr4GsCcISLBac2vR826b_5Y51HzMrUXFnBDZYPil3RdOplHTrMVWsirIb7cJc31wDbBkFzYwIJwe2ie0RCL1rW7Ppzqo_d7/w640-h480/IMG_1443.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wonder what he would say about Donald ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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You would need a couple of full days to read, watch and listen to all that is on display here. It a state of the art museum where you have a iPhone like hand controller and a video headset and can watch / listen to video and audio panels throughout the museum.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5smCP482FO6uoDcs7J_Flta8ex31q1-zcZNLY2NeghpY9DFvrJd_aKzWYs1S0qiDr2CDIi-1KMP-xRG3Mr9B1ibThIPL2O480lqKFk03CbRErRQ2p5t5GQH5SihfDzhiXqadzNZAjEKBVFiU6xZRSVSdtNgNU33oQnQqc2YPPPTjIJTSxJw4XnmM4B5Ux/s4032/IMG_1480.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3091" data-original-width="2661" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpelmDT5u8Xo3QfOWoLGJ4qhVvzxF6GAD4dZznO0sllrr3AFXS1kvBwwzujY08-f4mwV9W2ucmT_MlSvWm33pytGr5vsSw6JvUmVebG7LsL_iRgUxR_HhHYeGxOq-TvNueIQ2WLf-Jx4_CMEsXO7kpS6JFp2deWEo_oKefovktd3N5agb5npwUpz4bpkMZ/w550-h640/IMG_1497.jpeg" width="550" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Like Woody Guthrie Dylan did a lot of writing</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThGLJh6MZyZsxTloEQyQfN4xpvcK8e3Ie0w5ij09HU2h899lKczA3bH3Lj1t61AEWlNma8iMewp3hHAAR5yyPYBtxSI8jwJWACwukavkZdhZU5iRdpQkia7qriAvKN0uJ_7CgjRqh_RC9ITwmDGW-WkokOvVU9apJwUmcwpLeGuQzVOzXZllXiu8gppmh/s3210/IMG_1498.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2739" data-original-width="3210" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThGLJh6MZyZsxTloEQyQfN4xpvcK8e3Ie0w5ij09HU2h899lKczA3bH3Lj1t61AEWlNma8iMewp3hHAAR5yyPYBtxSI8jwJWACwukavkZdhZU5iRdpQkia7qriAvKN0uJ_7CgjRqh_RC9ITwmDGW-WkokOvVU9apJwUmcwpLeGuQzVOzXZllXiu8gppmh/w640-h546/IMG_1498.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifn-NwE7Q-wgcKbzNmMj3tWD89kIb0AisXrmtRPOKOz4lApCm4Gy0nbsUeWGO4ETyJlXf_X17Gy0Kop5rzk22CKmWP3jbDu-jz97XsXlVtMKlFN7NiZlw3Skggyttfva-ygod4GJtk5YJ8rXYB6qfK_jgP6bm9sneRKG7PrgjcR-G6VP5ZHv9KKzjFXWqo/s2943/IMG_1500.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2253" data-original-width="2943" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifn-NwE7Q-wgcKbzNmMj3tWD89kIb0AisXrmtRPOKOz4lApCm4Gy0nbsUeWGO4ETyJlXf_X17Gy0Kop5rzk22CKmWP3jbDu-jz97XsXlVtMKlFN7NiZlw3Skggyttfva-ygod4GJtk5YJ8rXYB6qfK_jgP6bm9sneRKG7PrgjcR-G6VP5ZHv9KKzjFXWqo/w640-h490/IMG_1500.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also used many notebooks filled with tiny notes and scribbles</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDVmdGHvMgwUnXEKTRl8FHFUEHVcEYE49Rr05izYPHbqibBMXrBwEjwxPLabwbaX4N_9HEoz5Zozy3cQ_odLQFPsIz7QmdopMsVEm4Ikfzp2ksWbaBRgB5h5rdL9R-dej4Tg4RZ17ZOlLifhBMN-FkOq7GAU4Int_NeWX00-weG6kzyHyqSJfb1Wlp0NI/s3910/IMG_1512.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2932" data-original-width="3910" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDVmdGHvMgwUnXEKTRl8FHFUEHVcEYE49Rr05izYPHbqibBMXrBwEjwxPLabwbaX4N_9HEoz5Zozy3cQ_odLQFPsIz7QmdopMsVEm4Ikfzp2ksWbaBRgB5h5rdL9R-dej4Tg4RZ17ZOlLifhBMN-FkOq7GAU4Int_NeWX00-weG6kzyHyqSJfb1Wlp0NI/w640-h480/IMG_1512.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dylan is also an artist, so many parallels to Woody Guthrie</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6fteIElSeiaIBfPfuknosphYuHpeivZIU6QfYBXWGuwkbCXlsNoASTGN9Yb-cBceCuK7HNuYLRTcSe6aa90fTcg3NdLblDt_P80_uEWMHwdOxDNYS41JQzS4KOdhzrKZgGjnbpq7pOVjLQO7qcVZcjEaewmx9qn-RH-PSBso9Z7jGHhFRuELty4pjT5b/s4032/IMG_1513.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6fteIElSeiaIBfPfuknosphYuHpeivZIU6QfYBXWGuwkbCXlsNoASTGN9Yb-cBceCuK7HNuYLRTcSe6aa90fTcg3NdLblDt_P80_uEWMHwdOxDNYS41JQzS4KOdhzrKZgGjnbpq7pOVjLQO7qcVZcjEaewmx9qn-RH-PSBso9Z7jGHhFRuELty4pjT5b/w640-h480/IMG_1513.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dylan in his iron workshop where he makes iron sculpture</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERI6XStiTwcgTEVBAqDd4Rp1KoNQeCw0m7JQudP8cvC4fpmzGZ9jpMaxfRp7GHCjow_AZpaPPhJ6270Pqfe5LfK_2qOE_5EfYQrvc955D9qOyFB5b8FtmoEkEpz_c8AJZCGgZhiGEcu7fMBW2_40szW-oiN9tK_eizmTAgRTj43aIEjAl6KYSIM0hSyqf/s3129/IMG_1515.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2712" data-original-width="3129" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERI6XStiTwcgTEVBAqDd4Rp1KoNQeCw0m7JQudP8cvC4fpmzGZ9jpMaxfRp7GHCjow_AZpaPPhJ6270Pqfe5LfK_2qOE_5EfYQrvc955D9qOyFB5b8FtmoEkEpz_c8AJZCGgZhiGEcu7fMBW2_40szW-oiN9tK_eizmTAgRTj43aIEjAl6KYSIM0hSyqf/w640-h554/IMG_1515.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Stop trying to find the meaning of it all, just follow the flow of the road</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hYz8TAnd7tlDTipVI5_RfYAF1aF-gmjhCtd6hTQQz7nVj3klVs8picsa41NanZjgv9QmFBforstd59X6UYfI0PgX9fW2C6_l1HEPUnoQH7t3CDOS2UwxepuYMWdCWhuG3lNWMsd3svdHc9AtgJ1by7g_8oDKsdZS-gQa5C71mtO6CN5u-jpWwXOzDoBY/s3731/IMG_1541.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2798" data-original-width="3731" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hYz8TAnd7tlDTipVI5_RfYAF1aF-gmjhCtd6hTQQz7nVj3klVs8picsa41NanZjgv9QmFBforstd59X6UYfI0PgX9fW2C6_l1HEPUnoQH7t3CDOS2UwxepuYMWdCWhuG3lNWMsd3svdHc9AtgJ1by7g_8oDKsdZS-gQa5C71mtO6CN5u-jpWwXOzDoBY/w640-h480/IMG_1541.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dylan art works on display</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLvcfqws406kAqZ5EC5YIPeVFg7K2HU9lXf0CH8z6ik_DjyZ8cy0h8lvMfQ9ipU4-XHtdEzy4cn0-WgsI0NRNttSOdxXAviaprT7wJRCxJ4BSo0NHt1pgCZjREDt1BVZ5Al_ynYb_xyGK-vca19zkO6Ixc1TMv5WMrzD8iUohLIvqHeHdAxylLBo0Smwg/s4032/IMG_1545.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLvcfqws406kAqZ5EC5YIPeVFg7K2HU9lXf0CH8z6ik_DjyZ8cy0h8lvMfQ9ipU4-XHtdEzy4cn0-WgsI0NRNttSOdxXAviaprT7wJRCxJ4BSo0NHt1pgCZjREDt1BVZ5Al_ynYb_xyGK-vca19zkO6Ixc1TMv5WMrzD8iUohLIvqHeHdAxylLBo0Smwg/w640-h480/IMG_1545.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A long row of video / audio panels on various periods of his life </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgaDTnrQMZsBMXOmdDDw7mGic4NsWq5GurMc3uX4v1S0nIa-xcETxNTc5DFIe7QNG0m3EjXex-7C7QI1Vp9eCpWcLZYEdJc_sKTlZwpuGW2gY0PIaev7GtPrnVIW6_CMqMYBGE9LC1d-dT3xnoesJ_y_zQuyyPCDNK78GuJqao9XfyHPgYGbgDBOVWGix/s4032/IMG_1548.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgaDTnrQMZsBMXOmdDDw7mGic4NsWq5GurMc3uX4v1S0nIa-xcETxNTc5DFIe7QNG0m3EjXex-7C7QI1Vp9eCpWcLZYEdJc_sKTlZwpuGW2gY0PIaev7GtPrnVIW6_CMqMYBGE9LC1d-dT3xnoesJ_y_zQuyyPCDNK78GuJqao9XfyHPgYGbgDBOVWGix/w480-h640/IMG_1548.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Dylan sculpture at the museum entrance</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">For the balance of the afternoon, I explore downtown Tulsa, which has many beautiful early 1900’s buildings as it was a very prosperous city during its boom oil production period. I did not realize that Tulsa was a trend setter during the Art Deco architectural period. Route 66 also passed right through the center as did the railroad.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> I visit the Art Deco Museum which is presently a small display in a gift shop. The store owner has plans to open a dedicated Art Deco Museum in the future. There was a great story here as the store owners mother or grandmother had been the model for an Art Deco Statue, the Goddess Of Oil, in the planning stage. Due to WWII the Statue never happened, but a small version was on display.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwugDgssBtoR0U32afTIWb2dgvrOtiEaDjhhDfJCBPtE6riJjJ1KbbGmKzoBhJ8DW4c0XfOCYmNjDXySJKaBTpguNkO4LLeUp2OBn2nnq7N1fTZPoW2u8tEBQOEVgihuZposfqqmmcH57dRwM-m9dqhadASHYTp7UXAYlDm5aXA_B0ZkNrQdkg8IcjqoR3/s3822/IMG_1561.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3822" data-original-width="2740" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwugDgssBtoR0U32afTIWb2dgvrOtiEaDjhhDfJCBPtE6riJjJ1KbbGmKzoBhJ8DW4c0XfOCYmNjDXySJKaBTpguNkO4LLeUp2OBn2nnq7N1fTZPoW2u8tEBQOEVgihuZposfqqmmcH57dRwM-m9dqhadASHYTp7UXAYlDm5aXA_B0ZkNrQdkg8IcjqoR3/w458-h640/IMG_1561.jpeg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrPD5eb24XDjTs0v7IC0lgS0fP9xFeVx9sMl8cMxGFKAPtVud6M7aZbjAeYukc1g74B4pUtkY285Y8KbcQ3nAE-C-cshKioB8vGxWOQx0fU-cakl0CjauDaeN9GUTuz7dD1SscR9J2VeysrZHyEq7iPhrRIaAaHyJaYbsiXuisxJosHEdblaI_hAJkEBV/s3505/IMG_1563.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2628" data-original-width="3505" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrPD5eb24XDjTs0v7IC0lgS0fP9xFeVx9sMl8cMxGFKAPtVud6M7aZbjAeYukc1g74B4pUtkY285Y8KbcQ3nAE-C-cshKioB8vGxWOQx0fU-cakl0CjauDaeN9GUTuz7dD1SscR9J2VeysrZHyEq7iPhrRIaAaHyJaYbsiXuisxJosHEdblaI_hAJkEBV/w640-h480/IMG_1563.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0OG31GmuB1EtPsNrfntrurntv09MmEdDlB3hSI3MaGAQeyInKHtZTlzKCG3IrFRYwY9fQgwiX2qBZDzWKp8rfvHobPtAGf3H89RIW0yJsiQL1a0YMYC3srRpKnkLJcEp0tuAwLXZFMXvEiB5airhvjyiZver--s74QC5eecP6iP6AG9dAFDDT1jqWQCj/s6240/IMG_3108.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6240" data-original-width="4160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0OG31GmuB1EtPsNrfntrurntv09MmEdDlB3hSI3MaGAQeyInKHtZTlzKCG3IrFRYwY9fQgwiX2qBZDzWKp8rfvHobPtAGf3H89RIW0yJsiQL1a0YMYC3srRpKnkLJcEp0tuAwLXZFMXvEiB5airhvjyiZver--s74QC5eecP6iP6AG9dAFDDT1jqWQCj/w426-h640/IMG_3108.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Almost next door was another statue to route 66</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JZXWGF-BxaRzrVPqsCpkq-O6rW476sgi03yBaoQXvTAQ2JQHZZm8uCVNW2IRTGnJMZl-UYuU5-Yd1WRYs1pIBtp6pAj93Iszh9NBauT2m6ELos9wWfig7Y6HPs4EAD_GidYHSVKHcONGlZsvV412wyzBcE9eixBWU-ZDUZVkI2DU3h2kfaRTI5UsraLA/s4983/IMG_3098.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="4983" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JZXWGF-BxaRzrVPqsCpkq-O6rW476sgi03yBaoQXvTAQ2JQHZZm8uCVNW2IRTGnJMZl-UYuU5-Yd1WRYs1pIBtp6pAj93Iszh9NBauT2m6ELos9wWfig7Y6HPs4EAD_GidYHSVKHcONGlZsvV412wyzBcE9eixBWU-ZDUZVkI2DU3h2kfaRTI5UsraLA/w640-h510/IMG_3098.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also nearby was this Meadow Gold sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDvfKbVsJ8ysVt_jwnRzz_s6tUKiRjfFA4XSpmP0lweuxQe-Cp5iI3LPnsmjQkxYkKF58_99jOcAmMZ3275K_uLlhESDW2zCY3QPtVat0dwWODjp94Y3kJAvT7VZO8OxN5KuHm1nP-uejgFpvq3xcx3Le7e8Hm_7doQl_c56xj25Y68jTlADploK7uPR2/s5916/IMG_3090.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3944" data-original-width="5916" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDvfKbVsJ8ysVt_jwnRzz_s6tUKiRjfFA4XSpmP0lweuxQe-Cp5iI3LPnsmjQkxYkKF58_99jOcAmMZ3275K_uLlhESDW2zCY3QPtVat0dwWODjp94Y3kJAvT7VZO8OxN5KuHm1nP-uejgFpvq3xcx3Le7e8Hm_7doQl_c56xj25Y68jTlADploK7uPR2/w640-h426/IMG_3090.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A mural of Leon Russell a Tulsa native</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I go to the Tulsa fairgrounds on Saturday morning to see “The Driller”, another notable Tulsa landmark statue, but when I get there, I find a major event going on. It turns out to be a route 66 event with many vendors promoting their areas route 66 attractions. There are also many great historical route 66 historical displays and a large car show, many classics, muscle cars, various makes and models and classic old RV’s.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wVlAZ715xUssNZRQkzZ3m9GLGntyA-wHuGBU_kpQ6fFwNSfTpY3edD-HO2URBvxgdaekf3UsR3vnnUgQWTuPHF-2eVIMJxpQ-lwcrfi_ZBzaEqvnSmDVF2E-oI6KC93jvs0EHIz59bmyy3U6LWqd0Pj16R1DCqI9Fr8Dop_1Ha14NNR_VNjgGikjj0jE/s4032/IMG_1606.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wVlAZ715xUssNZRQkzZ3m9GLGntyA-wHuGBU_kpQ6fFwNSfTpY3edD-HO2URBvxgdaekf3UsR3vnnUgQWTuPHF-2eVIMJxpQ-lwcrfi_ZBzaEqvnSmDVF2E-oI6KC93jvs0EHIz59bmyy3U6LWqd0Pj16R1DCqI9Fr8Dop_1Ha14NNR_VNjgGikjj0jE/w480-h640/IMG_1606.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Driller</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1HvaaIqIJLMQya0Zmwxtq8bZ_zFmv2JVFokbrlfE8jOR9zt9owRGV1YS6mGL9QW7cl5lCNz__WHgQho6f5Wl6iY-lFthsO7bPfzeCsk5HOJOi8PMXX5wz00vW3r2wKZntr5G6JEnodt_TE5PI37nUnaEc33zgUtZTomgKwNim5zfsGQvfIOQxSW7TYQt/s6058/IMG_3117.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4039" data-original-width="6058" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1HvaaIqIJLMQya0Zmwxtq8bZ_zFmv2JVFokbrlfE8jOR9zt9owRGV1YS6mGL9QW7cl5lCNz__WHgQho6f5Wl6iY-lFthsO7bPfzeCsk5HOJOi8PMXX5wz00vW3r2wKZntr5G6JEnodt_TE5PI37nUnaEc33zgUtZTomgKwNim5zfsGQvfIOQxSW7TYQt/w640-h426/IMG_3117.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many great display panels such as this</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqye0j0amEC3fo6lgZR7ccdBi_1icGzx8qyS8fbyOdWwzL_NOuGIKJQgfnsu8cRtVyHqZQrTMnkhq2ZhOyxIggCH8T9itx3DSvbb-HsCJ5lp7Ws1PF7fywMVpFmAb2jfv3F3gPj-JvS17mKZoTs-cv49HLrBBW90XtuAS8AIcv4uuJwi9h3o6Awg4v4C8/s6093/IMG_3116.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4062" data-original-width="6093" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqye0j0amEC3fo6lgZR7ccdBi_1icGzx8qyS8fbyOdWwzL_NOuGIKJQgfnsu8cRtVyHqZQrTMnkhq2ZhOyxIggCH8T9itx3DSvbb-HsCJ5lp7Ws1PF7fywMVpFmAb2jfv3F3gPj-JvS17mKZoTs-cv49HLrBBW90XtuAS8AIcv4uuJwi9h3o6Awg4v4C8/w640-h426/IMG_3116.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Will Rodgers is another famous Oklahoma native</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-bpt5edxBjIe2KKOXvPb8eOIYCOycYSvpe4Kc02Ee9tmK4yvsaQIG3yTcs1eohr7Z0-IcdQlLbI7wKIlegKWcNBzoejybHgk77ArNMvSyUHXnwn7J2YdEcKuQHwjUmhyIBTOYofG_XdfWL5stY55tNDYg28fwTm07yQe28NXjfE0CTs3eC9UJp2y7r5L/s6240/IMG_3115.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-bpt5edxBjIe2KKOXvPb8eOIYCOycYSvpe4Kc02Ee9tmK4yvsaQIG3yTcs1eohr7Z0-IcdQlLbI7wKIlegKWcNBzoejybHgk77ArNMvSyUHXnwn7J2YdEcKuQHwjUmhyIBTOYofG_XdfWL5stY55tNDYg28fwTm07yQe28NXjfE0CTs3eC9UJp2y7r5L/w640-h426/IMG_3115.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Early Ford car</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJ3djya1Fn-Wcjbspm1KNT0Q2JVJ-FjsUPZOLvwyE-q958Dem1lJCD1AGymqFreJV1MShuG5x6iyIb_wAShVnGKNyhiAh7tMNM6RAD1OxQo0i0HVheBUn-qzrCj5i1gn3aSEtg9lDRfGKCwN1-ksJOZYt4lUZBYbx6iHaxaINPyXgZsvuC3Ta-ArsPE5m/s6240/IMG_3132.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJ3djya1Fn-Wcjbspm1KNT0Q2JVJ-FjsUPZOLvwyE-q958Dem1lJCD1AGymqFreJV1MShuG5x6iyIb_wAShVnGKNyhiAh7tMNM6RAD1OxQo0i0HVheBUn-qzrCj5i1gn3aSEtg9lDRfGKCwN1-ksJOZYt4lUZBYbx6iHaxaINPyXgZsvuC3Ta-ArsPE5m/w640-h426/IMG_3132.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many giants can be found on Route 66</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvW6xbNeSNNUQYtQqJ_Oh11QaHDUBt4waiSiFfhYGWZWNw-5-orRaXCdmok384v6Ks21k0DFzL1RmF6PdK-0Ztd9iRvn6GR86LIzrWnJXcCZKqgS4wj7-vXBf6GsiS2UDRGVDLGZltYM609RzVuopXwEltcwg0tPDwp42-ll4nNqcvOlq78EvV5e2bziBs/s6150/IMG_3121.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4100" data-original-width="6150" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvW6xbNeSNNUQYtQqJ_Oh11QaHDUBt4waiSiFfhYGWZWNw-5-orRaXCdmok384v6Ks21k0DFzL1RmF6PdK-0Ztd9iRvn6GR86LIzrWnJXcCZKqgS4wj7-vXBf6GsiS2UDRGVDLGZltYM609RzVuopXwEltcwg0tPDwp42-ll4nNqcvOlq78EvV5e2bziBs/w640-h426/IMG_3121.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A row of immaculate 55 Chevies</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmD0yIDoCT8qjopqX99gw6_zIRX9Qb1IqJRwtK9i2CO7sTReQgCXlJD8j6_eUYFTSUDNCZZvQNA3VmFLB3yBHgt9zvZ9Wr8WswmFdc9xtB7-SZrGdWje1umQQWh24acZUf6lpT7CuZgv1MOAetThEviiGFTm-HnwTtzB_DdDkwhVv3cqihbTQe4DQTi7e/s6240/IMG_3122.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmD0yIDoCT8qjopqX99gw6_zIRX9Qb1IqJRwtK9i2CO7sTReQgCXlJD8j6_eUYFTSUDNCZZvQNA3VmFLB3yBHgt9zvZ9Wr8WswmFdc9xtB7-SZrGdWje1umQQWh24acZUf6lpT7CuZgv1MOAetThEviiGFTm-HnwTtzB_DdDkwhVv3cqihbTQe4DQTi7e/w640-h426/IMG_3122.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the best flame jobs I've ever seen</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhurr0weHZkJvRKDnf102ePeh6Q3r2ps2SNcPpRF8tOa9cbdJs8kNDpOAbgLhoFkdbfryCnbUb2-A6cAFG9US_-DigjrOiYyPOJw7SQo0BT_TFvSFGQQM-QyCXxCRNk_19StKOri_GbRIOF6oiFwQxKzQ5bhyOhD8MC1l2NfLgMhmea_cF_uI2VYEPNdCvz/s6240/IMG_3135.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhurr0weHZkJvRKDnf102ePeh6Q3r2ps2SNcPpRF8tOa9cbdJs8kNDpOAbgLhoFkdbfryCnbUb2-A6cAFG9US_-DigjrOiYyPOJw7SQo0BT_TFvSFGQQM-QyCXxCRNk_19StKOri_GbRIOF6oiFwQxKzQ5bhyOhD8MC1l2NfLgMhmea_cF_uI2VYEPNdCvz/w640-h426/IMG_3135.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This custom, (kind of fake), Woodie surf wagon was impressive</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I searched for art deco treasures all around the Tulsa area and found many of the best examples, actually only scratched the surface.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLoeN822zlbPyre00YQQz0BwaZ-P5kRyE2BVpUCEUezyKkco54nJ-3MotNyglB5PUKZ0SwPtMcmKbDr30lrHRQ6xeuF6BzSuHUNUuVQ5LRBcPJsDL3vIOngaDa1NQttIQAXbvHVnggHpUfRzZaQOcEwVv-XrOZdV1Y5_AbLFjTJpJL8Zu2T0d2pwS10Ca/s6069/IMG_3164.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4046" data-original-width="6069" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLoeN822zlbPyre00YQQz0BwaZ-P5kRyE2BVpUCEUezyKkco54nJ-3MotNyglB5PUKZ0SwPtMcmKbDr30lrHRQ6xeuF6BzSuHUNUuVQ5LRBcPJsDL3vIOngaDa1NQttIQAXbvHVnggHpUfRzZaQOcEwVv-XrOZdV1Y5_AbLFjTJpJL8Zu2T0d2pwS10Ca/w640-h426/IMG_3164.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oklahoma State Fairgrounds</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuZCt5KxUBgWmNGBU6RWxFR_6iv-yObvqke-zvbZm6fPcWAEUfcUyLHEYu5qJx12bNLqnP32Xl4rHLkTkckU333bGG5Wpc-YQbDO_6VPV3tmby0o2O6cuv5pMn4NxXd-FskPQlIFIZ7RJkSyALOZcsX0BpzT0HdZpUn_aLcpikcWdX1Se8jhnaxkKYxfa/s5836/IMG_3166.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3891" data-original-width="5836" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuZCt5KxUBgWmNGBU6RWxFR_6iv-yObvqke-zvbZm6fPcWAEUfcUyLHEYu5qJx12bNLqnP32Xl4rHLkTkckU333bGG5Wpc-YQbDO_6VPV3tmby0o2O6cuv5pMn4NxXd-FskPQlIFIZ7RJkSyALOZcsX0BpzT0HdZpUn_aLcpikcWdX1Se8jhnaxkKYxfa/w640-h426/IMG_3166.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another angle</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1o4tEuKQpFkffY8uGoBwSeFimN6XWMlv6a4B_kJVoxDmf_4zvuC6MppndfH-ydEYoWfiF1EabSmIMTh41fG9QNr6BlB5z6f_NEbvmXBIeTL6ht76TIOWfwRfgdiI_2mmcp1pIifR34jG8CgOUeijD41OCJCHDRU4q9gFGbaJT2aR3yp3kLxeBTYgkSbSh/s6240/IMG_3168.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1o4tEuKQpFkffY8uGoBwSeFimN6XWMlv6a4B_kJVoxDmf_4zvuC6MppndfH-ydEYoWfiF1EabSmIMTh41fG9QNr6BlB5z6f_NEbvmXBIeTL6ht76TIOWfwRfgdiI_2mmcp1pIifR34jG8CgOUeijD41OCJCHDRU4q9gFGbaJT2aR3yp3kLxeBTYgkSbSh/w640-h426/IMG_3168.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3L1ewWxGaM0be8Mt6OksPdt-TjLZmhlgf956_L23L5xIZfIjq3MSci34JKNXzcODdXtbc4k7W5zQzwxNA4VnWfquKTEc7XSgcnHjeRTIAehmXkNiNuV18t569BVzBnHKCAiMMikoqquMpiLU1BEy4GeH9ROBO1XgisqODHwXHMR1aRToYOX2O7DRqp08/s5967/IMG_3176.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5967" data-original-width="3978" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3L1ewWxGaM0be8Mt6OksPdt-TjLZmhlgf956_L23L5xIZfIjq3MSci34JKNXzcODdXtbc4k7W5zQzwxNA4VnWfquKTEc7XSgcnHjeRTIAehmXkNiNuV18t569BVzBnHKCAiMMikoqquMpiLU1BEy4GeH9ROBO1XgisqODHwXHMR1aRToYOX2O7DRqp08/w426-h640/IMG_3176.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Will Rodgers Hight School</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95EXmlp9sZqPeehcm5s8u-bs4Epedp_kofwWQ8_azXYk3xasLSbBtYccYmGuR03Ghsn5K2RLp_mM5NriyVmNHv898frz8phfpe82KPgnQU1rG_msnviKXovmg62uc8NXa3VqQVxyRk3MNnXAvoCymykP2z944IANIIqBUR3vYMFOX7d5S2zZZmYEuSmkW/s6107/IMG_3180.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3363" data-original-width="6107" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95EXmlp9sZqPeehcm5s8u-bs4Epedp_kofwWQ8_azXYk3xasLSbBtYccYmGuR03Ghsn5K2RLp_mM5NriyVmNHv898frz8phfpe82KPgnQU1rG_msnviKXovmg62uc8NXa3VqQVxyRk3MNnXAvoCymykP2z944IANIIqBUR3vYMFOX7d5S2zZZmYEuSmkW/w640-h352/IMG_3180.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Close up view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBr6jCFnUqHd9po9ex_kPkcXZf_KzLjTu28l3-0gf1l0VhMCKag3Rv2iu_j4rivM98aANTQbyyM9TYxtJq_jDs6BY0ff2t9xqH0zN0EfqVh0qoMqYn0mvp8ydcvNI-kC2Ew9WStsq1ld-v70KIWnS1cjn2no48omLqSk_eNAEdpKjrAaofyUn2GOyl2Sl/s5769/IMG_3182.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3846" data-original-width="5769" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBr6jCFnUqHd9po9ex_kPkcXZf_KzLjTu28l3-0gf1l0VhMCKag3Rv2iu_j4rivM98aANTQbyyM9TYxtJq_jDs6BY0ff2t9xqH0zN0EfqVh0qoMqYn0mvp8ydcvNI-kC2Ew9WStsq1ld-v70KIWnS1cjn2no48omLqSk_eNAEdpKjrAaofyUn2GOyl2Sl/w640-h426/IMG_3182.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a large building</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CPISIYtImQaNz4miq2tQUnNefpLwq61NYWaEIip95L0-Ir6Bqyp2_7UFUazaon5qwHbNGIavQiFCfGOiDFlUrb4_KhqHLvCfJf7H4yAgO9sBAoSP_SQ1Zx_1TW8jBskbS2oUlUxyoz09uo1JFAvtd2tkla18cCiREjT3X_eLc-c7qzzSjNA3IO1S-SEn/s4032/IMG_1644.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CPISIYtImQaNz4miq2tQUnNefpLwq61NYWaEIip95L0-Ir6Bqyp2_7UFUazaon5qwHbNGIavQiFCfGOiDFlUrb4_KhqHLvCfJf7H4yAgO9sBAoSP_SQ1Zx_1TW8jBskbS2oUlUxyoz09uo1JFAvtd2tkla18cCiREjT3X_eLc-c7qzzSjNA3IO1S-SEn/w640-h480/IMG_1644.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Tulsa Fire Alarm Building</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6a52wqEFOj14P3ps6UlVcH_kTQgttMUI5AxwcG9bd8NvaaK9n_gLZ3kp8S2Fgpw27NkOVrvJ_jXabpBPG7lFVC_khLTjRPZE54XWIJ2v2PR3b19zC7yuyH0GQmQeygxs5qeG7Z0ZP6HXuK9A4Z4qG66jz_Cl8-e_nZybDOXj5ENe44-GUoxilFryWmI5/s5809/IMG_3197.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3873" data-original-width="5809" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6a52wqEFOj14P3ps6UlVcH_kTQgttMUI5AxwcG9bd8NvaaK9n_gLZ3kp8S2Fgpw27NkOVrvJ_jXabpBPG7lFVC_khLTjRPZE54XWIJ2v2PR3b19zC7yuyH0GQmQeygxs5qeG7Z0ZP6HXuK9A4Z4qG66jz_Cl8-e_nZybDOXj5ENe44-GUoxilFryWmI5/w640-h426/IMG_3197.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Close up view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNoxCUG_bwhF3WT1JPy-ZxcdT9rxmNubB8u37_V_6wPlVRf5p2sK4FsTcYJUGt7NhxUBfxkF-IiW0lnrxQU9FK36A9m-RRv5i-wz7Rc1ljjoRtbfUXoPiB6aEgShqG8WK3sZcP54jLNndCMPHXdJW2HbsJRiXhq_J8Hs_dnJTAYkg2J-wbCgEm7GwETKN/s3800/IMG_1646.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3800" data-original-width="2850" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNoxCUG_bwhF3WT1JPy-ZxcdT9rxmNubB8u37_V_6wPlVRf5p2sK4FsTcYJUGt7NhxUBfxkF-IiW0lnrxQU9FK36A9m-RRv5i-wz7Rc1ljjoRtbfUXoPiB6aEgShqG8WK3sZcP54jLNndCMPHXdJW2HbsJRiXhq_J8Hs_dnJTAYkg2J-wbCgEm7GwETKN/w480-h640/IMG_1646.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Artificial Cloud statue</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUB0iRcflwpj9jACRI58RcAl5VLs-DKG97cwV0NLxikP0v_HbQoxrvCTPnnheC8P0GIaheQJkgHt3DtZAfhM71PdpP9eS2SyJ9XORJOKHuCDUQczXLSSLopwl6OCvlQLsaPUUXBJ0Iqs6Qi7i-na5f3fG_dDzBi88yay0l9FDV91G0QgfY1ZtlUWvEE6Sf/s4032/IMG_1652.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUB0iRcflwpj9jACRI58RcAl5VLs-DKG97cwV0NLxikP0v_HbQoxrvCTPnnheC8P0GIaheQJkgHt3DtZAfhM71PdpP9eS2SyJ9XORJOKHuCDUQczXLSSLopwl6OCvlQLsaPUUXBJ0Iqs6Qi7i-na5f3fG_dDzBi88yay0l9FDV91G0QgfY1ZtlUWvEE6Sf/w300-h400/IMG_1652.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">building detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sVecuq2uC9axVOSrq0nWxXKIaeYMiKK1gaNZQY350XFhoaxfH7RQGhNZXqY9GTjTVk7PjixrFZc2ja_GLCTaWU8SVc_PcRZ8-TubT7yZbpcKVx5lHq0-Y80lWFZO8IXaoH9JRj1uOryLk10QTQqa4FLUum9YXmsXLnMhmr2GsYovJBOLy8otrrxGuSli/s4032/IMG_1654.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sVecuq2uC9axVOSrq0nWxXKIaeYMiKK1gaNZQY350XFhoaxfH7RQGhNZXqY9GTjTVk7PjixrFZc2ja_GLCTaWU8SVc_PcRZ8-TubT7yZbpcKVx5lHq0-Y80lWFZO8IXaoH9JRj1uOryLk10QTQqa4FLUum9YXmsXLnMhmr2GsYovJBOLy8otrrxGuSli/w480-h640/IMG_1654.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The amazing entrance to the old warehouse Market</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QORtIFFzQ9-8o7Jo-TWb3XDvSKoJ1H3mBUMFtgY5Nn_v27yxH6Ge1I5bVpN-0IZWwji8hcEDpZ46tUPer0oS1gDcejXgy1L5gDQAdny-pQnas280wBMd6F_vGoxvi6vJXxNHHBNwjuAx2UcLTWjbBq6NIkgwfdqtNUjX6e6oTff9MMLBRE97sJLk_fSN/s1090/IMG_1648.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QORtIFFzQ9-8o7Jo-TWb3XDvSKoJ1H3mBUMFtgY5Nn_v27yxH6Ge1I5bVpN-0IZWwji8hcEDpZ46tUPer0oS1gDcejXgy1L5gDQAdny-pQnas280wBMd6F_vGoxvi6vJXxNHHBNwjuAx2UcLTWjbBq6NIkgwfdqtNUjX6e6oTff9MMLBRE97sJLk_fSN/w440-h640/IMG_1648.jpeg" width="440" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That's the center of it all !</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGC19YNBmSy7DzMB8nXl0uC_mS6Ub86sdOLyFJcqVDwcB45G4nAZV2INwaya-KcIKY6h0DSWBjpGTsI2C_14B1nE_WsOt_o0U7Bt1C0gKLGVF6QjI15bxD0pl04vurrbqIWn2uWuldb6EDluJnBAnU33s5ruNBgNVxMewbp-pC3nK7-yEi5ieBEuFkVC7W/s4032/IMG_1660.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlABbPaP9tA5iXZuZH1vnZhyOtGgL-S_GA2WHHxys4HwIFuX_jPovC8EhixFG07_0NKbk86bfnQ0FZvxcwrC8UF7JOvW8ezup21d8AYCCY5muOZM0dQV7qONjvmLqvxllcjHbBxcxiNfnY_cnq11jk1HNBnuI-hNX05O2SZEt97-X6KcsL9gXjFBO3baH/w640-h480/IMG_1661.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Downtown building art deco elements</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptZJFRWlY1sLQVdPN_JmLsow3h2qn8DfQhiYSA5z19prget7xc8cEdZWx8DbD2BpYVafV1ibSvMU2l3fORLOHugXSGcQjT_tI3WRRNWBMvveWusnldtyJxfSz8Zx-r4s9KOiB4cdUmCrljdkuqmYtDcuKAMRxOk4vitdgy-fS1cdvjNoBFVMzlAcXWsYj/s4032/IMG_1662.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptZJFRWlY1sLQVdPN_JmLsow3h2qn8DfQhiYSA5z19prget7xc8cEdZWx8DbD2BpYVafV1ibSvMU2l3fORLOHugXSGcQjT_tI3WRRNWBMvveWusnldtyJxfSz8Zx-r4s9KOiB4cdUmCrljdkuqmYtDcuKAMRxOk4vitdgy-fS1cdvjNoBFVMzlAcXWsYj/w640-h480/IMG_1662.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tulsa Union Station</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAAr7scUd-WWJa0VuNehBYY5mSRH5QBdTbkr2_FlwZDs8kK7TT9TZDnFpX_Jf1s6awYZh3vvFz9Hl_7dRNFkoU1ORv43Ihu-vhKx401ThvgTMEweY37YwpCgu5fSGO3AMsdBEbKwknydy5R4DPSGqJbXpxtXN17dds6ixoZt4pKiYq9k-9Pz9ImXfxtXA/s6240/IMG_3207.jpg"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I then head back towards the Entertainment District and as I pass through downtown I start seeing streams of people, dressed in all sorts of strange outfits, some with pride flags and banners and ahead the street is closed. There is a mass of people, thousands perhaps and there is some form of parade taking place. I park and walk closer, but it is so crowded and you can’t get to the parade area or even see it. People watching was fun though, there were some strange sights, as I was standing on a street corner, I turned and this woman was standing there totally exposing her boobs. One of her friends said, have you been walking around like that ?</span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iHV752yNfE7TyaR87_RiAWhBosQE4kGPbSgsbIJJPPNdW-y8s3w3RNWUvL2X_ui7xKhmmA9Ibgd8OgzAyyz4XpIlf3e4QRIhwFSOwhTlm7pWYu1RnajzKl6QeRtQgZRNgF9sliaxxJvPzGGUjdxyBFFl4di7oFYCAFh2s-7v2Kga1LPA3eItJ3x7c3if/s4032/IMG_1673.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iHV752yNfE7TyaR87_RiAWhBosQE4kGPbSgsbIJJPPNdW-y8s3w3RNWUvL2X_ui7xKhmmA9Ibgd8OgzAyyz4XpIlf3e4QRIhwFSOwhTlm7pWYu1RnajzKl6QeRtQgZRNgF9sliaxxJvPzGGUjdxyBFFl4di7oFYCAFh2s-7v2Kga1LPA3eItJ3x7c3if/w640-h480/IMG_1673.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lxBmxausChKepbEcKq__NvBKgSSfR06Tw_RbtOXN1GFZVQwT7HubhfqhoV1jRxsSCAXNERhWhm_-19QK41QSfISq-0zs0yeAFIcNUrRrfgipP5hjWVz4msXQAPL5N9wKtPzVDMvNil-gVZNx0yty1WGotmgVKXlLrYrr6u1o2FfVCVCRWe0TW8SZgWaL/s4032/IMG_1675.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6lxBmxausChKepbEcKq__NvBKgSSfR06Tw_RbtOXN1GFZVQwT7HubhfqhoV1jRxsSCAXNERhWhm_-19QK41QSfISq-0zs0yeAFIcNUrRrfgipP5hjWVz4msXQAPL5N9wKtPzVDMvNil-gVZNx0yty1WGotmgVKXlLrYrr6u1o2FfVCVCRWe0TW8SZgWaL/w640-h480/IMG_1675.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzc7C8gk58VRQpCAdi_w1lNwu29tRWT0WkFPB_ad_uuCjgOt7IGjREDXrwAAXxJZSC3gdjTrWEmL5Fog-p5Xdti0aEkU7JTQFP2wwAjN8inhVxysvBwCdSO9il_mEMcm1qHnUZ8PFvYGMa2POb_skXkqIC6ZN-IAALZ-QkD4DR8eAUVBulerVjHlsP8iYv/s4032/IMG_1676.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzc7C8gk58VRQpCAdi_w1lNwu29tRWT0WkFPB_ad_uuCjgOt7IGjREDXrwAAXxJZSC3gdjTrWEmL5Fog-p5Xdti0aEkU7JTQFP2wwAjN8inhVxysvBwCdSO9il_mEMcm1qHnUZ8PFvYGMa2POb_skXkqIC6ZN-IAALZ-QkD4DR8eAUVBulerVjHlsP8iYv/w640-h480/IMG_1676.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I think I've had enough of this area, I’m growing tired of the traffic, the difficulty parking, the weird homeless people everywhere and it’s time to get back on the road.</p><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzIjaubJTO5kzjKEkvp8sznDWMK0XBlEPenn4XBjylzxfQIotXqhMHdSzQXA9hYLVATTZiYiYsv_VAOpwx0zg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-32333749573783590932023-06-26T07:20:00.001-07:002023-06-26T07:23:34.913-07:00<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Amarillo, TX - Sayre, OK - Oklahoma City, OK</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">June 16 - 20, 2023:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I leave Amarillo about 10 AM heading east on route 40 making stops at almost every town along the route. I know this is strange, but I get more enjoyment taking photos of these derelict buildings, murals and street art in these poor distressed town as I get in touristy hot spots. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">1st Stop - Groom, Texas:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGwErvYIv_VoScadLCfsWtUBygyEW3jTsZj4rLGQA0OVG3gsBsoPstSodAGfxhdt1t5iGae8D_wRx8YbbEYsHXuN7_225S8jIADzPXe3TvpeWTlIYzDFny1_qwPuxzIiyxMg5c5Y8JRyn_4jdYvNHUPFuc1q6FKftN-Dl1u8Vsmmjo8QAEhmbUe8W4G2-/s5180/IMG_2956.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="5481" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gNjf5VW24PE8DpartS90nSn6GMzOSv2PJT5Ydzh2gLZOaZTLtPsgsO4AUIsMPNBA0toNmAG7JIFb-idb-dmqGxD2EeONV7G7cjyDmkvgNMH4Sg8BJQg6zApKLPfoKBGMbQHB1ADNbk9lKOC1bFEadxwJRQZMfL_azrbfEWw8_jPI6m9yuFCIIMao7BfT/w640-h486/IMG_2950.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Grain Elevator on Main Street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">My 2nd Stop - Alanreed, Texas:</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN03VdjYHZVugixskJbSy553v-xbZLYS1njtrxCKzCPnl2rcu65FNdcwU-UrdfJ1t0T38UFlBepwIXMe83Kpcd4jH7xnZYnKUoS6sRKgEKp7TAyQYenhIKU8bdkGsi6wIUeG5wPDMPoNaFa6fmDOX2cCdEPUpUpjgcRc7AkWQgjkoHy8QCg6bGFZskaw9/s4032/IMG_1126.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN03VdjYHZVugixskJbSy553v-xbZLYS1njtrxCKzCPnl2rcu65FNdcwU-UrdfJ1t0T38UFlBepwIXMe83Kpcd4jH7xnZYnKUoS6sRKgEKp7TAyQYenhIKU8bdkGsi6wIUeG5wPDMPoNaFa6fmDOX2cCdEPUpUpjgcRc7AkWQgjkoHy8QCg6bGFZskaw9/w640-h480/IMG_1126.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Semi-restored original Route 66 Gas Station in Allanreed </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My 3rd Stop - McLean, Texas:</span> <span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I visit the excellent McLean - Alanreed Museum and then stop for a needed cold beer. McLean had good stuff ! </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtELlZz7bXBUJdAtyr-o9zQYdp1be7nvP8AHJkhWQMRpHP3QEXjyVHMDg-jPBQOiznk7dFYbceC_GRY1g-8es73sZ6LRH1g3dvywnXS__a0QK5qi5kdyA9xHwfqu2MTtu_-MjNcj_OHGgkM-bj_b5gpIRq3ABJquagZHRK19LLgWYFIOunpRfMIYnw7Nl6/s4032/IMG_1128.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtELlZz7bXBUJdAtyr-o9zQYdp1be7nvP8AHJkhWQMRpHP3QEXjyVHMDg-jPBQOiznk7dFYbceC_GRY1g-8es73sZ6LRH1g3dvywnXS__a0QK5qi5kdyA9xHwfqu2MTtu_-MjNcj_OHGgkM-bj_b5gpIRq3ABJquagZHRK19LLgWYFIOunpRfMIYnw7Nl6/w640-h480/IMG_1128.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alfred Rowe was a major area landowner who went down with the Titanic</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3QXst5bcfiOrCyLMEe-f3X0Hd08j1-6U0Nw2KFoUELiianAZLPcHx3zb3TwfY1GqhvNPYKA5JZb6gB5oRShp4V3CJrgOVwwft5yDQp2kiThmCx-yS5Kp4JvPfa4MHsdol5mq6xgPnNphdcWokUbvDLhvnx62rsIPmD5-tTN6LGAjV7mNUnP9qsnitiqy/s4032/IMG_1129.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3QXst5bcfiOrCyLMEe-f3X0Hd08j1-6U0Nw2KFoUELiianAZLPcHx3zb3TwfY1GqhvNPYKA5JZb6gB5oRShp4V3CJrgOVwwft5yDQp2kiThmCx-yS5Kp4JvPfa4MHsdol5mq6xgPnNphdcWokUbvDLhvnx62rsIPmD5-tTN6LGAjV7mNUnP9qsnitiqy/w640-h480/IMG_1129.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Model oil rig</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHocBPeeGgSJlq7FTbAXlZtbiWFHRnDSGcRRlKROINlXD1JVyWt1AVmod404lJpGII-4yhvSfaAPNubsFXofv5472elGfVQP-5ReumDn0gg8XYFQQLC-YzJcFmRvVxtp6qppMV9qB06uj-0RbLXQzH57EvvvyKShxOzDC820i92lmVsvK0ibSOLw5Dg4w/s3710/IMG_1131.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3710" data-original-width="2558" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHocBPeeGgSJlq7FTbAXlZtbiWFHRnDSGcRRlKROINlXD1JVyWt1AVmod404lJpGII-4yhvSfaAPNubsFXofv5472elGfVQP-5ReumDn0gg8XYFQQLC-YzJcFmRvVxtp6qppMV9qB06uj-0RbLXQzH57EvvvyKShxOzDC820i92lmVsvK0ibSOLw5Dg4w/w442-h640/IMG_1131.jpeg" width="442" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The real deal</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMlsr4thFgz0TpZ99ZUowAApqBFtRmSQrHoQaGEwZ7lyBpvB_FhqAtQCBjEK0klUEMO4uBiWCIXLMRlCUiFPZpAU8UeKO8e7wH3WR17Qjd0HvgxCJLPvYO1a6Ueb7m0lFs6aAT21l62TtNGci2GYdMiRtMRys4ne4tM9Htxd0Ag7AnsuLyAd8yl3BWzsJ/s3770/IMG_1132.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1968" data-original-width="3770" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMlsr4thFgz0TpZ99ZUowAApqBFtRmSQrHoQaGEwZ7lyBpvB_FhqAtQCBjEK0klUEMO4uBiWCIXLMRlCUiFPZpAU8UeKO8e7wH3WR17Qjd0HvgxCJLPvYO1a6Ueb7m0lFs6aAT21l62TtNGci2GYdMiRtMRys4ne4tM9Htxd0Ag7AnsuLyAd8yl3BWzsJ/w640-h334/IMG_1132.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Seems that Watermelons were big here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxmm7O3f98qkFAPcUYrpiNGYK6bGlicavNjukH35K9oZoASEwEJGWmrc4eD-m5E0g6zDK2hh-koSnv0wd6jnn1wfScqwpbZrBFnFoIx61WYVyofhbiFoMk5gMBu-61OGmkp3hY0dKgLt3_KO4p-UM4p-UYBlb9eBlkr6i6PbkBRrSB9S53e_6tvx_zBrr/s3916/IMG_1135.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="3916" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxmm7O3f98qkFAPcUYrpiNGYK6bGlicavNjukH35K9oZoASEwEJGWmrc4eD-m5E0g6zDK2hh-koSnv0wd6jnn1wfScqwpbZrBFnFoIx61WYVyofhbiFoMk5gMBu-61OGmkp3hY0dKgLt3_KO4p-UM4p-UYBlb9eBlkr6i6PbkBRrSB9S53e_6tvx_zBrr/w640-h432/IMG_1135.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The boys are all pimped up for the photo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlgR5ODMIkVu-SXz745XRZvn4_ctKH6N3eP_Ug2fRGuN3-XkabJs2fSFpypqu3AXBnt3OLjc4v4Rbgb0LS4EUO-gJRb_g8P0Csnbr_BBCyv8fOct7QVw1we3AgaxuSiLlk5H-j-Z2M8slqtZVlBQjGPqRJ0eBmr6_VzgQUAFwFDbipy6btTKHFILycydK/s4032/IMG_1140.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlgR5ODMIkVu-SXz745XRZvn4_ctKH6N3eP_Ug2fRGuN3-XkabJs2fSFpypqu3AXBnt3OLjc4v4Rbgb0LS4EUO-gJRb_g8P0Csnbr_BBCyv8fOct7QVw1we3AgaxuSiLlk5H-j-Z2M8slqtZVlBQjGPqRJ0eBmr6_VzgQUAFwFDbipy6btTKHFILycydK/w640-h480/IMG_1140.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Everyone loves an old fire truck</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2201" data-original-width="3846" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDygsxQEC-x5WZzmqipOS_QcwDuyZgsjZVJf9hEIfk-89LIwXWU0W7JadJ-c9OFpi43XsdOt4o3xQG1NJn5WRdNAKAHUuPrX9_g_2A-eg8nAsJ23--ojI88x5CHnROmEjDHapApCpnIph7mU8MZJ9Ce6nPNgv8q23aOvBgrz8-zNzQWiugwQkkACCKcYo/w640-h366/IMG_1145.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The boys get together to eat watermelon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDygsxQEC-x5WZzmqipOS_QcwDuyZgsjZVJf9hEIfk-89LIwXWU0W7JadJ-c9OFpi43XsdOt4o3xQG1NJn5WRdNAKAHUuPrX9_g_2A-eg8nAsJ23--ojI88x5CHnROmEjDHapApCpnIph7mU8MZJ9Ce6nPNgv8q23aOvBgrz8-zNzQWiugwQkkACCKcYo/s3846/IMG_1145.jpeg"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVeM91r2ZXgpoutdG5VV1d7BZJLOhrmEhce9NUDJn2XcU3jY9bIoSBKZpKmp99Nhe21098kbuiFquSHjwG1ewIMKRPaDeRf4mi8AZw65PqrsLdLbZXS1E12Zd3zfWhtPgJbACYosYUrw6IkNHqi2J-i8kfYJ65-SGDoU_bk5GqBIrCbCEoM8793VhLxgIB/s4032/IMG_1148.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVeM91r2ZXgpoutdG5VV1d7BZJLOhrmEhce9NUDJn2XcU3jY9bIoSBKZpKmp99Nhe21098kbuiFquSHjwG1ewIMKRPaDeRf4mi8AZw65PqrsLdLbZXS1E12Zd3zfWhtPgJbACYosYUrw6IkNHqi2J-i8kfYJ65-SGDoU_bk5GqBIrCbCEoM8793VhLxgIB/w640-h480/IMG_1148.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lots of ranching gear</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTklWt4YLJhMZBeJsOaA-fk6dJilp4jcXsKaukT-Y6WlTgHDEV7So5YpI9u0fXZfHxDr5uTs0Mwohn4T3JMwuoP1lzCuwnUxbvdp7RW0fTtYEw5b-965i5MLsb50Fgwp0dq5Mnp1P8ReZXW_dvG6cq-dubrOMbL0nEw2TYWQAcoCE4_mb_vOJBiEq1eA_t/s6240/IMG_2971.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTklWt4YLJhMZBeJsOaA-fk6dJilp4jcXsKaukT-Y6WlTgHDEV7So5YpI9u0fXZfHxDr5uTs0Mwohn4T3JMwuoP1lzCuwnUxbvdp7RW0fTtYEw5b-965i5MLsb50Fgwp0dq5Mnp1P8ReZXW_dvG6cq-dubrOMbL0nEw2TYWQAcoCE4_mb_vOJBiEq1eA_t/w640-h426/IMG_2971.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Liked the mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaM8stz02Kjuwno3Zy-XD8GGFSXdYvYd-MBJYY762-oFaHVKB9LZppXqG-3F8RRqB9TD9xhVc7O5YkQ0Jo_kZQGqew9MJyoMG_Ak4-W8Ka-B82fU5D7fSyDG4PL4BOU1PKigQfgHjZscSNs_FSofgObiAskB8d-KTYSTsbHp_NHyWMH_3i2v5tuA1Apjh/s6240/IMG_2975.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaM8stz02Kjuwno3Zy-XD8GGFSXdYvYd-MBJYY762-oFaHVKB9LZppXqG-3F8RRqB9TD9xhVc7O5YkQ0Jo_kZQGqew9MJyoMG_Ak4-W8Ka-B82fU5D7fSyDG4PL4BOU1PKigQfgHjZscSNs_FSofgObiAskB8d-KTYSTsbHp_NHyWMH_3i2v5tuA1Apjh/w640-h426/IMG_2975.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another good one</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bhXKGev_utX_7aLvHRBxPssQXI-sMATWdfJN1u-kARuo0IXPi62zLeWS3oF55nl9a3ffX3ZGppgcB02RMNxLC6a7Gj1ybRYHV2e7ucZ3DsTydyykYtuHcnmLpCvnx0-NMGOeqDAEDh0xGqnWc-B5mS3CGkkTIVrbQhkycWJf90CuAPYPWQtISlmJaWOX/s6240/IMG_2978.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bhXKGev_utX_7aLvHRBxPssQXI-sMATWdfJN1u-kARuo0IXPi62zLeWS3oF55nl9a3ffX3ZGppgcB02RMNxLC6a7Gj1ybRYHV2e7ucZ3DsTydyykYtuHcnmLpCvnx0-NMGOeqDAEDh0xGqnWc-B5mS3CGkkTIVrbQhkycWJf90CuAPYPWQtISlmJaWOX/w640-h426/IMG_2978.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Museum murals were really good</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7N4Qm-c-cHdi0cv-CKQkneatRmYtu8KDFOCGQiOnSJYn5UzpYSbG3S2NQuZHB_9W6lI0VXh96xEWoykq8SuYwG4IeN9Ub17Z25EYjtqNLARdEjUkBjMOwfnLoBRy88ct-A3cXi9pwu9KcduZflKHwWP5UHu-ShwZw_UYijfO3C3x697IKx8Qb9PrrU8Ke/s6240/IMG_2979.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7N4Qm-c-cHdi0cv-CKQkneatRmYtu8KDFOCGQiOnSJYn5UzpYSbG3S2NQuZHB_9W6lI0VXh96xEWoykq8SuYwG4IeN9Ub17Z25EYjtqNLARdEjUkBjMOwfnLoBRy88ct-A3cXi9pwu9KcduZflKHwWP5UHu-ShwZw_UYijfO3C3x697IKx8Qb9PrrU8Ke/w640-h426/IMG_2979.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Great museum !</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopUNuZjHCtyGxMF8gaX4GqWP4mOv0gKOdGdWnwYyzyuei-4k3KqKrSwHIp6eaHdOtHE-twE0u1-9giu54KnePFRMMJjc5PptMXAHKIj5FPbYxuL4qdq5iXdhgRaaITkVoH3s9QgnrDjHL4m2HaMN_K4PuaMhj--YqIs-e9VDNQzxbpaRdEezRTh0_GhRS/s6240/IMG_2983.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopUNuZjHCtyGxMF8gaX4GqWP4mOv0gKOdGdWnwYyzyuei-4k3KqKrSwHIp6eaHdOtHE-twE0u1-9giu54KnePFRMMJjc5PptMXAHKIj5FPbYxuL4qdq5iXdhgRaaITkVoH3s9QgnrDjHL4m2HaMN_K4PuaMhj--YqIs-e9VDNQzxbpaRdEezRTh0_GhRS/w640-h426/IMG_2983.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nice cafe in town too</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfJ-17VFWr0frwBaCpxRPjVeYHU-QfTg-omwS-PjXyAy8fn_Lbo4gNv9JG_M7heDXrs0ssoSNKQcXOkSRRbvRKTJtL_w3o2HxMs7Bg8OSDEHnYG53bGMLiY1QY2XOUF6Pobd2BPglXZ6xbeiR3acku_Ul4BkNzL0NikedMJdU0Qfb7hKSfElW78MH7gps/s6240/IMG_2984.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfJ-17VFWr0frwBaCpxRPjVeYHU-QfTg-omwS-PjXyAy8fn_Lbo4gNv9JG_M7heDXrs0ssoSNKQcXOkSRRbvRKTJtL_w3o2HxMs7Bg8OSDEHnYG53bGMLiY1QY2XOUF6Pobd2BPglXZ6xbeiR3acku_Ul4BkNzL0NikedMJdU0Qfb7hKSfElW78MH7gps/w640-h426/IMG_2984.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Loved the look of this old building</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2KMxUKb1OBYT8W8cJWMYYwO0ch2qbqBs5BMhOlIIEidqbYj6QiblrzSg4WQVBbDL3L2WwASwPFuD1gxIoBi6Bt6AB8zqdIweeBTMhSTtF98W_T66Ge9Ty_AxFWvGNaqhWQy0QOleJMgGbzIe0h4gmavTEJ0bQiZ-MKLpGUG47uOhNYZzEyJ2KOa3rttDm/s4032/IMG_1151.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2KMxUKb1OBYT8W8cJWMYYwO0ch2qbqBs5BMhOlIIEidqbYj6QiblrzSg4WQVBbDL3L2WwASwPFuD1gxIoBi6Bt6AB8zqdIweeBTMhSTtF98W_T66Ge9Ty_AxFWvGNaqhWQy0QOleJMgGbzIe0h4gmavTEJ0bQiZ-MKLpGUG47uOhNYZzEyJ2KOa3rttDm/w640-h480/IMG_1151.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was the only customer, the bar was very rustic, but cool, definitely my kind of place</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My 4th Stop - Shamrock, Texas:</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7KPyauRCLkQQ8jAyqnGzuxSgWQd2_3OIHb73S1i4b_Dj-MRBRxRw2O7hNLy-5_PSpC1fVmNgfXh5Ue6YfkdgouVaMDT1c3G6E3bLvN8LXNNGWDNIKei4BW-M3Hp-DWMTcGUq_lfHe2XRPfOU5qqt7istujrGRX4RPpXd3fdPBQRiYRPx27AcPIDI2Gph/s5702/IMG_2998.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3839" data-original-width="5702" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7KPyauRCLkQQ8jAyqnGzuxSgWQd2_3OIHb73S1i4b_Dj-MRBRxRw2O7hNLy-5_PSpC1fVmNgfXh5Ue6YfkdgouVaMDT1c3G6E3bLvN8LXNNGWDNIKei4BW-M3Hp-DWMTcGUq_lfHe2XRPfOU5qqt7istujrGRX4RPpXd3fdPBQRiYRPx27AcPIDI2Gph/w640-h430/IMG_2998.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the most photographed Route 66 gas stations</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAlbiHEJLU-jXx6aJgxSOZb2L5ng9iF5VqfXuVI0Fts7jO5RdVHyoD1szQIMmEWwXgr1Mx0bu3589_gjsKsiIdwE6Ito-ToDuCMpWvJBI9t5nU5OBcYJ7t0v7PyC0RvCrOM-eB4KFvKGYWYCLyc_4U8Y5AoBdkc9tOx362_nJa6u7ACIEnqFF3w1p2oCM5/s6240/IMG_3003.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6240" data-original-width="4160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAlbiHEJLU-jXx6aJgxSOZb2L5ng9iF5VqfXuVI0Fts7jO5RdVHyoD1szQIMmEWwXgr1Mx0bu3589_gjsKsiIdwE6Ito-ToDuCMpWvJBI9t5nU5OBcYJ7t0v7PyC0RvCrOM-eB4KFvKGYWYCLyc_4U8Y5AoBdkc9tOx362_nJa6u7ACIEnqFF3w1p2oCM5/w426-h640/IMG_3003.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsYoiRD_JmG8Kw0mrYxM8DCFnGDcY3x6wtVnOy1NsKLEgucprA60cZHKTs0kxOrxT2r9jkz_FLl2NjK_V81DsA4aMm6pQvU8sRpBEOvKi8iSw7gUPiqC-JOnZfdMnYXFpuLO3wQ0c1WsC2fm27z9yeLpvk4PuSaZrPOFh6byO3lPr8z-jI8auFv0Y0Qbq/s5951/IMG_3007.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5951" data-original-width="3967" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsYoiRD_JmG8Kw0mrYxM8DCFnGDcY3x6wtVnOy1NsKLEgucprA60cZHKTs0kxOrxT2r9jkz_FLl2NjK_V81DsA4aMm6pQvU8sRpBEOvKi8iSw7gUPiqC-JOnZfdMnYXFpuLO3wQ0c1WsC2fm27z9yeLpvk4PuSaZrPOFh6byO3lPr8z-jI8auFv0Y0Qbq/w426-h640/IMG_3007.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The tallest water tower in Texas</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipHGE0l-K-3Or8XoJxiz1j9m1iYAMyS_LxeQU_TVLt0hskTHLMCivDiD4-hBSsalOuL0AnlVwYHVNzG0JIhJ3ayBX3nA5i94CGSBiI1aI20MRmDqwqft7Perd9Y3FroZ3PWmjqoB3VgZWdp5vATUq-eHLXYf2RUF4HX5bXrcI94ONzr_5FbRRqXawWlCH/s6240/IMG_3008.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipHGE0l-K-3Or8XoJxiz1j9m1iYAMyS_LxeQU_TVLt0hskTHLMCivDiD4-hBSsalOuL0AnlVwYHVNzG0JIhJ3ayBX3nA5i94CGSBiI1aI20MRmDqwqft7Perd9Y3FroZ3PWmjqoB3VgZWdp5vATUq-eHLXYf2RUF4HX5bXrcI94ONzr_5FbRRqXawWlCH/w640-h426/IMG_3008.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Home of the midnight cowboy ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76LpKvoCbHz71YZgbPbGAB6kBGzAtwtMK3k8giu3GObWVn4DEKCjQ5VZuIzAh8wv13S94_wQ1j4jHcM7GBtcWLdEt5BlJroTW8lmyyV5KyDEOCxeMVbXnno_kWOP1uXokF5910bvuz1ahxMr_evZBW1vGbm7S1tooQmxAea1sFN_o0kRK15BQbyfVKpGO/s6240/IMG_3019.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76LpKvoCbHz71YZgbPbGAB6kBGzAtwtMK3k8giu3GObWVn4DEKCjQ5VZuIzAh8wv13S94_wQ1j4jHcM7GBtcWLdEt5BlJroTW8lmyyV5KyDEOCxeMVbXnno_kWOP1uXokF5910bvuz1ahxMr_evZBW1vGbm7S1tooQmxAea1sFN_o0kRK15BQbyfVKpGO/w640-h426/IMG_3019.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The second best gas Station in Shamrock</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I decide by mid afternoon that Sayre Oklahoma will be my next overnight stop at the Sayre, Oklahoma city park campground where I pay $12. I justify this extreme expense on getting a shower and being able to refill my water bottles. As I arrive, I remember this place, Twinkles and I stayed here once before in our travels years ago. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">This was another prosperous town in days past, but is now pretty distressed, the downtown appears half vacant. There is a nice museum the old train station, an interesting Courthouse with a domed roof, a renovated movie theater and the post office with a beautiful WPA project mural. They also have a couple of WPA built underground tunnels built to enable school children safer passage to school which are now used for tornado shelters.o scope it out.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre,_Oklahoma">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre,_Oklahoma</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9w0OYP1QdCOfRbY3IUSbp-T-lOONdlbfr1nKzSmLfd0Kje0MHHkiRN7LGsRVByuegF7kl8oa1wEKWr4VYh3MPLOzyIlTxTJbG9u6OEVXL7f3gR3B-qxGJ_jITIPgJHL_n5hHv04bN7-n59456IF5PwyGCk56byyDw2_klDw7PcP7Kn_HhptXmibSC8Qy/s3950/IMG_1154.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2962" data-original-width="3950" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9w0OYP1QdCOfRbY3IUSbp-T-lOONdlbfr1nKzSmLfd0Kje0MHHkiRN7LGsRVByuegF7kl8oa1wEKWr4VYh3MPLOzyIlTxTJbG9u6OEVXL7f3gR3B-qxGJ_jITIPgJHL_n5hHv04bN7-n59456IF5PwyGCk56byyDw2_klDw7PcP7Kn_HhptXmibSC8Qy/w640-h480/IMG_1154.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An ordinary looking Post Office</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTBz61JkgiKNxzPUgt-1iL-NuK52NVPFnzJV9YXvldH25mXSAnmK5obvhWAS51Zs1g3iS7ZpPyK9DIKrurPOVCmRSgUNqICAeixJNCDL-6y7HK0pzJP7Gyfy4_lSsdnjfJyJfwvk8TRnhkQwicdex1cJBc0FFUjwOvaV6yCnG7CRgn9d3joTWlz9xt3-L/s3859/IMG_1161.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2894" data-original-width="3859" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTBz61JkgiKNxzPUgt-1iL-NuK52NVPFnzJV9YXvldH25mXSAnmK5obvhWAS51Zs1g3iS7ZpPyK9DIKrurPOVCmRSgUNqICAeixJNCDL-6y7HK0pzJP7Gyfy4_lSsdnjfJyJfwvk8TRnhkQwicdex1cJBc0FFUjwOvaV6yCnG7CRgn9d3joTWlz9xt3-L/w640-h480/IMG_1161.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inside a great historic WPA era mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0h4D2hJuN1BkofcVKSXYFbM7fcm2DXfAXX8LJbF1Yo6JdL-kvaZzzfA-sWzkvwvs6H01Yt-VrjQZ8ATEFZxuLnFgVhwRA2IRNntMwcKJG5kKlxXBZ4jo1ELja9cnPwlaLV63Kw1-mcKhVyBhmrAUa0dWKiggTbTt8DIu-i-XLZYSulVA0sGkzVtFcdFo/s3904/IMG_1157.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2928" data-original-width="3904" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0h4D2hJuN1BkofcVKSXYFbM7fcm2DXfAXX8LJbF1Yo6JdL-kvaZzzfA-sWzkvwvs6H01Yt-VrjQZ8ATEFZxuLnFgVhwRA2IRNntMwcKJG5kKlxXBZ4jo1ELja9cnPwlaLV63Kw1-mcKhVyBhmrAUa0dWKiggTbTt8DIu-i-XLZYSulVA0sGkzVtFcdFo/w640-h480/IMG_1157.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WPA built Tunnel under the street </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg514ssjS6dspYCwz3H_h5_Az7HCDjwdaj2L7zLfesa3E8kki5FrjJNnAMSgXIurn2L3cpuV03mse2m7VtgiCM4n4pWu8bW44qAQXRX6eRgIb3UhMxqLaKsenx_7tS4yT_hWsmvFqxGVr6_5b7SHTdYDi4siQBIUT_JKiog4sJZbDlCjb3_5zbd_EuFOSLc/w640-h480/IMG_1158.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another favorite mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvDQ2S3Dv-RMEG15PUGdKWH73bNV7hjg4-a6TVO7KuaNk2zfM3zPzXJqFDcqufocHKev4AFIF0p0XSzw9uXybkv6j7hH8LfBRhnMpXdqxmlSngehkNpg9Bv7evRLaIK5alwpKrR2K_3t78Z_Fql9iTw7yMeMPwTkFiMvE431P_G-tEdXxSu9bRpn-UPFU/s3963/IMG_1165.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2972" data-original-width="3963" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvDQ2S3Dv-RMEG15PUGdKWH73bNV7hjg4-a6TVO7KuaNk2zfM3zPzXJqFDcqufocHKev4AFIF0p0XSzw9uXybkv6j7hH8LfBRhnMpXdqxmlSngehkNpg9Bv7evRLaIK5alwpKrR2K_3t78Z_Fql9iTw7yMeMPwTkFiMvE431P_G-tEdXxSu9bRpn-UPFU/w640-h480/IMG_1165.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Stovall Theater has a really special renewed sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFE8W7YPUPJ9NAyiNURQT7gsdm9cF-SWcN0Ovu0pVmFoVTbdgimWKuGZXi_v_miC2fUKD9qqFYtEr7KUoxUgmC1X_Yxjwq9HSxW7DYWGnmZYfYm1yecBiZhpqr6e2jRtaQBuzDyGC-W5v3AcVaDb1-WbafrbdyI7fY4t_2XJJuKEqqmP2pDSDWCJYBnAYw/s3854/IMG_1174.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2890" data-original-width="3854" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFE8W7YPUPJ9NAyiNURQT7gsdm9cF-SWcN0Ovu0pVmFoVTbdgimWKuGZXi_v_miC2fUKD9qqFYtEr7KUoxUgmC1X_Yxjwq9HSxW7DYWGnmZYfYm1yecBiZhpqr6e2jRtaQBuzDyGC-W5v3AcVaDb1-WbafrbdyI7fY4t_2XJJuKEqqmP2pDSDWCJYBnAYw/w640-h480/IMG_1174.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Extensive windmill farms in this Texas area</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzH6KbzkXsJERuhN-B1mw3O7KqvQ7oPoxuW4LljF3uHb4x2lGDUYWgLQ7kVB1qmWds1TmNXGVaKKdbxZaJojDoyBmJbn3QiPYOHI0Wj6DUHh6yoFRz9V2VuMWX5NC3u6eMDkcWOcPA932g_-j22Ziuwi3sqSg1Rz5_f7N5cGzTa48RGiwePXNCtiOUpHaE/s4032/IMG_1175.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzH6KbzkXsJERuhN-B1mw3O7KqvQ7oPoxuW4LljF3uHb4x2lGDUYWgLQ7kVB1qmWds1TmNXGVaKKdbxZaJojDoyBmJbn3QiPYOHI0Wj6DUHh6yoFRz9V2VuMWX5NC3u6eMDkcWOcPA932g_-j22Ziuwi3sqSg1Rz5_f7N5cGzTa48RGiwePXNCtiOUpHaE/w640-h480/IMG_1175.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Weatherford Park, Texas is proud of their wind power technology </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I arrive in Oklahoma City about 3 PM, park at a Walmart, just to scope it out and figure out my next move. I decide to visit the Bricktown Entertainment District in which you will find the minor league baseball stadium, a water canal lined with restaurants and clubs. I park around the corner from Mickie Mantle Blvd in front of a police outpost and then start exploring on foot. It’s a vibrant area, there is a game tonight and the canal area appears to be a most popular attraction, especially the canal boat rides. The surrounding streets have many restaurants, bars, breweries, it’s a pretty happening scene. I end getting dinner at "Fuel" which has two very friendly personable barmaids and learn that there will be a band playing later, I return but the band is weird, I don’t stay long. It turned out to be a sort of exciting night however as you will see below. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjmENqbkK7XQPep0oPkPMo-7rbEibVMb-dsmHF9UgBm_x4HlVaBZL1_eZqe2AY5MQSIa4HDOD2iMK2DvywRUI9Q7MkSqul1a-pV6iuU_ppVefdp_aF_2LuyzxCtB5xSnicuajczvKoX5iQp698jcnMgWJ-sIuxC1QBXDBkzUtzIMvJVTF680W1bd7JTby/s4032/IMG_1184.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjmENqbkK7XQPep0oPkPMo-7rbEibVMb-dsmHF9UgBm_x4HlVaBZL1_eZqe2AY5MQSIa4HDOD2iMK2DvywRUI9Q7MkSqul1a-pV6iuU_ppVefdp_aF_2LuyzxCtB5xSnicuajczvKoX5iQp698jcnMgWJ-sIuxC1QBXDBkzUtzIMvJVTF680W1bd7JTby/w640-h480/IMG_1184.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The current Amtrak Station is nearby</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2U-zOFVVfTYuUJV8FLvyupB0Ez8dnn3WIo9EOAeg-QYIkMc-ar8IaMCLZ4WTK1ap4Hq-mFN-cwlE07IvLWh7WPyE8x49PPGeckmXFQTy5GF7Dj9-PemaP7WQahtAAUzHKYadTkRuGC7eizCZ1Hg30YlhV9ALy-df4yKvd0ZhbtluWSMxntprPpcWl0pa/s4032/IMG_1212.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2U-zOFVVfTYuUJV8FLvyupB0Ez8dnn3WIo9EOAeg-QYIkMc-ar8IaMCLZ4WTK1ap4Hq-mFN-cwlE07IvLWh7WPyE8x49PPGeckmXFQTy5GF7Dj9-PemaP7WQahtAAUzHKYadTkRuGC7eizCZ1Hg30YlhV9ALy-df4yKvd0ZhbtluWSMxntprPpcWl0pa/w640-h480/IMG_1212.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful interior</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwupnXnGrDb38XMvfRsNj0279EZ77fTEPJx9myF93NngJuq3RynNjcVKAGaNKkolB796Aeo5mW-e7hglHgiwrrXzeKaUR8f6xrC6Ao7uH4xdbe8km9fCuXdwZJgUXIm4VkdOrjoWpV7yF94YHiXUT1uQQ4EBhONTYhWnEyd5ve5r9Hx7PYSpZQ3MO_j6Co/s4032/IMG_1188.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwupnXnGrDb38XMvfRsNj0279EZ77fTEPJx9myF93NngJuq3RynNjcVKAGaNKkolB796Aeo5mW-e7hglHgiwrrXzeKaUR8f6xrC6Ao7uH4xdbe8km9fCuXdwZJgUXIm4VkdOrjoWpV7yF94YHiXUT1uQQ4EBhONTYhWnEyd5ve5r9Hx7PYSpZQ3MO_j6Co/w480-h640/IMG_1188.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm getting prepared for my upcoming visit to the Bob Dylan Museum in Tulsa, OK</span> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCUR_dQtHFK-NHR0zmocCJe4RlmJ-IrAuUNqR2BXwqBCJLEQShJAldwrETE6UKx2fs2EHoC5r611aYbqHEkqcI-SuxgS4X5K4nXzVlOH1NxM1Whgdn03KLVZeKvB8XrRcRS35DPHIXZE8wjtnW4MEPqOgKmfSEgAeKdRbuufuJwG1JWDtO7GPe_ZLZiJL/s3849/IMG_1206.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2886" data-original-width="3849" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCUR_dQtHFK-NHR0zmocCJe4RlmJ-IrAuUNqR2BXwqBCJLEQShJAldwrETE6UKx2fs2EHoC5r611aYbqHEkqcI-SuxgS4X5K4nXzVlOH1NxM1Whgdn03KLVZeKvB8XrRcRS35DPHIXZE8wjtnW4MEPqOgKmfSEgAeKdRbuufuJwG1JWDtO7GPe_ZLZiJL/w640-h480/IMG_1206.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A most Colorful railroad underpass!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">I am thinking I will stay overnight where I am, in front of the police building, it should be real safe and I settle in for a good nights rest and then all hell breaks loose. The wind starts ripping, the rain starts pouring and the Van starts rocking. I look at my phone weather app, the radar shows a dark red storm front moving directly through Oklahoma City. I weather it out inside the van until it abates after a couple of hours. I then see police out front and decide it might be good to get out of sight, so I drive a block away and park in a hotel visitors spot for the balance of the night. </span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzbUYEcaOHejj-s5S3IHjTnXayPmHN0kMVzr0ek4_PVHbJhGoFfXZXqw7msgEBXCzkY-kpZn8yFrT0MGmK4nTmW_63jgQj-yx8jC41C4LDkAhEbgK8NxURw6h7zDRQr2DyYTLOgGXdtgmalDwcJEXWfAYCFnF7NWKdaoPFPiHRgm8tXmKKcl8cCWJ72K-/s1334/IMG_1199.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzbUYEcaOHejj-s5S3IHjTnXayPmHN0kMVzr0ek4_PVHbJhGoFfXZXqw7msgEBXCzkY-kpZn8yFrT0MGmK4nTmW_63jgQj-yx8jC41C4LDkAhEbgK8NxURw6h7zDRQr2DyYTLOgGXdtgmalDwcJEXWfAYCFnF7NWKdaoPFPiHRgm8tXmKKcl8cCWJ72K-/w225-h400/IMG_1199.PNG" width="225" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It’s now Sunday morning, but the First Americans Museum is open and it turns out to be a huge building, all new, very impressive and state of the art exhibits. There are great exhibits representing all 59 Indian tribes located in Oklahoma. The only state with more Native Americans is Alaska. The majority are tribes who were forced to move here from their original homelands.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/brand-new-museum-oklahoma-city-honors-indigenous-people-at-every-turn-180978742/">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/brand-new-museum-oklahoma-city-honors-indigenous-people-at-every-turn-180978742/</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimduRec-ziiu0dGv2w6f9f-jDH-vfVCl3zq0RtS8ApDXoHAfcUHGxr9EZmF9Yccx7QcjE_SR82AFBdNWrqjJioJHdsh83Q37PDaU7NilWDb_V0ajsz3D80uOBTPJaVZ8MSt3TCOHo14lBQZPIO-SsplwT6QJdfvTgBUPbuHrMI2BeLWLcjJlThAVuAP5uS/s4032/IMG_1222.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: medium;">I then explore the Automotive District which you would expect to be the area to buy new and used cars, but no more That would have been the case if it was 1950 perhaps when this area was where the car dealers were located, but not today. Fortunately, the old buildings were attractive and were saved. The area has now been repurposed and the new businesses have retained the original appearance and some of the original signs. </span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZZRvyZW9Ohmv3DvWn4919d8IbjpNwF6YLVtXO0_F6Q6BT_Ny83OErxXKV-WZWN5IhzwFL_rmnj6QiR1eVnAuQMLriJWst6z4S539MAYDlc6Rvu6sdJqqmOcWqLxzJBM8YcTrT6M7vu4X1g8pZhija3j33LGTCovZleh6lPXJiiZv-Dssy_cgA5ZVsObY/s5472/0Q1A5907.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZZRvyZW9Ohmv3DvWn4919d8IbjpNwF6YLVtXO0_F6Q6BT_Ny83OErxXKV-WZWN5IhzwFL_rmnj6QiR1eVnAuQMLriJWst6z4S539MAYDlc6Rvu6sdJqqmOcWqLxzJBM8YcTrT6M7vu4X1g8pZhija3j33LGTCovZleh6lPXJiiZv-Dssy_cgA5ZVsObY/w640-h426/0Q1A5907.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A good vibe here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">On Monday, I visit the Oklahoma State Capital, I’m sort of surprised that it is open as it is a national holiday, <span style="background-color: rgba(80, 151, 255, 0.18); color: #040c28;">Juneteenth National Independence Day</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); color: #4d5156;">. I wasn't so </span> impressed with the Capital interior on the first and second floors, but the third through fifth floors were much more ornate with many historical murals.The Capital surroundings are mostly dedicated to the oil Industry, I suppose as it should.</span><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfpFb1GD8vmcTeFkhqNbYFDNbp0H0DtrCDv7w5n7zcHlD3oO6phFMVgKlbRsUXRO7BjA_V7LfxfqKtPvN2MFowXS-uBE-uvb3akcm9UEDLNTp3sAWnxH8M6OrjmeCa61bW8evaWm5o8GC9DFX1q298ez6FpU48OD0VpX5M3aY6dQN2SUHXBhfmQu4fpaH/s3965/IMG_1281.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2973" data-original-width="3965" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfpFb1GD8vmcTeFkhqNbYFDNbp0H0DtrCDv7w5n7zcHlD3oO6phFMVgKlbRsUXRO7BjA_V7LfxfqKtPvN2MFowXS-uBE-uvb3akcm9UEDLNTp3sAWnxH8M6OrjmeCa61bW8evaWm5o8GC9DFX1q298ez6FpU48OD0VpX5M3aY6dQN2SUHXBhfmQu4fpaH/w640-h480/IMG_1281.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I the happened upon this donut shop called, "Hurts Donut" that was really good and surprisingly is a chain with a number of shops mainly in the midwest area. On their map, it shows one in Arizona close to the Tucson area, I’m going to have to look for it.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOL6QhMshPqBGeOeoGSrnxTkxv84f4xpHUSRLhQ0q7BeK57YN6ojtZImDa2FfqXsDDsC2PUP19Zp1o8bcYCYfYr2mw-9hlAcht-61o1m2kndMHfOlgQX7VW40xZ2V7wfO47g2OF3Pu_cwH3zDrAB57I-FmuRTGp2tKZ9obMCVAwlJEuhP2F-FZLAMhg8B/s3526/IMG_1268.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2644" data-original-width="3526" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOL6QhMshPqBGeOeoGSrnxTkxv84f4xpHUSRLhQ0q7BeK57YN6ojtZImDa2FfqXsDDsC2PUP19Zp1o8bcYCYfYr2mw-9hlAcht-61o1m2kndMHfOlgQX7VW40xZ2V7wfO47g2OF3Pu_cwH3zDrAB57I-FmuRTGp2tKZ9obMCVAwlJEuhP2F-FZLAMhg8B/w640-h480/IMG_1268.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nice box too</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I then explore the Central Downtown District which was virtually empty, I suppose they all took off on account of the holiday. The downtown is heavy on Banks, Oil and Energy Company headquarters, Churches and Parking Lots.There are several very impressive buildings especially the Court House.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"> </span></div><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7afCJzTjKfa0d9QwV-Vb1nP4Fmf8SLcGO0snHl8ixnqsBOrGtEjygyfujt4EodbkavpS4Oiq5Kf4KexhW5f-7Qjr_TEqThxCJy6TvpCuv9hQqKerb8QMS26bxINKxspA5P6N_V6s7T-xOGO28uwve6Oala02kecujkjgqKV3fyqP8HCZkaONbrRQ-06j/s4583/0Q1A5930.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="4583" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7afCJzTjKfa0d9QwV-Vb1nP4Fmf8SLcGO0snHl8ixnqsBOrGtEjygyfujt4EodbkavpS4Oiq5Kf4KexhW5f-7Qjr_TEqThxCJy6TvpCuv9hQqKerb8QMS26bxINKxspA5P6N_V6s7T-xOGO28uwve6Oala02kecujkjgqKV3fyqP8HCZkaONbrRQ-06j/w640-h510/0Q1A5930.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAcoqJOxs2mZaxi8sG2Y_xndcr33jplsHhlL2tPiXdWEPnwOVigw1Yn9w9DYe2yeYbIj40hrbX47ag7KdLPPHZ03F6v5B7rcSpcWBKitSwDS5y2fgTJknAlhLi4qoDg8isZXjmay_Jo460-vhm5Ek8AZZLpzHuJlVEb5IMhQ43ZlaZTi2yxKX07A0AOdV/s5472/0Q1A5936.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAcoqJOxs2mZaxi8sG2Y_xndcr33jplsHhlL2tPiXdWEPnwOVigw1Yn9w9DYe2yeYbIj40hrbX47ag7KdLPPHZ03F6v5B7rcSpcWBKitSwDS5y2fgTJknAlhLi4qoDg8isZXjmay_Jo460-vhm5Ek8AZZLpzHuJlVEb5IMhQ43ZlaZTi2yxKX07A0AOdV/w640-h426/0Q1A5936.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They have a fleet of modern trolley cars</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwX012TrPL7qeltTMablLLVBTd2y1VOuRbjw1jED0D-ci3Drx2ddaRYo0W16VPqFp0kgFtdia8zIGJKl7QXWeiB06QuZNekuLzwNz38d8y-TW_lk_lJusQRsO8jBgmLA6p6eujC8HqJ8obSVGaRAobstptcvzCfnYPLoJJWC1mKWzPRTt1DYDAgAG5ctl/s5286/0Q1A5937.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5286" data-original-width="3524" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwX012TrPL7qeltTMablLLVBTd2y1VOuRbjw1jED0D-ci3Drx2ddaRYo0W16VPqFp0kgFtdia8zIGJKl7QXWeiB06QuZNekuLzwNz38d8y-TW_lk_lJusQRsO8jBgmLA6p6eujC8HqJ8obSVGaRAobstptcvzCfnYPLoJJWC1mKWzPRTt1DYDAgAG5ctl/w426-h640/0Q1A5937.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The reflections on the glass building front were special</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitl-XtHzr7GgQNvPPNt8lOq1eXkHma_WTGpgK_EccxXXbjRgnI6U-hOYR2kfjV6fTecrTifbG-P1ciFYsmbDXZJ7C6bVw9g2TQZBCITzWFaRWtqdxb0zlyM3M_uhsqBiXQr6h65tLMklUicRimMLwXIqN6ve_n2Rb2fAnqSCjoScxlBCvtag8CK5GINk-/s5099/0Q1A5944.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3399" data-original-width="5099" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitl-XtHzr7GgQNvPPNt8lOq1eXkHma_WTGpgK_EccxXXbjRgnI6U-hOYR2kfjV6fTecrTifbG-P1ciFYsmbDXZJ7C6bVw9g2TQZBCITzWFaRWtqdxb0zlyM3M_uhsqBiXQr6h65tLMklUicRimMLwXIqN6ve_n2Rb2fAnqSCjoScxlBCvtag8CK5GINk-/w640-h426/0Q1A5944.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Art Deco that could use some cleaning</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">I return to the Bricktown District in the evening as I have found the location of the Mojo's Blues Bar at the very end of the Canal. They are having a blues jam and it turns out to be one of the best ones I’ve ever seen. There is a core group of players who are great with other random people just showing up to play. There was a young unknown guy who showed and impressed everyone with his playing, then a petite woman shows, also unknown who had an incredible voice. One of the regulars yelled out; Who are you, Where did you come from ? She was doing songs that weren’t blues that the lead guitar guy wasn’t familiar with, but the bass player was, so they switched instruments for a while and the bass player filled in perfectly, even doing background vocals. They also brought in another dummer in who was killing the drums, so good.</span></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxc1ieLvh3H-xyFpPwAMG8MY2bXQOS3GgXbLgSUPvjzS2L9nSy6gmjf1w9RRK3fWtXG7vrrC1X_-0IlwMtSUQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I’ve seen about everything I want to here, it’s time to move to my sort of prime destination in Tulsa, OK.</p><div><br /></div></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-52663983436356599022023-06-20T10:35:00.002-07:002023-06-20T13:07:12.085-07:00<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">June 11 - 14, 2023:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Santa Fe, NM - Tucumcari, NM - Amarillo, Texas:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I arrive in Santa Fe around noon time and proceed to the square where everyone is circling around looking for a parking spot. After about three circuits, I break down and go to a pay lot. I’m already thinking maybe this isn’t a good idea ? I’m not really into the shopping, it used to be buying a new tee shirt, but these days I'm kind of over that. I like the native jewelry, but its pricey, as it should be, but I feel awkward wearing, but mainly I’m really cheap. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The main thing for me is to take photos, mostly architecture, murals, street art, signs and occasionally something involving scenic nature. After four hours of this, I’m done and ready for a nice meal at my favorite place, at the moment the Cowgirl BBQ. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I then drive away from the central downtown area to look for a place to stealth camp, I soon recognize that once you get away from the touristy central plaza area of Santa Fe, where the low to middle income people live, many areas look rough and you will see lots of homeless types. I found myself in such an area was awoken at night by someone near the van causing me to move to a different location. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_c-b7EBaDadOsJrpJ_UGNpmPomAvkz4b5Cd1Ry2CuP4FHzQsHwPOcT-NMOFvlKa-cnDNMTdK38TMVYuaXXbGjJjoPNqeh5X6QmygtQEboYHwaHt3dZSfTFSbW5J_9NTk6cINTMFtKJDPbRzVtbXxOBj19-V0r8zVRwFIBcMmBzu2s04Kq32zIDunPnA/s6240/IMG_2673.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_c-b7EBaDadOsJrpJ_UGNpmPomAvkz4b5Cd1Ry2CuP4FHzQsHwPOcT-NMOFvlKa-cnDNMTdK38TMVYuaXXbGjJjoPNqeh5X6QmygtQEboYHwaHt3dZSfTFSbW5J_9NTk6cINTMFtKJDPbRzVtbXxOBj19-V0r8zVRwFIBcMmBzu2s04Kq32zIDunPnA/w640-h426/IMG_2673.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Crazy paint scheme !</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe657Cbfzfhlp9EXpkGjy0WmlJvTnNSba_b1CQ2RzkXm7lUck6ydmcucpcXjIjVF9BSlmMAwETTu1AS8e_O8tdXShRzO8uO08HHpeUsuXKCxV80Nij1hiWh88QewC2_f067Kot3vv42QQAtDN0JGuZdds6HrYq3qO4Ir3-ok2irF6PinT27zCUbo7PUQ/s6240/IMG_2678.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe657Cbfzfhlp9EXpkGjy0WmlJvTnNSba_b1CQ2RzkXm7lUck6ydmcucpcXjIjVF9BSlmMAwETTu1AS8e_O8tdXShRzO8uO08HHpeUsuXKCxV80Nij1hiWh88QewC2_f067Kot3vv42QQAtDN0JGuZdds6HrYq3qO4Ir3-ok2irF6PinT27zCUbo7PUQ/w640-h426/IMG_2678.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Seems to everyones favorite</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6G5iBsFvNsvVtbHPaPlr_V_xuX1FVcLkLzUn04pKl6LZZDtMGAZgqzKcsF0y3EyrwJZo6dnNf9dGyFnUWo-6KU5gUYg0MXfCWV-esQWscTZAsdB4GDjZMSLhPOKucPje-PR7Ko4O84xxEP0gSwDQke8qL-XBu2DMlLD88W0WGowSzxOPO3sRH1L34JA/s6240/IMG_2688.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6G5iBsFvNsvVtbHPaPlr_V_xuX1FVcLkLzUn04pKl6LZZDtMGAZgqzKcsF0y3EyrwJZo6dnNf9dGyFnUWo-6KU5gUYg0MXfCWV-esQWscTZAsdB4GDjZMSLhPOKucPje-PR7Ko4O84xxEP0gSwDQke8qL-XBu2DMlLD88W0WGowSzxOPO3sRH1L34JA/w640-h426/IMG_2688.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The flowers always bloom for me</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZbB5O4LOwTCQKQCYPXOWzr-6cmy5PKCp6ZkvKRm4hv-LCjssr1zL8K5LQyZui5PNfteSfzAcA0O6KYo0GRr2yiR1X1I4JEskEco31BwW7m4One6u-X6salH_tB2dw9QB-8_AghpB7OLgSqWdWZQ4cmW4JY-TdFn_z6nEgwW2SylWGeFaQPKkYQ8UNA/s6024/IMG_2692.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4016" data-original-width="6024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZbB5O4LOwTCQKQCYPXOWzr-6cmy5PKCp6ZkvKRm4hv-LCjssr1zL8K5LQyZui5PNfteSfzAcA0O6KYo0GRr2yiR1X1I4JEskEco31BwW7m4One6u-X6salH_tB2dw9QB-8_AghpB7OLgSqWdWZQ4cmW4JY-TdFn_z6nEgwW2SylWGeFaQPKkYQ8UNA/w640-h426/IMG_2692.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The famous Santa Fe cathedral</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmRrOwQtXWF0puv_Kj5pBRAhm2Pp0NryDxnIMUmlZl37afg9sMdE86pg3x5N1zL4OWN4m_5nTNt6_lqUv2cIWzOWsNTjJ0DNOaTfJOIYkv9kHMbZvz56ads7WOLTLdP2KekZ-PrGBQhd0vEdXiDf4MgAlWEQaBjqKve1HCFhVbtkbbQXHzm8J1kfn-Q/s6240/IMG_2713.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmRrOwQtXWF0puv_Kj5pBRAhm2Pp0NryDxnIMUmlZl37afg9sMdE86pg3x5N1zL4OWN4m_5nTNt6_lqUv2cIWzOWsNTjJ0DNOaTfJOIYkv9kHMbZvz56ads7WOLTLdP2KekZ-PrGBQhd0vEdXiDf4MgAlWEQaBjqKve1HCFhVbtkbbQXHzm8J1kfn-Q/w640-h426/IMG_2713.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I depart Santa Fe early the next morning heading for Tucumcari, NM with a stop at Santa Rosa, NM. Santa Rosa is on the original route 66 and the businesses on the highway through town promote themselves with catchy signs to advertise their nostalgic motels, restaurants and businesses. It appears to me that this is starting to fail, the younger generation does not have that nostalgic feeling for that time period. Many of the businesses are now closed or look depressed, they're just getting by. Such is the case for Santa Rosa, but the town business district on a side street seems to doing way better.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Rosa,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Rosa,_New_Mexico</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48Kv5J6VTWwVDKRRK1nxlCX_d11nGIgic1_Hs1O6hA5jCIutiJuMosu8UldX7UZubOcRA5KWOT-4EuVabBn3t78nXF2jYmWiqBNy-tSeqFrIcQgWZCoYfG_DyFdhBEzOSrl9Vy0016r3sWZek_-tmdIHS4jsAxKz7SztYCHAadu9vUx98nWcbqIw9Ug/s6240/IMG_2724.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3CiR4hiHCY5kYsDOa9PI8rTb79_KWlMAKWTZu7EIOhlgIoViCFFTEFu5Vb_Ts1ogzhQDedDOqPT15egQaRXbSEt3ZPoiC4n7nBW1Soga40itNm1RlRzInc5GSxNez5misZoLHKuTV52s7K0Rn-NIaKLButdH8UK-5xutXdseFhwX446kSmfPF2lhzw/w640-h426/IMG_2734.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Only open for dinner</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkyP3tD_6B7dIeISQuiTSJaRRL2rybBxtdFTSUxpih3N4_VGTgPsENnBfH7ykmVIPic3ftse6PWkGB2jNucWDJcPqkLHGBPTCgr-xx6DQM4vBTAk1PdaHfjLOSB40o-9cY47R0FrT39An7PDlyXqQXy8GEzfvi0KYP7tnY0kOt6e2CdYcE3uJ8ppqbQ/s6240/IMG_2738.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRDD2tL1a17OcnFO1kW_dFzMtr2Oo1vDMUCl7et7_6Y7do6zuN6j-lG8GP8-pU7bxOFVDHlMdto883vnAriQrxKktWETLjZIUELywb4KHeU5vEBLTL0o0aRDISb66Scc-pZl-Kjh8c44sPOUIIs_hgkHTdroxc_zYawAhKJFG_4OFLNecxUuzf6V_Tg/w640-h426/IMG_2745.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Love the sign, but it appears closed and I wonder if grandma is still around</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I make another stop at a highway exit for Cuervo, NM which looks like a ghost town, the old adobe houses are in total collapse with private property / no trespassing signs all over. There must be some thing wrong with me as I find these abandoned town sites fascinating.</span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuervo,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuervo,_New_Mexico</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflJiqj6X6vvKqRc9iSclSsfU2oGKGL5owDgDPZj48sjfQyPoHT8gYL522zEzapAyGy9JZfBIU6-rA37JgKeqtGjt5yJBOY-yOOGq2bcez4kCGFTIAaS61YmqsYGw-5bvYinFKK5US5uTItPFGlC0SHrYmqsBmIO6mb2w3rPYsSdBu7WHViKTs9eRrNQ/s6240/IMG_2759.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Arriving in Tucumcari, I have the same feelings about their Route 66 nostalgic promotion, it’s starting to wear thin, lose interest. Tucumcari is really quite sad, the original downtown area which must have been beautiful and vibrant in the 1950’s to mid 1960’s is decimated, most buildings are vacant and deteriorating. The one bright note I could see was the train station, the incredibly large impressive station that actually has been renovated and is now a train museum. The majority of the tourist services are now located in a new section of town with several chain hotels, gas stations and quick food chains. It was time for me to get cleaned up so I treated myself to a night in a Days Inn and a good meal the popular Del’s Restaurant.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucumcari,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucumcari,_New_Mexico</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_CpbYAm2-nxlQ2-EqeyzAVQPVoY7VK94rkxlJdhiOi31RVLF-MM8wJnbfBnmdV3nfeYLphQLQLc2SQXJXf12p1B2D6XVJzF6PnDD9Cxs9sPaMSRDAluywCCmYhvvop_wnyz50FKrDn-m6GqIXp6Xd2h98_sQwgG6cg-muazFvw-LkCDoGRDgnVUfEg/s6240/IMG_2769.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNd8n4x0UPxdZO8wOS9XecG748jIdyr3WvXc9uHwoSPEuxv8BeRUfiKZzt5Ex7gFMdsi8kz9bZQzXvjhVjMFuSFnRaoKLdiUm-5kr2Cb1Z7jWiZ93qEA5igx7-HmDCc5x7dxPQFz9CBLHerj7w-mQAzQLdmrBidNoE7mr178NrnQ6MjjKtEpkqJ6EeA/w640-h426/IMG_2782.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Swan sign is just legendary</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuP1zm0Vb4fOoruL00ro9Z6f1Teb3DGTv0YyoaP2yoObK7fPtQjUu-wq2wbmg-MGYZeBgKx5tbNG2--Ku66wxHmRStOZLm7DS0lMS1bfRVOsrr0GUi4Tic3O9CNK8Ca46fxb43nzlTcb-O6u81lMYezPRAmDkGnL3xtbiiugeuQqHtB8qA5cZ7U7_pQ/s6240/IMG_2786.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">I depart in the morning taking the longer, but more interesting route 54 rather than the faster route 40 to Amarillo, Texas. This road had very heavy truck traffic and I came upon a car accident that had just occurred , a truck driver was stopped, I didn't witness the accident, one of the victims had already called 911, but no one had yet arrived. One car was totaled and there was an injury, but basically nothing I could do so I left before </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">A short distance away, I happened upon another sort of roadside ghost town, Nara Vista, with several very interesting buildings and signs.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara_Visa,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara_Visa,_New_Mexico</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin: 0px;">I made another stop in Dalhart, Texas which has miles of very unappealing and smelly stock yards around town. The downtown was mostly drab and dingy but there was an attractive museum on the historic XIT Ranch, one of the largest Texas ranches at 3,000,000 acres and the beautiful La Rita Theater I’m not so big on Texas history, I skipped the museum, Texas history annoys me, but I’ll check it out online.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalhart,_Texas">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalhart,_Texas</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XIT_Ranch">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XIT_Ranch</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9TG3yDIg9cWNVLxbx12LAMsREAYpVaxOTY7ZdXA9SZqPO0HnwKK-Iv7ExqWOsCbF0YgKG-tMBwO7cN52HCqEwnGMfqxStPFaRCXKVORPAdhZzlbmxv9pASdPvQ9_PrCRQ0s5WsT_8c2jxd6Ea6ZyMJksI3cs7rBhbv2rJK7LtpL7eA92xNVWcgVsmKZp/s6016/IMG_2840.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4011" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9TG3yDIg9cWNVLxbx12LAMsREAYpVaxOTY7ZdXA9SZqPO0HnwKK-Iv7ExqWOsCbF0YgKG-tMBwO7cN52HCqEwnGMfqxStPFaRCXKVORPAdhZzlbmxv9pASdPvQ9_PrCRQ0s5WsT_8c2jxd6Ea6ZyMJksI3cs7rBhbv2rJK7LtpL7eA92xNVWcgVsmKZp/w426-h640/IMG_2840.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HkmPjUwEzAHh_OtFIaTz-mcp8JENnnyHUjmlJoybj5FqJI4CRnf-t37a9EEc96w5lVJhXoXgvkRm2y6ZaxM8HjCjLVdjf7UZ7yMXee-f46avkOzG61uzNgdkRIYkGhjqatNTjp_D03AYRrDkenI48KACdzHbL7SLeiKj3CAhWXfpjOo_RrmXqO7scOGQ/s5952/IMG_2847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="5952" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HkmPjUwEzAHh_OtFIaTz-mcp8JENnnyHUjmlJoybj5FqJI4CRnf-t37a9EEc96w5lVJhXoXgvkRm2y6ZaxM8HjCjLVdjf7UZ7yMXee-f46avkOzG61uzNgdkRIYkGhjqatNTjp_D03AYRrDkenI48KACdzHbL7SLeiKj3CAhWXfpjOo_RrmXqO7scOGQ/w640-h426/IMG_2847.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6QiVmJMDuPlYNCG9wqY1qyWROBTo7NqQxwqQK3DFoQ4TP3CCNvc7Jzp79Bh9bTNRxupVbJypOdBQ8TlCaVgR4QayC3JZ6Muad7XH6rBOphBFlxpr17pZpGBV8AT-7p-AIJefD0xW_5hNsKCPCe4hHQG8B5kqEDMwiezlzJRcB5hC1fW1QzitjkBGmB0V/s4952/IMG_2848.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3998" data-original-width="4952" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6QiVmJMDuPlYNCG9wqY1qyWROBTo7NqQxwqQK3DFoQ4TP3CCNvc7Jzp79Bh9bTNRxupVbJypOdBQ8TlCaVgR4QayC3JZ6Muad7XH6rBOphBFlxpr17pZpGBV8AT-7p-AIJefD0xW_5hNsKCPCe4hHQG8B5kqEDMwiezlzJRcB5hC1fW1QzitjkBGmB0V/w640-h516/IMG_2848.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm wondering what they mean by "Feed the Fire"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I check my RV boon docking app and see that there is an OHV dispersed camping area about 20 miles before Amarillo, I find it and decide to spend the night there. It is right on the Canadian River which appears to have had a massive flood recently. It appears that most of the roadways on entering the area were washed out and much construction is on going to repair the roads. I was able to drive in to a great open campsite close to the entrance. I had a slight scare at about 6 PM when a fast moving storm front blew in suddenly with high winds and blowing dust, but it didn’t last long, no rain, no hail and thankfully no funnel clouds.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsjOQ57__EBZ2rfigsOfMubliR_y81rcbq7Iv9RoN1ZgkYqRzmzNKgS301Fmd5YYTrxju7GP_l_ihr81XFFBCae1C-vjsjaFqk0IKXX4nvW073ijYDBIForRbU1V5TRIJdTAGTbawrBFpsS0njDgfapnzc8X20lS1qgZ1R8M_gaDN2nKIF7zHdcWH-adQ/s6240/IMG_2849.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsjOQ57__EBZ2rfigsOfMubliR_y81rcbq7Iv9RoN1ZgkYqRzmzNKgS301Fmd5YYTrxju7GP_l_ihr81XFFBCae1C-vjsjaFqk0IKXX4nvW073ijYDBIForRbU1V5TRIJdTAGTbawrBFpsS0njDgfapnzc8X20lS1qgZ1R8M_gaDN2nKIF7zHdcWH-adQ/w640-h426/IMG_2849.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I could drive under the bridge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgy4ZlAF3vvYv7WoLA5XMXu7aZ6rpbdk9IEHca2Ui3j_G-oSPulVbv3dvM4osDfav8Au7a91DLcPIUsHvY11MfZAkeGmwGJNpVXSzWp0RkpZdlOE9WRpMiuvJgBOAtFLKifSVlbSvnGEga4MROUlBSqVv1Ki-okfl6XkZbz9LeQvnLRdZPq5gWImyQoQg/s6240/IMG_2854.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXgy4ZlAF3vvYv7WoLA5XMXu7aZ6rpbdk9IEHca2Ui3j_G-oSPulVbv3dvM4osDfav8Au7a91DLcPIUsHvY11MfZAkeGmwGJNpVXSzWp0RkpZdlOE9WRpMiuvJgBOAtFLKifSVlbSvnGEga4MROUlBSqVv1Ki-okfl6XkZbz9LeQvnLRdZPq5gWImyQoQg/w640-h426/IMG_2854.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The red colored Canadian River</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHfAcwovXfO7095mr69Z5py9wJhLZPArPJxmigp7ea9Juil5AciDTbbPZqZJtOB9y_rHCmsqomKKOvwV91u_WTg_jRj9slxR1JDdsq0gMC6wDgrS6olRObAw_Yjt4MO1CDYSctLWNNRZqrOsbcMMSUjG5C3umWXE0PiYMuBb6FcJZSh0nY0lCtvLnoo9w/s6118/IMG_2855.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4079" data-original-width="6118" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHfAcwovXfO7095mr69Z5py9wJhLZPArPJxmigp7ea9Juil5AciDTbbPZqZJtOB9y_rHCmsqomKKOvwV91u_WTg_jRj9slxR1JDdsq0gMC6wDgrS6olRObAw_Yjt4MO1CDYSctLWNNRZqrOsbcMMSUjG5C3umWXE0PiYMuBb6FcJZSh0nY0lCtvLnoo9w/w640-h426/IMG_2855.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The graffiti artists were here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlLq-rqvZzG1l4ipWqvdCwW2hnxaCa6i0cE8iIO-aGJv1VB8y4B-N6q1KljTWMU4TXvsGvQhV1uTY3cOMwAIvka2jizkHPRnoplHODfuJX01cpKg0VPT5VRag-aaZTbgPIbyywdYosJKyhAGg2mGj-5MAviptHY1MBStMiEqBfSJiZSU-K3SUKcm3LzyB/s4032/IMG_0980.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlLq-rqvZzG1l4ipWqvdCwW2hnxaCa6i0cE8iIO-aGJv1VB8y4B-N6q1KljTWMU4TXvsGvQhV1uTY3cOMwAIvka2jizkHPRnoplHODfuJX01cpKg0VPT5VRag-aaZTbgPIbyywdYosJKyhAGg2mGj-5MAviptHY1MBStMiEqBfSJiZSU-K3SUKcm3LzyB/w640-h480/IMG_0980.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A great campsite</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the morning, I travel into downtown Amarillo, park on Polk Avenue near the incredible Santa Fe Building, headquarters of the Santa Fe Railroad. I then do a walking tour around several blocks finding several good murals and buildings of interest. This is a beautiful downtown area with many restaurants and night spots. I see signs on 6th Avenue indicating that it is the original Route 66. I then drive on 6th Ave to see what I can find, but I’m not seeing much of interest except for A bar called “The Circus Room”. I had passed a building withe sign for the Route 66 information center, so I went back and went in find quite a lot of information. The shop attendant noticed my va and wanted to know the usual, where are you going, how long etc, this happens a lot and it’s usually good. He then told me that I continued past the Circus Room Bar I would come upon an area of several blocks dedicated to Route 66 with all sorts of shops, cafes, bars and oddities. 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It was a fun crowd and the band was very good. I end up overnighting at a Cracker Barrel which was really quiet and go inside in the morning for the Old Timer breakfast, first one on this trip.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx1FmMdJW6GkPEs8O_1SKIUhripovYtgNrT3WLhnYbL8i-n69w3cRS-evvK2IhZDl9X3zvd3BeuUc1omBI7Ag' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Next was a twenty some mile ride to Canyon, Texas where the Plains / PanHandle Historical Museum is located. I’ve bent this museum before, but don’t remember much although it it huge and has amazing stuff.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wvfJ1nJ4lqgoTqeht1YQ-tJdH7HbPhTc1926j5-N-Y0FWzGOT7pq59hWPeK4JPj5WZLKbB113DX7LooVKiIiEb8xolDyesTBgxsNKICtgK6pcp9QC3eVMyUhgHyUoECbSsKybiW1mGIQF6fDKNmQmPwhI6G3cNO8DvGmdSTxupoCMFkCDpZBBpXPFwVL/s4032/IMG_1021.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wvfJ1nJ4lqgoTqeht1YQ-tJdH7HbPhTc1926j5-N-Y0FWzGOT7pq59hWPeK4JPj5WZLKbB113DX7LooVKiIiEb8xolDyesTBgxsNKICtgK6pcp9QC3eVMyUhgHyUoECbSsKybiW1mGIQF6fDKNmQmPwhI6G3cNO8DvGmdSTxupoCMFkCDpZBBpXPFwVL/w640-h480/IMG_1021.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Impressive building</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisayzoWZQZ20ZQRIUUqRTXvIpWlXqoj6FlD_NpsGIlHiPpVnGdhQqxDBgbpDA9_SbCqeoePom0S2_VAkkulGGgD9Xu1Nl2dw6qtxvxpELK1nEXUNmvi9JJOK_jYZDqYv4tCpxkKdyvJ7aDEGjRZRu85t4wL2vI8oVgypWo-PFEvQcbIgpHV4MnOvfBAD6x/w640-h480/IMG_1023.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Great old paintings around the lobby</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisayzoWZQZ20ZQRIUUqRTXvIpWlXqoj6FlD_NpsGIlHiPpVnGdhQqxDBgbpDA9_SbCqeoePom0S2_VAkkulGGgD9Xu1Nl2dw6qtxvxpELK1nEXUNmvi9JJOK_jYZDqYv4tCpxkKdyvJ7aDEGjRZRu85t4wL2vI8oVgypWo-PFEvQcbIgpHV4MnOvfBAD6x/s4032/IMG_1023.jpeg"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzmBKVr3kJiexv8vzTh29rz227T3TKkYsvNQYYPYv4l83fh-LBhGTadqgKaqduxPZbj_zP_rEhMerM0SGWWkP87oVWi9XLHtZhz4IOlTpi_b9ebeLBhBxKNStMVbVXQgI62pwL0T63H52sVo6fwNhtfI_UkvYR4lNtKfznR5Mo7O-bE2_7XSpMl-qxYUI/s4032/IMG_1076.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzmBKVr3kJiexv8vzTh29rz227T3TKkYsvNQYYPYv4l83fh-LBhGTadqgKaqduxPZbj_zP_rEhMerM0SGWWkP87oVWi9XLHtZhz4IOlTpi_b9ebeLBhBxKNStMVbVXQgI62pwL0T63H52sVo6fwNhtfI_UkvYR4lNtKfznR5Mo7O-bE2_7XSpMl-qxYUI/w640-h480/IMG_1076.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Battery powered car</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlf5zXW5508MlAUBiSI-2YGCtaI8cejSnx6kQM24cWpzoCRvmuVtQHUboZIO0S2d-ABqfq3XPL8wMGAUQ4wW_NetgSrxpeu1aJYaJcY0xmP2CCLNcCm78tUc-TKJjWwtI257vu664ts-OKEWHfa48L-kxKp1jtByOfoxYAaFdOuB-XktzVT973v-WnG3XL/s3955/IMG_1077.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2966" data-original-width="3955" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlf5zXW5508MlAUBiSI-2YGCtaI8cejSnx6kQM24cWpzoCRvmuVtQHUboZIO0S2d-ABqfq3XPL8wMGAUQ4wW_NetgSrxpeu1aJYaJcY0xmP2CCLNcCm78tUc-TKJjWwtI257vu664ts-OKEWHfa48L-kxKp1jtByOfoxYAaFdOuB-XktzVT973v-WnG3XL/w640-h480/IMG_1077.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They hit it big in oil</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil58i1mwyM0S2K0tFsTgVhDNvOcA6VXqQLwvj7IkparRvj4FLthv_R68N7J6fc4vBnf_KAD-5Cub6s8mVvu3oMdwRktoRezSBlqQcAHDeRvtxA1yMIHyB2jKYuYrC7dyNNvLi2L6ep6WD6yb4reSV-ltevFkaTVAMEQflQzThvgAKw5GqPAgkiKWmj1c7W/s4032/IMG_1078.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil58i1mwyM0S2K0tFsTgVhDNvOcA6VXqQLwvj7IkparRvj4FLthv_R68N7J6fc4vBnf_KAD-5Cub6s8mVvu3oMdwRktoRezSBlqQcAHDeRvtxA1yMIHyB2jKYuYrC7dyNNvLi2L6ep6WD6yb4reSV-ltevFkaTVAMEQflQzThvgAKw5GqPAgkiKWmj1c7W/w640-h480/IMG_1078.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then could afford a nice car</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It’s then about 15 miles to the Palo Dura SP. All trails in the SP are closed due to crazy rain recently that has caused much erosion. That’s OK as my knee is messed up from my last rock scrambling hike. You are still able to ride through the park, but the sight are not that good from the road itself. I stop at the visitor center where I fine good exhibits on local history, the indigenous tribes, the Indian wars, the geology of the area and the building of the Sate Park by the CCC back in the 1930.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBPvvIXEW5eueRvs6pQmFqXEPG9FTAx1W4uEF3SVO1Lk1SuCPVJD4iztj8U8dndNSodmnVnRAgQhGrw6BU0fDsUi7vO-g51Ly3oY7Qucs2E_h6ich_HaGVM2zlT9hlsDSLyQh7yayQbemipPrL4KDvRHYrC-FTB2B5D_Mm54Td3lXASLGu_knet9Bcy-d/s4032/IMG_1088.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBPvvIXEW5eueRvs6pQmFqXEPG9FTAx1W4uEF3SVO1Lk1SuCPVJD4iztj8U8dndNSodmnVnRAgQhGrw6BU0fDsUi7vO-g51Ly3oY7Qucs2E_h6ich_HaGVM2zlT9hlsDSLyQh7yayQbemipPrL4KDvRHYrC-FTB2B5D_Mm54Td3lXASLGu_knet9Bcy-d/w640-h480/IMG_1088.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzauwB1VT0FRuCo0jRyIN75i7XeqJ-zBI96iOj_CU-ppqwMCBvUC6-SeCXI1i6K9rE9ikuv7FqhFEImT7raqb8I6Zl65XxvmhqRWKpGS27ddnD3mCx1azEclGwF55NnGrd74U_APF2Z8kgO3xnonmixwIb5WDcW-2HlInbgea9trN7GmRkFq6BN9THSWF/s4032/IMG_1102.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzauwB1VT0FRuCo0jRyIN75i7XeqJ-zBI96iOj_CU-ppqwMCBvUC6-SeCXI1i6K9rE9ikuv7FqhFEImT7raqb8I6Zl65XxvmhqRWKpGS27ddnD3mCx1azEclGwF55NnGrd74U_APF2Z8kgO3xnonmixwIb5WDcW-2HlInbgea9trN7GmRkFq6BN9THSWF/w640-h480/IMG_1102.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Finally back to</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"> Amarillo to the Rt 66 area in hopes finding more music, but no luck, so I head back to Walmart for shopping and overnight.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I have concern about violent storms rain, hail, wind, tornadoes in the direction I am traveling so I'm doing some research on what to do if one gets caught on the road in a car or truck, none of it sounds good. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Next stop ?</p><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-7149625858062172602023-06-16T06:54:00.002-07:002023-06-20T13:42:56.080-07:00<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">June 6-10, 2023:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Magdalena - Socorro - Albuquerque, NM</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I"m on route 25 heading towards Socorro when I take a detour heading north on route 60 to Magdalena, NM. I’t a nice ride across scenic cattle ranch country with mountain in the distance. Magdalena is another glory days mining town with a quaint downtown area. The railroad tracks were removed years ago, but the old rail station remains, turned into a library and small museum. Not much to see or do here these days. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena,_New_Mexico</a> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-Fn1i1jLjUSCp2i3eCM2hXLuumSEWuOYMB9Uaw04WZNN4Osdea21de9hoRhw886-pEuFEWqilG4iPP4uDEOYk1HsInu3aaWFAJyYHipVt121o4lhVrYZ26lhEQNLbO0vOdGPG3Xu-GxCDnJ0LV_7ruVC8lHI1fHUdy-523uq7jR4weB0tGxSvzWz_g/s6240/IMG_2446.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-Fn1i1jLjUSCp2i3eCM2hXLuumSEWuOYMB9Uaw04WZNN4Osdea21de9hoRhw886-pEuFEWqilG4iPP4uDEOYk1HsInu3aaWFAJyYHipVt121o4lhVrYZ26lhEQNLbO0vOdGPG3Xu-GxCDnJ0LV_7ruVC8lHI1fHUdy-523uq7jR4weB0tGxSvzWz_g/w640-h426/IMG_2446.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The name on the store caught my attention</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilo_D-faUn3D0pETK-GGI_b5jEI0Yz0KQCM3Bdjd__GPjUPO9MjKSTnmu9Ht88dUlqxnVshzB4kyFyr1QmvEppQ0ZcI0OnV3qMd2fskP9205OuUORTSyr1UpiK6tCGE0UeffK61Kljn1Qc2DogOaj2VT9WC0euKTCyiOGm1FFa3pXhwrECoVCki6qhKQ/s6240/IMG_2455.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilo_D-faUn3D0pETK-GGI_b5jEI0Yz0KQCM3Bdjd__GPjUPO9MjKSTnmu9Ht88dUlqxnVshzB4kyFyr1QmvEppQ0ZcI0OnV3qMd2fskP9205OuUORTSyr1UpiK6tCGE0UeffK61Kljn1Qc2DogOaj2VT9WC0euKTCyiOGm1FFa3pXhwrECoVCki6qhKQ/w640-h426/IMG_2455.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Saloon and restaurant looks nice but all the locals were going across the street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">A few miles away however (difficult to find directions) is the old town of Kelly which was the mining district. You can drive there fairly easily to an old church building that's about all that remains of the town. You can park at the church parking lot and then It’s a 1/4 -1/2 mile walk to the old mining area, I wouldn’t recommend driving further without a serious 4WD vehicle. I’m kind of surprised this mine area is not gated closed, it is a somewhat dangerous area to roam around in and there are virtually no warning signs. The large steel mine headstock remains and under you will find an open mine shaft, the protective wire fencing ineffective. Almost all of the other original mining equipment has been removed except for the mounting timbers and foundations. All the good stuff has been picked, you are not going to find any treasures these days without digging, but it’s still fun to explore and fantasize over what was once there.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6mMaZNmuK8J1hLTwsTluOjz7GyUpFaF5NsahehurMW_zPXRvJHa11m3gi0KoP6kKhpMR0Ixb3SSfJMWqeAc-jgKEMW8b7i9ySr7tu7I-HlCfcCEfcFbIQ1tGfG_GaS-SegWI2t6MUfYyZoOc7uVXb1lv6V9NeTFdAwWHH_qGE6g9oC0n0AWNpdxSUw/s6240/IMG_2460.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6mMaZNmuK8J1hLTwsTluOjz7GyUpFaF5NsahehurMW_zPXRvJHa11m3gi0KoP6kKhpMR0Ixb3SSfJMWqeAc-jgKEMW8b7i9ySr7tu7I-HlCfcCEfcFbIQ1tGfG_GaS-SegWI2t6MUfYyZoOc7uVXb1lv6V9NeTFdAwWHH_qGE6g9oC0n0AWNpdxSUw/w640-h426/IMG_2460.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One old wall still standing</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4ogWj5swuquQIgz-ZNh9a_JYUGdiibPMZ2tmuMrzkKOQ3HjANRuUFVJZjTXLyezD-eyOjuvUgefBSXv7AHFxhBCnNvbFrH0h4KTVfJaWwE2vbP6lIBQHrDPrLly5G4GZtV81GpM3x7a5My936UT5BHduZdCCE7zuNtfSYmbogr1_8twuP_AboOOpHQ/s6240/IMG_2469.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4ogWj5swuquQIgz-ZNh9a_JYUGdiibPMZ2tmuMrzkKOQ3HjANRuUFVJZjTXLyezD-eyOjuvUgefBSXv7AHFxhBCnNvbFrH0h4KTVfJaWwE2vbP6lIBQHrDPrLly5G4GZtV81GpM3x7a5My936UT5BHduZdCCE7zuNtfSYmbogr1_8twuP_AboOOpHQ/w640-h426/IMG_2469.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Amazing that this has been left</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUSeJ5eE6QOcpIuU23BdwSvrjHvwagfcFs1VyOoUZpAF8Ulgt_a66XVaGCTtxgV5HTlR9wxLT3n6f-uZYU95wqLGQCC5NWHmKflfbNBr1RKf_Ab9FkIFgKhPUEAw0ZpnuY47XjTk0VCguSnWC3UxhTLaNh9VBmoddaC653H4hTMAgp711c1hVVtDJSA/s6240/IMG_2472.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUSeJ5eE6QOcpIuU23BdwSvrjHvwagfcFs1VyOoUZpAF8Ulgt_a66XVaGCTtxgV5HTlR9wxLT3n6f-uZYU95wqLGQCC5NWHmKflfbNBr1RKf_Ab9FkIFgKhPUEAw0ZpnuY47XjTk0VCguSnWC3UxhTLaNh9VBmoddaC653H4hTMAgp711c1hVVtDJSA/w640-h426/IMG_2472.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The condition is not that bad</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgch39dnILrBJ60n7SqOk2J1ijYU2i-Ej5xbDTPASpyWKGzIunyV1Nar3UugXeerBDYBRIvt9Yu5D03W0ps69iqkyvW6hZNt5v2xQJF4XcIh7qz3T4aAffK1bUQo5jE8iqYZnJIG_nMOSR3xhmJvJUCz2mstSdFx2NFPo1ioYNiMNfHZkkXQroMrBj3ww/s6240/IMG_2485.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgch39dnILrBJ60n7SqOk2J1ijYU2i-Ej5xbDTPASpyWKGzIunyV1Nar3UugXeerBDYBRIvt9Yu5D03W0ps69iqkyvW6hZNt5v2xQJF4XcIh7qz3T4aAffK1bUQo5jE8iqYZnJIG_nMOSR3xhmJvJUCz2mstSdFx2NFPo1ioYNiMNfHZkkXQroMrBj3ww/w640-h426/IMG_2485.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A large bird, Hawk perhaps, has a nest at the top</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWM-2rg4JCVHgHsri8EWecBYULh4AwgwaxAWDT1JLBtF6vA8sP24bpbnxj3vWl8IAU_lBgpnPOApi2rCIWMudsD9d_kmo5B3M_SRG-yvwEG_7Gh1-HD1SChiTpQ8WhJEtC4Zpzzp40Q-380GUnakriNz-GjUMCh9jnkWwkvYMfGITVHJvhh0EiYrWH0w/s4032/IMG_0588.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWM-2rg4JCVHgHsri8EWecBYULh4AwgwaxAWDT1JLBtF6vA8sP24bpbnxj3vWl8IAU_lBgpnPOApi2rCIWMudsD9d_kmo5B3M_SRG-yvwEG_7Gh1-HD1SChiTpQ8WhJEtC4Zpzzp40Q-380GUnakriNz-GjUMCh9jnkWwkvYMfGITVHJvhh0EiYrWH0w/w640-h480/IMG_0588.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That shaft appears appears to drop straight down</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Next, driving back to Socorro and going directly to the old central square area, my favorite part of town because of these great historic signs. Several of the businesses remain closed, it doesn’t look as good as I remember, but the restored Capital Bar is open although it appears to have changed somewhat, due to new ownership. Another favorite building, the historic old Opera House remains unchanged, it’s a remarkable building but why the horrible republican campaign headquarters on the buildings front.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socorro,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socorro,_New_Mexico</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllUsCVJosWbz9o6Tnlhx-iTRQn5rWTLcJ0ou4b2B_mF70fM7TuMKwvuRhZBsGI3WAF4Yl3gU_DsRazxpUKGbSeMO7CLr5yfc2pC4aRndNu6QconRR4MoY74R_Ry-p8Pfk3S3de99k7pS_gD3bsD6F3L3xmVBrcDZinlihzeVCgklvjpim_d6cXnLZSg/s6048/IMG_2503.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="6048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllUsCVJosWbz9o6Tnlhx-iTRQn5rWTLcJ0ou4b2B_mF70fM7TuMKwvuRhZBsGI3WAF4Yl3gU_DsRazxpUKGbSeMO7CLr5yfc2pC4aRndNu6QconRR4MoY74R_Ry-p8Pfk3S3de99k7pS_gD3bsD6F3L3xmVBrcDZinlihzeVCgklvjpim_d6cXnLZSg/w640-h426/IMG_2503.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The old Opera House with I believe 3 foot thick walls</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSlR-yVTkLCc5J3duZ91H2_rlVZrrbNpyPu9aWCOmzV2l7HMzzUbmr3nIvlp1Ulg4lacsxEAR74jsZj7a7gZYvbkB3EPkzZQklHe_kFRgvfSTUurOcULl4YsNxVY4YnLq1jfRRmjwlJwnobz5k-z9cXGV9h1tzumbjy6rqajg0h5zPNTK-RqExqKt3CA/s5873/IMG_2505.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5873" data-original-width="3915" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSlR-yVTkLCc5J3duZ91H2_rlVZrrbNpyPu9aWCOmzV2l7HMzzUbmr3nIvlp1Ulg4lacsxEAR74jsZj7a7gZYvbkB3EPkzZQklHe_kFRgvfSTUurOcULl4YsNxVY4YnLq1jfRRmjwlJwnobz5k-z9cXGV9h1tzumbjy6rqajg0h5zPNTK-RqExqKt3CA/w426-h640/IMG_2505.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nice Owl Cigar sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiofneMM4mjy7DYviOfVyKjmwpcpQTM9lwEHSFjGzIDNVd9VtwuLFuYqS_NH0LkO6hQxSHeICd__pL2jnH6zmDeyykcvCKifG-et_EmHD1YZgTGv4wbuBkhl56R7m2weDfVCln-X_WMdM3Ww-JNzBxA4DbNgDHyjrbGXxA3qvfmBRrohyTT8MfRrmfQ/s6240/IMG_2507.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiofneMM4mjy7DYviOfVyKjmwpcpQTM9lwEHSFjGzIDNVd9VtwuLFuYqS_NH0LkO6hQxSHeICd__pL2jnH6zmDeyykcvCKifG-et_EmHD1YZgTGv4wbuBkhl56R7m2weDfVCln-X_WMdM3Ww-JNzBxA4DbNgDHyjrbGXxA3qvfmBRrohyTT8MfRrmfQ/w640-h426/IMG_2507.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A big steer looking at you</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbOpAsBD5Ok5Y-cFjXGkymHqAUnlJyrknjYossE432bU2lTGaq8SbdDMp1ym5DMC4NvGTtFmSBgyT52DsxxUUvzLqBaFpinbeBophgNkkwblYAjAcoym7QuvjtpIx1q4ySwU6ULHE9QSw1n5qREjDo2ysSt-qfvGaQ_i6FXqSqfjnqAoiBSDm1Z71xg/s4032/IMG_0610.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbOpAsBD5Ok5Y-cFjXGkymHqAUnlJyrknjYossE432bU2lTGaq8SbdDMp1ym5DMC4NvGTtFmSBgyT52DsxxUUvzLqBaFpinbeBophgNkkwblYAjAcoym7QuvjtpIx1q4ySwU6ULHE9QSw1n5qREjDo2ysSt-qfvGaQ_i6FXqSqfjnqAoiBSDm1Z71xg/w640-h480/IMG_0610.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mural depicting Spanish creating the Indians</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVa5MYVmzydj2X5q1r8YLy0D4EMTVZW4umzqMTwJa-nDRFYrVNsjo73hVSTwjCAOFppxCgnAS9zsw8pqXUsDxLplEDDRcC-WbZKzBbAIekRO6ocA5kMBdLzVn1kQW0KnA2higjNGwUikRjGKKRXcnVaEu4OpvtFjpxEmFzsuck2G-pzq7p0qROcBH8w/s4032/IMG_0612.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVa5MYVmzydj2X5q1r8YLy0D4EMTVZW4umzqMTwJa-nDRFYrVNsjo73hVSTwjCAOFppxCgnAS9zsw8pqXUsDxLplEDDRcC-WbZKzBbAIekRO6ocA5kMBdLzVn1kQW0KnA2higjNGwUikRjGKKRXcnVaEu4OpvtFjpxEmFzsuck2G-pzq7p0qROcBH8w/w640-h480/IMG_0612.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The mural and sign in front of City Hall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXf-XLT25cxfw8s3TLcbz-vCFCnucF1mdwuVRvtgV3Bm-93ajho9eA6U42kJttxTzlCBOaGUvoBfKcdamytUO3H3ttfoisHGerJUe1a7YTP09FPqC26d6JgOjr85Z8vp1dnRt5cdoMSTUkCjYMk6VI-D9NhQFgU3cmtsyn4eA3Tn-NQF4kMMP2ljLhA/s4032/IMG_0619.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXf-XLT25cxfw8s3TLcbz-vCFCnucF1mdwuVRvtgV3Bm-93ajho9eA6U42kJttxTzlCBOaGUvoBfKcdamytUO3H3ttfoisHGerJUe1a7YTP09FPqC26d6JgOjr85Z8vp1dnRt5cdoMSTUkCjYMk6VI-D9NhQFgU3cmtsyn4eA3Tn-NQF4kMMP2ljLhA/w480-h640/IMG_0619.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The church has existed for 400 years here, however this is <br />not the original building</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">I ride through a couple of the old hispanic villages in the valley area, lots of old adobe houses, some maintained well, other not so much and many small farms. It is lush and green due to many irrigation canals that were built decades ago. </span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA670oONFjuNK1cbaMW5BBa0apgGACbdLo8sPQluPl9qrLvjun7Pgv0If9PcAAARz02e240BQf2PceiO9frAiv1BUwje7zPRaYPa5Nss7d8GKUdGx2RHdvAvJEe3xswaVU2QWCzmmzGFv7D9FPtBgR0hXvaay3Hrws0G0XY26oBdIIunBcxOoQvsC9cA/s2908/IMG_0621.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2908" data-original-width="2786" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA670oONFjuNK1cbaMW5BBa0apgGACbdLo8sPQluPl9qrLvjun7Pgv0If9PcAAARz02e240BQf2PceiO9frAiv1BUwje7zPRaYPa5Nss7d8GKUdGx2RHdvAvJEe3xswaVU2QWCzmmzGFv7D9FPtBgR0hXvaay3Hrws0G0XY26oBdIIunBcxOoQvsC9cA/w614-h640/IMG_0621.jpeg" width="614" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Spanish culture cares personally for their grave sites, they maintain and decorate <br />them to extremes. This is a very sad one, with a broken heart stone listing two young<br />sisters who died, I suspect in a car accident</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I continue north on Route 25 to the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge visitors center with excellent information, this is a huge wildlife and wilderness preserve. I end up hiking the 3 mile Mesa View loop Trail that was very scenic, but quite an uphill climb from the visitors center. I was a bit worried about the weather halfway through as massive dark clouds were approaching, but rain never did materialize.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURMkeXCy-YXBZ37_jFWu1uTMCKvMEjo5Bkl4B7vZnqQfqUynikmPITCRlvQJyyetgF3lopTEabzvj5DVIOpTpRY2zsbEkZvW2g7Dclqzih4L_i5hzCwfPjSlAiamVgx6Kr7xG5o2r2iUUXuLLegWz6XiWoBNEPLo2_7m3th_Y3J25HDmJUqmYfC67Sg/s6240/IMG_2523.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURMkeXCy-YXBZ37_jFWu1uTMCKvMEjo5Bkl4B7vZnqQfqUynikmPITCRlvQJyyetgF3lopTEabzvj5DVIOpTpRY2zsbEkZvW2g7Dclqzih4L_i5hzCwfPjSlAiamVgx6Kr7xG5o2r2iUUXuLLegWz6XiWoBNEPLo2_7m3th_Y3J25HDmJUqmYfC67Sg/w640-h426/IMG_2523.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That's the trail straight ahead</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1OhAAUMi8EjpwR6y_Apm19JqlQDLGNl3OYBkKe2z_h07c_UqE2EsO_FckPyzaTYMAuWVJlvQHFsm4cXBbZgunoDv-Jx88ceEo90vxFJXt3266ZLWoYPDjKp6Eli_-PoE0p3moPniLT7NfeHdL2NvMvFcNi9Z78McZ1zxnw83_oThZM1qFzjPqQDUxdQ/s6240/IMG_2535.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1OhAAUMi8EjpwR6y_Apm19JqlQDLGNl3OYBkKe2z_h07c_UqE2EsO_FckPyzaTYMAuWVJlvQHFsm4cXBbZgunoDv-Jx88ceEo90vxFJXt3266ZLWoYPDjKp6Eli_-PoE0p3moPniLT7NfeHdL2NvMvFcNi9Z78McZ1zxnw83_oThZM1qFzjPqQDUxdQ/w640-h426/IMG_2535.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The view from the Mesa looking down</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">A few miles away, also part of the Wildlife Refuge, is the San Lorenzo Canyon area managed by the BLM with sculpted sandstone rock hoodoos, arches and cliffs. The mostly unpaved road is rough in places but eventually ends up in a wide smooth wash for several miles. The wash has a firm surface which was actually smoother than driving on the road. This wash could be a problem however if you get caught in a sudden hard rain, especially a flash flood type of rain. The rock formations and vegetation deep in the canyon are really special and worth the risk. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65RawQyuKOq7cdIYtb0AkncKR2iLFp5V1l-clO-pv0_YPFXOs0gAB6v7xjxR4fzUmmT7SEN7aVGLuStwhXjLz3NCCoHT8y0UoJZ5GuJJ7t4wTtuVUnoMdV8S-6i9gtCaMfZ00JACtMsIP2MS0fTe7BBapS-sPvwXiBA5zg7aF9eNQxkNS0yaLEhBhWA/s6240/IMG_2545.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65RawQyuKOq7cdIYtb0AkncKR2iLFp5V1l-clO-pv0_YPFXOs0gAB6v7xjxR4fzUmmT7SEN7aVGLuStwhXjLz3NCCoHT8y0UoJZ5GuJJ7t4wTtuVUnoMdV8S-6i9gtCaMfZ00JACtMsIP2MS0fTe7BBapS-sPvwXiBA5zg7aF9eNQxkNS0yaLEhBhWA/w640-h426/IMG_2545.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Cholla have amazing red blooms</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2H3Mj3UJgDNhS1o0Rh6jQMByJXTz4UwS5BYbZYmKTADSf62_CnI6t3HoN6xssf9PGRFu0sSsPuEMaBNg0VyUflcioS2z8_RxSd_JQ0cSnuYJ1fitdWcjdER2NfaY4OAfUz_pYP1AL2-o0V8mRtX6fZBpnwQWyOsg7-btjcSD-PWatgwseKNFYXi7iQ/s6240/IMG_2548.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2H3Mj3UJgDNhS1o0Rh6jQMByJXTz4UwS5BYbZYmKTADSf62_CnI6t3HoN6xssf9PGRFu0sSsPuEMaBNg0VyUflcioS2z8_RxSd_JQ0cSnuYJ1fitdWcjdER2NfaY4OAfUz_pYP1AL2-o0V8mRtX6fZBpnwQWyOsg7-btjcSD-PWatgwseKNFYXi7iQ/w640-h426/IMG_2548.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Driving on the smooth wash was interesting</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCW6hHZBfxAEfjCqLijkQla0NLInp9XxNn-xdOAPFSNA5NMkHSJRAA97lBO5NMqcy2Fory8SXP6xdrn3ogah8xmrsc-Rkt603SBEvElMU-csNJucY-nbSOzt0EvG-ie9UdHLMoW66caG0Dfgrk29cTUrkWfV6PEQsqFJRg_LKppWIaGzu_nskZsOkJg/s6240/IMG_2554.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCW6hHZBfxAEfjCqLijkQla0NLInp9XxNn-xdOAPFSNA5NMkHSJRAA97lBO5NMqcy2Fory8SXP6xdrn3ogah8xmrsc-Rkt603SBEvElMU-csNJucY-nbSOzt0EvG-ie9UdHLMoW66caG0Dfgrk29cTUrkWfV6PEQsqFJRg_LKppWIaGzu_nskZsOkJg/w640-h426/IMG_2554.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the Hoodoos</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">There was live music on Wednesday evening at the Capital Bar on the square in downtown Socorro with a solo musician, Gilbert Puride who was very good. I think I like this bar although they seem to be trashing it up more with dumb beer sign wall hangings and such. I noticed that there are two other brew pubs opening on the square to give them some competition, regular bars are now out of style, everyone wants a craft brew pub.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzAlhTTaZi_NMMroWROUvVmfUTwDkAu2mDhAJmiD75kRplsF7ryGoUZ2OUeUYty_eCDBYZB265LrGZ05jLPug' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I leave the following morning for Albuquerque, NM with a 50 mile detour out of the way to see the Gran Quiver pueblo ruins. This involves exiting Rt 25 at Las Nutrias, then taking Rt. 60 east to Mountainair, then south on Rt 55 to the Gran Gran Quiver ruins. The ruins are huge and many of the walls remain stable athough I am sure some patching and repair has taken place. It is quite amazing how these primitive people collected these rocks and shaped and fitted them together with such precision. It is even more amazing how a Spanish priest just showed up one day and convinced these people to believe in his power and submit to his ways. Once again, history repeats itself, look how a politician with a good line of bullshit can have a major political following in the United States in our sophisticated age ?</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.legendsofamerica.com/gran-quivira-new-mexico/">https://www.legendsofamerica.com/gran-quivira-new-mexico/</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFpyKAv4xcO1aFSSZqxgFQRtBv6KMhYS3B_Rh1G2PakJrOQAbsvLie7mV_msE7cWp_5bs4MghhrMRXvEskwz0e_OKf-49Xyb2ODg2GN8fleEP2w9BNqkAk6-tGIxa5KFSIdHbVBfItXTShWU-Ooen_9bJkjNtt0QXIjlJOInLZZ84pB4prZHDSVbY-g/s6240/IMG_2577.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFpyKAv4xcO1aFSSZqxgFQRtBv6KMhYS3B_Rh1G2PakJrOQAbsvLie7mV_msE7cWp_5bs4MghhrMRXvEskwz0e_OKf-49Xyb2ODg2GN8fleEP2w9BNqkAk6-tGIxa5KFSIdHbVBfItXTShWU-Ooen_9bJkjNtt0QXIjlJOInLZZ84pB4prZHDSVbY-g/w640-h426/IMG_2577.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A ceremonial Kiva in the foreground</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZuFR_GxrQ1ku9zN4PBVjOvY5oa5Ff28b9ttZQt_MWZz1R71U4SxOyuhIzcQ4WzwvAFHPo77Md0Hhh4NGjBkR56yzhWHJwFehgfVWZ3y-Ct-mDPDLGO6M75fdwszlHW66lbIop68OzXP5K1RkF0d0_IFBQ851S2EbDg-lylFHlIBIW3Ry97C3Z-3RXQ/s6240/IMG_2578.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZuFR_GxrQ1ku9zN4PBVjOvY5oa5Ff28b9ttZQt_MWZz1R71U4SxOyuhIzcQ4WzwvAFHPo77Md0Hhh4NGjBkR56yzhWHJwFehgfVWZ3y-Ct-mDPDLGO6M75fdwszlHW66lbIop68OzXP5K1RkF0d0_IFBQ851S2EbDg-lylFHlIBIW3Ry97C3Z-3RXQ/w640-h426/IMG_2578.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These foundations were all rooms</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3muSiffp6QJ3SRWSG4PuXnR-ykOcAuR7616_w1YSKTSYyYtfaOGFypndPlq2-N-WZgFz5ObAi1rD58TLVn2S0WgNBWKTsBjA1BlF91MVeP0XXIOoBjZ1iLWRctDQuk-mts3Ke0LbrDG9vAVfnM5g0S_HULus0uxgtjq5GVJH6raVUPjBT5KFODRWa8g/s6240/IMG_2585.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3muSiffp6QJ3SRWSG4PuXnR-ykOcAuR7616_w1YSKTSYyYtfaOGFypndPlq2-N-WZgFz5ObAi1rD58TLVn2S0WgNBWKTsBjA1BlF91MVeP0XXIOoBjZ1iLWRctDQuk-mts3Ke0LbrDG9vAVfnM5g0S_HULus0uxgtjq5GVJH6raVUPjBT5KFODRWa8g/w640-h426/IMG_2585.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An artist rendering of what the site would have looked like</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOfbhgtGVXzN1ZO5JpkMkX2yQU1Jk_7vxZESwnSi_651ZA1z5mTNo2gkRMdUDlxNGZNlrFfMXx45qlqmOi3QlpOU0O5akct8YXJVU9ccvp-63ikTl9TmpxUWNXn7zpgmRjfjm8g5LdI11ndLmMJEE3Uuzx2kmWrPJ9-DFn8R1t6DHQSOg5uFkv1qfAA/s6240/IMG_2589.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOfbhgtGVXzN1ZO5JpkMkX2yQU1Jk_7vxZESwnSi_651ZA1z5mTNo2gkRMdUDlxNGZNlrFfMXx45qlqmOi3QlpOU0O5akct8YXJVU9ccvp-63ikTl9TmpxUWNXn7zpgmRjfjm8g5LdI11ndLmMJEE3Uuzx2kmWrPJ9-DFn8R1t6DHQSOg5uFkv1qfAA/w640-h426/IMG_2589.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Notice the height and thickness of the walls </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1_oEIM_T4eFXnCH9Y91R6YItNuSslYZxl5jzMomDVCFgzoS4CO-LoCqZ49lRo5RGdY0mAOKT526G_HUcTUri1oNrudECIIwaUyAug05ftnvt1LxM-LxciOl6WBbQlk4C8pOhKEbWRzq2ZBKCVa46KoOkRVviH8zEHsf7iYd80zG3uQ43R9f93u3-jg/s6240/IMG_2592.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1_oEIM_T4eFXnCH9Y91R6YItNuSslYZxl5jzMomDVCFgzoS4CO-LoCqZ49lRo5RGdY0mAOKT526G_HUcTUri1oNrudECIIwaUyAug05ftnvt1LxM-LxciOl6WBbQlk4C8pOhKEbWRzq2ZBKCVa46KoOkRVviH8zEHsf7iYd80zG3uQ43R9f93u3-jg/w640-h426/IMG_2592.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There would have been roof rafters in the square holes</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL64GTEQ2grhjxT1TA-jWOCN0tW2AB10QoMf-J5h4Fnl3oVoY1zNtfyMxNubON5RF-U-eIORp1QQFGRsRoCqefoLBxZVFkKbaEv-gB40CwC4Ut3RyUu129yT3a2pKtyUiuaIlTJdjsMaSCiPNj3KGoEQSuvkUo7v1VoZz8jmcy2qVtScB8kYQiR8iB3w/s4032/IMG_0681.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL64GTEQ2grhjxT1TA-jWOCN0tW2AB10QoMf-J5h4Fnl3oVoY1zNtfyMxNubON5RF-U-eIORp1QQFGRsRoCqefoLBxZVFkKbaEv-gB40CwC4Ut3RyUu129yT3a2pKtyUiuaIlTJdjsMaSCiPNj3KGoEQSuvkUo7v1VoZz8jmcy2qVtScB8kYQiR8iB3w/w640-h480/IMG_0681.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not that different than a modern city</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizXl80KCZI3AwdZ2LOrkOHI7CALadj_FbQgvNJ4O-k8MObjue10RaBEjkq_HTBpEprVuBeNXTq_Bo8lWkOgcbHH4Q3EQNAyB1zXaLHTVhQZPZBt4T-wDJUW5NIHKP4p0z-3QaMKaRVRU8UuTgdGTLs6v87HzelIrkz-SToEoEAIYB4zEPwELz13FM7Q/s4032/IMG_0684.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizXl80KCZI3AwdZ2LOrkOHI7CALadj_FbQgvNJ4O-k8MObjue10RaBEjkq_HTBpEprVuBeNXTq_Bo8lWkOgcbHH4Q3EQNAyB1zXaLHTVhQZPZBt4T-wDJUW5NIHKP4p0z-3QaMKaRVRU8UuTgdGTLs6v87HzelIrkz-SToEoEAIYB4zEPwELz13FM7Q/w640-h480/IMG_0684.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How the medicine man reacted to the people deciding to go along with the priest</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Returning to Mountainair, I stop at a folksy diner in town for a late lunch, it's sort of a throwback to the 1950’s, but the town of Mountainair has a cute artsy main street. I was there a couple of years ago visiting the other two ruins that are part of the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument headquartered in Mountainair. </span><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountainair,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountainair,_New_Mexico</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDTplD5C2qcH1n2A68oEjtkRBFpX0SECxhYbmXXekfJ4Jenw-hbQ8v9cKAuD9YjHQ0yE5tc1rKf9Ec4DsGAQmt3uhMmvG8EwkbzR8232Q8qhN4yWWW_wgp2ewLEKaxLIZylsS18n-Cxij-pwYhp1WbiT5k9gNosPfSnogAPfQ7i5hFjTKF1RPKBLgaw/s6240/IMG_2608.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDTplD5C2qcH1n2A68oEjtkRBFpX0SECxhYbmXXekfJ4Jenw-hbQ8v9cKAuD9YjHQ0yE5tc1rKf9Ec4DsGAQmt3uhMmvG8EwkbzR8232Q8qhN4yWWW_wgp2ewLEKaxLIZylsS18n-Cxij-pwYhp1WbiT5k9gNosPfSnogAPfQ7i5hFjTKF1RPKBLgaw/w640-h426/IMG_2608.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Great old Service Station</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JRasC3JHkdGdrT3HOlIPCs6DkXxZXyGL1oHyJ_YJr7lnqvA1tiUjxkQbWgkA-HXwB3xAHO9v4xuLztJJCUEv7scGdSTzUbTtyEb5O0KJgxgz-mUeYlsqEuL5t4yz-QAufrIBDpkJuQiYP3GDyBTOlNNcwyVA3aAeoBN_YtTz8QUIT_BAIhykxegK_g/s5867/IMG_2609.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3911" data-original-width="5867" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JRasC3JHkdGdrT3HOlIPCs6DkXxZXyGL1oHyJ_YJr7lnqvA1tiUjxkQbWgkA-HXwB3xAHO9v4xuLztJJCUEv7scGdSTzUbTtyEb5O0KJgxgz-mUeYlsqEuL5t4yz-QAufrIBDpkJuQiYP3GDyBTOlNNcwyVA3aAeoBN_YtTz8QUIT_BAIhykxegK_g/w640-h426/IMG_2609.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Across the road is this historic cafe</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRtdbkpjsb7_Ql13nujJAXLd6mpgC6BD5B_v84u7ebp4kkb-A40BmIK9nZzF8l6TE6GjImlxA_xUu-uEvtYop7hGup_nfuswY6lVbmjFksjFp8R1KGc5OzzQ_KUKTyKhxBUi1GRUP40aQk7CPorCfaBmmuAgw9g8QHBw2s0FCCvRPpFrWPRx4Co9L9Cg/s4032/IMG_0696.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRtdbkpjsb7_Ql13nujJAXLd6mpgC6BD5B_v84u7ebp4kkb-A40BmIK9nZzF8l6TE6GjImlxA_xUu-uEvtYop7hGup_nfuswY6lVbmjFksjFp8R1KGc5OzzQ_KUKTyKhxBUi1GRUP40aQk7CPorCfaBmmuAgw9g8QHBw2s0FCCvRPpFrWPRx4Co9L9Cg/w640-h480/IMG_0696.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mountainair is a railroad town </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN06tKLghA61cxDofO6xt4oL2qRlT9iioyt1Zz38SfA2D8bN0Eqy-5nSEW9-2tEdtopq8e0SgR0WCdHfPzk2LMnq4HLHt-ZmR5_Q4StHBC50LtwZt4jFY16Vn5UgDlqf4UCvtEZnf6F6D7q9nIsbEvRLbcfiYLjDVZR3CqaApD1NXPOjI9d--4QxeJ5g/s4032/IMG_0699.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN06tKLghA61cxDofO6xt4oL2qRlT9iioyt1Zz38SfA2D8bN0Eqy-5nSEW9-2tEdtopq8e0SgR0WCdHfPzk2LMnq4HLHt-ZmR5_Q4StHBC50LtwZt4jFY16Vn5UgDlqf4UCvtEZnf6F6D7q9nIsbEvRLbcfiYLjDVZR3CqaApD1NXPOjI9d--4QxeJ5g/w640-h480/IMG_0699.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A very attractive main street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then drive on Rt 55 north to Tijeras, NM which passes through several quaint old Spanish villages along the way.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsY9CrhINaV3WX8gDWZjCcOHSvCnrOmsfnVAeWo2wAGmgwQFZhbyZ2GIn62oY3eMb5W20ldNNvvb2N-xsXrKQwMuMaiU_sbgFsaE01zAATDQM7OsW_h-cUDB3i73ik8ZsA1Xb3As5dRLhLN7zxYyiFIuSp_igbZz9hfcd3_eBsjMAu-vpW-7dxBJDXbA/s6240/IMG_2611.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsY9CrhINaV3WX8gDWZjCcOHSvCnrOmsfnVAeWo2wAGmgwQFZhbyZ2GIn62oY3eMb5W20ldNNvvb2N-xsXrKQwMuMaiU_sbgFsaE01zAATDQM7OsW_h-cUDB3i73ik8ZsA1Xb3As5dRLhLN7zxYyiFIuSp_igbZz9hfcd3_eBsjMAu-vpW-7dxBJDXbA/w640-h426/IMG_2611.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This old church was most interesting, check out the hay piles</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1A96w9GiTL9ie9aYjIQm1hDWBBZdiZZcq80Zb2xxktLiFRh0_CdJ5BwvOXzVN-TciuFXPYbPc-P4qRC_2_XEOCDx3njcQA9TB64YKMPruzJ2MsIXyuiCJlrd2gOuqh5Hwwh9zXHdFSRK34RkE6-_mxr6JBSfrfNFPfOmfV55O3INX7F7Lwje-GgzzCQ/s6095/IMG_2616.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4063" data-original-width="6095" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1A96w9GiTL9ie9aYjIQm1hDWBBZdiZZcq80Zb2xxktLiFRh0_CdJ5BwvOXzVN-TciuFXPYbPc-P4qRC_2_XEOCDx3njcQA9TB64YKMPruzJ2MsIXyuiCJlrd2gOuqh5Hwwh9zXHdFSRK34RkE6-_mxr6JBSfrfNFPfOmfV55O3INX7F7Lwje-GgzzCQ/w640-h426/IMG_2616.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The old building had beautiful murals on both sides</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">The road travels through the Cibola National Forest and then steeply downhill to the town of Tijeras where I get on old route 66 which leads directly into Albuquerque’s Central Avenue. Central Avenue is old route 66 and was beautiful back in the post WWII glory days when it was lined with beautiful Hotels and Motels, prominent department stores, Theaters, etc. Today a good portion of Central Avenue is run down, dirty, distressed and lined with homeless people. I continue on Central Avenue to the Nob Hill section which is much improved where I park on a side street. I walk a few blocks and remember much in this area from a previous trip, mostly the murals, street art and graffiti, it hasn’t changed that much I then see the Tractor Bar and go in for some refreshment, as luck would have it there is an interesting crowd and a sole musician playing. The Tractor Bar seems to be a chain business, not a favorite of mine, but they have a cool vibe, I even bought a tee shirt.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugK2Bn7JhcI2t5KNPbn9zbYZ8JTT2NGe_J69tYWant8J0taKtpu5zbMP95xExr8lgan9Z0sZ9oUc1scq0t2ki971J_Q_T_49d3NAsfo4o-sXCeMZr5cz_VPW9Y_UShBHsk3Efy9eCtE_qcndbrSY1GgObIrIB8Qvy1Au8d6YimduAigOJxV-_HL4fLQ/s6240/IMG_2623.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugK2Bn7JhcI2t5KNPbn9zbYZ8JTT2NGe_J69tYWant8J0taKtpu5zbMP95xExr8lgan9Z0sZ9oUc1scq0t2ki971J_Q_T_49d3NAsfo4o-sXCeMZr5cz_VPW9Y_UShBHsk3Efy9eCtE_qcndbrSY1GgObIrIB8Qvy1Au8d6YimduAigOJxV-_HL4fLQ/w640-h426/IMG_2623.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A great route 66 mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzy6pG9Kwr5-E2yVV7kAJgWjyCb6MzqJDaeUaH2cSLhuVKl2eFIvBc4MgASzQd37sIBw0uam2w-mchjxG6_WoofuWRnYwNpA00V09Gu3G2vbusIWHAi12smZ1kYxWybfQUFwy6LJ2uDwhSfTGKepHxZ9nLmHmh6joZTTLriwgW5SQtaIv1AUtoyP9Uw/s6240/IMG_2627.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzy6pG9Kwr5-E2yVV7kAJgWjyCb6MzqJDaeUaH2cSLhuVKl2eFIvBc4MgASzQd37sIBw0uam2w-mchjxG6_WoofuWRnYwNpA00V09Gu3G2vbusIWHAi12smZ1kYxWybfQUFwy6LJ2uDwhSfTGKepHxZ9nLmHmh6joZTTLriwgW5SQtaIv1AUtoyP9Uw/w640-h426/IMG_2627.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mural depicting old rail station that was torn down</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-zHqjZ833f3I6RsVtQ41h_0EZjz-KMhOPyihrJdHtlHXvwHkZX19tNu51o6w_PSsHF5kq_yUVlHGi_7ELlJnOfOAHLTubmQX7UmH4fn9rua1DIn9qpNA9ihHLEl9ZYpnffuLnHM8-wmBLr6NC2lMiaJexpQWZv3ZnU87akHhXkVn9d566Bc6iZeOCQ/s6240/IMG_2638.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-zHqjZ833f3I6RsVtQ41h_0EZjz-KMhOPyihrJdHtlHXvwHkZX19tNu51o6w_PSsHF5kq_yUVlHGi_7ELlJnOfOAHLTubmQX7UmH4fn9rua1DIn9qpNA9ihHLEl9ZYpnffuLnHM8-wmBLr6NC2lMiaJexpQWZv3ZnU87akHhXkVn9d566Bc6iZeOCQ/w640-h426/IMG_2638.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A right to vote mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGuZqqhG85NJNQVxzpz6SeSYHCR9yOuGXKF-Jqop0kcyQ1jJBX2E5Ok7Usfpsn4fqRi_fjF80XZbitLUTEIDXsImdQT0pKewY_DDAK_cy3zicHG95C5txOYX37sJEr7cgny5YrloZOiBGdDQEeZK2ntXE14pDOER3bJ_NG13BgvPOoGD_3okSOAwuHA/s4032/IMG_0707.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGuZqqhG85NJNQVxzpz6SeSYHCR9yOuGXKF-Jqop0kcyQ1jJBX2E5Ok7Usfpsn4fqRi_fjF80XZbitLUTEIDXsImdQT0pKewY_DDAK_cy3zicHG95C5txOYX37sJEr7cgny5YrloZOiBGdDQEeZK2ntXE14pDOER3bJ_NG13BgvPOoGD_3okSOAwuHA/w640-h480/IMG_0707.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This one has always been a favorite</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gvynBwWVHIvHFa1IytmAvJt2I8t-bxQ1Xg_wLnrqpEhM8Uma3_8Vxo2-kAzGN_tbaPviTJFUR8_2sClR2utqg3cUzTiKsGCQLNgTvGkwVSUOWT-7WJLB2kiEwgoRYF52YkckZMMWNfFmBaxt4pDXKpyP70kx8yVO41FRhiVYbCZI5aNmJ6deSL2Tyw/s4032/IMG_0711.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gvynBwWVHIvHFa1IytmAvJt2I8t-bxQ1Xg_wLnrqpEhM8Uma3_8Vxo2-kAzGN_tbaPviTJFUR8_2sClR2utqg3cUzTiKsGCQLNgTvGkwVSUOWT-7WJLB2kiEwgoRYF52YkckZMMWNfFmBaxt4pDXKpyP70kx8yVO41FRhiVYbCZI5aNmJ6deSL2Tyw/w640-h480/IMG_0711.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A very weird super hero theme here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMcLPQPYIBwTFqQtVJnvhjegc2GTsRhI6hDX_S-XR4Kt5pF-laKMWcPkj1rkL5iAF_QOpUNFCj-kNIiEUlQwMpTuOMAmr9Hs12zKI4tJHgTfFhwI_9AZW7Tp3-HWHald_dZ4Fwj24jrDqyQ2spEHTaORNur_MbtPyChuzAZMSr19sjXlKlin8M9TrwiA/s4032/IMG_0716.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMcLPQPYIBwTFqQtVJnvhjegc2GTsRhI6hDX_S-XR4Kt5pF-laKMWcPkj1rkL5iAF_QOpUNFCj-kNIiEUlQwMpTuOMAmr9Hs12zKI4tJHgTfFhwI_9AZW7Tp3-HWHald_dZ4Fwj24jrDqyQ2spEHTaORNur_MbtPyChuzAZMSr19sjXlKlin8M9TrwiA/w640-h480/IMG_0716.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Day of the Dead themed mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyNMTd06lrHzz-0FIlba41q00EPlQZPhZ7cjydYM21rxDZigR7Ek2PPVmFagSf8FuWKlFf_c9WElguWUNUdPA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I leave the van where it is parked, it appears fine and it’s quiet, no problem, but in the morning the street is clear of all cars, makes me feel a bit vulnerable there, so I quickly move. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">After coffee searching the internet for things to do, I end up at a county library fro a few hours to get my photos organized and work on this blog. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I decide to go the the History and Art Museum across town near the Old Town Albuquerque. After the museum, I explore the Old Town area adjacent to the Museum. It is filled with beautiful shops and restaurants, many in old adobe buildings built a century ago. The central square remains which was the way most Spanish towns were plotted and it remains quite original.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FJ_VIw7LtiZmWZAaUQTB5qFhtrWoPvR97BOoYhp_lebeceTm0aRz5OeikwfkcrReB9vwXouMpiucUD91Yolp_cLZwGoTFGb3i7-mc1TiaAjBVaRSUMkSEXUNOtIr8LgeH87qWHO9xRvpxw5dFReSeafUDmA6tKgkjChsFIaJZTgfmh3ozTuDIUdiYw/s2786/IMG_0733.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2786" data-original-width="2761" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FJ_VIw7LtiZmWZAaUQTB5qFhtrWoPvR97BOoYhp_lebeceTm0aRz5OeikwfkcrReB9vwXouMpiucUD91Yolp_cLZwGoTFGb3i7-mc1TiaAjBVaRSUMkSEXUNOtIr8LgeH87qWHO9xRvpxw5dFReSeafUDmA6tKgkjChsFIaJZTgfmh3ozTuDIUdiYw/w634-h640/IMG_0733.jpeg" width="634" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I loved this featured exhibit on Danny Lyon, he is now a hero of mine</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGeKj6j_3A9utb68rhA0LbDIRzmqkugK8Pubb2Z9zpkoBxHuB-H-vmRF7TIFf8zfoiCSXngzROEdgwsk6ovyoSU1qdwerOVrsUoMP69xW40Jnxsl7auwe089cFZQh8NQPO0H7VBU8CGdaf2zNd6dHKbP1d1kpmnW66uH6UVY9Kv07i614-aZ7Vir-iEQ/s4032/IMG_0779.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGeKj6j_3A9utb68rhA0LbDIRzmqkugK8Pubb2Z9zpkoBxHuB-H-vmRF7TIFf8zfoiCSXngzROEdgwsk6ovyoSU1qdwerOVrsUoMP69xW40Jnxsl7auwe089cFZQh8NQPO0H7VBU8CGdaf2zNd6dHKbP1d1kpmnW66uH6UVY9Kv07i614-aZ7Vir-iEQ/w640-h480/IMG_0779.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Everything is bright and colorful</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-AYey5vhfeJpNtNi1JOjM9bKM9AWOpO7BbJuJZ-thmmPTgTovjtgJd7q9JU2Erl7FYGgIn8pTsT66V59cSUunPAsiqm2h4P4XNJZ8jW2idg05sIyPItANe3stiBRsAXSZhzv12_dZwBmIoGiTc_Vl1dEgF9wDJp5sFsn24nnf4xzj2hFUMf1UujDhg/s4032/IMG_0783.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-AYey5vhfeJpNtNi1JOjM9bKM9AWOpO7BbJuJZ-thmmPTgTovjtgJd7q9JU2Erl7FYGgIn8pTsT66V59cSUunPAsiqm2h4P4XNJZ8jW2idg05sIyPItANe3stiBRsAXSZhzv12_dZwBmIoGiTc_Vl1dEgF9wDJp5sFsn24nnf4xzj2hFUMf1UujDhg/w480-h640/IMG_0783.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beauty and Mystery</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-q_4tis7MdoIxKbx63RCRWIk0VK6rl6Ws4u3Efe_Sin4pr6Gsd0E3MtVRii0qtzGLggFsDChhxzP5b32D9fiLS2J-euhB3pYx1OVF-tgV3j7cmsF2MgLNA28l91iih5069QIeOGHujVLQ979VoEMZo2aKFB4R9Z-OUzzbRP6lnYcsueYsZskfin9Bcw/s3629/IMG_0784.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2798" data-original-width="3629" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-q_4tis7MdoIxKbx63RCRWIk0VK6rl6Ws4u3Efe_Sin4pr6Gsd0E3MtVRii0qtzGLggFsDChhxzP5b32D9fiLS2J-euhB3pYx1OVF-tgV3j7cmsF2MgLNA28l91iih5069QIeOGHujVLQ979VoEMZo2aKFB4R9Z-OUzzbRP6lnYcsueYsZskfin9Bcw/w640-h494/IMG_0784.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many artistic patio's</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">My next day involves doing laundry in the early morning, followed by a hike on the Embudito trail which was a tough scramble uphill on a confusing trail, lots of branches, following a small creek. It was shaded by dense vegetation, trees and shrubs and many wild flowers but the footing was slippery on the rocks.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8H3_KEVCw_S5OwK0sCMmWfsQVgbZudOPY49ErT890av8JYo5686ZAEjeC1VAd_bvtvnyYM1_uvfWEKjXc5NZKacPkhlDNGwWcvWYOyEM4UIspU6KLu8Yvn2nKy34mVWvcMV7tHrpykG9k_-a2rtDHkpEJDrTRlRrADfVeFnvxh6sGHEjWA4sgPRFKg/s4032/IMG_0798.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8H3_KEVCw_S5OwK0sCMmWfsQVgbZudOPY49ErT890av8JYo5686ZAEjeC1VAd_bvtvnyYM1_uvfWEKjXc5NZKacPkhlDNGwWcvWYOyEM4UIspU6KLu8Yvn2nKy34mVWvcMV7tHrpykG9k_-a2rtDHkpEJDrTRlRrADfVeFnvxh6sGHEjWA4sgPRFKg/w640-h480/IMG_0798.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The initial sandy portion of the trail was easy</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkuEhbmWt5pURCBLYl3zRngyzYHA5xoG6SI1L6j1E0wp73XZtjO5z3YAuBv3bHh0pyGvUkXQnLm75ywM_OcLGD-eM3lB7cZ_u71lbToyKNeX-CnigCG9-n3l4TLWHf8bp8VB3CKaQClLx-I8ufcuQL_YRhEPjJvhcbsSjyKP74vbWZONglJ1siWGBfg/s4032/IMG_0799.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkuEhbmWt5pURCBLYl3zRngyzYHA5xoG6SI1L6j1E0wp73XZtjO5z3YAuBv3bHh0pyGvUkXQnLm75ywM_OcLGD-eM3lB7cZ_u71lbToyKNeX-CnigCG9-n3l4TLWHf8bp8VB3CKaQClLx-I8ufcuQL_YRhEPjJvhcbsSjyKP74vbWZONglJ1siWGBfg/w480-h640/IMG_0799.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lots of flowering plants</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqwKN7cUiuK6tO_JEJSC3YpZyyVpxFzF80nzvup6liDNKAFBlrk2S9D8BIItSrPqp8Xgfvudq5KhKmmeLRSzJ_tljZ4Av58XebobmkOvx9DOGvbLHHOXaUTaBALSHao8Jdb1pp2LSNK-uomWcB4YKJ_mdRfpwtZmQyNGhieb1zx3V9Qf6P_zYqxIatw/s4032/IMG_0802.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqwKN7cUiuK6tO_JEJSC3YpZyyVpxFzF80nzvup6liDNKAFBlrk2S9D8BIItSrPqp8Xgfvudq5KhKmmeLRSzJ_tljZ4Av58XebobmkOvx9DOGvbLHHOXaUTaBALSHao8Jdb1pp2LSNK-uomWcB4YKJ_mdRfpwtZmQyNGhieb1zx3V9Qf6P_zYqxIatw/w640-h480/IMG_0802.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You then follow a small creek through the valley between the mountains</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaljV1i8xe1SuqIXXmp6tOta8PWRebu18gcuI0A7-OOZ0jKKWUKtv_tsmykkhmR0uXYDdTIRF8vL1xWVXF87qXnQ5T7ECUxs8O9-paoqfpzaJV16OVBZTWv_rDsjvrAyuG5mb4dVA8EfDp9RMX5gUBzHrnPB_4SVgsN5kr8oYgg02iuhddMCKtK71Ag/s4032/IMG_0803.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaljV1i8xe1SuqIXXmp6tOta8PWRebu18gcuI0A7-OOZ0jKKWUKtv_tsmykkhmR0uXYDdTIRF8vL1xWVXF87qXnQ5T7ECUxs8O9-paoqfpzaJV16OVBZTWv_rDsjvrAyuG5mb4dVA8EfDp9RMX5gUBzHrnPB_4SVgsN5kr8oYgg02iuhddMCKtK71Ag/w480-h640/IMG_0803.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Into dense greenery in places with lots of rock scrambling</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I also explored the lower area of Central Street where the El Rio and the KinoTheaters are located and of course saw many murals and street art. The area shows much decay, very sad, however the KinoTheater is protected and still looks spectacular. I also wander over to the train station which has been improved and the state of New Mexico runs an impressive regional rail service. I was tempted to go for a ride. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO3cg2-kgjEIKfuFUIdl9bQ2xi4DMaG3N7kjfcGAoSg63P9fMJN9aoyh-3d-k6iY0TSFFJ911P4zwcTUh8-4psYhVWk_SysjM0r20i74I4u2tcVX2__vTGsroyzUvt99uXbgm3vf7XKX5XzD2iabP-Z0QfDBJieO5JzgJe_I1u12UcJNXc16bdKlhDg/s4032/IMG_0819.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO3cg2-kgjEIKfuFUIdl9bQ2xi4DMaG3N7kjfcGAoSg63P9fMJN9aoyh-3d-k6iY0TSFFJ911P4zwcTUh8-4psYhVWk_SysjM0r20i74I4u2tcVX2__vTGsroyzUvt99uXbgm3vf7XKX5XzD2iabP-Z0QfDBJieO5JzgJe_I1u12UcJNXc16bdKlhDg/w640-h480/IMG_0819.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I chanced upon one of the artists here doing some touchup</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqxNrWI82rE2WYYmAZKyac1dPgxrXNEVODtwhWbpn07QBb0H95SDXLBHgZa2Mg8D8Iloe6EtIiRZKxQfHnvie_YMbZoUDGslF7_3pIwTDNgsgAFnnBEMLjfbf_C8CUC2THYs_E-SoVkn7D4gI3zSXMVWvGpXb_Jt2bnmAsghX47B8OIA9hqUWVkHLwA/s4032/IMG_0820.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqxNrWI82rE2WYYmAZKyac1dPgxrXNEVODtwhWbpn07QBb0H95SDXLBHgZa2Mg8D8Iloe6EtIiRZKxQfHnvie_YMbZoUDGslF7_3pIwTDNgsgAFnnBEMLjfbf_C8CUC2THYs_E-SoVkn7D4gI3zSXMVWvGpXb_Jt2bnmAsghX47B8OIA9hqUWVkHLwA/w640-h480/IMG_0820.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Good news is hard to find these days</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3icpgYyM2EaLVcNZa9GrZaAyBznkfP-eGKW8k3IV5FGSSzleDzMvWJwNJRX61VPwRO191QO0tjijpymEiEDx5NonT0z0Fcxn0DBQHNpZX4uU9NDmfmhYI4NMkYnB0zpKfOlATiKvBZg0-dJFgMrpBhiTFC-9mnT3zxJy_RaD2gsGx5Q9vdeffg_0iOA/s4032/IMG_0825.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3icpgYyM2EaLVcNZa9GrZaAyBznkfP-eGKW8k3IV5FGSSzleDzMvWJwNJRX61VPwRO191QO0tjijpymEiEDx5NonT0z0Fcxn0DBQHNpZX4uU9NDmfmhYI4NMkYnB0zpKfOlATiKvBZg0-dJFgMrpBhiTFC-9mnT3zxJy_RaD2gsGx5Q9vdeffg_0iOA/w640-h480/IMG_0825.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I always try to get the dumpsters into the composition</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCT9EOZyWxeDonugUDImvLsug-tVa19JVO5sgRx2JU0oPzc8VbTpkK4uFlLTrnNRxnd-3ZQ1LlGA8IiN4GGspw57iWQ1NvS6eKNFgN1ws5Oo9_4yEWAtHDGb5z3WAf-C_XfFi1bi4RDjbqvhjB37o0TjqqNnu-GooWtr7RLX-ez0vj-P--QCU-lbPGA/s4032/IMG_0829.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCT9EOZyWxeDonugUDImvLsug-tVa19JVO5sgRx2JU0oPzc8VbTpkK4uFlLTrnNRxnd-3ZQ1LlGA8IiN4GGspw57iWQ1NvS6eKNFgN1ws5Oo9_4yEWAtHDGb5z3WAf-C_XfFi1bi4RDjbqvhjB37o0TjqqNnu-GooWtr7RLX-ez0vj-P--QCU-lbPGA/w480-h640/IMG_0829.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The El Rey was once a great theater, now in decline</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdZ0rOJT4Vx9_Rmtna7otCBcUOnt1p7xEdYavyH8XJv46yvT7Mw2uduWfLs2ZI5JvDaAM6oksDYbtB98m7KeCJrRotZ_Gb-xu7Plw7rsBY0cq6CZXcVIKCLjjN4XwsRMGDbPngD_WidKWs0kSolDXq1T2n20rlXZja7Ms3F1JkdHCdbmumtKxauInYQ/s4032/IMG_0834.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdZ0rOJT4Vx9_Rmtna7otCBcUOnt1p7xEdYavyH8XJv46yvT7Mw2uduWfLs2ZI5JvDaAM6oksDYbtB98m7KeCJrRotZ_Gb-xu7Plw7rsBY0cq6CZXcVIKCLjjN4XwsRMGDbPngD_WidKWs0kSolDXq1T2n20rlXZja7Ms3F1JkdHCdbmumtKxauInYQ/w640-h480/IMG_0834.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This once iconic Indian arts store is now closed and for sale</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiYkECs2xb_8GoDE-RstAA__eD-X8uLv94l0JQeI__Mn3aBh8FyH8R7Qq6iW281Tjp8b9riJcjt17_OGcHZ_8MZ6hjor_g6mU7YR5QSsnQoxvVyNTNGRTcUXJRH7YN4CmdxQLhr0RqgWqvSJ2zjOH6E6ROgTmoZmHHDrEYAFQ4h9hifF1mvfpSdVg-A/s4032/IMG_0840.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiYkECs2xb_8GoDE-RstAA__eD-X8uLv94l0JQeI__Mn3aBh8FyH8R7Qq6iW281Tjp8b9riJcjt17_OGcHZ_8MZ6hjor_g6mU7YR5QSsnQoxvVyNTNGRTcUXJRH7YN4CmdxQLhr0RqgWqvSJ2zjOH6E6ROgTmoZmHHDrEYAFQ4h9hifF1mvfpSdVg-A/w640-h480/IMG_0840.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Kimo Theater is fully restored and beautiful</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRX5dK97kjHwwCrPpp4ulDIeUxKIdg8cRdGO1cfUpyiI8jOUHlTYhPSf1RO1xkPV2At_Vqf9VM84E-irZNkKB-L25CjSlRUXqUh5uHXhRCfXVWcfmDXT1ZhZNsSEi8_zmD2iVqy2ACnxiEDAApJQ3sSf4yZDllMqxGQOnfqA4N-HpInI9e9fS0xtJUDA/s6240/IMG_2655.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRX5dK97kjHwwCrPpp4ulDIeUxKIdg8cRdGO1cfUpyiI8jOUHlTYhPSf1RO1xkPV2At_Vqf9VM84E-irZNkKB-L25CjSlRUXqUh5uHXhRCfXVWcfmDXT1ZhZNsSEi8_zmD2iVqy2ACnxiEDAApJQ3sSf4yZDllMqxGQOnfqA4N-HpInI9e9fS0xtJUDA/w640-h426/IMG_2655.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Albuquerque Transportation Center is looking good</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’m have grumpy old man issues learning the traffic flow in Albuquerque and coping with todays driving style, I’ve had enough.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">My next stop will be a brief visit to Santa Fe, New Mexico </p><div><br /></div></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-85715770539415311332023-06-10T19:24:00.001-07:002023-06-10T19:25:46.420-07:00<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Globe, AZ - Silver City, NM - Truth or Consequences, NM</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">June 1-4, 2023:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">On the road again ! I’m on route 77 traveling through Tucson passing through Oro Valley, Catalina, Oracle, Mammoth, Winkleman with a destination of Globe, Arizona. I explored a bit in Mammoth, AZ to find an artistic and historic town park commemorating their mining heritage. There was also also a beautiful old hispanic Blue Front Inn and many old decaying adobe buildings and signs, all favorites of mine. The town sits in a lush green riparian valley of the San Pedro River with beautiful distant mountain views. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Route 77 overall is an interesting beautiful Arizona ride. I exited the highway in Dudleyville, AZ just to see the location of a popular song by a recently departed Tucson songwriter and character. it’s a poverty level town at best, as expressed in the song. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgki8xAzQXdB-v1b_T_2G5ChDxm52P9_m1wp2rkNhP_wbAV_t1rzOj32zdKB7504IRSKdNBCMAve2xKiMDEU_iK_2hY-uQoiEHaZHhB92vRqybaKuxYeafkOAUTH5RyNKYKDpGqql0VFZfeFcpFB4c7ts5NBuH18TIjE2Sn1D8eYeCj8cnNUM_9Tvr0rg/s4032/IMG_0340.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgki8xAzQXdB-v1b_T_2G5ChDxm52P9_m1wp2rkNhP_wbAV_t1rzOj32zdKB7504IRSKdNBCMAve2xKiMDEU_iK_2hY-uQoiEHaZHhB92vRqybaKuxYeafkOAUTH5RyNKYKDpGqql0VFZfeFcpFB4c7ts5NBuH18TIjE2Sn1D8eYeCj8cnNUM_9Tvr0rg/w640-h480/IMG_0340.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks like a fun place </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wF2lD_hGgT9t1uMiBcEqWVQYPvBZw24Ow1N0kHXtRSPxw956i4hkhoHBfs7M2_QJcyit2TlKW3mlShnWBgWGhgtOgEMV3E8fjwbuQIYb_Qu_vE7Ni2rXpMUqaMwi1bj4sKf7n9KUNX2xE7zBtLLu6ll1OlFemRsiA7ncBk5GeUxFZxTLGgODnGFfKQ/s4032/IMG_0348.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wF2lD_hGgT9t1uMiBcEqWVQYPvBZw24Ow1N0kHXtRSPxw956i4hkhoHBfs7M2_QJcyit2TlKW3mlShnWBgWGhgtOgEMV3E8fjwbuQIYb_Qu_vE7Ni2rXpMUqaMwi1bj4sKf7n9KUNX2xE7zBtLLu6ll1OlFemRsiA7ncBk5GeUxFZxTLGgODnGFfKQ/w640-h480/IMG_0348.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I thought it really cool to give credit to the wives and mothers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QZaWFspEZZOZsg92FUnB-FGKuTaHAr66pNG5kwvnqkw5TSx3Ty0b-3vVe-kuNbCju6SXBJFIy5LnQXFu9sBi_V2_ts8GNzdi4wqn-bZ_-PW4zRinh-r4DYuU3sLEklsq-IOllTfHSQ-cSixiVUubYORiLNng7kmkwDkIYCIiOIXkav-zQlTvhIzj8w/s4032/IMG_0350.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QZaWFspEZZOZsg92FUnB-FGKuTaHAr66pNG5kwvnqkw5TSx3Ty0b-3vVe-kuNbCju6SXBJFIy5LnQXFu9sBi_V2_ts8GNzdi4wqn-bZ_-PW4zRinh-r4DYuU3sLEklsq-IOllTfHSQ-cSixiVUubYORiLNng7kmkwDkIYCIiOIXkav-zQlTvhIzj8w/w480-h640/IMG_0350.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This town has history</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurzrAqLNyGSxII5DalGMU7kKcLtPP9A44snBZQFNiENg3VGxsUDz7KVH6ElNFYppJtpcADanIWKK1185ej_6uuJuKa4dGO0xPcjkYxKtezUNxD1phtT8ER0ymryCve7Hua8Q5DIDKuS32_FM3lLrhgl6gMu6VjSIB5G_HYBOQpi-2B2Pb20apz1N1Xg/s4032/IMG_0351.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurzrAqLNyGSxII5DalGMU7kKcLtPP9A44snBZQFNiENg3VGxsUDz7KVH6ElNFYppJtpcADanIWKK1185ej_6uuJuKa4dGO0xPcjkYxKtezUNxD1phtT8ER0ymryCve7Hua8Q5DIDKuS32_FM3lLrhgl6gMu6VjSIB5G_HYBOQpi-2B2Pb20apz1N1Xg/w640-h480/IMG_0351.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful town park</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO73EMqgG4GM3Hm9PoUS67X4kdw9PyHuGjua4gvYOy8fWA40qx_gMLIZlMCXU_PRY3vAt0nxn9dKZZdvVW2-WI4Zddz7gbSySdMvqVsVZFIf2Hdb2IQFDoeka40Aswassad1YpDW1xkjM5TpAUgppqe7OluiBZwYFvnNDUaBG8PEC-GSZXV1zhr-3bDw/s6240/IMG_2298.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO73EMqgG4GM3Hm9PoUS67X4kdw9PyHuGjua4gvYOy8fWA40qx_gMLIZlMCXU_PRY3vAt0nxn9dKZZdvVW2-WI4Zddz7gbSySdMvqVsVZFIf2Hdb2IQFDoeka40Aswassad1YpDW1xkjM5TpAUgppqe7OluiBZwYFvnNDUaBG8PEC-GSZXV1zhr-3bDw/w640-h426/IMG_2298.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Self Portrait ?</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">\</p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I arrive in Globe, Arizona, which I am very familiar with, perhaps too many visits here ? Globe however looks as good, if not better, than I remember, it. It seems to have survived the pandemic well. After a walking tour and a beer at the Drift Inn, also looking better than ever, I ride to the nearby depressed mining town of Miami, AZ. My first time there a dozen years ago and I thought there was hope for this town. The downtown area has many old buildings with potential for restoration and it showed signs of improvement. Sadly virtually not much has happened since then and it has declined even further to the point that many of the buildings are now past the point of preservation. </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZugLLmful8jZzjfU-BDFWaF20CnJF__QVAj0vWFEHYL41sEybdaPwzi8yOfcIzEsBOXtLwe7DHCDj-yE9j0J4f4Zan8K_6z9ZT2pHIvQZ_BBT5wjZeew1ZVtF22bsBFKuVp7fvyRh4Nm27LXIZmdBaxQq-N08ZPsJ9iD8tjj2DWfeVSbtQ1qAFHeZg/s4032/IMG_0362.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZugLLmful8jZzjfU-BDFWaF20CnJF__QVAj0vWFEHYL41sEybdaPwzi8yOfcIzEsBOXtLwe7DHCDj-yE9j0J4f4Zan8K_6z9ZT2pHIvQZ_BBT5wjZeew1ZVtF22bsBFKuVp7fvyRh4Nm27LXIZmdBaxQq-N08ZPsJ9iD8tjj2DWfeVSbtQ1qAFHeZg/w640-h480/IMG_0362.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Globe mural with an angry looking Indian woman</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtPxE0XZxxHzm44VpqwqiARI2XUWoCGlQBQcPl5QxA-brgYP6xHLH4Y0u7f79sjdhZkeOoCeKbrFjGLvqYrWyJi4sCdpGOHfjTLxBXpZJSBb-085ltLR20Y5xaLN9iOWp6KKUH413Q_O1Gn9klQpL9hLvxdOEv3CPV3424iHglAeap3DS_VCRjnNXCQ/s6240/IMG_2303.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtPxE0XZxxHzm44VpqwqiARI2XUWoCGlQBQcPl5QxA-brgYP6xHLH4Y0u7f79sjdhZkeOoCeKbrFjGLvqYrWyJi4sCdpGOHfjTLxBXpZJSBb-085ltLR20Y5xaLN9iOWp6KKUH413Q_O1Gn9klQpL9hLvxdOEv3CPV3424iHglAeap3DS_VCRjnNXCQ/w640-h426/IMG_2303.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drift Inn sign is great !<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwS5v_sukxc2cSzBDRiAvHlkHPEuzqfe-vidwB-E8o7qfUYPhC0EUILwNE03JsiyFA4z4VgZ0n-s3DWOymGUapRHApLkvwK3xpdhhfB44z_97p4JKMkS9J8i571gwuOiuREHN10p2XfVTfZdU2l-DyAkKzS8fZ6gpUJlOZUZWPJBqNiykNgGjzDL2xtg/s3812/IMG_0365.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2858" data-original-width="3812" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwS5v_sukxc2cSzBDRiAvHlkHPEuzqfe-vidwB-E8o7qfUYPhC0EUILwNE03JsiyFA4z4VgZ0n-s3DWOymGUapRHApLkvwK3xpdhhfB44z_97p4JKMkS9J8i571gwuOiuREHN10p2XfVTfZdU2l-DyAkKzS8fZ6gpUJlOZUZWPJBqNiykNgGjzDL2xtg/w640-h480/IMG_0365.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interior of the Drift Inn with its hand painted wall mural, one of the oldest bars in AZ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWLlFK2oABAIQgmVil6PBhqCUljR7Xtk5fud_SiMKwQbXD5cb5-fom12xbUo1RC320yXPzCwlwxiC_GRXdxYB3D9L1HimyKP9UGZgsQZ33lnOuLYpPznS4gbbsh01a6scL-LkdstlFoJ_5XDrmux5-uAUrT5av_xsLLLOpVI7kkY7NBceZ7eVVX1HTA/s6240/IMG_2302.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWLlFK2oABAIQgmVil6PBhqCUljR7Xtk5fud_SiMKwQbXD5cb5-fom12xbUo1RC320yXPzCwlwxiC_GRXdxYB3D9L1HimyKP9UGZgsQZ33lnOuLYpPznS4gbbsh01a6scL-LkdstlFoJ_5XDrmux5-uAUrT5av_xsLLLOpVI7kkY7NBceZ7eVVX1HTA/w640-h426/IMG_2302.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another good mural</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTwTcHvnaAt5Rs_WueJGCl0kaE5JWmM1SuofTMnbU7LuaSp8zUBWOup-yY-q6vJ0Erlq52gD3AX7zoEzfOQ_u2vyqgdadI8f_ABqrHKYgiG22OKQwJi8mafh8lbdKCll-M0bpau5PS-u8JHJ9491MbeeSswwFfPHUMnBBX8N7sTq0dFWIYwVVHAfjVw/s6240/IMG_2315.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTwTcHvnaAt5Rs_WueJGCl0kaE5JWmM1SuofTMnbU7LuaSp8zUBWOup-yY-q6vJ0Erlq52gD3AX7zoEzfOQ_u2vyqgdadI8f_ABqrHKYgiG22OKQwJi8mafh8lbdKCll-M0bpau5PS-u8JHJ9491MbeeSswwFfPHUMnBBX8N7sTq0dFWIYwVVHAfjVw/w640-h426/IMG_2315.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let your dreams set sail</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXB3wgQaqpA0q9-vyIQy3kv8Cep0DTDr5ITM4SQZzkrHnyvH4j6lZlPw4_h9ACVyCQqDiOtamtA_zZM1-vl8YqnRa1QKpjZrG-G5QbbySlZ-kqOjcEO9ZupRC0uSkBr0oZbrP8uJhBnqbNTDWyzAIrLdu20jDgmiX2X9gxB_ErTHFHt6cBjrsLEulF5A/s6240/IMG_2321.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXB3wgQaqpA0q9-vyIQy3kv8Cep0DTDr5ITM4SQZzkrHnyvH4j6lZlPw4_h9ACVyCQqDiOtamtA_zZM1-vl8YqnRa1QKpjZrG-G5QbbySlZ-kqOjcEO9ZupRC0uSkBr0oZbrP8uJhBnqbNTDWyzAIrLdu20jDgmiX2X9gxB_ErTHFHt6cBjrsLEulF5A/w640-h426/IMG_2321.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seems like good advise</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20QHSRIgD12edyGkzKakTqXLBKRqf5bcudGXPDox6bP-x3U6tvuyjUhzjxcxKAYH4kKe6ZAlDeqdLlsAsv2g-TZKcvY9mmBsm76UR77GAfp8ed16o6x9teHi4NyGGQAaHk2arCeGqXq4IS8BmT1xVlvofHfg_ifBmbT96PW6nn5i28c2BF053JWYZPA/s6240/IMG_2323.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20QHSRIgD12edyGkzKakTqXLBKRqf5bcudGXPDox6bP-x3U6tvuyjUhzjxcxKAYH4kKe6ZAlDeqdLlsAsv2g-TZKcvY9mmBsm76UR77GAfp8ed16o6x9teHi4NyGGQAaHk2arCeGqXq4IS8BmT1xVlvofHfg_ifBmbT96PW6nn5i28c2BF053JWYZPA/w640-h426/IMG_2323.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Lizard climbed right out od that hole ?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvBqbjZnaKqT7KEQvjjTirbVOXyecZaAP-y0oYj4HZ1arxFTtuyZXwYUeOKlYpTXitME7NeBHMfjALmN-Mm6ODdoWFeNW1fDHJRIRj1oYZbSGiYDlaYLjh_PsR-OdG2SeAIMxl5AMIq14Kd8zGoiRQWebWgnSWCce-FHXnfqmhgmDgXNQrpnc5IzSCg/s6240/IMG_2331.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvBqbjZnaKqT7KEQvjjTirbVOXyecZaAP-y0oYj4HZ1arxFTtuyZXwYUeOKlYpTXitME7NeBHMfjALmN-Mm6ODdoWFeNW1fDHJRIRj1oYZbSGiYDlaYLjh_PsR-OdG2SeAIMxl5AMIq14Kd8zGoiRQWebWgnSWCce-FHXnfqmhgmDgXNQrpnc5IzSCg/w640-h426/IMG_2331.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This area is scheduled for historic revival</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">After leaving Globe I traveled southeast to the huge mining area adjacent to the town of Morenci, AZ with centuries of mining history. I've been here before and the road that goes north from here, through the mine has out of of worldly views. I skipped it on this day and instead stopped at the old railroad station, now a visitors center and then explored the old steam engine and jail cell in the mountain side.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TQGN1cDg_3fwAjotvcrtAD31HfEXOcYMdbB5ImHvbxiBE9D1e1sEw_04XTZtRYOVSohtnUKpr-IqN5gQ1ymn4M0v-BR8vSkr3NFtpV4ZaCJvaeVGc6HjBvzKc8yDwPCv4x_txWwx7lX42al4cPHjaGXJFthXBI9BS4SYoqGd63YW9szMq7W5NjwOGw/s4032/IMG_0388.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TQGN1cDg_3fwAjotvcrtAD31HfEXOcYMdbB5ImHvbxiBE9D1e1sEw_04XTZtRYOVSohtnUKpr-IqN5gQ1ymn4M0v-BR8vSkr3NFtpV4ZaCJvaeVGc6HjBvzKc8yDwPCv4x_txWwx7lX42al4cPHjaGXJFthXBI9BS4SYoqGd63YW9szMq7W5NjwOGw/w640-h480/IMG_0388.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Retired steam engine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgBxuGtE7De0z47Ppku-PCenEm6eTi3HrfjJIWy9pxnlItMuuQYOirzHXahP6DUf1UYiF-j46uWR0-2TQRQ34_3eCf-Zy60c9-7QZe4b0Iwg2l30yUoXnQQ7tkbZy2FqrgB_dzplBCt9JOyGnfngOXUPbdW8cB322PxSHxi_JLivtkXuX8ek4PdyEpg/s4032/IMG_0390.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgBxuGtE7De0z47Ppku-PCenEm6eTi3HrfjJIWy9pxnlItMuuQYOirzHXahP6DUf1UYiF-j46uWR0-2TQRQ34_3eCf-Zy60c9-7QZe4b0Iwg2l30yUoXnQQ7tkbZy2FqrgB_dzplBCt9JOyGnfngOXUPbdW8cB322PxSHxi_JLivtkXuX8ek4PdyEpg/w640-h480/IMG_0390.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hard to break out of this jail</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fGElGJ-iPsOSmRZZGdqYDguWG6qQsngNTef0Vpw6Uw5V1V9Sv1hTzBwyh3pJJmNxchwUScBmgSPVzc-YR6Hae-olhNQrCOgxHP_l7tmnyWQ79eN3fnWjGBTwLyMo863ky06gzbhK_zGX2wAxDEO69aeV2TMa_ZOjOfVAwvqYmh6yY9RDsrGTBcYetA/s4032/IMG_0392.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fGElGJ-iPsOSmRZZGdqYDguWG6qQsngNTef0Vpw6Uw5V1V9Sv1hTzBwyh3pJJmNxchwUScBmgSPVzc-YR6Hae-olhNQrCOgxHP_l7tmnyWQ79eN3fnWjGBTwLyMo863ky06gzbhK_zGX2wAxDEO69aeV2TMa_ZOjOfVAwvqYmh6yY9RDsrGTBcYetA/w640-h480/IMG_0392.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the railroad station </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinp6YwJMSqnCxHvUvFdhCy4E_1JRhh1jAkD0yYwJeBSnbCwvrMFO15t0XZ0X3poAL7T0JZN3iOVRW2PbirBYtgGlG_BE4WVIEidcO6QhECtjjY5cxVArmCfkJleEBE2dVrQhCjDw9CczpMMDxCLGeys7y7SC3c0nJv3_orfmDQClkc7vBFNTuCBPnFWA/s4032/IMG_0397.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinp6YwJMSqnCxHvUvFdhCy4E_1JRhh1jAkD0yYwJeBSnbCwvrMFO15t0XZ0X3poAL7T0JZN3iOVRW2PbirBYtgGlG_BE4WVIEidcO6QhECtjjY5cxVArmCfkJleEBE2dVrQhCjDw9CczpMMDxCLGeys7y7SC3c0nJv3_orfmDQClkc7vBFNTuCBPnFWA/w640-h480/IMG_0397.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the old steel bridge over the river</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I made a stop in the town of Pima, AZ at the Eastern Arizona Museum which had much history on the early Mormon settlers of this area.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqldf_yuLTMje7wkMjIoopyHQyuXUCteFrX7EHSQOTjyxmJdL8MDUlU2Q-Tiy5ftjLu6LitNYd8Rea8qK6GO34CvxqvwxGf7_K_z2qYDn5kBoKpArSZzE0WNrltP3Wa1EaJgBFtMk62Xr-fYDFw0_EbP_1Q66PEwRFyrg4CCMmt7faqY1SjO2y5PpyQ/s4032/IMG_0378.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqldf_yuLTMje7wkMjIoopyHQyuXUCteFrX7EHSQOTjyxmJdL8MDUlU2Q-Tiy5ftjLu6LitNYd8Rea8qK6GO34CvxqvwxGf7_K_z2qYDn5kBoKpArSZzE0WNrltP3Wa1EaJgBFtMk62Xr-fYDFw0_EbP_1Q66PEwRFyrg4CCMmt7faqY1SjO2y5PpyQ/w640-h480/IMG_0378.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A collection of carving donated to the museum</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdu35BdsV7PY7E1HGOXQlnvJ70E89qM89CPqDQ10WCxgQ14KHQ7oBfIEwk4KLeoeo_rUEYlHJGQoMg7N4pe6b4KBP6RkWSSXJb2CCrLD1xja4G8zzXCqXEAk1hATgJtKN0ulDravHfT_yVrNYv3NkHOhMqDGA1qiBjy3hYWJQVIfVADPB1T3FLyXsSw/s4032/IMG_0382.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdu35BdsV7PY7E1HGOXQlnvJ70E89qM89CPqDQ10WCxgQ14KHQ7oBfIEwk4KLeoeo_rUEYlHJGQoMg7N4pe6b4KBP6RkWSSXJb2CCrLD1xja4G8zzXCqXEAk1hATgJtKN0ulDravHfT_yVrNYv3NkHOhMqDGA1qiBjy3hYWJQVIfVADPB1T3FLyXsSw/w300-h400/IMG_0382.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Many great portraits of early settlers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVotWtTNQ4DuNc3pznVJfnPwKYrZULblzZn-WTQ6xVES3NlLOX1YfgzgsnmsythmGkxO5XsNk-R9lrZdcSzUluZmm0c8KjCT6p-AaPUEVdtOHtdEQipWFLcKC9pKulhfryGtMscqAeZTXYpId-3pTtmuylc9YKXmfeZ2_3cWUlRRev2R7-NigtceZNA/s4032/IMG_0383.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVotWtTNQ4DuNc3pznVJfnPwKYrZULblzZn-WTQ6xVES3NlLOX1YfgzgsnmsythmGkxO5XsNk-R9lrZdcSzUluZmm0c8KjCT6p-AaPUEVdtOHtdEQipWFLcKC9pKulhfryGtMscqAeZTXYpId-3pTtmuylc9YKXmfeZ2_3cWUlRRev2R7-NigtceZNA/w640-h480/IMG_0383.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naiche appears as a very handsome man even in surrender</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’m back behind the wheel to Silver City, New Mexico. It seems that I've been going away from my intended northerly direction, as I head south towards Silver City, but sometimes you need to go back to move forward, right ? Silver City is the ultimate cool town but seriously lacking in nightlife. I’m waiting for someone to reopen the Buffalo Bar, without turning it into yet another shitty brewpub, if you get my drift.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjS67MiRr5lzm1K5VhKD4NpdfiLVI513O9gh70cEbS7v9yuvuarGbhmAGJltiXeJCUG7y5M9pEYTQXBA4HEFE3FRZKfcI_VSZwr24F6BzAZJ2r711c9dFjrJdGyGyzkOlYbmDv-Jyc6tfikUCB8pXLdb_GgpjrzH0YUkI-5SJaL0Kdc26eZxUbvrNGQ/s4032/IMG_0431.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjS67MiRr5lzm1K5VhKD4NpdfiLVI513O9gh70cEbS7v9yuvuarGbhmAGJltiXeJCUG7y5M9pEYTQXBA4HEFE3FRZKfcI_VSZwr24F6BzAZJ2r711c9dFjrJdGyGyzkOlYbmDv-Jyc6tfikUCB8pXLdb_GgpjrzH0YUkI-5SJaL0Kdc26eZxUbvrNGQ/w640-h480/IMG_0431.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buffalo Bar is still waiting</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgCfT2BGpiWyI172LorRfGiUzF0t97PEb3CaEv4BRSv19lrBsEH4ZWUc0uCo3oT-euf3juqpNvz-igz4OvFaiebucJqQI65J2YiqyK3d33RHc1DMUfJIz8uqlM-YREET4TQdEl53ou9yXK2x5twGmjqP728w1k5cJnFHRhLAHxLSpZQDK0GxXiuIDUQ/s4032/IMG_0437.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgCfT2BGpiWyI172LorRfGiUzF0t97PEb3CaEv4BRSv19lrBsEH4ZWUc0uCo3oT-euf3juqpNvz-igz4OvFaiebucJqQI65J2YiqyK3d33RHc1DMUfJIz8uqlM-YREET4TQdEl53ou9yXK2x5twGmjqP728w1k5cJnFHRhLAHxLSpZQDK0GxXiuIDUQ/w640-h480/IMG_0437.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silver City mural on the side of the Little Toad Brew Pub</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_yCpo0w0zgVFbLadGEilrhFAtmAzPemi9kBfRrGRs25MGAGi0BYngiDuX34inQZ95wwZV14hdr9ZaCKLpkiFZ3fPXpcsZiYhD-YJhJNmb14qAtFF_2k6-WAOt2GxJdOcdAgKnnq7TsgFaEOaiUd0Ehdk5eOig_hS6klV1FxpV9wJDLo9Hv40almgYQ/s4032/IMG_0441.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_yCpo0w0zgVFbLadGEilrhFAtmAzPemi9kBfRrGRs25MGAGi0BYngiDuX34inQZ95wwZV14hdr9ZaCKLpkiFZ3fPXpcsZiYhD-YJhJNmb14qAtFF_2k6-WAOt2GxJdOcdAgKnnq7TsgFaEOaiUd0Ehdk5eOig_hS6klV1FxpV9wJDLo9Hv40almgYQ/w640-h480/IMG_0441.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The restored Gila Theater</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWV6TO6mtCT8UGBatGPbq0iqkg5zhKrCmvVBk0qhUjZYlA9BHGneoMbHS4SNENdEFzzpWk66KYhjhLv6gu6i8d5lApq4L85KTIssoWscDQvcT5-FTodchsfCu3ObSqsk_kwkPmXMe5LUDyQk-rlZAxeyvRAFmrp6tAZk6wvv40OZCkNobRNlic00VQxQ/s4032/IMG_0442.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWV6TO6mtCT8UGBatGPbq0iqkg5zhKrCmvVBk0qhUjZYlA9BHGneoMbHS4SNENdEFzzpWk66KYhjhLv6gu6i8d5lApq4L85KTIssoWscDQvcT5-FTodchsfCu3ObSqsk_kwkPmXMe5LUDyQk-rlZAxeyvRAFmrp6tAZk6wvv40OZCkNobRNlic00VQxQ/w640-h480/IMG_0442.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tending fashions in Solver City ?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVJ9lQjaLQ6BQNnnqXgu4mqGSxF7_Y4CGBjGqKnyBk2yrGugoANZPx0BwRxUUb0GrHHG3-ovbtX9DbN3mO743hodRK5oHTxNiNfouxJglFKdBiUWnC4fyMQGzLVtTP4Moyh2t3wvHogB3zwduxc_icB8cNq8h1qpC6lUEroKy7TGy-evRgFJeR6bn9g/s4032/IMG_0432.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVJ9lQjaLQ6BQNnnqXgu4mqGSxF7_Y4CGBjGqKnyBk2yrGugoANZPx0BwRxUUb0GrHHG3-ovbtX9DbN3mO743hodRK5oHTxNiNfouxJglFKdBiUWnC4fyMQGzLVtTP4Moyh2t3wvHogB3zwduxc_icB8cNq8h1qpC6lUEroKy7TGy-evRgFJeR6bn9g/w640-h480/IMG_0432.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Big Pink Store has cool stuff</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> I found my way back to a past favorite hike, the Dragon fly trail a few miles outside of Silver City. I also took a side trip to the historic town of Pinos Altos where the Buckhorn Saloon is located. I was surprised it was closed at noon on a Saturday, seems to be a dinner only kind of place. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZCxrWjWJP1iCntUm-YpHAV277sJa8up2DC8fgBPPEL5eYZ3GFqLNzJLp_RRQEzcCjD9HJOXslo7ZoMCxxlK2kFY5A00d5oY06lF6zW8iAU2GcKdFdMjDaIVDD2ncJAGsa6O_IUuE0ikCqyHFw1-LTzfrnrqaYvALVq5M_-9l97DA5q23NTwSebc4AQ/s6240/IMG_2346.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZCxrWjWJP1iCntUm-YpHAV277sJa8up2DC8fgBPPEL5eYZ3GFqLNzJLp_RRQEzcCjD9HJOXslo7ZoMCxxlK2kFY5A00d5oY06lF6zW8iAU2GcKdFdMjDaIVDD2ncJAGsa6O_IUuE0ikCqyHFw1-LTzfrnrqaYvALVq5M_-9l97DA5q23NTwSebc4AQ/w640-h426/IMG_2346.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View along the Dragonfly Trail</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXAjsPilO7YT1LNaPAvRXDt0vwKpfRNna8HCP9HRyHpHdWJeMS4BZMOltIXCqG2IesTgoJ-Qy3dl0r16o3JBUiCpydAn_Re5F9kmmhMwMozC7Tkl3vwUopLhmt0c0_90dH49cuh_m1BL1ry09wbauHm9ZF-FNQnD6BUmmyrZ1G_yiMJ-QzFzCkDdIWA/s4032/IMG_0415.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXAjsPilO7YT1LNaPAvRXDt0vwKpfRNna8HCP9HRyHpHdWJeMS4BZMOltIXCqG2IesTgoJ-Qy3dl0r16o3JBUiCpydAn_Re5F9kmmhMwMozC7Tkl3vwUopLhmt0c0_90dH49cuh_m1BL1ry09wbauHm9ZF-FNQnD6BUmmyrZ1G_yiMJ-QzFzCkDdIWA/w640-h480/IMG_0415.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trails namesake is this ancient petroglyph that amazingly has not been ruined</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">The Opera House next door is advertising a concert for next weekend, one that I probably would have liked. My planning so far has been terrible, last weekend was a Blues festival in Silver City, this week nothing. I did take in two bands on Friday and Saturday night at the Little Toad Creek Brewery, who were good, but not good enough to stay long. It's really the only night spot I’m Silver City, kind of sad considering the artsy creative element in this town.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I depart Sunday morning for a drive on route 152 up across the intimidating Black Range on the Gila National Forest with a destination of Truth or Consequences, NM. Along the route, but get side tracked by a road sign reminding me of the nearby Mattocks Ruins site. The museum is closed but the site is open for a self guided tour. This was a huge Membres culture pueblo complex that existed for about 1,000 years in various stages, it's hard to comprehend today.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KpZJ51dZ8Q1LSFUsUndUvXObyBeTIlmliOZHib9A8271QNq8QYrB4hHESI5CXzMaEvPcDzxm3ySniRdwR8qeO6kbOCzgoYMPEaj2uQAaBRg5Q8syn3jbJyySTQqrfTf9x80i654cJnN_fY2RlNT41Ny-aksazWw6yhgfGiLr6jSvKaRyAUEoWimcKQ/s5741/IMG_2374.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3675" data-original-width="5741" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KpZJ51dZ8Q1LSFUsUndUvXObyBeTIlmliOZHib9A8271QNq8QYrB4hHESI5CXzMaEvPcDzxm3ySniRdwR8qeO6kbOCzgoYMPEaj2uQAaBRg5Q8syn3jbJyySTQqrfTf9x80i654cJnN_fY2RlNT41Ny-aksazWw6yhgfGiLr6jSvKaRyAUEoWimcKQ/w640-h410/IMG_2374.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A roadside view of the huge Mine</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DQFjirv5sGAf9lbldBpE1JohQrprpxqKCMETPRPdnV1ZiyN82h-0eA6W4jh1Kl64sjzPo5kmtAoxFN5k7NdDOitIbdzECE4zM00ufW9AJRUlGl1uZXr_9QEowXD4mh4jLK6gfstxMt2YfFLT51E6S_2aL4cLuHXr4fYlgcJCK2IL6y7N2BEhMjM1Kw/s4032/IMG_0460.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DQFjirv5sGAf9lbldBpE1JohQrprpxqKCMETPRPdnV1ZiyN82h-0eA6W4jh1Kl64sjzPo5kmtAoxFN5k7NdDOitIbdzECE4zM00ufW9AJRUlGl1uZXr_9QEowXD4mh4jLK6gfstxMt2YfFLT51E6S_2aL4cLuHXr4fYlgcJCK2IL6y7N2BEhMjM1Kw/w640-h480/IMG_0460.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance to the Members Culture Heritage Site <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKM0N1YoYDKF_LQVtz2eqExevYs7LLscsEnTb5U38-91M4-yxzbZja4ZNLMjWv3Ccx1m1cyo_25oGBwitdjYHWMrXVdNCqyb2Q8dvaW4r1zUxwf-6aTkm_Ur-U9qU43hbpK1WWxGlacv2nRcaGHeQo_70dPjJ5v8Yf3xeum1tGoINZO38ly1d2M9nnA/s4032/IMG_0464.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKM0N1YoYDKF_LQVtz2eqExevYs7LLscsEnTb5U38-91M4-yxzbZja4ZNLMjWv3Ccx1m1cyo_25oGBwitdjYHWMrXVdNCqyb2Q8dvaW4r1zUxwf-6aTkm_Ur-U9qU43hbpK1WWxGlacv2nRcaGHeQo_70dPjJ5v8Yf3xeum1tGoINZO38ly1d2M9nnA/w640-h480/IMG_0464.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Archeology of the site shows how extensive this culture was </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35SOAJJigfceOKER3XwAiB2U6YSZbS0XDvrr3-hG6zL5xFKdF8P1p84KNEXO2zCH0bHvRT8a_KmaaOGVN269E2MuVYKUvqYtJnkMhCJrS9Zl_daION8wpPYUQ3UUBZ2eUo0It5ClNafDxrAHNega6bQiqSFPkXeslHw5Z5iDpGKr5G4iFB56LxZZ8cw/s5789/IMG_2375.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3890" data-original-width="5789" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35SOAJJigfceOKER3XwAiB2U6YSZbS0XDvrr3-hG6zL5xFKdF8P1p84KNEXO2zCH0bHvRT8a_KmaaOGVN269E2MuVYKUvqYtJnkMhCJrS9Zl_daION8wpPYUQ3UUBZ2eUo0It5ClNafDxrAHNega6bQiqSFPkXeslHw5Z5iDpGKr5G4iFB56LxZZ8cw/w640-h430/IMG_2375.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After archeological digging everything was backfilled to cover and protect</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-LE0dY-YmHsN_PyOV-oanWgzQrCAb7_zIywkWKYdWy_HWGB5Ppos0brwW-j48Afi955YaiwpRXvs5TsSSicUR6USEOxqlptnRnGRDlAB09-UxH6dJkq_U6z9YK5tYf9mhftIsUblGOukRbQ03KZwV6Yt27eaD6hC35ozK7AhfKQuAKb4N_nEnAgpLuQ/s6240/IMG_2379.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-LE0dY-YmHsN_PyOV-oanWgzQrCAb7_zIywkWKYdWy_HWGB5Ppos0brwW-j48Afi955YaiwpRXvs5TsSSicUR6USEOxqlptnRnGRDlAB09-UxH6dJkq_U6z9YK5tYf9mhftIsUblGOukRbQ03KZwV6Yt27eaD6hC35ozK7AhfKQuAKb4N_nEnAgpLuQ/w640-h426/IMG_2379.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Each area had a model of the compound that once existed in the field beyond</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I make several stops along the road through the Gila National Forest, taking in the great views. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PB9I-oWEBIZlQCGkQvJC82rGU-EsKJnomygrHggkeYNNnIjn4EeHOsHrkLso8EVSoHRA8j4WKCW77xT26eAhO1SDmMrmTj4RIZnlMhBcEuyWfsSqR5HXs6yWb6VXmjhuyhD7She19ktLr8oktYI-8xrijjk_EVfV1pKrqFjdhUmjOXCc-_dnSqn3XQ/s6240/IMG_2394.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PB9I-oWEBIZlQCGkQvJC82rGU-EsKJnomygrHggkeYNNnIjn4EeHOsHrkLso8EVSoHRA8j4WKCW77xT26eAhO1SDmMrmTj4RIZnlMhBcEuyWfsSqR5HXs6yWb6VXmjhuyhD7She19ktLr8oktYI-8xrijjk_EVfV1pKrqFjdhUmjOXCc-_dnSqn3XQ/w640-h426/IMG_2394.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9h0k3jmhjO1xqp2Oyeayh6l7cHzaVi18H8X1kATJjtaYCRTmTgdyJq8IR54XRSE4hP8ndCiWDE_gZziDwcAATMhXr1wpWelZ1jzYauea2aZYbiNFsXksCBvdsXylaFMgawrioqTH8jkwHgfDidwl1gZpsVStwvHhRZARbFd1ynGOVgWBcOO3Xu_HwDw/s5975/IMG_2396.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4029" data-original-width="5975" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9h0k3jmhjO1xqp2Oyeayh6l7cHzaVi18H8X1kATJjtaYCRTmTgdyJq8IR54XRSE4hP8ndCiWDE_gZziDwcAATMhXr1wpWelZ1jzYauea2aZYbiNFsXksCBvdsXylaFMgawrioqTH8jkwHgfDidwl1gZpsVStwvHhRZARbFd1ynGOVgWBcOO3Xu_HwDw/w640-h432/IMG_2396.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I arrive in Hillsboro in time for lunch at the excellent Hillsboro General Store Cafe. Hillsboro was a prominent town back in the glory days of mining, but when the mines closed, it nearly became a ghost town. You get an idea of the towns former size, or lawlessness when you see the ruins of the jail, it’s massive.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbBnJLHtpEFtcdxs7vBLTt2QTLpEmiHOnx2dVRJWqqcmTupUZ8TdS4nI7b2S5TbSEe9xkvtxmkd_ltV6Si9g8LhdCr8PyPPKjc_Sw8lSFTtvVdJBzJ__Y6Ps6ZLQ50aj19V3BvD8icFbyFUhemd70qcELigkUew5LuQME3vDCHo9RNeCHJGptrvzBdQ/s4032/IMG_0480.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbBnJLHtpEFtcdxs7vBLTt2QTLpEmiHOnx2dVRJWqqcmTupUZ8TdS4nI7b2S5TbSEe9xkvtxmkd_ltV6Si9g8LhdCr8PyPPKjc_Sw8lSFTtvVdJBzJ__Y6Ps6ZLQ50aj19V3BvD8icFbyFUhemd70qcELigkUew5LuQME3vDCHo9RNeCHJGptrvzBdQ/w640-h480/IMG_0480.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The remains of the original town jail</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdB25CTylzrSK8R4kScK9ZuS3rtfuCfovHOevfwLOZjkL0HJ_EeVA1Nnh32lwJgbHKD9fRaSjZCy2j73PPu-nX_AX2nOVSkfbAcUT8xUJ-Lssp5rQNC5nDamTIJWnKpobZbqdeL5La_RWC8OAcrRNjGzcAfllhhc5GQnom7qIYqBtKzOBi_z45XU8BA/s4032/IMG_0484.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdB25CTylzrSK8R4kScK9ZuS3rtfuCfovHOevfwLOZjkL0HJ_EeVA1Nnh32lwJgbHKD9fRaSjZCy2j73PPu-nX_AX2nOVSkfbAcUT8xUJ-Lssp5rQNC5nDamTIJWnKpobZbqdeL5La_RWC8OAcrRNjGzcAfllhhc5GQnom7qIYqBtKzOBi_z45XU8BA/w640-h480/IMG_0484.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Hillsboro General Store Cafe</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnHa85eSRX9QUGYe8ZS3ykzK0ztgkMj9o2uCm8Rwx27y6Rfkvb7YTcVlMzUZNmP1kemxaeRDftiN-HJya4tWpmuqv-_oO6oCO0PTIpBNxMNphfY1NUHPKhaQpujZkanmlsGOw8NKVERiQ5ZR-WEm5KdsIZ_qXhdmA7Xn857pWNIjMjT-UbEFViRvG4rg/s4032/IMG_0486.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnHa85eSRX9QUGYe8ZS3ykzK0ztgkMj9o2uCm8Rwx27y6Rfkvb7YTcVlMzUZNmP1kemxaeRDftiN-HJya4tWpmuqv-_oO6oCO0PTIpBNxMNphfY1NUHPKhaQpujZkanmlsGOw8NKVERiQ5ZR-WEm5KdsIZ_qXhdmA7Xn857pWNIjMjT-UbEFViRvG4rg/w640-h480/IMG_0486.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front View</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8Xd7NpyLxw-RlP5H0YpJ8BM86xhoCu8v27iQGyOv24PoY5BWXnIe2cWJdwkxz3Epp4I1S_1mGXQP4Nv_YR5hNhB8XCnBCkhJnwMBTSgp1XNRlxix9REzRKTWIeV3qKeEUMgosW9sMgl2wK-ImfUFjzz4zcXvLJHlP21uFdzjJ4wSTMFrtn7maFm6yw/s4032/IMG_0488.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8Xd7NpyLxw-RlP5H0YpJ8BM86xhoCu8v27iQGyOv24PoY5BWXnIe2cWJdwkxz3Epp4I1S_1mGXQP4Nv_YR5hNhB8XCnBCkhJnwMBTSgp1XNRlxix9REzRKTWIeV3qKeEUMgosW9sMgl2wK-ImfUFjzz4zcXvLJHlP21uFdzjJ4wSTMFrtn7maFm6yw/w640-h480/IMG_0488.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A house mural down the street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It’s another 30 miles to my next stop in Truth of Consequences, NM. I believe that New Mexico has more colorful and interesting places that any state in the US. Truth of Consequences, or as the locals refer to as T & C is definitely one of them. It’s name based on an old TV show helps, then there is the hot springs, the Rio Grande River, the Spanish and Mexican culture, the legendary Apache Indians, etc, etc. I’ve been here years ago and I have to say it’s looking somewhat improved, there is a growing arts colony in the downtown and the downward spiral seems diminished. I did an hot tub hour at the Riverbend Hot Springs that was absolutely great, highly recommended ! I also visited the one and only brew pub on Broadway called Truth or Consequences Brewing which appears to be be doing very well, not much competition. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSPEf0bYC_1y27QSCMNTeERMqNBt2dXj0lwnSCmq2SmrTA3IRVO6E3OCkoQUqyHU538qPAEduEj2hdxcCLSovyr7P6cngpEdqRKrVYRzx7nXFxLBq5cGPaOCPsMgaxCcnjaoNsPcWJ8KQVHR9x8XsYMNpH4dJYckC-VTfpq2tp6W-9U6InwYqJ3P5MA/s6240/IMG_2403.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSPEf0bYC_1y27QSCMNTeERMqNBt2dXj0lwnSCmq2SmrTA3IRVO6E3OCkoQUqyHU538qPAEduEj2hdxcCLSovyr7P6cngpEdqRKrVYRzx7nXFxLBq5cGPaOCPsMgaxCcnjaoNsPcWJ8KQVHR9x8XsYMNpH4dJYckC-VTfpq2tp6W-9U6InwYqJ3P5MA/w640-h426/IMG_2403.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mural on the side of a house</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3FpbtG98W6e2oekfIvZLSBcnDKRwRyhKbKlXw6XnD7bxLBGXacasAVc2IJQoYoiT4Lem-PmI0jGuRFTIn2Dnl7qmKQ7kQxTYEbS0PpFmIwbndXjRC1SkNxDpavj0tzgc1QCmbSa2-5pi-sfhzbAu5X7zYMyCN5X-MCRRP_4iZTpDMA1QkCkmHDT3KA/s5464/IMG_2412.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5464" data-original-width="4002" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3FpbtG98W6e2oekfIvZLSBcnDKRwRyhKbKlXw6XnD7bxLBGXacasAVc2IJQoYoiT4Lem-PmI0jGuRFTIn2Dnl7qmKQ7kQxTYEbS0PpFmIwbndXjRC1SkNxDpavj0tzgc1QCmbSa2-5pi-sfhzbAu5X7zYMyCN5X-MCRRP_4iZTpDMA1QkCkmHDT3KA/w468-h640/IMG_2412.jpg" width="468" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A local shopfront</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-vFzOjcFbWjdoriEFMrtgdTpUcI4kz9rby9SfVgz4FmE34f9Bl-4ls1Ge7MTJhhUCTVDx8vuaRA5npOyIuDgY_-5HlK0jIJjIU2cXBG1phfVrYICTMt37IOD_mWVk4RMqrcB16eLpjxFRFF9sYt_zuYrRvWuP8LnU8xbRIbYCDGqWSKOr-KFDYgNWg/s6240/IMG_2417.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-vFzOjcFbWjdoriEFMrtgdTpUcI4kz9rby9SfVgz4FmE34f9Bl-4ls1Ge7MTJhhUCTVDx8vuaRA5npOyIuDgY_-5HlK0jIJjIU2cXBG1phfVrYICTMt37IOD_mWVk4RMqrcB16eLpjxFRFF9sYt_zuYrRvWuP8LnU8xbRIbYCDGqWSKOr-KFDYgNWg/w640-h426/IMG_2417.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another colorful shopfront</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-JgoSLkjbvwvIKu-esixFNkID38TVWDSdWzS6r2i5JMPRvqAHwFPb8IACZKtumqnMFWndh2RuwnCh60NTAc_U2AGsqUmQaCRSHrmiJMPZzzt-kBoHCuSkwPExNm_vfa3Q2PeNKFquuNGmNehHoKeY_myp_8D4UyT3HOXx9fix6I_pFF7e3LeYHs88w/s6240/IMG_2420.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-JgoSLkjbvwvIKu-esixFNkID38TVWDSdWzS6r2i5JMPRvqAHwFPb8IACZKtumqnMFWndh2RuwnCh60NTAc_U2AGsqUmQaCRSHrmiJMPZzzt-kBoHCuSkwPExNm_vfa3Q2PeNKFquuNGmNehHoKeY_myp_8D4UyT3HOXx9fix6I_pFF7e3LeYHs88w/w640-h426/IMG_2420.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Red Pelican<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4eAGYxPKITZgY_PLtiqGqBPik_5XjugPNp6SzZeBu1Wl3jkF_PPkxK3OOAMQCCm4zwQvJY_oEU_Z1lOUIv5yt4X34dhuU0nkG7bFvH2sievf47OypWxWO5KvQ4ijafGjk3nndquAE5CIR0WBxNRBu7N3Dh5irwOOiF5NKx_gDxr0SpSIVN7oEUfIIQ/s6240/IMG_2433.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4eAGYxPKITZgY_PLtiqGqBPik_5XjugPNp6SzZeBu1Wl3jkF_PPkxK3OOAMQCCm4zwQvJY_oEU_Z1lOUIv5yt4X34dhuU0nkG7bFvH2sievf47OypWxWO5KvQ4ijafGjk3nndquAE5CIR0WBxNRBu7N3Dh5irwOOiF5NKx_gDxr0SpSIVN7oEUfIIQ/w640-h426/IMG_2433.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another interesting mural</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaTHHjj70QZLzipE9nHNTgnu1kzWimHyXavUGYOqLWqImqHMwkye7Jx0nOqvILG5DFTZ3UUK5cplSsAbYRR7nOk2DT3nPDpEE8wxECAjQX1OgmyPK9K-LejSpLGkop1gVreNQUK24CJNJah6p2iP_fUJtfl8QIdYlY9ZWzxx6uwLzvZe55_zioBB_Mw/s6240/IMG_2437.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaTHHjj70QZLzipE9nHNTgnu1kzWimHyXavUGYOqLWqImqHMwkye7Jx0nOqvILG5DFTZ3UUK5cplSsAbYRR7nOk2DT3nPDpEE8wxECAjQX1OgmyPK9K-LejSpLGkop1gVreNQUK24CJNJah6p2iP_fUJtfl8QIdYlY9ZWzxx6uwLzvZe55_zioBB_Mw/w640-h426/IMG_2437.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This size of the children to the horse makes the mural<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XpeAw8O6obrkapGufchU9tDX2opI_8nMFas8emQL6lKnF52obR4WXQEBeEAiywobQOzzcTSNRCfBtVuLxVBhkmI6CT3TmcT8om0_KDbmSvPq6My0qNrvtO8hHiFxgTMqVinAzt0111r5Cota4iw8ChZncUHtfc_PkNQlPgFB1Do2405JAJDOWwgjDg/s6240/IMG_2442.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XpeAw8O6obrkapGufchU9tDX2opI_8nMFas8emQL6lKnF52obR4WXQEBeEAiywobQOzzcTSNRCfBtVuLxVBhkmI6CT3TmcT8om0_KDbmSvPq6My0qNrvtO8hHiFxgTMqVinAzt0111r5Cota4iw8ChZncUHtfc_PkNQlPgFB1Do2405JAJDOWwgjDg/w640-h426/IMG_2442.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mural almost sucks you in and then you see the spider <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5RMuYhEi-bujOI5awDtiZ4ay-l7odDyLhMm5NN8nvfnB5Wm4yiYhsNQnBVWAkeO5pBi8Hoxn-URK73Spl3Vl_fMbptMs9EzAwJqzAIIn6yzqxhhzr9VR-d1HTNDN0L2kFg54S2T2wxvApeagqASoA39pGVW-0VgjwbfcPBen4D1J2ONWjYe4kP4OKg/s6240/IMG_2441.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5RMuYhEi-bujOI5awDtiZ4ay-l7odDyLhMm5NN8nvfnB5Wm4yiYhsNQnBVWAkeO5pBi8Hoxn-URK73Spl3Vl_fMbptMs9EzAwJqzAIIn6yzqxhhzr9VR-d1HTNDN0L2kFg54S2T2wxvApeagqASoA39pGVW-0VgjwbfcPBen4D1J2ONWjYe4kP4OKg/w640-h426/IMG_2441.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The El Cortez is beautiful<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMg5v3nA8QeZ5eqyhGv5skkq9OycUESa_pdmA4ZT5hm8d4O179JybxXWm7bbHykC3jNt1ipdI7SzrDegsrT7FRiXlV7Tqfk5y9bDbAmSTWGCrh2zr_zPUhOcY-f8we51HFnZkNoyBgjE8K1cbLkmYU_gTcIujqDrD7rNNVesRy-KBZw5rjLoYLV10ag/s4032/IMG_0500.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMg5v3nA8QeZ5eqyhGv5skkq9OycUESa_pdmA4ZT5hm8d4O179JybxXWm7bbHykC3jNt1ipdI7SzrDegsrT7FRiXlV7Tqfk5y9bDbAmSTWGCrh2zr_zPUhOcY-f8we51HFnZkNoyBgjE8K1cbLkmYU_gTcIujqDrD7rNNVesRy-KBZw5rjLoYLV10ag/w640-h480/IMG_0500.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from one of the hot tubes, there were several of varying temperatures</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">My next stop is Socorro, New Mexico</span></div><div><br /></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-64353146867298826792023-05-13T11:28:00.002-07:002023-05-13T11:28:52.772-07:00<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tucson-Wickenburg-Prescott-Tucson, Arizona</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">April 19 - 23, 2023: </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This is to be a five day road trip, sort of a shake down cruise, to the northern Arizona areas of Wickenburg and Prescott which I haven’t explored much. This area is north of Phoenix which I'm trying to avoid as much as possible. The alternate route is bypass routes 202 and 303 which loop around the outskirts of the city and then reconnect to AZ-10 on the northern part of Phoenix. I’m not sure this was beneficial as this route seemed to be so much longer and also was very congested in places. It’s also a little depressing riding these bypass routes and seeing nothing but new development and miles of distribution centers to support the ever expanding metropolis of Phoenix. Much of this development is replacing former farm country, it will all be gone in another decade or so. Oh well, that’s progress ? Eventually I get onto route 60 heading northwest into open country. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Approaching Wickenburg, AZ I pull into a roadside rest area where are interesting signs about the adjacent Hassayampa River, the former indigenous people, early settlers and local history. I wanted to see the river, but it was out of sight and the area was securely fenced. As I traveled a few more miles I then saw an entrance to the Hassayampa River Preserve and pulled in. It turned out to be an area managed by the Nature Conservancy, an amazing organization. Their visitor center is an impressive old building once owned by a former resident who had developed a campground on the site. There are walking trails in the preserve to the river but most were temporarily closed due to recent flooding. I was still able to take a nice loop trail through a forest of Fremont Cottonwoods and Mesquite trees and magnificent stands of towering California Fan Palms. The area is lush with vegetation with very swampy areas and lots of bird life.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpdxDgHwCrXsEQKggpEXxUIODOQcgTIHDyw74Rl1gPVJkEHEVIPCEAwSXCuXjyHPIeCs6pxvtGSRxpEAdtTjQZSEE20i2bqLuWSpJvlWK2mkpIWda5pvGJRl2n598SvoYb3IzgLpUzDSIikfKGAyUKZbjqhclJ-ClVTZ_oOaCmEdPLTNDeP_-_T0xHA/s4032/IMG_9801.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpdxDgHwCrXsEQKggpEXxUIODOQcgTIHDyw74Rl1gPVJkEHEVIPCEAwSXCuXjyHPIeCs6pxvtGSRxpEAdtTjQZSEE20i2bqLuWSpJvlWK2mkpIWda5pvGJRl2n598SvoYb3IzgLpUzDSIikfKGAyUKZbjqhclJ-ClVTZ_oOaCmEdPLTNDeP_-_T0xHA/w640-h480/IMG_9801.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upside down river ?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMOP1F22eZfIMEXalq4YuISaoOVsnJlfYe61TlOWIJCPVdCg3nU7Aj8ykh8plYCzTWoubV5yJ__Q4c_344ka6-tPY0gOYiUvuL28YQDBJvhIT3tHfUfOnd448y92VhUCrOZHlfTuBZ40ewcpl925EEoFHlmp0Py2kEHQ5W8dVwF6MWbl1b9FnJQFUFAQ/s6240/IMG_1977.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6240" data-original-width="4160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMOP1F22eZfIMEXalq4YuISaoOVsnJlfYe61TlOWIJCPVdCg3nU7Aj8ykh8plYCzTWoubV5yJ__Q4c_344ka6-tPY0gOYiUvuL28YQDBJvhIT3tHfUfOnd448y92VhUCrOZHlfTuBZ40ewcpl925EEoFHlmp0Py2kEHQ5W8dVwF6MWbl1b9FnJQFUFAQ/w426-h640/IMG_1977.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The palms are towering</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqz_gEwji5w85ue6jJTECavfJwg72ZDiCGYJxpy5-ATI1eemtgV2zoiFOa7tJIUc3IzsX7rjxDRjV3VLKVhb4CQuXgd1_-L1DgZvvnbxnJdJ6wkfhsIAuCMDa1toJQ1MBbHKNRT_WGUkICIu6H-rWmF_puXTkZOG0Y8ngQa3JfXDaGgX4lH-RB5mszow/s6240/IMG_1985.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqz_gEwji5w85ue6jJTECavfJwg72ZDiCGYJxpy5-ATI1eemtgV2zoiFOa7tJIUc3IzsX7rjxDRjV3VLKVhb4CQuXgd1_-L1DgZvvnbxnJdJ6wkfhsIAuCMDa1toJQ1MBbHKNRT_WGUkICIu6H-rWmF_puXTkZOG0Y8ngQa3JfXDaGgX4lH-RB5mszow/w640-h426/IMG_1985.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lush green waters in Arizona</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Arriving in Wickenburg, Arizona I find an attractive town with a heavy, cowboy culture / rodeo / dude ranch flavor. There is the old railroad depot, in beautiful condition, now the visitors center with an old retired steam locomotive out front. Wickenburg started with the coming of the railroad as did most towns in the west. A block away is the Desert Caballeros Western Museum, actually is more of an art gallery. It’s having a special exhibit, "Cowgirl Up !", quite impressive, but after a hundred or so rodeo and horse paintings I'm done.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickenburg,_Arizona">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickenburg,_Arizona</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_f7RcoJhtk8kdCMNBAkwgM124d8QeoiYeTz6WtFl-U_PTIePBN4O_iHFKjN198D9bfdYiY_Ojz64AqS3trsz2DJUe9DSJ4ENxg1rmGa9M0oje1AVZM4zL5XFFROTbwWLZPCw2QL_ROTV3tLnxAq87bnWiTrqio7g2ANnGSUSqzxG7WzWGt7DDpgmBvQ/s4032/IMG_9814.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_f7RcoJhtk8kdCMNBAkwgM124d8QeoiYeTz6WtFl-U_PTIePBN4O_iHFKjN198D9bfdYiY_Ojz64AqS3trsz2DJUe9DSJ4ENxg1rmGa9M0oje1AVZM4zL5XFFROTbwWLZPCw2QL_ROTV3tLnxAq87bnWiTrqio7g2ANnGSUSqzxG7WzWGt7DDpgmBvQ/w640-h480/IMG_9814.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of great art on display</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSrgrLMyOlBb_wSxt8QBFJepL7B6QWrHnd20Y5d0XHzkErNOs-frm4rg2w5gKv-et_68QcybWaDpjtLD6IqQHDGWECYdT2UIsc9AtjH33AyiLjey20jalJBXPjkIA_XUgYCavsTsNq_3RV1bjG0RZ6SmUVVj69XvK-l4GYDcUr0f-SLsMtXtoyJaY_Q/s4032/IMG_9845.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSrgrLMyOlBb_wSxt8QBFJepL7B6QWrHnd20Y5d0XHzkErNOs-frm4rg2w5gKv-et_68QcybWaDpjtLD6IqQHDGWECYdT2UIsc9AtjH33AyiLjey20jalJBXPjkIA_XUgYCavsTsNq_3RV1bjG0RZ6SmUVVj69XvK-l4GYDcUr0f-SLsMtXtoyJaY_Q/w400-h300/IMG_9845.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The museum entrance is very Cowgirl</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I then do a walking downtown tour and eventually find my way to the Hassayampa River where the original bridge is now a pedestrian walking bridge. A sign tells how the rivers elevation has risen necessitating the new higher highway bridge. It appears that the river was nearly flooding a few days ago with signs of water across the entire wide flood plain. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIThbMZtlEsw9KDLfYwDdoaNX-1hh9qxJfN7I_1lNqoTAuxAElrP-nAyZdSU-SOL_X675hunXllFOCXEL-wwhTK4QYdrZQQyaMdl8WUk3eqfGpfdQy7CFQUgPxkyoS064VvmzIEgPk_kMc6RETjeq5Q_oCV252jIOaRZICJWgXnGO7snI4l_l5rAFOqw/s4032/IMG_9830.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIThbMZtlEsw9KDLfYwDdoaNX-1hh9qxJfN7I_1lNqoTAuxAElrP-nAyZdSU-SOL_X675hunXllFOCXEL-wwhTK4QYdrZQQyaMdl8WUk3eqfGpfdQy7CFQUgPxkyoS064VvmzIEgPk_kMc6RETjeq5Q_oCV252jIOaRZICJWgXnGO7snI4l_l5rAFOqw/w300-h400/IMG_9830.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interesting legend, was Trump here ?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZgEjhmNkZPdfSChdGyCWLDiBjHeFyteuIP1K7XJpLTPwpw9TfL74bRNUUO8xnMXBGwiJiqcDn5o8pr67X7hzv3Vno4bgARbE5C1LwcqbJyzVEAKYY0yuDy89n3J-_3s6CNIjj44KUFBLbyNSWIXr0LkCqZaXWXj2QhBpKdZ5nPdKdtd8wSvW3wgvbA/s6137/IMG_1998.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4091" data-original-width="6137" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZgEjhmNkZPdfSChdGyCWLDiBjHeFyteuIP1K7XJpLTPwpw9TfL74bRNUUO8xnMXBGwiJiqcDn5o8pr67X7hzv3Vno4bgARbE5C1LwcqbJyzVEAKYY0yuDy89n3J-_3s6CNIjj44KUFBLbyNSWIXr0LkCqZaXWXj2QhBpKdZ5nPdKdtd8wSvW3wgvbA/w400-h266/IMG_1998.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The River view</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">There are several interesting buildings on the main street, the Saguaro Theater and a couple of saloons were appealing to me. There is an attractive Mexican restaurant on a side street that looks interesting until I see the nasty political signs at the front entrance. They won't get any money from me !</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikM2F-2UiU_4AQmuGzElXdAQv6Pz8Ck67kVpMcaIn2y9_l-vSR8DyktRiSqveJRXBLiLmt4Fo_eDkj06fHKNmLMt7Q8wpXHtGV07QxbFJK3Kzk_TFPhkqotry4ObZkBwlBdk2ZTk_-NYhbbrJKLnOonhfqAeirEI3Jbjmpy6VpG3fHADC8W05UqebsJw/s6061/IMG_1993.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4101" data-original-width="6061" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikM2F-2UiU_4AQmuGzElXdAQv6Pz8Ck67kVpMcaIn2y9_l-vSR8DyktRiSqveJRXBLiLmt4Fo_eDkj06fHKNmLMt7Q8wpXHtGV07QxbFJK3Kzk_TFPhkqotry4ObZkBwlBdk2ZTk_-NYhbbrJKLnOonhfqAeirEI3Jbjmpy6VpG3fHADC8W05UqebsJw/w640-h434/IMG_1993.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Theater with equally good neon at night</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8q0grEvDpiPMy-L6hh7bnR3jCx9TCR0w5uFC-LtrfvRZp2qDkmwPn6m7ga7EujX4cFnHlyrdmHL_kog-CYlkj8Tn4ZRYFFzUY3_OFAP36IWESeZLdliklXjP_iFQ_kNwoLYRXAUirjX5X3EL_idCb0nG3KqqiCpiqLItXNIKI18_ahNvNm25lSMxn3A/s6240/IMG_1994.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6240" data-original-width="4160" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8q0grEvDpiPMy-L6hh7bnR3jCx9TCR0w5uFC-LtrfvRZp2qDkmwPn6m7ga7EujX4cFnHlyrdmHL_kog-CYlkj8Tn4ZRYFFzUY3_OFAP36IWESeZLdliklXjP_iFQ_kNwoLYRXAUirjX5X3EL_idCb0nG3KqqiCpiqLItXNIKI18_ahNvNm25lSMxn3A/w266-h400/IMG_1994.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Classic gas station on Route 60</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAegfZJPNNaLFUMt2aivj4rtnPb8kA6kms_b9u7MrZSH7yW1oShi2JtM7jkUbYZq-W-gv2z75c9qK4p2rx9Z2mYTsRL71j2Qc8zdxw3G1PM6FroACUXrclX6ZN5p0s2mDkEunokwWl7gsJ96RfChBIKjLIEcCDFqPUb5T1HLfLFDL7fMeXa4bzEGeNA/s4032/IMG_9832.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAegfZJPNNaLFUMt2aivj4rtnPb8kA6kms_b9u7MrZSH7yW1oShi2JtM7jkUbYZq-W-gv2z75c9qK4p2rx9Z2mYTsRL71j2Qc8zdxw3G1PM6FroACUXrclX6ZN5p0s2mDkEunokwWl7gsJ96RfChBIKjLIEcCDFqPUb5T1HLfLFDL7fMeXa4bzEGeNA/w480-h640/IMG_9832.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A good western vibe neighborhood bar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrcEvra3GTogGHYXnk8j22x2jvISY1mbOVskCJ4RaY_OG_1eM6nCSzc8c9Bg_QAxZnMoQU7cHpZckR9hETipNo9kY1O0KdPQwxBKoiTI-AZN12MXjhBsrf7FB5bK60nJNXxtIvWM4qf0RzkKfPNeF-X3afQ61Errf7cSN3S6FGwjFQ7fhPL-q7SckJA/s6240/IMG_1987.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrcEvra3GTogGHYXnk8j22x2jvISY1mbOVskCJ4RaY_OG_1eM6nCSzc8c9Bg_QAxZnMoQU7cHpZckR9hETipNo9kY1O0KdPQwxBKoiTI-AZN12MXjhBsrf7FB5bK60nJNXxtIvWM4qf0RzkKfPNeF-X3afQ61Errf7cSN3S6FGwjFQ7fhPL-q7SckJA/w640-h426/IMG_1987.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Jail Tree is highlighted on the walking tour guide, it's historic</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfz6v8o-CTyWIGg3o5e6avQoKGsg5I08hEnYl_5xm-fKG0ekHvMLGqH1h4VGk6eozWpo7aslH7-XxOtN5Pyn1wWtJgOvF6m7U5pq9kWzJbOG2nNFYsKgx6Fma5QpkcNsRoGxjcDCcANJv9AG9MRpHiuqJ07MLxGRzg22VjjjhH53HHPHYeL_UroARqw/s6240/IMG_1999.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfz6v8o-CTyWIGg3o5e6avQoKGsg5I08hEnYl_5xm-fKG0ekHvMLGqH1h4VGk6eozWpo7aslH7-XxOtN5Pyn1wWtJgOvF6m7U5pq9kWzJbOG2nNFYsKgx6Fma5QpkcNsRoGxjcDCcANJv9AG9MRpHiuqJ07MLxGRzg22VjjjhH53HHPHYeL_UroARqw/w640-h426/IMG_1999.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful mural</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwxsykCa8jkysx2-eisjtQBQaakcjEWn3w5ObBFlxI1SnFZkEp27Djs_BJA8XZQFwIylfnRzmt4bbjS3UaoZxX2J_jGdSlemMX7SV777tubLagxsoBDDUBdIYlubvzOrhDGBZECn8J5-Gs1B3iBXZ95ZtvBs7BUQ_OKJD3ZpuijQQeeZp0Rs9zwnUtA/s6240/IMG_2006.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwxsykCa8jkysx2-eisjtQBQaakcjEWn3w5ObBFlxI1SnFZkEp27Djs_BJA8XZQFwIylfnRzmt4bbjS3UaoZxX2J_jGdSlemMX7SV777tubLagxsoBDDUBdIYlubvzOrhDGBZECn8J5-Gs1B3iBXZ95ZtvBs7BUQ_OKJD3ZpuijQQeeZp0Rs9zwnUtA/w640-h426/IMG_2006.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nicely done locomotive exhibit</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">On day 2, I head on route 89 towards Prescott, Arizona with a planned stop at the ghost town of Congress. I pass a group of buildings adjacent to the railroad tracks that appears to be the original rail depot. I believe this to be Congress Junction, but it's all very confusing as there is a lack of signs. I eventually see a sign for the Pioneer Cemetery within sight of the old mine site and head for it, I expect this is the original old Congress (Ghost Town ) site. This area is now BLM land and open for dispersed camping. The mine site may still be active, but it is gated shut with No Trespassing signs. The pioneer cemetery was quite spooky, very photogenic, but basically being overtaken by the desert and slowly decaying into the earth, probably as it should be. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress,_Arizona">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress,_Arizona</a> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrQwHRZHutnxtZu0GGffcXfo6o41NTRt5KJtWxNU_LsEa0qPj5zbESu7PMS3qUgIAAXKwn6h8MCS2RShcTE7HQI-enY9TJ8DLzjn6sRqzCOtE6OiDfaIjfTm5mP2WioIT9rsy4lAGqRC0hrRjxK_7VjKPdliYiva5gh4t_0R66t2tWAu2Kf16ZBpbQg/s6033/IMG_2050.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4022" data-original-width="6033" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrQwHRZHutnxtZu0GGffcXfo6o41NTRt5KJtWxNU_LsEa0qPj5zbESu7PMS3qUgIAAXKwn6h8MCS2RShcTE7HQI-enY9TJ8DLzjn6sRqzCOtE6OiDfaIjfTm5mP2WioIT9rsy4lAGqRC0hrRjxK_7VjKPdliYiva5gh4t_0R66t2tWAu2Kf16ZBpbQg/w640-h426/IMG_2050.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful scenery along the way</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zjgw5a4BxWO51FcJ-d1o10fJGEa4vtUhKnKnoDEtD3UN4fAL9lxwrFq6GYkeXycLJAvP0FfzjDKXstzMTNuy_u5ipxOBZebSRfCRdVEVBvbTDWE7akwOjNLMVP2e1vhCEazLZh5j-yeNrCzRlQ1akXd47q41CVwapeYvkcuPzrgXYgpRBtdoDIqBQw/s5964/IMG_2047.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3976" data-original-width="5964" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zjgw5a4BxWO51FcJ-d1o10fJGEa4vtUhKnKnoDEtD3UN4fAL9lxwrFq6GYkeXycLJAvP0FfzjDKXstzMTNuy_u5ipxOBZebSRfCRdVEVBvbTDWE7akwOjNLMVP2e1vhCEazLZh5j-yeNrCzRlQ1akXd47q41CVwapeYvkcuPzrgXYgpRBtdoDIqBQw/w640-h426/IMG_2047.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pioneer Cemetary</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrAlMQPr5PiQuGgT-RuaUJPfyYdYPONSaXrH5F4Nb5GxcjwHfYbPXiRN6NGAlgaOmVN21ydbC0vWgcTdckLZK-7dvQGEdR9-0an-GEqLQzYF0M1Ytndsumfk_1pYyTEi2DSJQ3-vZlXpu3iIkSgJVkqCgBvVOKDCj4fFUxXow1fZcFS3KZV4VgQTdnA/s6240/IMG_2044.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrAlMQPr5PiQuGgT-RuaUJPfyYdYPONSaXrH5F4Nb5GxcjwHfYbPXiRN6NGAlgaOmVN21ydbC0vWgcTdckLZK-7dvQGEdR9-0an-GEqLQzYF0M1Ytndsumfk_1pYyTEi2DSJQ3-vZlXpu3iIkSgJVkqCgBvVOKDCj4fFUxXow1fZcFS3KZV4VgQTdnA/w640-h426/IMG_2044.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cactus are looking healthy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOuGtej5kmx3aU6lruB12SmhISbmE7HlkpUhVL4tT_ern5eW6rJuRntKahSXC-O4VTJPMzMaCTW3cPdtnBOIjRPSID2V2BzIKSXWMtcmj0tmRz3zPCHS0DH-471U4NkDTUXgSz0dtdLuN_t7BhE-sH_wBWY0P1oW7XdJTULjmDd5uScqFOPg7J-9T7g/s6240/IMG_2036.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOuGtej5kmx3aU6lruB12SmhISbmE7HlkpUhVL4tT_ern5eW6rJuRntKahSXC-O4VTJPMzMaCTW3cPdtnBOIjRPSID2V2BzIKSXWMtcmj0tmRz3zPCHS0DH-471U4NkDTUXgSz0dtdLuN_t7BhE-sH_wBWY0P1oW7XdJTULjmDd5uScqFOPg7J-9T7g/w640-h426/IMG_2036.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I believe that is the very poisonous Sacred Datura plant at the grave site</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmw2S0tMzHDONsabVaxaHlkib9Td5AKsevnVpNmgChCwuW82kCXw44D7GlxLQTYnKPoRjJgUm0n2T1B9plEnjMEs0UGhIuGAaorgGFMN_JQRq21gjyOxfelM5cvm-iDV6mO1ADgK5qsBMAknc7KUkhpAs5o-SHXFa1aGF0a1j-COJfzXHGOg9ZTy0Arw/s6080/IMG_2030.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4053" data-original-width="6080" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmw2S0tMzHDONsabVaxaHlkib9Td5AKsevnVpNmgChCwuW82kCXw44D7GlxLQTYnKPoRjJgUm0n2T1B9plEnjMEs0UGhIuGAaorgGFMN_JQRq21gjyOxfelM5cvm-iDV6mO1ADgK5qsBMAknc7KUkhpAs5o-SHXFa1aGF0a1j-COJfzXHGOg9ZTy0Arw/w640-h426/IMG_2030.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Depot is adjacent to the active rail line</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKh6UeNa_8thBYwdmT1cPa8IuRnZtsp1rY4SqvMtnmZXf_94wUlaBNFHiLskeWWbYmGYpqH_hNsJdz7tCkP959BH-VPDA4kSk7vZmYHl167h1F9UWmhovNnJNNFBEQpigvv1WJngHqU4oROzySrvaR86HyqcFd3op_rIvBIJ5Y_GwqVdSPlFttq2GTow/s6179/IMG_2025.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4119" data-original-width="6179" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKh6UeNa_8thBYwdmT1cPa8IuRnZtsp1rY4SqvMtnmZXf_94wUlaBNFHiLskeWWbYmGYpqH_hNsJdz7tCkP959BH-VPDA4kSk7vZmYHl167h1F9UWmhovNnJNNFBEQpigvv1WJngHqU4oROzySrvaR86HyqcFd3op_rIvBIJ5Y_GwqVdSPlFttq2GTow/w640-h426/IMG_2025.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nearby is this old garage, water tank and manure spreader</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUEsfAuS2ospKcEVsrp0d-vjr9xbFyqxwb-1bE6oLJPVoQzLabaYDsTAMepzm9sF-TPoLNITGVgkIa08ioW9y9IOIJIcXtLK6jz5gqQ4mO-h-SPu7M-Xhk5ncmtodxPodqx4Z9yX2A6GfDRTy_sBcsjytdm2lNFtAks_TRBSPxNhyfKuR1H-EzCHY9A/s6240/IMG_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUEsfAuS2ospKcEVsrp0d-vjr9xbFyqxwb-1bE6oLJPVoQzLabaYDsTAMepzm9sF-TPoLNITGVgkIa08ioW9y9IOIJIcXtLK6jz5gqQ4mO-h-SPu7M-Xhk5ncmtodxPodqx4Z9yX2A6GfDRTy_sBcsjytdm2lNFtAks_TRBSPxNhyfKuR1H-EzCHY9A/w640-h426/IMG_2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The roadside wild flowers were beautiful</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">The drive from Wickenburg to Prescott involves driving up a steep winding road over the mountain range into the Prescott National Forest? I exit the road to check out a forest campground, but it allowed camping only in designated campsites and there weren’t many of them. It was close to downtown Prescott and could work for me if the downtown stealth camping situation doesn't go well. It turned out that parking overnight in downtown Prescott was no problem.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> It’s early afternoon when I pull into downtown Prescotts touristy “Whiskey Row” area bustling with activity. Prescott has a vibrant downtown with much shopping, dining and several nostalgic wild western themed Saloons. There is a tree lined central square containing the Court House on one side of Whiskey Row that adds some serenity and respect to the area. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott,_Arizona">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott,_Arizona</a> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Prescott was the original Territorial Capital of Arizona prior to Arizona statehood and has much history. I visited an outstanding history museum, the Sharlot Hall Museum in the downtown area where the original Territorial Capital log cabin and the home of John Fremont are located. This museum was established by an amazing woman, Sharlot Hall, as so many museums seem to be.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I also visited the “Museum of Indigenous People” in a beautiful stone building constructed in 1931. It houses a collection of historic Maricopa, Mojave, Papa<b>i</b> and local Prescott Culture Pottery from approximately 800 -1400 AD. It also houses several beautiful paintings done by Kate Cory who lived at the Hopi Mesas from 1905-1912 and retired to Prescott in 1912. It’s ironic how in just about every western town you enter, the native Indians are romanticized in murals, artworks, business names and products often by decedents of the early settlers who took their land, considered them savages and forced them onto to reservations in areas considered to be of no worth.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaexAWlkMkiNcE3k6Xk_NlzxNJzBI9nK1lUbs2_w3uVJUGSzN8i_ikh8pjbXLQlcrkLRoKsvINIDZxfZQTIWquczwoDQsRUArncxV9Goavq0jfvvcz45-I6IlPIrnOm9a1dz4OmDQYnJRZPtm07Zr_JnI6tob8qGYdHR7c0VBeOUuPJNOxIMZbbAVthw/s4032/IMG_9961.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaexAWlkMkiNcE3k6Xk_NlzxNJzBI9nK1lUbs2_w3uVJUGSzN8i_ikh8pjbXLQlcrkLRoKsvINIDZxfZQTIWquczwoDQsRUArncxV9Goavq0jfvvcz45-I6IlPIrnOm9a1dz4OmDQYnJRZPtm07Zr_JnI6tob8qGYdHR7c0VBeOUuPJNOxIMZbbAVthw/w640-h480/IMG_9961.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The First Arizona Territorial Building was very well built</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVkcOXmXGTYL4Aq7jwQvK41ux2phTB0oe2W6hIFWbIs1NX9bTuFl3NK_EvzZznX8S72CLgNByRSd6w6Q9bTlW93TfIDVCigNQ39w-ZrPwJW3Zy-FcLwCA6U8hqVk7lTncyHuLcUkKNyszGlre9caeABsISwC4VF-pC03XUPLDt9HyunlL1kCrUmjtdA/s3250/IMG_9949.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2845" data-original-width="3250" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVkcOXmXGTYL4Aq7jwQvK41ux2phTB0oe2W6hIFWbIs1NX9bTuFl3NK_EvzZznX8S72CLgNByRSd6w6Q9bTlW93TfIDVCigNQ39w-ZrPwJW3Zy-FcLwCA6U8hqVk7lTncyHuLcUkKNyszGlre9caeABsISwC4VF-pC03XUPLDt9HyunlL1kCrUmjtdA/w640-h560/IMG_9949.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first "Professional" Rodeo in Arizona</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_V_DXHashuopROOPxL6qH4i3x9HD-MZAcMjXCfbBIOQph-tldRCO66I-MPWYHZSmjSBtmx89pv-hNUjGrM13sJyFLJ1v5HmNPE7T8O0pqLhtHOSRJvx_rl_n8hnxYOcUjCECAShUIpjb34ih7fldQ6bNvHNHwwxZ2UzbHN3eYQ7BHS-niwXsBxrPew/s3699/IMG_9951.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3699" data-original-width="2427" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_V_DXHashuopROOPxL6qH4i3x9HD-MZAcMjXCfbBIOQph-tldRCO66I-MPWYHZSmjSBtmx89pv-hNUjGrM13sJyFLJ1v5HmNPE7T8O0pqLhtHOSRJvx_rl_n8hnxYOcUjCECAShUIpjb34ih7fldQ6bNvHNHwwxZ2UzbHN3eYQ7BHS-niwXsBxrPew/w263-h400/IMG_9951.jpeg" width="263" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They sure look the part</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoujFUMgpIT8ptO3nHVHGqToQQBRYP14SidwqZcteWgYgkLJEOrWcCrCJ-giP13lkOK21Hvfaz4Fx3dM0etYLnwNgtsWu_qdocGGIB7I_73uGlxjEt_JzotIl2pHX58u66ErNhmCQAbzfmEU6WyUouFP3Za8ngzNnWVABYAQmieyb2ETD5JUpKxZ9QMw/s3233/IMG_9966.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2913" data-original-width="3233" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoujFUMgpIT8ptO3nHVHGqToQQBRYP14SidwqZcteWgYgkLJEOrWcCrCJ-giP13lkOK21Hvfaz4Fx3dM0etYLnwNgtsWu_qdocGGIB7I_73uGlxjEt_JzotIl2pHX58u66ErNhmCQAbzfmEU6WyUouFP3Za8ngzNnWVABYAQmieyb2ETD5JUpKxZ9QMw/w400-h360/IMG_9966.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep, That's how the west was won</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPyvQPldmxQH2gyOOiLiUdg6jMOdhFWJc_TRldVhFIiME-ye6MiwkJrufR0298gXkvMnwb0hYAjdpzkt1KBwQM8HXkaGrfEHghAp059mvyIK9ssohQbq2_CMRybWVyumW7kVQsM04jGRzKFDCf_iIoLBCf5_cpruT7pfHokmfIxpa4tw9qhTUOHrk4A/s3620/IMG_9978.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3620" data-original-width="2875" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPyvQPldmxQH2gyOOiLiUdg6jMOdhFWJc_TRldVhFIiME-ye6MiwkJrufR0298gXkvMnwb0hYAjdpzkt1KBwQM8HXkaGrfEHghAp059mvyIK9ssohQbq2_CMRybWVyumW7kVQsM04jGRzKFDCf_iIoLBCf5_cpruT7pfHokmfIxpa4tw9qhTUOHrk4A/w509-h640/IMG_9978.jpeg" width="509" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ironic how William Prescott was never in Arizona</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVPWzDgHY5J2oHiQYT7SvRzTShLSXgs8c2paC37ZocpGYTSd8c22BmpIB5FxQ4-9Rfs1eFQfPGyRSeLmEdpUSFgnYs0cDsuILqhTP8yK8j7AHgliIbXo4Xt1CrTNsLHp2itqRYmsQGovKgItNLY10Q6HbUDSx0fWoswOdaH0Rwi9P_kysDK6r_JOqGg/s3429/IMG_9990.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2922" data-original-width="3429" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVPWzDgHY5J2oHiQYT7SvRzTShLSXgs8c2paC37ZocpGYTSd8c22BmpIB5FxQ4-9Rfs1eFQfPGyRSeLmEdpUSFgnYs0cDsuILqhTP8yK8j7AHgliIbXo4Xt1CrTNsLHp2itqRYmsQGovKgItNLY10Q6HbUDSx0fWoswOdaH0Rwi9P_kysDK6r_JOqGg/w640-h546/IMG_9990.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a fun loving group of men ?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0z2Hv47YMuCzUjGM4yUxCfq0b2DNX68WpNBgv29f3iz2Zd1Bz3OSq8faPFLRXt_u2fvnCo_s5VkTgrbdmSwl3FtEbT96g2DUT3JgqgqMxcPqNKFH50bIoYYJN8s1WFX5NQZx8orPLtr_4F3X1_qDKgua_pd0BgiG7Bd2__plTQRRsnpGSkrVZ9hRIhQ/s3734/IMG_9995.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3734" data-original-width="2800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0z2Hv47YMuCzUjGM4yUxCfq0b2DNX68WpNBgv29f3iz2Zd1Bz3OSq8faPFLRXt_u2fvnCo_s5VkTgrbdmSwl3FtEbT96g2DUT3JgqgqMxcPqNKFH50bIoYYJN8s1WFX5NQZx8orPLtr_4F3X1_qDKgua_pd0BgiG7Bd2__plTQRRsnpGSkrVZ9hRIhQ/w480-h640/IMG_9995.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So gold was needed to finance the Civil War (to free the slaves) which led <br />to forts and troops to protect the miners from the hostile Indians, while<br />non hostile Indians were recruited to battle the hostile Indians. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRGkso6m-LeHFjNO_glVpiqN00U7zvcmzEG2QpKosdNRDI8PLbYPHJnY6MYh7rIeGFftty9l5KWv5Mp_jlzqd8QJKvSSQMnHAoi72AQVpCXHwPYVMxRJVAfYIHSipkjdNBWa3KQqVPuxgwRuaoOZ-s5_UtKzXXPce7lI_eaYZHvj8MQsxOYm0Dtah6tQ/s4032/IMG_9996.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRGkso6m-LeHFjNO_glVpiqN00U7zvcmzEG2QpKosdNRDI8PLbYPHJnY6MYh7rIeGFftty9l5KWv5Mp_jlzqd8QJKvSSQMnHAoi72AQVpCXHwPYVMxRJVAfYIHSipkjdNBWa3KQqVPuxgwRuaoOZ-s5_UtKzXXPce7lI_eaYZHvj8MQsxOYm0Dtah6tQ/w480-h640/IMG_9996.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Indian scouts were critical for the success of the Army</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbomh3Ry5u9mnZaZAe4HmKg_EvVvmM50r6dyoo2jkIaQyUiwY9RDMwcxmKmUoctKoOdTNgEpJlJwsVksEmROlcQ5x3Xj18lOlzXbtl7PBKgPzjAIBnftVwgnuStVAIHER_6E8xboGit0tMhJlzDybZlNNa4ktL89zBsdGDvXmhjHEzGdYf9n0immLuQ/s4032/IMG_9891.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbomh3Ry5u9mnZaZAe4HmKg_EvVvmM50r6dyoo2jkIaQyUiwY9RDMwcxmKmUoctKoOdTNgEpJlJwsVksEmROlcQ5x3Xj18lOlzXbtl7PBKgPzjAIBnftVwgnuStVAIHER_6E8xboGit0tMhJlzDybZlNNa4ktL89zBsdGDvXmhjHEzGdYf9n0immLuQ/w480-h640/IMG_9891.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Museum of Indigenous People is beautiful</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1FYJ1rC8g5bU0U_pPkNs-XZZzacJMCfJ42JWvA9wMaW8sRjKGdcg7t1SNC-N1jtbaFeBMVR0i9sR7xtpFqrcJdyqR0u0lpgp_Cn3gkKeZtVKB0mwyAZONacj5LKF71XkNDkczoK6OtyaLxnFIgGBsDMuerzQvl7k7kg5PVO4CIGmobkaZGNNl4qyRg/s4032/IMG_9893.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1FYJ1rC8g5bU0U_pPkNs-XZZzacJMCfJ42JWvA9wMaW8sRjKGdcg7t1SNC-N1jtbaFeBMVR0i9sR7xtpFqrcJdyqR0u0lpgp_Cn3gkKeZtVKB0mwyAZONacj5LKF71XkNDkczoK6OtyaLxnFIgGBsDMuerzQvl7k7kg5PVO4CIGmobkaZGNNl4qyRg/w480-h640/IMG_9893.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting done by Kate Cory</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6Irng7rvN-WAB9tkxCO4Y-ArvHpaVZXg_3kF0JtjH_qBHrVEi9a7s1WbJOltKq6u5xt7CbvNUXrcLbVKJrrTQWOAbvsd-dRE0If5zyU7U6b3jPnc_GQAHuMu4_J2QSwEs1AXGVPH2NDYTT-NNSpKkTCM4RqxxibDOUBTaHxpwVw8Aql1z-x8i56IiA/s4032/IMG_9894.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6Irng7rvN-WAB9tkxCO4Y-ArvHpaVZXg_3kF0JtjH_qBHrVEi9a7s1WbJOltKq6u5xt7CbvNUXrcLbVKJrrTQWOAbvsd-dRE0If5zyU7U6b3jPnc_GQAHuMu4_J2QSwEs1AXGVPH2NDYTT-NNSpKkTCM4RqxxibDOUBTaHxpwVw8Aql1z-x8i56IiA/w640-h480/IMG_9894.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Museum of the Indigenous People</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I probably spent far too much time on Whiskey Row in the various shops and in several of the historic saloons just looking and buying almost nothing. Sad to say, I found none of the Saloons very interesting, in fact most were sort of trashy with mediocre bands at night. The one place I did enjoy was a second floor bar called the "The Attic” that had a great Thursday evening Blues Jam which was mostly local talent and customers. I ended up there on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, nothing else on the Whiskey Row appealed. Overall however, the downtown area is clean and attractive, lots of interesting shops, many restaurants and easy free parking.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_oXTm9Vb31uyeCKlGfdpEwTbfkaafWGJQ6_twcSrkpnQgI7FtA-xsiqzm53PKsCrMJG7A-0ckk6CEcccqWEmujSpajdKNY96btK90qhwhqWgZPjv1l9utXT7nAJs-xyKvdXHAcOwTDTkNUBAnHMVF3i9xNfyPS3Z6CSpwvpQ4dZr76hMP9lawHDvhg/s4032/IMG_9864.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_oXTm9Vb31uyeCKlGfdpEwTbfkaafWGJQ6_twcSrkpnQgI7FtA-xsiqzm53PKsCrMJG7A-0ckk6CEcccqWEmujSpajdKNY96btK90qhwhqWgZPjv1l9utXT7nAJs-xyKvdXHAcOwTDTkNUBAnHMVF3i9xNfyPS3Z6CSpwvpQ4dZr76hMP9lawHDvhg/w640-h480/IMG_9864.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An interesting downtown mural </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTe13RI75bc_l60CiHpLV2ymv-_flHNs1MitrMr2KHKMmEqEkcEQ8qDDlf5oigmKwEOP_E2TxqUGE8dZtrFfFSjLaQBGnRloMLfddNLliAS3yL4gQOCCCJSDJnmzlVgqQsLEAEHvtgGpqWXvBQPE30rPg8M_gA9-XpBMXG4E9TRzkLbGZXzPrrRY0ToA/s6240/IMG_2061.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTe13RI75bc_l60CiHpLV2ymv-_flHNs1MitrMr2KHKMmEqEkcEQ8qDDlf5oigmKwEOP_E2TxqUGE8dZtrFfFSjLaQBGnRloMLfddNLliAS3yL4gQOCCCJSDJnmzlVgqQsLEAEHvtgGpqWXvBQPE30rPg8M_gA9-XpBMXG4E9TRzkLbGZXzPrrRY0ToA/w640-h426/IMG_2061.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attractive downtown building </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPTH_sqepKqRGFARm6u_IYLl-zY3n2TehrXEhkupZXPN4akP70FYsTTMHHevQZR07If-qd95llkLe_QnQjtN-N3jMW7Zk7HuecNMHJjkpUqKFI-YnvCt4vP7x-P64Fy5w0oUPyf1DHUhz_FK2q-mJYGviRa5_2AUB3fPpySXex9jUqjhh3JguAE4E8Q/s5790/IMG_2072.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="5790" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPTH_sqepKqRGFARm6u_IYLl-zY3n2TehrXEhkupZXPN4akP70FYsTTMHHevQZR07If-qd95llkLe_QnQjtN-N3jMW7Zk7HuecNMHJjkpUqKFI-YnvCt4vP7x-P64Fy5w0oUPyf1DHUhz_FK2q-mJYGviRa5_2AUB3fPpySXex9jUqjhh3JguAE4E8Q/w640-h461/IMG_2072.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Welcome to Prescott</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJo--ZCRHI6hUPchmGlwErlzO3xB7dkF1sQR0exIkutBu-FFXNvbUkbDaTTmPeCdBpW-9tNi8enGz95wOUMx8cM4x9oEsoHU8Rcp0Aq5I82vy2XhFGeKvGd7M_RTOY5LPaVB1pvh7nC_-4u3oVKTRcc6MDttrMWGDGyh9D_-hcpWdBAByTaoedRIdog/s5936/IMG_2079.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3957" data-original-width="5936" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJo--ZCRHI6hUPchmGlwErlzO3xB7dkF1sQR0exIkutBu-FFXNvbUkbDaTTmPeCdBpW-9tNi8enGz95wOUMx8cM4x9oEsoHU8Rcp0Aq5I82vy2XhFGeKvGd7M_RTOY5LPaVB1pvh7nC_-4u3oVKTRcc6MDttrMWGDGyh9D_-hcpWdBAByTaoedRIdog/w400-h266/IMG_2079.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Whiskey Row view</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bYajfbPYDlSdFSAoH3tKYdea-uHpbA_iQM0HshhOl7Mp66twQpDQ9Fq0cNFPon6RdEE8RNPMMpq6UhSBr2_kZcn1PvW3vmW7qVy5vOQXEfBbpd7At8A2Fd76vn1T81bB96irv_2DydAFssm7TEf6_e47JmCXjY2hBUIRtmuvJt-0hCyT-aEtplsPAg/s6240/IMG_2080.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bYajfbPYDlSdFSAoH3tKYdea-uHpbA_iQM0HshhOl7Mp66twQpDQ9Fq0cNFPon6RdEE8RNPMMpq6UhSBr2_kZcn1PvW3vmW7qVy5vOQXEfBbpd7At8A2Fd76vn1T81bB96irv_2DydAFssm7TEf6_e47JmCXjY2hBUIRtmuvJt-0hCyT-aEtplsPAg/w640-h426/IMG_2080.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">City view with Thumb Butte in the distance</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7k4jJ-934YG6zgHfo1Wcvng1NlD69Z4xiF7brBSMMd7u3pFFC4SSb4oaGlli5S03xQYImYIWDGOYS9TVkAuzmt-B3Z5-s2X_JNJ-nCn2LmY9n2g0a4Ul4T5yEuaBwHi3MNZgu3Ot9C_E92MpZgya96NyXjYDBnh5XsQAvI76W69iRi-O41MZBmTY8GQ/s5989/IMG_2088.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3993" data-original-width="5989" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7k4jJ-934YG6zgHfo1Wcvng1NlD69Z4xiF7brBSMMd7u3pFFC4SSb4oaGlli5S03xQYImYIWDGOYS9TVkAuzmt-B3Z5-s2X_JNJ-nCn2LmY9n2g0a4Ul4T5yEuaBwHi3MNZgu3Ot9C_E92MpZgya96NyXjYDBnh5XsQAvI76W69iRi-O41MZBmTY8GQ/w400-h266/IMG_2088.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I liked this mural</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpgi_oMK06hiEbxgHXqrALs3OzEDLiwy6eoATyFiW3Qk4t7iNBmn29HcbmYTyvWhD_Srf2NpFSCS329PhMmrjYfPTBZI9LDfMpXOCXDBpaI9vbWMapQIxKElwZiS-XkRcL9jv8PpYxflkYdFchGJGFQosRCPdxcy1j-9HWNYsyTG6NmrxA6uQB0NkcbA/s3862/IMG_9867.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3862" data-original-width="2383" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpgi_oMK06hiEbxgHXqrALs3OzEDLiwy6eoATyFiW3Qk4t7iNBmn29HcbmYTyvWhD_Srf2NpFSCS329PhMmrjYfPTBZI9LDfMpXOCXDBpaI9vbWMapQIxKElwZiS-XkRcL9jv8PpYxflkYdFchGJGFQosRCPdxcy1j-9HWNYsyTG6NmrxA6uQB0NkcbA/w246-h400/IMG_9867.jpeg" width="246" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Grumpy Sicilian Pizza Shop was great</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0UfDykEA7qjaws91o86x4QgrNWb9g13pHxGyxYnp_VgDwg8k277YSob6NHKByECn4iSl3NYm8dBVLUcuNu4CHGbA03cA1otZqtMzCsgotPMxQLG5mmLCcg624QN3y2-Cl9ts4Li8zfDuT-fnZxUdPVqPPTzEh3AE4pSO-30VZfB7zbV-QMij07QoiA/s4032/IMG_9901.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0UfDykEA7qjaws91o86x4QgrNWb9g13pHxGyxYnp_VgDwg8k277YSob6NHKByECn4iSl3NYm8dBVLUcuNu4CHGbA03cA1otZqtMzCsgotPMxQLG5mmLCcg624QN3y2-Cl9ts4Li8zfDuT-fnZxUdPVqPPTzEh3AE4pSO-30VZfB7zbV-QMij07QoiA/w640-h480/IMG_9901.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prescott started along the Granite Creek where they are now improving the walking trail</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSPtJ_sJZE3r5hDWiUunA6Ecf82R1NjRkh6Z8Eb8lt8srS0OkSlLRqtiO-scGiqGbB1eGTspeI6P3mP3s4mJzNGY9btKXsXrPtho9zYs9VIRruclDchaA84v_nZQvqbtdIBbn52ZbiNEq4pJrSbyjEw_pPs1dWMKqNo5DFDtQxcc9kWR3PHGvRYMp2g/s4032/IMG_9868.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSPtJ_sJZE3r5hDWiUunA6Ecf82R1NjRkh6Z8Eb8lt8srS0OkSlLRqtiO-scGiqGbB1eGTspeI6P3mP3s4mJzNGY9btKXsXrPtho9zYs9VIRruclDchaA84v_nZQvqbtdIBbn52ZbiNEq4pJrSbyjEw_pPs1dWMKqNo5DFDtQxcc9kWR3PHGvRYMp2g/w300-h400/IMG_9868.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sign in "The Attic"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz106QGfAObruhH8hUIdEF1RmEPu0iLBmK5zV7hh5PUbUMn92PnNsPAa_YLGD1aUATvbz1BQo2soGnz-LWhig' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Getting away from the Whiskey Row area, I do a short but steep trail which climbs about 1,000 feet uphill on Thumb Butte, which is a local favorite hike and a notable area landmark. It’s a loop trail, which is half natural terrain through a forest setting and the other half a steeper paved surface to reduce trail erosion. Totally by chance I had taken the natural trail half on the uphill leg of the trail which appeared to be the easier way to go. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3jwZH6HS1bFkIrSegaux3OxYFQ5nt7yd4JfI6xhUc7g21PYuNz2dXlIvwR23YZHSEcF2ymImwFtluHKEirWSSlgVwRU4y0eyf51XY9WRPnOaUKtMLug1ZTefiwkEsaklO1CMup2E-K7_OYhMQW-i16_lxPVw5V76uN4KdYhFOznpHWn5ssE_LABmLrg/s6240/IMG_2097.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3jwZH6HS1bFkIrSegaux3OxYFQ5nt7yd4JfI6xhUc7g21PYuNz2dXlIvwR23YZHSEcF2ymImwFtluHKEirWSSlgVwRU4y0eyf51XY9WRPnOaUKtMLug1ZTefiwkEsaklO1CMup2E-K7_OYhMQW-i16_lxPVw5V76uN4KdYhFOznpHWn5ssE_LABmLrg/w640-h426/IMG_2097.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The summit area is closed to protect the Peregrine Falcons</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpE9zFqAweJiNzpBx564oxjNepIwmiOMvK5HxRuHzfRouA8od3PyWBI4fs-5KZOFnULdUsRj18EV-0xJrUhOx4ECGJQc94Ce4z_d7BX6eT9x7THUGzi89vXsOCo8y6WzC6sMr-q9G79KOKuxVQutIcFZm0OScYnAq_MtxgS72k3J_e31Y51CUugoCp7g/s6240/IMG_2089.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpE9zFqAweJiNzpBx564oxjNepIwmiOMvK5HxRuHzfRouA8od3PyWBI4fs-5KZOFnULdUsRj18EV-0xJrUhOx4ECGJQc94Ce4z_d7BX6eT9x7THUGzi89vXsOCo8y6WzC6sMr-q9G79KOKuxVQutIcFZm0OScYnAq_MtxgS72k3J_e31Y51CUugoCp7g/w640-h426/IMG_2089.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Forested views on the trail</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">The other hike I did was approximately a 5 mile hike on the Peavine rail trail into the Granite Dells. The Granite Dells area is not to be missed, the rails to trails portion is a favorite of walkers and bikers, mostly flat into the Dells or you can take a side trail into the rocky slick rock terrain with incredible views. The Dells are a series of convoluted, jumbled rocks (crazy geology) with a man made reservoir, Lake Watson in the center created by the damming of Granite Creek. An extensive trail network runs around the perimeter of the Lake. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite_Dells">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite_Dells</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFKXdpNva4W58eErHvY-my6xQIYwHVbTrQRsHodLzXrA3ZpsGFLFJsC3ZXTWNyZa8IEla0rcYD0YiBVhb7TZWYiCG676hkRY4hhrkrhvA8VDeQfsLVg2py40u01nyIcaNy9WnmnEPxmUCio1K5GjuHkcwD_hRu8ybLvUqdKV8viM0ePMfWMb6_kkp-Q/s6240/IMG_2099.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIBKvQ2IlFFkQrhy--L0C_awLlHGrBvPr77rdZh-ksyoetpdNi2qJFxgwkM1pC5a8DbUlm6mbt41JUs7I98S9z_wsaxdpttTd7UZH6h5kopS67CVqNsAlZjD5h9HT8wy88AfilASxzXCUu3_w23fPwB3iKa8n0nS7XOBH8a8th57b2RtLBfcm3DFHCg/w640-h426/IMG_2139.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view from the rocks on the alternate hiking route</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGDyOL1bp7Sf-9vkeSj6Ia80qJgkNqoD7kbt8N6zgvz8ii7vTCesDR25mIAu-mGXUVpcG0ajFQtxS6N99EF_DTo_RgaSapleHqkFuoHcic-Iew9gP_B1W04EhN9sPr6tAnMuWUIXL9tZ2_i7UQj_XZKBHLpE3OzYiKNrbs2DEetXzwfBWYahUiuDTDg/s6240/IMG_2136.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGDyOL1bp7Sf-9vkeSj6Ia80qJgkNqoD7kbt8N6zgvz8ii7vTCesDR25mIAu-mGXUVpcG0ajFQtxS6N99EF_DTo_RgaSapleHqkFuoHcic-Iew9gP_B1W04EhN9sPr6tAnMuWUIXL9tZ2_i7UQj_XZKBHLpE3OzYiKNrbs2DEetXzwfBWYahUiuDTDg/w640-h426/IMG_2136.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice reflection along the trail</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi6yNpnj8uBNyEnFlq1VgOeHdao0gqXsBsy2uz3YPpzpbj4oDk-mpfVJAQdy7L4A5aZMjkGaRHi1wV8eqVJKL3_YFqZVIvgDK4iGzbV0vEwI43y2ePp9oQzNLyev3gUUjnDvoTFGXqAtp1az2pPFaQONIGNLIgUBtP7mVDnR2-knRnWhSOWzQVVgrIIg/s6240/IMG_2116.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi6yNpnj8uBNyEnFlq1VgOeHdao0gqXsBsy2uz3YPpzpbj4oDk-mpfVJAQdy7L4A5aZMjkGaRHi1wV8eqVJKL3_YFqZVIvgDK4iGzbV0vEwI43y2ePp9oQzNLyev3gUUjnDvoTFGXqAtp1az2pPFaQONIGNLIgUBtP7mVDnR2-knRnWhSOWzQVVgrIIg/w640-h426/IMG_2116.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another tranquil stop along the trail</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">I spent three days in the Prescott, AZ area and then left on Sunday morning traveling on route 169 to route 17 south. I exit the highway to venture into the Agua Fria National Monument on the “Bloody Basin Road”, such a great road name ! This road is easily passable at most times with a normal car, but side roads may require 4WD. It is a good BLM dispersed camping area, lots of open areas, but nothing else, pretty wild country. I stopped at a roadside pull off and did a short ramble up to a small knoll, carefully looking for snakes and only saw one, well in advance who was not poisonous. The wildflowers were incredible, this is an excellent year due to the above average winter rainfall. It’s truly remarkable how the desert transforms from half dead to vibrant green so quickly with a little moisture. I take the Bloody Basin Road for about 10 miles to the Agua Fria River crossing where there was running water over the roadway. The river here is part oasis with large Cottonwood trees lining its banks and flood plain in stark contrast to the surrounding desert landscape.</span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/agua_fria/national_monument.html">https://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/agua_fria/national_monument.html</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXXcha4bL_jsGC7lesA6MqFH4j8cu0PFf5Y_xy8VMtD_yRbVMDiwGnQghyU0LV3aZTiV05k7J5_eusmVc0mrgjrSaZBPUxHLeVyceZQGa7gPXqPQ7uxZOvWA0iC64NgZSwXWhEBumwgGu7-7UecJsiv3RU2645SN2eLp8cv9J8BktO6FOqTS0PVqGrQ/s2553/IMG_2150.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2367" data-original-width="2553" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXXcha4bL_jsGC7lesA6MqFH4j8cu0PFf5Y_xy8VMtD_yRbVMDiwGnQghyU0LV3aZTiV05k7J5_eusmVc0mrgjrSaZBPUxHLeVyceZQGa7gPXqPQ7uxZOvWA0iC64NgZSwXWhEBumwgGu7-7UecJsiv3RU2645SN2eLp8cv9J8BktO6FOqTS0PVqGrQ/w640-h594/IMG_2150.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This guy was quite a beauty !</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToq-boNBO1I6MQVkvEY-09zOUjpsO-SlASCPqm3YoLjz3szThdSXXFHtixoARdrhHYEKAaLGtGZcdPPRT0rns6pU313wWBuNnpzrfGXlfiluOfa7uqTE6m9-jZQXvB7PbCeFRqU1mbXe13A4mus3Exw3PVb9Wo_omAr_tRfcRnpd_g4JBiGzMYg6XjA/s6002/IMG_2167.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4001" data-original-width="6002" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToq-boNBO1I6MQVkvEY-09zOUjpsO-SlASCPqm3YoLjz3szThdSXXFHtixoARdrhHYEKAaLGtGZcdPPRT0rns6pU313wWBuNnpzrfGXlfiluOfa7uqTE6m9-jZQXvB7PbCeFRqU1mbXe13A4mus3Exw3PVb9Wo_omAr_tRfcRnpd_g4JBiGzMYg6XjA/w640-h426/IMG_2167.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great views from here</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgHIVGvi8DZJ-M5LFsBvaSSWvLlEvFhvFFMtvM6ZEkkUAs9csCX2sOr2lMjq9W0H2WFofK3B0fD9W4-6tHpk9Q_09tAR8NSVNGnRtV2hP4aaLBxP7lM8ev90SQ5AsmLw88jUzsFMkwHbcQZhPTTFYn5D3DvMZ0BPEBvLBS3mMadjaEsI9LMDEO_tLOA/s2140/IMG_2175.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2105" data-original-width="2140" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgHIVGvi8DZJ-M5LFsBvaSSWvLlEvFhvFFMtvM6ZEkkUAs9csCX2sOr2lMjq9W0H2WFofK3B0fD9W4-6tHpk9Q_09tAR8NSVNGnRtV2hP4aaLBxP7lM8ev90SQ5AsmLw88jUzsFMkwHbcQZhPTTFYn5D3DvMZ0BPEBvLBS3mMadjaEsI9LMDEO_tLOA/w640-h630/IMG_2175.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazing geometric head on this wild plant</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3IVsWBlYZwVtLC0J8Gx6ZCWrCKSQ6Wo8lI2csaLH0oUcI2btUsO0w2fnGCWmUFq2U9ctbZ1t0PTmNhmZuw_Cz5S5-rcCP0HADUslR3qWk_PtjXdUJVIIsQpCUfLF9LM9WCnzyN000lT7ggu7wdpMMfqhlZMNa4iy85ZuoQTRqNx0IHK2sl5uJ25NmA/s5609/IMG_2179.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4059" data-original-width="5609" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3IVsWBlYZwVtLC0J8Gx6ZCWrCKSQ6Wo8lI2csaLH0oUcI2btUsO0w2fnGCWmUFq2U9ctbZ1t0PTmNhmZuw_Cz5S5-rcCP0HADUslR3qWk_PtjXdUJVIIsQpCUfLF9LM9WCnzyN000lT7ggu7wdpMMfqhlZMNa4iy85ZuoQTRqNx0IHK2sl5uJ25NmA/w640-h464/IMG_2179.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The poppies are amazing in this wild desert wilderness</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUe_E85Yr0x3eoAsZMO5TfK5rIAA11488Ek2XnxhhiVBkWFfXLrpqIqe3AkVRN8u0RCPK_6Zal0TQTrxn5iGvfPMHBrVbrjziNcKVuJ1KicalZDb54ltuoHUdSNwU9sbE2BmIcgsn5lfUfVcAJ9hMOxxRXsGCc380Z2Ddc-LnVTJC-pNptXq1Cd8NFrQ/s6240/IMG_2185.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUe_E85Yr0x3eoAsZMO5TfK5rIAA11488Ek2XnxhhiVBkWFfXLrpqIqe3AkVRN8u0RCPK_6Zal0TQTrxn5iGvfPMHBrVbrjziNcKVuJ1KicalZDb54ltuoHUdSNwU9sbE2BmIcgsn5lfUfVcAJ9hMOxxRXsGCc380Z2Ddc-LnVTJC-pNptXq1Cd8NFrQ/w640-h426/IMG_2185.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Agua Fria River valley</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Continuing south on route 17, some of the roadside scenery was really great due to the huge wildflower bloom in progress. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Entering the Phoenix area, I exiting route 17 onto bypass routes 101 and 202 to avoid the Phoenix congestion. This eventually puts me back onto Route 10 further south and again I’m thinking this is more trouble that it is worth. I’m now comfortably cruising in the right lane on route 10 slightly under the speed limit when two crazy, lunatic motorcyclists blast past at high speed, threading the needle between me and another car on the center line. I didn’t even hear them approaching until they were right there, mere inches from my side view mirror. Amazing to me why people take chances like this, but I’m quite certain if they continue, they will meet an unpleasant end. Driving today is like that, so many people take crazy chances, at high speed, weaving in and out of traffic lanes, but most of the time the much improved safety of todays cars saves their ass.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I've done it again, this blog is way to complicated, I keep telling myself to "Keep it simple, Stupid". </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Van ran great during this trip, no issues at all, the way I like it. More road trips will be taken, I have a few good years left, stay tuned. </p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-40670307300995574742022-11-29T09:49:00.006-08:002022-11-29T10:12:30.737-08:00Side Pony Music Festival in Bisbee, Arizona<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">November 11-12, 2022:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Any excuse to spend some time in Bisbee works for me so I'm on the road heading there on November 11th even though I'm not exactly, positively sure if the festival is for real as their web site and promotion is terribly lacking. It was cancelled for 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, but I had been there in 2018 and 2019 and loved it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The festival is an all volunteer event over three days with assorted genres of music held at several downtown Bisbee venues. The bands are predominately Arizona based, mostly Phoenix area and only locally known, no big label stars, but lots of raw vibrant talent. The key action takes place in the Brewery Gulch area which adds to the character and debauchery of the event.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All the shows are intimate where you can interact easily with the musicians and the attendees are there for the music, no distractions, although some of the attendees are pretty weird and somewhat distracting ? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have put up hundreds of Bisbee photos over the years, so I will go lightly here, stick to a few performer stills and short videos. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1T7x2h089fpX2B_ESvalrhDGfZdjswB37Gy9DGiDYl3EHqSyL84A-A70wAeuiYmF8tMXb2ncq2nOvxy-Qt7gZjzFepAhD_dLiYzbiWedu-kenqMswaBR4LeR9iGxcbnul4ynA1hz-GcHzHWsNhhKJgQrWHALQ9Ogr8vg-T0QwXA1nZS_-0Swu4GJxGA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3104" data-original-width="2487" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1T7x2h089fpX2B_ESvalrhDGfZdjswB37Gy9DGiDYl3EHqSyL84A-A70wAeuiYmF8tMXb2ncq2nOvxy-Qt7gZjzFepAhD_dLiYzbiWedu-kenqMswaBR4LeR9iGxcbnul4ynA1hz-GcHzHWsNhhKJgQrWHALQ9Ogr8vg-T0QwXA1nZS_-0Swu4GJxGA=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sad disturbing story at the museum<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizpNjLSyLsxLa7Zs5Pyth7Val0Sie-R_ou_NDxGUAOQn5bMmC6OJjQFx9Y1-Rw91Xd4tWxLLbtxzHx27kRw7X-d4MakqEtIYq3efL9wlJ5dnWmHjk7ZQ7P9_UIEjw9PjQhmSdsZl-K5douAr7wErl4nJW4dKFYBZ48raLUPVwCMBYf3UxwgwJJUfwJKw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2450" data-original-width="3951" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizpNjLSyLsxLa7Zs5Pyth7Val0Sie-R_ou_NDxGUAOQn5bMmC6OJjQFx9Y1-Rw91Xd4tWxLLbtxzHx27kRw7X-d4MakqEtIYq3efL9wlJ5dnWmHjk7ZQ7P9_UIEjw9PjQhmSdsZl-K5douAr7wErl4nJW4dKFYBZ48raLUPVwCMBYf3UxwgwJJUfwJKw=w640-h397" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The newspaper heading is great</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='528' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy9fHNJMKAq4C5Pd12FDIJUYEr1ODaZ--ETUi72q1Etkz4oMLJWgx-Wm5xCGPHZfacku75RzAh-Du0jqNTUEA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Le Trebuchet were a favorite</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='525' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxKBL-kO3y3EXxpEUEem9pazyR7QcKhvcGuIbU4It6x0zUTpJFBV1lkqv1_607UfWVEpFY4IC8Tr3IJGnvXRQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">LaLuz de Luna were impressive</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='417' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzgnrD0xRiKY-nx2e0Hc6pRaOysfD6i4I9NxNZ9TbsDn6b_OIwI0hOvFhVbdpQelQCXUIr7sn7IlgleNgzOUg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gnarwhat Jrz were dynamic performers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhbkmZnYu8W8V3Hp_3WH7Rzxrt53nB5xUP9e0TfMjY-ic8q0CS9nsFps_RPy1W8ITVvw_MKkAy2-fv4FK6u4qdHaHH4-ajNZZh8ukhrCND4QwsWtH3wkUG37dmMY_nme4DamQ6razwUUNBNQAG2KQ51tAeU5-ivbUETT_LP9Y6OOP3mdX9GmIM6e9urA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3004" data-original-width="4006" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhbkmZnYu8W8V3Hp_3WH7Rzxrt53nB5xUP9e0TfMjY-ic8q0CS9nsFps_RPy1W8ITVvw_MKkAy2-fv4FK6u4qdHaHH4-ajNZZh8ukhrCND4QwsWtH3wkUG37dmMY_nme4DamQ6razwUUNBNQAG2KQ51tAeU5-ivbUETT_LP9Y6OOP3mdX9GmIM6e9urA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The St Elmo bar meet the requirements for a dive bar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='517' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwagpUPPQcY1v3btJp6PrLoHkOWuvdGTB_uBi3KyKPjYPKyVH6SiUA7v-6qDXHUCe0Z71nOFbIJ5thU8W845A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Golden Boots from Tucson were great</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeTW_JZZsq-KMbzcwSzj63qtWJaf0mEf4Ar9A78GZ_qMkHAZZCf2vetgHDIPCM2GIdekYzFYIRYSLFYkItGOJUWuCbe4qeHrCpM7ccaiYCJffqw243CiVABTYq1mxd_qO7VAq26ECnV1RzVPMYD--3bIkYyJAnQZGs7lQ9i2Aky0Hgr3BX7rnynA1DhA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2960" data-original-width="3947" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeTW_JZZsq-KMbzcwSzj63qtWJaf0mEf4Ar9A78GZ_qMkHAZZCf2vetgHDIPCM2GIdekYzFYIRYSLFYkItGOJUWuCbe4qeHrCpM7ccaiYCJffqw243CiVABTYq1mxd_qO7VAq26ECnV1RzVPMYD--3bIkYyJAnQZGs7lQ9i2Aky0Hgr3BX7rnynA1DhA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The art gallery stairway is loaded with thought provoking stuff<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvNJCpr-VwXfp4E9EGMIg_VdDA3kJJXbTExrsnk7oH8o9dSM4bYCz41_4SCp6ZvvfR4q926vtJ7YT0czKeBX48Tfl9z_sBeI7rbvY4eBaQo6JwIb4ztNlW3QAkUwv28YgG389x-9WIThnJ70XlcnpDWiHGpm3XFRMjXrK8hgqmsCZjIue6ezxcO5JtPg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2928" data-original-width="3604" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvNJCpr-VwXfp4E9EGMIg_VdDA3kJJXbTExrsnk7oH8o9dSM4bYCz41_4SCp6ZvvfR4q926vtJ7YT0czKeBX48Tfl9z_sBeI7rbvY4eBaQo6JwIb4ztNlW3QAkUwv28YgG389x-9WIThnJ70XlcnpDWiHGpm3XFRMjXrK8hgqmsCZjIue6ezxcO5JtPg=w640-h520" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the Bisbee Grand Hotel</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjY9AJqL-priYATTqU0cpHmc7LxzspPmIoGGMHruo_q4GKagP9Hc1hzksGoP9Iaj2o1xSxambaclHgfMYHpLgEtn8kotP2XrtaQb2Vl905XQbGf5YAAIqjbDQqZ8el4H5OuwZl5h_-PIRVRSjai3sqDYXs9-RDrOdIJ874EddXgnehFElGltcsWESz3w" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjY9AJqL-priYATTqU0cpHmc7LxzspPmIoGGMHruo_q4GKagP9Hc1hzksGoP9Iaj2o1xSxambaclHgfMYHpLgEtn8kotP2XrtaQb2Vl905XQbGf5YAAIqjbDQqZ8el4H5OuwZl5h_-PIRVRSjai3sqDYXs9-RDrOdIJ874EddXgnehFElGltcsWESz3w=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spent some weird but fun time with these two on the street</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='308' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwKgHDQKKZIXZNP63jNC3NaB2jmdCxel5h_aV3-XG2Nbd9JsIxSbjAY34PMD2gEJKn4DKUdOQVjYaUAGVFrEA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They were a favorite of mine, but didn't get much of a video as my phone battery gave out</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxnNpMed7NG9T8u0RXg0_tpEZh9xDumWTBtbqxxnKCX-Y-jf3yvExfUJBfHuWJOUxSu18QvCNYDWKAzH3YURA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Loved his wild spinning motions</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhecKupRQwXfDnXrTDY_bjpWQf3zSFW7a2zWZYBpNujaDwM8mMaoISQ21CeU91CT3S5TA6x0PBn_PVDhzTH1aAyrId4HNxKxvHYmvu5m1-pbP_dXuKwivORgf-N5j6mgy1EgnquvJWMMnJZZamOzhTZDciv0VAzrvJrGYFhmfCn2MGrnzhTPGPBoLiVVA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2636" data-original-width="3949" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhecKupRQwXfDnXrTDY_bjpWQf3zSFW7a2zWZYBpNujaDwM8mMaoISQ21CeU91CT3S5TA6x0PBn_PVDhzTH1aAyrId4HNxKxvHYmvu5m1-pbP_dXuKwivORgf-N5j6mgy1EgnquvJWMMnJZZamOzhTZDciv0VAzrvJrGYFhmfCn2MGrnzhTPGPBoLiVVA=w640-h429" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This amazingly excessively decorated vehicle parked in town</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggTejumvgcm9aDADAzbwfH70ACPTUbXog0ufEtu3nvLv1qpF4ezr8lLhnfotj92KdJxBObHo9PiXFrpIF67WPjFKI3K8jEzBGFHhXUsRc7MAm3WQ9GRgG5MOv9jJTWbulK8Xn6H0rQ79ErHR7kO72bey56l9BBHUW38EIFXa7KcZ25ITn8SpjV60Rbww" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2812" data-original-width="3624" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggTejumvgcm9aDADAzbwfH70ACPTUbXog0ufEtu3nvLv1qpF4ezr8lLhnfotj92KdJxBObHo9PiXFrpIF67WPjFKI3K8jEzBGFHhXUsRc7MAm3WQ9GRgG5MOv9jJTWbulK8Xn6H0rQ79ErHR7kO72bey56l9BBHUW38EIFXa7KcZ25ITn8SpjV60Rbww=w640-h498" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just crazy !</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL1-MXhQeREyYztR4PXoKDAkjWLxfQmtRVo0uLXxLZkMUnLF5NXmk26EUAIMiQj0-q45cYgxhcgaVQmOXX3dildc3lZUIkM_1-DP-jNe5fPasb6IiF9JVY9302MQAJVV_h-YnypFP0pzWYhEqCohswfnGoF_ocqCh9A15k_LWdyokeY8taFCgkyNkFgw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL1-MXhQeREyYztR4PXoKDAkjWLxfQmtRVo0uLXxLZkMUnLF5NXmk26EUAIMiQj0-q45cYgxhcgaVQmOXX3dildc3lZUIkM_1-DP-jNe5fPasb6IiF9JVY9302MQAJVV_h-YnypFP0pzWYhEqCohswfnGoF_ocqCh9A15k_LWdyokeY8taFCgkyNkFgw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greta's Earth Army of Planetary Revenge vehicle </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='517' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxT6VmQVLOmhc5DdD7XCF9PGIKwtN5IAXmzHYI0SkCGTgNISR7uPTeyDGa3PcJAKY27S9fLX8fZ-R3jlxCewg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Whiskey Lickers were a favorite of mine</div><span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There was so much more, you just have to be there to experience it all. Now back to Tucson where many music events are taking place weekly from now to Christmas. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><p></p></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-55390752898929812382022-08-18T16:23:00.000-07:002022-08-18T16:23:06.184-07:00Rico - Delores - Cortez - Hovenweep NM - Canyon de Chelly NM - Holbrook - Homolovi SP - Flagstaff Travels<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">July 24 - 29, 2022: </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I leave Rico in the early morning continuing south on route 145 to the town of Dolores, where the Rio Grande Southern Railroad Museum and a Galloping Goose rail car is located. I park next to the museum, closed as it is Sunday, then go across the street to the Two Chicks Bakery and get a delicious blueberry scone, about as good as they get ! I suspect that the attractive friendly young woman at the counter is one of the “Chicks” ? I then walk to Dolores River<b> </b>Brewing where I see a sign on the front advertising a music concert at their back patio at 4 PM. That’s becomes my plan for the late afternoon. Dolores is a small quiet town a few miles from my destination Cortez, the monument near the museum says that the members of the Dominquez-Escalante Expedition camped here in 1776. There is a unique old building on a side street that must have a history.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores,_Colorado">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores,_Colorado</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galloping_Goose_(railcar)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galloping_Goose_(railcar)</a></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuHPWW7ICX2n9HiRIO2l8tusLg63DVPJcSoXJc_LtB6QLSI-m210_2CcA7kRqP5MgnuV1B-adTTLOwkuCRzp_zxQRl7as-oDm4tX42Y9deHrxJUtECFUPgdGvIPDHKFZOkHY7dbQjm5Sme1NpLvQbIwn1dZOZl8n3lyLrbnSHiT7FBTCxallwAluFyw/s4032/IMG_8088.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuHPWW7ICX2n9HiRIO2l8tusLg63DVPJcSoXJc_LtB6QLSI-m210_2CcA7kRqP5MgnuV1B-adTTLOwkuCRzp_zxQRl7as-oDm4tX42Y9deHrxJUtECFUPgdGvIPDHKFZOkHY7dbQjm5Sme1NpLvQbIwn1dZOZl8n3lyLrbnSHiT7FBTCxallwAluFyw/w640-h480/IMG_8088.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The restored No. 5 Galloping Goose railcar that is still run on special occasions </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNyGUFjmvG-UaueszzycLlB0UJs-dq1z5Hou_stAr86pj603et_SbR34PNzHQ-8ez_FFc6FPVF7xG6LNdcYqavqgcQJy-ThcTo6EozV6OvfZ1PKTDamfIT2cW_4ZJqWy09YeddTSzKbdJKnM5q0aCtSM3LkbYjgZRBE8OwgKhUl-bUPEyWLrB8sCTDQ/s3867/IMG_8089.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2900" data-original-width="3867" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNyGUFjmvG-UaueszzycLlB0UJs-dq1z5Hou_stAr86pj603et_SbR34PNzHQ-8ez_FFc6FPVF7xG6LNdcYqavqgcQJy-ThcTo6EozV6OvfZ1PKTDamfIT2cW_4ZJqWy09YeddTSzKbdJKnM5q0aCtSM3LkbYjgZRBE8OwgKhUl-bUPEyWLrB8sCTDQ/w640-h480/IMG_8089.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Rio Grande Southern train depot is a replica of the original built in 1991</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGeXPWNlvOcV6ANNAEKoZc-FYktyedwPSLna_n5nTI42IYrajiYHoiPRKR-ML2EmhFo7jifjKurHJLhpDy_Fww9Cr46r8nomNw2SOEHUuBqfcfQZy_4VFT-0BqEzC7e1lh_WE_X5K7GZgkUjnWsU-alyaWH_fy_CLfpi_tZbds1LQJTDHib93dXGvCg/s3952/IMG_8122.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2964" data-original-width="3952" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGeXPWNlvOcV6ANNAEKoZc-FYktyedwPSLna_n5nTI42IYrajiYHoiPRKR-ML2EmhFo7jifjKurHJLhpDy_Fww9Cr46r8nomNw2SOEHUuBqfcfQZy_4VFT-0BqEzC7e1lh_WE_X5K7GZgkUjnWsU-alyaWH_fy_CLfpi_tZbds1LQJTDHib93dXGvCg/w640-h480/IMG_8122.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Del Rio Hotel in Delores built in 1931</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;">I then drive into Cortez which is the present County Seat of Montezuma<b> </b></span><span style="text-align: left;">County. I also like this town, they have many beautiful murals, nice looking cafes and restaurants and are very close to the the Mesa Verde National Park. They also have a cultural Center with a great courtyard and mural. The mural covers the entire back side of the building and is a very realistic depiction of an ancestral Indian Pueblo.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortez,_Colorado">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortez,_Colorado</a><br /></span></span></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUnqo5929x3XEM0DhJ42-1BcDru_AJcfql3aorkc7tqGWryMmiDcimV2ysn4ZIMwNI-sIlw5TLCNieUZO8Oua26wC8GVKJBUPu3Of3ZrkV_xfcjB-eDl5qvdDfDhmj16BtPinq7mEu_XW9H0juvJ60qyKbYGm_dPSmuXEZbQ5WKkjcI_2RpmJxMcTVw/s3981/IMG_8093.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2986" data-original-width="3981" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUnqo5929x3XEM0DhJ42-1BcDru_AJcfql3aorkc7tqGWryMmiDcimV2ysn4ZIMwNI-sIlw5TLCNieUZO8Oua26wC8GVKJBUPu3Of3ZrkV_xfcjB-eDl5qvdDfDhmj16BtPinq7mEu_XW9H0juvJ60qyKbYGm_dPSmuXEZbQ5WKkjcI_2RpmJxMcTVw/w640-h480/IMG_8093.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hard to believe it is painted on a flat surface</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfm2jF-EWxxFsFePXenMtuIUzZh8_oPRL11DEypJgYhfx6ljgmWYoigM4g6YHxjKd_8eesAqP5JeUF3otGM_eyhGPwL9L4X5ZeUuQiyIQosVYFWetDGDXUf_GNOrvFU7RjlzSsFLKpMWpJf7q-MZ8dG0PS4VkTw6-Kd14iaeA9VqlSWf_mzKD90YVkEw/s3854/IMG_8098.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2890" data-original-width="3854" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfm2jF-EWxxFsFePXenMtuIUzZh8_oPRL11DEypJgYhfx6ljgmWYoigM4g6YHxjKd_8eesAqP5JeUF3otGM_eyhGPwL9L4X5ZeUuQiyIQosVYFWetDGDXUf_GNOrvFU7RjlzSsFLKpMWpJf7q-MZ8dG0PS4VkTw6-Kd14iaeA9VqlSWf_mzKD90YVkEw/w640-h480/IMG_8098.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another very three dimensional looking mural in Cortez</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtBhQPkMQjCbo5v9tpddEBlxCbnEYiXLv23_N5sSwUNbfLJbRjeGDPpZrHMB2IyhohCmOLUH5ljUfceEa9of2wjjrlBPbpvdLQUwlGd780u_w-bgj8YsHwOqljizTOt1bqYn4kURFwJUKSweskPKN5Syym_ckxzFaaqqw4uZiqTpc8_C5LzYtw0TZsg/s3673/IMG_8101.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3673" data-original-width="2856" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtBhQPkMQjCbo5v9tpddEBlxCbnEYiXLv23_N5sSwUNbfLJbRjeGDPpZrHMB2IyhohCmOLUH5ljUfceEa9of2wjjrlBPbpvdLQUwlGd780u_w-bgj8YsHwOqljizTOt1bqYn4kURFwJUKSweskPKN5Syym_ckxzFaaqqw4uZiqTpc8_C5LzYtw0TZsg/w498-h640/IMG_8101.jpeg" width="498" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Fiesta Theater</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3cZMVij-RfKhsUpei4XalT3peJdh3q27AtEYV7PZYgaOCNSx9gNUrD51wboOCJ0D-qUJsoszAHc9yo318RkVmNELTa374o7fGQhTFjH9zfAhP7N2ABPxq3Gxhrx4nXMwaHPm-hAmRMzsS9G1qspy9GNzxV_tSSIcUUkjlXUTggp2-4ZSXTpWA-yNPg/s3966/IMG_8105.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2974" data-original-width="3966" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3cZMVij-RfKhsUpei4XalT3peJdh3q27AtEYV7PZYgaOCNSx9gNUrD51wboOCJ0D-qUJsoszAHc9yo318RkVmNELTa374o7fGQhTFjH9zfAhP7N2ABPxq3Gxhrx4nXMwaHPm-hAmRMzsS9G1qspy9GNzxV_tSSIcUUkjlXUTggp2-4ZSXTpWA-yNPg/w640-h480/IMG_8105.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another great mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCIRYj0Zbg_A_uCvyMqM-WxdUyVWqrkbpt4mxD-ZfIjDZKDPr88aRGUl5IGGY7mxt8aGbpHfSOYCdXaggmf2Qh3sAnXL_w1wvhXnClpQ-1JahQLJjf0RvTB-DW5Ti5SBcvH79G3d-Eq5d7glCovN_1tw-cAx727e_wELwo5L6OreZq5zyIICmxZ8qcg/s3867/IMG_8113.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3867" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCIRYj0Zbg_A_uCvyMqM-WxdUyVWqrkbpt4mxD-ZfIjDZKDPr88aRGUl5IGGY7mxt8aGbpHfSOYCdXaggmf2Qh3sAnXL_w1wvhXnClpQ-1JahQLJjf0RvTB-DW5Ti5SBcvH79G3d-Eq5d7glCovN_1tw-cAx727e_wELwo5L6OreZq5zyIICmxZ8qcg/w640-h500/IMG_8113.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A large Indian trading store in Cortez</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielKX5LLF3LHChfnyDM4V33iM5Zm8D5kw83QabGT-a-u6N-vYerwkGgIbZmC4yxD8F9_C0rSD4_y3mNGjxOSlu07QVdsI2OYFJuksI-k69fvghxBzM_ar3XKUf0H9ipe0_HFBwPtBFfbUe5e4IFSbFChXUNXfPvX2CxJ_4KLWudrh4PXb9Xl-L0mDFWg/s3556/IMG_8121.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2720" data-original-width="3556" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielKX5LLF3LHChfnyDM4V33iM5Zm8D5kw83QabGT-a-u6N-vYerwkGgIbZmC4yxD8F9_C0rSD4_y3mNGjxOSlu07QVdsI2OYFJuksI-k69fvghxBzM_ar3XKUf0H9ipe0_HFBwPtBFfbUe5e4IFSbFChXUNXfPvX2CxJ_4KLWudrh4PXb9Xl-L0mDFWg/w640-h490/IMG_8121.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the most artistic liquor stores anywhere</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnVItzjEzMeLkWfAakgqa9pOpKuX1tGixu--EuDQkmk154YyveDxLqDcgMrn7zZ91MaSpsKzciPsW9NS4ykK6XbtzSRgMu6ruAFtWnzmK_aJ4YF0V-av2yeXLu3dq9LJ5Gu3vtErSVNKfMsVIkTXMYG1ZZZqs9BfUjAy8XM5Tn6vmWuqVAEszqNOGdw/s4032/IMG_8120.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnVItzjEzMeLkWfAakgqa9pOpKuX1tGixu--EuDQkmk154YyveDxLqDcgMrn7zZ91MaSpsKzciPsW9NS4ykK6XbtzSRgMu6ruAFtWnzmK_aJ4YF0V-av2yeXLu3dq9LJ5Gu3vtErSVNKfMsVIkTXMYG1ZZZqs9BfUjAy8XM5Tn6vmWuqVAEszqNOGdw/w400-h300/IMG_8120.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Great sign that lights up at night</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCS6G8Yj0QLK_89DWG7EWIHDska4qGeSAiEiNYUbOoshYn91zDoPjSMcIutGooYWZNBo4GMIDTtA47URfd2s3xSfd3zvfOAdjR7atEHTmV7vzKbPx3tMbknrjXvqFxi5OwSjYxvG9lumj3XaMPb-J0k52Kea3-YNnSII_K7iJ-i3r6r_jFJOHq1yIxg/s3897/IMG_8117.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3897" data-original-width="2922" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCS6G8Yj0QLK_89DWG7EWIHDska4qGeSAiEiNYUbOoshYn91zDoPjSMcIutGooYWZNBo4GMIDTtA47URfd2s3xSfd3zvfOAdjR7atEHTmV7vzKbPx3tMbknrjXvqFxi5OwSjYxvG9lumj3XaMPb-J0k52Kea3-YNnSII_K7iJ-i3r6r_jFJOHq1yIxg/w480-h640/IMG_8117.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yet another excellent mural in Cortez</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I return to the Delores River Brewery in Delores at 4 PM for the music concert, they have a beautiful outside beer garden and patio area for live music shows. The featured musician is a veteran who started playing in the 1960’s named Jed Clampit with no relation to the Beverly Hillbillies Jed Clampett. He definitely is a character, very sharp witted with a photographic memory of songs from various genres, but mostly folk, country and classic rock. He introduced his songs with colorful stage banter and was especially good at imitating Willie Nelson’s vocal manner. He was backed by two other good local musicians. There was a good crowd, the beer was good and they have really good pizza.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpgrxcAZ9VLcNMt9s620NdWiQH30lZxFgy4-nGOiTXqCqTnzQVYU083EhvrXvewA83APEJqtGnj_4ZhreRpwvEJcx3f11AwUlYN0nKAxsOaXcdvpgyFq9hD6mikR_SHQo2X4JNoCcSHJzICiQZgiv-JZ3tlzerKD5kzvGAKFc7w8J8ORPUFv4hwXb6A/s3939/IMG_8125.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2954" data-original-width="3939" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpgrxcAZ9VLcNMt9s620NdWiQH30lZxFgy4-nGOiTXqCqTnzQVYU083EhvrXvewA83APEJqtGnj_4ZhreRpwvEJcx3f11AwUlYN0nKAxsOaXcdvpgyFq9hD6mikR_SHQo2X4JNoCcSHJzICiQZgiv-JZ3tlzerKD5kzvGAKFc7w8J8ORPUFv4hwXb6A/w400-h300/IMG_8125.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The patio and stage were very nice</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSm9XugscmUyF8Zuco-khGqSQJFzBZNjLVyRUJSBc5MNiFu2p8lJmNPKd84IrKnUqVfLfTeqsrDs18tr5PyI-gVvQrF-fh8HNLK45A3fgpOna0LSdTydJrCC_3MtRygnwZY23A2d2O2FOnTpZ_u6WAjl92EmWcdNNuZ8vJ3ennOx6o8gG4wwIAvBC7hg/s3836/IMG_8139.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3836" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSm9XugscmUyF8Zuco-khGqSQJFzBZNjLVyRUJSBc5MNiFu2p8lJmNPKd84IrKnUqVfLfTeqsrDs18tr5PyI-gVvQrF-fh8HNLK45A3fgpOna0LSdTydJrCC_3MtRygnwZY23A2d2O2FOnTpZ_u6WAjl92EmWcdNNuZ8vJ3ennOx6o8gG4wwIAvBC7hg/w400-h315/IMG_8139.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The flower garden was beautiful</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy6c-ilgN9dk8chgDoq-DUc978cTdjOunH5emym9EtfhdDleu8cG1Hi2_-esHiapYkVsK1N-eJMzfYhdl3sTw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">The following morning, I go to the Anasazi Heritage Visitors Center of the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument which houses many artifacts saved by archeological excavation prior to the construction of the nearby McPhee Reservoir. The Reservoir project built for irrigation, flood control and recreation submerged many ancestral Pueblo dwellings but at least they were able to document them and save many artifacts. This area of Colorado and the entire four corners area were heavily populated by ancestral Pueblo people for possibly 1,000 years and there are dwelling sites virtually everywhere. A short hike up to a hilltop site from the museum takes you to the excavated Escalante Pueblo archeological site and a view of the McPhee Reservoir. The vegetation along the trail describing how the ancestral people used the various plants for food and medicinal purposes. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyons_of_the_Ancients_National_Monument">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyons_of_the_Ancients_National_Monument</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy61ErTLJVbM043FIjvmW9pR0kNdN7g5JMw6x2FntLBlm2oLoY6gmyFn6_xVxmAyB4CYF16SnTPtKbQ5sb20kX-iO0TI8RA9QbrnnDK1Lj1LdGyq3LI65B8ieJ3G3scE1KIKYH8_s4bMY7l1F7oKllQMp_q2ejzRAygvoa62NPomSOEXIc6bDcLrUx5g/s3464/IMG_8142.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2385" data-original-width="3464" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy61ErTLJVbM043FIjvmW9pR0kNdN7g5JMw6x2FntLBlm2oLoY6gmyFn6_xVxmAyB4CYF16SnTPtKbQ5sb20kX-iO0TI8RA9QbrnnDK1Lj1LdGyq3LI65B8ieJ3G3scE1KIKYH8_s4bMY7l1F7oKllQMp_q2ejzRAygvoa62NPomSOEXIc6bDcLrUx5g/w640-h440/IMG_8142.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Interesting artifacts found in a Boulder, CO backyard during landscape work</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiG3soEsZzE5pAZXnf1V27v3JdfOQTaZHLcOuvLoOWoIt4w1HWM7ed-OhUcslbZsCQZ6VA9kIc280SniYkqrQreqkg82ZI_KtYW_jB6OYF1ZnD6gFgf_Jgm7_DIorPIHqkA_NBefWmH5bmWQ0wU9Vu4upOKmpG3a2zujA-Q5bInwrf61lhF48RRBcwLA/s3862/IMG_8146.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="3862" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiG3soEsZzE5pAZXnf1V27v3JdfOQTaZHLcOuvLoOWoIt4w1HWM7ed-OhUcslbZsCQZ6VA9kIc280SniYkqrQreqkg82ZI_KtYW_jB6OYF1ZnD6gFgf_Jgm7_DIorPIHqkA_NBefWmH5bmWQ0wU9Vu4upOKmpG3a2zujA-Q5bInwrf61lhF48RRBcwLA/w640-h480/IMG_8146.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The various Pueblo periods were coated in this display</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUW82wVJG-uPwJ79_MAEzq_ZV-7fgzLdKqOgJ9fK2VtHaMrNiVBTNVUKbj0PRgX_5ZoEXDZOm_5Zibl7ORMOHgOsjCWhgRnODOD71FI1nnM1Ozhtegy2pUfbdogH7S0Ye8jgfkuOb_IHvT4su8JAFijUBW1ZvPrib2hc8gS4m2tWg0WRUt4Phb4EH1A/s3893/IMG_8148.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="3893" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUW82wVJG-uPwJ79_MAEzq_ZV-7fgzLdKqOgJ9fK2VtHaMrNiVBTNVUKbj0PRgX_5ZoEXDZOm_5Zibl7ORMOHgOsjCWhgRnODOD71FI1nnM1Ozhtegy2pUfbdogH7S0Ye8jgfkuOb_IHvT4su8JAFijUBW1ZvPrib2hc8gS4m2tWg0WRUt4Phb4EH1A/w640-h480/IMG_8148.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful exhibits and quality artifacts</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShvKkYrrLa3STc2pK0wwP3w2EviQkwmQ2vQFgIgS-Kuq6iykNNvSjeowEvs26052Z6ASRM4HpSnreT6wxjeWoXA49P7jV5nw_dBOkl37OMz-ZcCVoI5gOlb9j_99Hxmxf8WYOFwCRkpFNghoW3zHuXzRifDZCIvH5FFNV3v6DjZVJgy1X_MRbfORzHQ/s4032/IMG_8149.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShvKkYrrLa3STc2pK0wwP3w2EviQkwmQ2vQFgIgS-Kuq6iykNNvSjeowEvs26052Z6ASRM4HpSnreT6wxjeWoXA49P7jV5nw_dBOkl37OMz-ZcCVoI5gOlb9j_99Hxmxf8WYOFwCRkpFNghoW3zHuXzRifDZCIvH5FFNV3v6DjZVJgy1X_MRbfORzHQ/w640-h480/IMG_8149.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These people had amazing artistic sensibility and talent</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgleMIBNrdXHaC4qbPlxXw8BrR98lNZbQBUeYvoTkU-zt1M1KvrUbMlfOFXgKbQpSXQ6aWVlOSnHfhS7js2KcUuqqXqUva1JOV1VmKzcH_ZKG9st013_WK06v46xJ1D2RlTx1gcTwMMcMomNweVVczfU-EoYty_boOmF8T55HM1xU90XShnERNnDPWHEQ/s3774/IMG_8156.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3774" data-original-width="2830" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgleMIBNrdXHaC4qbPlxXw8BrR98lNZbQBUeYvoTkU-zt1M1KvrUbMlfOFXgKbQpSXQ6aWVlOSnHfhS7js2KcUuqqXqUva1JOV1VmKzcH_ZKG9st013_WK06v46xJ1D2RlTx1gcTwMMcMomNweVVczfU-EoYty_boOmF8T55HM1xU90XShnERNnDPWHEQ/w300-h400/IMG_8156.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It takes uppity women to get things done</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ZzWSjNeoluzXAv8wbs1uxWKBacyDYoIXB1_ltKNnUlmyKoxO35w5fL4-lcI7d7w92w9CDKZyP9TFdZt-k7e0niQ-7ZQFvmD9HqK5e3k-yyVkdTQ3ZYG9R-JV_WU4sSTmqco49bJ7NQeZXDtXS_XrZsVCKDZyCjjNsRZv1POmhzFtYfDYJlo7kK-fgQ/s3004/IMG_8158.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2318" data-original-width="3004" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ZzWSjNeoluzXAv8wbs1uxWKBacyDYoIXB1_ltKNnUlmyKoxO35w5fL4-lcI7d7w92w9CDKZyP9TFdZt-k7e0niQ-7ZQFvmD9HqK5e3k-yyVkdTQ3ZYG9R-JV_WU4sSTmqco49bJ7NQeZXDtXS_XrZsVCKDZyCjjNsRZv1POmhzFtYfDYJlo7kK-fgQ/w400-h309/IMG_8158.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Although the Weatherill Brothers also got things done</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMT8Tb7TcHiXX5R-Sb9ijwkCUDIXeRlPYSy4PeTQH9JWsIqUYf_bv7v8w0SAcG-ERBriFtjV0UptTUq5JhM7KkeNGNDabtDTlsHJaEi_H9K-QRHcRnvWZLP5yaFlZGCfVm4BKSD--rM43w98xERhZqy_pcJyX77oAfrb2OF0CedE0njM2NKPWSJA0kQ/s6240/IMG_1436.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMT8Tb7TcHiXX5R-Sb9ijwkCUDIXeRlPYSy4PeTQH9JWsIqUYf_bv7v8w0SAcG-ERBriFtjV0UptTUq5JhM7KkeNGNDabtDTlsHJaEi_H9K-QRHcRnvWZLP5yaFlZGCfVm4BKSD--rM43w98xERhZqy_pcJyX77oAfrb2OF0CedE0njM2NKPWSJA0kQ/w640-h426/IMG_1436.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Escalante Pueblo site</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobFllKlm8kfXzIXv55gUZiU4pTaswlq2fvNjD1xV82d_jVAUS2vvhUAN_LWb3VRARqDZdPVPIDhZdhIcgen_669ofXO-EG4Re_fCGC0VX5iAnHyfRCzBIcU9IW_8v_rKWMPyWK8aJceLLPPRVCZdgIdG-tYrq277mL1fwuQkXilU2iErvAmoif2ra2g/s6240/IMG_1437.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobFllKlm8kfXzIXv55gUZiU4pTaswlq2fvNjD1xV82d_jVAUS2vvhUAN_LWb3VRARqDZdPVPIDhZdhIcgen_669ofXO-EG4Re_fCGC0VX5iAnHyfRCzBIcU9IW_8v_rKWMPyWK8aJceLLPPRVCZdgIdG-tYrq277mL1fwuQkXilU2iErvAmoif2ra2g/w640-h426/IMG_1437.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQCsSxIFxbjTExXfoWdFTf0loMyLXTB84ozkrlN9ikQP6lGi-ylLH_FM_Ezfaqe-jZkZDMjxvX3VsMwn7N-0iJMladvKLHxhfH_4YoTi9H0tAGu_D8nRRN17yX3b6R_v8q20CSLUjugmLtM4kqMCT8Xwq7CVFdta5V9oNPva12KM2HQzAmg_ec-f26g/s6240/IMG_1439.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQCsSxIFxbjTExXfoWdFTf0loMyLXTB84ozkrlN9ikQP6lGi-ylLH_FM_Ezfaqe-jZkZDMjxvX3VsMwn7N-0iJMladvKLHxhfH_4YoTi9H0tAGu_D8nRRN17yX3b6R_v8q20CSLUjugmLtM4kqMCT8Xwq7CVFdta5V9oNPva12KM2HQzAmg_ec-f26g/w640-h426/IMG_1439.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">McPhee Reservoir from the hilltop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">There are an amazing 20,000 pueblo ruin sites identified within the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument which are spread out over a large area (170,000 acres) in remote locations. They are not easy to travel to, many require a 4WD vehicle or a long rugged hike. There are hundreds of known ancestral sites in this area from earlier Basketmaker and Pueblo periods. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">I then drive back to Cortez where I take Road G, which is a scenic county road going through farms, orchards and even a winery with scenic canyon views. I park at the east Sand Canyon Trailhead for a six mile hike, but as the weather is threatening, rain and thunder, I plan no more than half that distance. This trail leads to several pueblo ruins within the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. It was a beautiful trail, fairly easy but with very investing geology and a few pueblo ruins tucked into rocky canyon walls. At the start of the trail it was very hot and humid and I’m sweating heavily, then a light rains starts that actually cools me off, then the sun breaks out again and by trails end I’m soaked through. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HUgSuBdRv1UtuKV8agfSJRpKP5F4hsEje4_E36Yyw_2iV5PTAENnZ_auUbdQKwK655zedjX6TUqnzmmXdgiAPX4p-ujYofrIfD5gxuD8THcRL8tRViFas1tIivcFHbauXyOYOhXKc3MlYp_-_DTasbXfytmXHaI0gF7EwpLpooXYFPdaxSfW-EoLmQ/s6240/IMG_1445.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HUgSuBdRv1UtuKV8agfSJRpKP5F4hsEje4_E36Yyw_2iV5PTAENnZ_auUbdQKwK655zedjX6TUqnzmmXdgiAPX4p-ujYofrIfD5gxuD8THcRL8tRViFas1tIivcFHbauXyOYOhXKc3MlYp_-_DTasbXfytmXHaI0gF7EwpLpooXYFPdaxSfW-EoLmQ/w640-h426/IMG_1445.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I suspect that there were small dwellings in many of these pockets at one time</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI65L-QzxdvIMOy52I_NZnqF-kyYFTc4sTwNZgKvZOfNwroIMglAMT575f4qbxjbSEl1g_jrBNjShKypnB3PWL9u5Xqw5o4hRWjh3vDelgEO04zJEOuPKpf1n19XEjkACMiemHYEfTQx2J9rxH44SwwEIYIQmeYcz7shNJKvQtV6xsonb4N1jJX7ZL5A/s6240/IMG_1449.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI65L-QzxdvIMOy52I_NZnqF-kyYFTc4sTwNZgKvZOfNwroIMglAMT575f4qbxjbSEl1g_jrBNjShKypnB3PWL9u5Xqw5o4hRWjh3vDelgEO04zJEOuPKpf1n19XEjkACMiemHYEfTQx2J9rxH44SwwEIYIQmeYcz7shNJKvQtV6xsonb4N1jJX7ZL5A/w640-h426/IMG_1449.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very interesting geology here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4MJv4BEqY2txnNXoMeM4f4NLqHSOrHNcoBwXunY3N9ZHgy_vRL4NuWwg9WnG74dV0T5wiQubWaV38Y-8F4ubZWVo_ZV6AZ6K8LesHpBjQ9UmHpPhoA0COQvtvubqvMcEYOnNFyJS9TAdRO-Ni3j3Ie9yohR_I5M9dqgv4HoPdQ9ZGyhGgYkUhO4njg/s6240/IMG_1452.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk4MJv4BEqY2txnNXoMeM4f4NLqHSOrHNcoBwXunY3N9ZHgy_vRL4NuWwg9WnG74dV0T5wiQubWaV38Y-8F4ubZWVo_ZV6AZ6K8LesHpBjQ9UmHpPhoA0COQvtvubqvMcEYOnNFyJS9TAdRO-Ni3j3Ie9yohR_I5M9dqgv4HoPdQ9ZGyhGgYkUhO4njg/w640-h426/IMG_1452.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All that remains presently is this one building , </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAGu1lNgI-EmOiBYYSsQ2C0CaxAoA87SxKghKywUFW8zuTEktYfW1F-j_tRmWI4_LjNVg5ArtAhllTtIK-sWJFLRTqcfVmA8pjWqbp1xDRM25HDl2Zjmpj2SRrxsg4j3HpiKP3hKA_Yx5pJaqVq9Zn7oHFcLOpQ4IX5oQndNgIQMGuuLEDb7cv12oZw/s6240/IMG_1455.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAGu1lNgI-EmOiBYYSsQ2C0CaxAoA87SxKghKywUFW8zuTEktYfW1F-j_tRmWI4_LjNVg5ArtAhllTtIK-sWJFLRTqcfVmA8pjWqbp1xDRM25HDl2Zjmpj2SRrxsg4j3HpiKP3hKA_Yx5pJaqVq9Zn7oHFcLOpQ4IX5oQndNgIQMGuuLEDb7cv12oZw/w640-h426/IMG_1455.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another partial building remains here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmG7hAELMp-lLANV-9QOlFdG9XTJyMtnsCRBAabEjpc9WGarcT-S0HPYQ8vvYn7BlIe2kC3F9vvCqEjZ_7fGciZOluvsmRkAj6Kkw0dz6aDEcVUM5y90o0ztm1if_taPMrd0Dy6sGcER3qCSkkgcrm4HZoXDuhjdgO_Lp8CGqwqIPOJvib7k2IMiAAOQ/s6240/IMG_1461.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmG7hAELMp-lLANV-9QOlFdG9XTJyMtnsCRBAabEjpc9WGarcT-S0HPYQ8vvYn7BlIe2kC3F9vvCqEjZ_7fGciZOluvsmRkAj6Kkw0dz6aDEcVUM5y90o0ztm1if_taPMrd0Dy6sGcER3qCSkkgcrm4HZoXDuhjdgO_Lp8CGqwqIPOJvib7k2IMiAAOQ/w640-h426/IMG_1461.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another geology view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">I return to Cortez to dry out, cook some good local corn for dinner and then go downtown for a beer. I find that not much is open after 8 PM, that’s life in these small towns. Another night is spent at Walmart, but parked away from the RV’s where it is more quiet and roomy. There are many RV’s as it is very close to the popular Mesa Verde National Park. I passed on going into Mesa Verde NP as I had spent a lot of time there on past trips and wanted to see other places on this pass through.</span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Next day, I drive back to County Road G, stopping at the Sand Canyon West Trailhead to take a short hike just to see what is out there. It is another beautiful area to hike, wish I had more time, but I’m committed to visiting Hovenweep National Monument which is about 30 miles away. This takes me into vast open ranch land on Indian reservation land and just over the border into Utah.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-C6hvKsRexP4CaMSvndtYVmoTMlFo1kTy7QFjjGs5j-Ra1Fxwbj73ICzEbNSs2diKL6TYHRQL7Isx4L0ODeBt3AJvgNcRIEKbM3FTMItO5xtfkzFL09MPiysgOzXcJH9LRtpjSyVsCJ2UibMKMQA0sZuA45_CQL3hf_oSzTyI08VpWDjuPOEMeLV8Dw/s6240/IMG_1493.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-C6hvKsRexP4CaMSvndtYVmoTMlFo1kTy7QFjjGs5j-Ra1Fxwbj73ICzEbNSs2diKL6TYHRQL7Isx4L0ODeBt3AJvgNcRIEKbM3FTMItO5xtfkzFL09MPiysgOzXcJH9LRtpjSyVsCJ2UibMKMQA0sZuA45_CQL3hf_oSzTyI08VpWDjuPOEMeLV8Dw/w640-h426/IMG_1493.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Interesting geology here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJPei5F6NjfVw9XoyTy1O5KkllY6Vn3p9DrbBj6Ev8U82vUORxT4yT8n8X7lPaZ9u1UpxK2L7RCVqfIbJAK1XYTaHbm9jYgaGgpn8DQ_OEiK5zb_s7vp3VhTFnldY5OtFO9yuc38zO2HrmFe1AraVmlRtz60Sc3oMYj9mvLTsSF3noUX5CF9y80KvNw/s6240/IMG_1501.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJPei5F6NjfVw9XoyTy1O5KkllY6Vn3p9DrbBj6Ev8U82vUORxT4yT8n8X7lPaZ9u1UpxK2L7RCVqfIbJAK1XYTaHbm9jYgaGgpn8DQ_OEiK5zb_s7vp3VhTFnldY5OtFO9yuc38zO2HrmFe1AraVmlRtz60Sc3oMYj9mvLTsSF3noUX5CF9y80KvNw/w640-h426/IMG_1501.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Trail view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmN0ttvGfrXDBlsy5ZkHHe_b5vZsch07DZRrsl2AUfMotoQuFJQ1Go9weIZhU5vR_Qd5AGEXBQGhX0yyHOpAHPKzt1EhrduCwA_FNkW3x8pTSXE7V3KIXmOgSfeqw58FFJz24u8V1iuGHOrE5jYoe7ieIMt0gT3H82-Hu4v4WBUV5JACV-sUdZpCCDew/s6240/IMG_1508.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmN0ttvGfrXDBlsy5ZkHHe_b5vZsch07DZRrsl2AUfMotoQuFJQ1Go9weIZhU5vR_Qd5AGEXBQGhX0yyHOpAHPKzt1EhrduCwA_FNkW3x8pTSXE7V3KIXmOgSfeqw58FFJz24u8V1iuGHOrE5jYoe7ieIMt0gT3H82-Hu4v4WBUV5JACV-sUdZpCCDew/w640-h426/IMG_1508.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This appears to be a special place</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0kGSYtiNWJ_mYwcRCXWkYn_1bRVqto9nFFKLyDS3kfJ1ZcKEIlzusLz2Ej8qvMSoUGVgf44DNVXbHwl2rFkPPaJRyvgabnwYM3FfTYnPWy6CftUCq9FGWZiuuY725-unes5CpcLObxx6RzeExp0zAZh6xOkq01t3gayAcGZc26uCfmS9ZEOOJBrO5w/s6240/IMG_1509.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0kGSYtiNWJ_mYwcRCXWkYn_1bRVqto9nFFKLyDS3kfJ1ZcKEIlzusLz2Ej8qvMSoUGVgf44DNVXbHwl2rFkPPaJRyvgabnwYM3FfTYnPWy6CftUCq9FGWZiuuY725-unes5CpcLObxx6RzeExp0zAZh6xOkq01t3gayAcGZc26uCfmS9ZEOOJBrO5w/w640-h426/IMG_1509.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The trailhead</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I arrive at the Hovenweep National Monument visitors Center to find it very quiet, very few people are here as Hovenweep is somewhat out of the way and overshadowed by Mesa Verde. It just doesn’t get the traffic, which is fine with me. The monument does not have a driving loop road like most National Parks or Monuments, instead you park at the visitors center and walk a two mile loop trail along the rim of Little Ruin Canyon to view the pueblo ruins. There are also shorter loop alternatives for people who might not be up for a two mile hike. The ruins here have not been been excavated but have been stabilized to prevent further deterioration. Many of these ruins are towers that were constructed with high quality masonry skill, walls still standing fairly straight after approximately 800 years, it’s quite amazing. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Little Ruin Canyon, situated on Cajun Mesa housed many hundreds of people at its height in about 1200 AD, but virtually all left by 1300 AD. The majority of the Hovenweep pueblos were built during the Pueblo II period from 800 - 1200 AD. No one knows exactly what happened, but everyone left by 1300 AD. The most accepted theory is that prolonged drought conditions had made it hard to grow enough food to support the population. Tree ring dating confirms the drought conditions during this time period. Other possible causes may have been other threatening tribes moving into the area competing for food, game and other resources. There seems to be general agreement that they moved to the upper Rio Grande Valley and the southern Zuni areas of New Mexico and the Hopi Mesa’s of Arizona where their descendants continue to live today. The oral histories of these tribes support this theory. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovenweep_National_Monument">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovenweep_National_Monument</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGQOiB5PlDPuOOL7tBtj2NXU8T6mdxuokW5qsFo2Qg6XfT4ZTvqYipdnwnFhMj07utRflnZ7ejqG4i82edHUNkCcIc7aeddISvNkiwkhrWepYXb97oHY2F7RMIiod_mrrCqmUTobe7En7lGkIZmKMqqoB0yYBwdv12EAaOY1Xyah6UtreDlodx8RHCQ/s6240/IMG_1517.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRX6C1YOzzZ4tdhnHJ-3SyQAUcJcCHp-wzhH7N4ViPCw9eDOwvmei7tB3BFoiHJbReVLY8u8Yf-ujTubOGCKDADDSaYoBWkcYHPWUJ-z1Vo53-9lj0R3mi9tuou3wUbyQ1brn9yocbRPdzl5VgNfX2wsu8ywR9jpsHbfFKd-2vziSiB5oTTsYuLizH9w/s6240/IMG_1546.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRX6C1YOzzZ4tdhnHJ-3SyQAUcJcCHp-wzhH7N4ViPCw9eDOwvmei7tB3BFoiHJbReVLY8u8Yf-ujTubOGCKDADDSaYoBWkcYHPWUJ-z1Vo53-9lj0R3mi9tuou3wUbyQ1brn9yocbRPdzl5VgNfX2wsu8ywR9jpsHbfFKd-2vziSiB5oTTsYuLizH9w/w640-h426/IMG_1546.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the largest structures is Hovenweep Castle</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgPLtH6KxquYPLnjlzK75h9-pgtsnqiVN0c6qs_qVbzcoqX6-jD4wGHg4avjwsMRTvt4sa1-ppAvN_6yIauv-EEIZaCZypvm3YJfNs7sSTD_U4amcpt3CcwCrP4uF_9HSXUS8_OE-HBLr6lHxLuKDhKNm-9h3JWOaJ0pbD6m2jsDt8CQ2oXv__ioF6w/s6240/IMG_1550.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgPLtH6KxquYPLnjlzK75h9-pgtsnqiVN0c6qs_qVbzcoqX6-jD4wGHg4avjwsMRTvt4sa1-ppAvN_6yIauv-EEIZaCZypvm3YJfNs7sSTD_U4amcpt3CcwCrP4uF_9HSXUS8_OE-HBLr6lHxLuKDhKNm-9h3JWOaJ0pbD6m2jsDt8CQ2oXv__ioF6w/w640-h426/IMG_1550.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPc-CGg-SGfROGN-gC46IdlgFBYEbsPspunys3JB2UtU5j9u9A-HwOPPRaCqeEEOGXT0Rgd1k8KzHix1guxcFOIUVduF7qYrkn7EcS0BRcN-osQOy9B55YxRyjA_oYU_thZu-KjpmjrbAB1d-Dcz_LQwCzS9fbVD7bBu5XFLxmW-H59UTeBQKKRoZ7w/s6240/IMG_1551.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPc-CGg-SGfROGN-gC46IdlgFBYEbsPspunys3JB2UtU5j9u9A-HwOPPRaCqeEEOGXT0Rgd1k8KzHix1guxcFOIUVduF7qYrkn7EcS0BRcN-osQOy9B55YxRyjA_oYU_thZu-KjpmjrbAB1d-Dcz_LQwCzS9fbVD7bBu5XFLxmW-H59UTeBQKKRoZ7w/w640-h426/IMG_1551.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is called Square Tower</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIFaHAiU4pHsbBiKqdbfQr69KqzbI-qTUOMqJXQlbM3U_LIGcNvIdddqZ5fljpo-8ebUU1YlXDuRoyf9chiObHPCEs5JpzpaECmenKm8-h9t_2ITH-0KtKsU-bWsL4njUARwIjq6nM6IC66at_cEMSnP74RgoR_42rlDT5BkRRgJNz4W8MtEaUT_f_w/s6240/IMG_1558.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIFaHAiU4pHsbBiKqdbfQr69KqzbI-qTUOMqJXQlbM3U_LIGcNvIdddqZ5fljpo-8ebUU1YlXDuRoyf9chiObHPCEs5JpzpaECmenKm8-h9t_2ITH-0KtKsU-bWsL4njUARwIjq6nM6IC66at_cEMSnP74RgoR_42rlDT5BkRRgJNz4W8MtEaUT_f_w/w640-h426/IMG_1558.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MpgkJwI592QUFWqu0F8OmGBDV36mnRJ11RRr2wnncETPMPpBvQysBcp9Qj8sEIlKFrZMc9yf8QFItItHLedZ-1emLnWJXzKahPxzxL_5fcwOJCP_hKhoO-RR-f5I6wPbIT9Tiv9k5l9NGvkGYTz4X2TUZdqyv6B9B0VL4IPHWIonsqMGoKgUxcgPtw/s6240/IMG_1564.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MpgkJwI592QUFWqu0F8OmGBDV36mnRJ11RRr2wnncETPMPpBvQysBcp9Qj8sEIlKFrZMc9yf8QFItItHLedZ-1emLnWJXzKahPxzxL_5fcwOJCP_hKhoO-RR-f5I6wPbIT9Tiv9k5l9NGvkGYTz4X2TUZdqyv6B9B0VL4IPHWIonsqMGoKgUxcgPtw/w640-h426/IMG_1564.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View of Hovenweep House on other side of the canyon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZK4nq3fSwJpT6ivOwufU2VQzKYhB5CVWIxqLdKWpOf8lwA64poIrK9aU2kGNTREpU3pKUrWWzDwpjda5xWpzzPR2lvx4-cdwvXjTyw_ZyHd2TAfVW1u-IVO8fWOCAdO_T79kdnpJ7v7pXlR03i6qqpw6pWCUR-VSe9u7UaqQFTz3V6yybbb8v9qcMlw/s6240/IMG_1573.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZK4nq3fSwJpT6ivOwufU2VQzKYhB5CVWIxqLdKWpOf8lwA64poIrK9aU2kGNTREpU3pKUrWWzDwpjda5xWpzzPR2lvx4-cdwvXjTyw_ZyHd2TAfVW1u-IVO8fWOCAdO_T79kdnpJ7v7pXlR03i6qqpw6pWCUR-VSe9u7UaqQFTz3V6yybbb8v9qcMlw/w640-h426/IMG_1573.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Remnant of another circular building </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1cPO95VzUxwQAaQ2ThVemsrd96CEvULrHn7NyMxeZ2WZA7zXuO_bQSEaE-3YHoiRDcGKuk83CXFJxRIpXNFrT0B6FZTZqehW1VzZm9iRrIbs9JS798QP0nolsqcPdgw2Wet4NsQvjqWkMQsapqlz8R7Qng5n_mZNUKgoSkWZ_1ySDF5R2wJnr-uLAg/s6240/IMG_1576.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1cPO95VzUxwQAaQ2ThVemsrd96CEvULrHn7NyMxeZ2WZA7zXuO_bQSEaE-3YHoiRDcGKuk83CXFJxRIpXNFrT0B6FZTZqehW1VzZm9iRrIbs9JS798QP0nolsqcPdgw2Wet4NsQvjqWkMQsapqlz8R7Qng5n_mZNUKgoSkWZ_1ySDF5R2wJnr-uLAg/w640-h426/IMG_1576.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Twin Towers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlyqbXsODlLHFfEKkE2gScxusstp-hg96eL-kTm46updaaws_uxDl73rulxumF4k9yCqxdE9Du9RhL_Amy50YZM6Cz_4I5q558p1yn9WNdjcf4Tuq1nN18RBJJhljGAwsS9QNyV8D-eySsr7l0DncsAc8nVIVCTPG7BwT1p_ohF3vxA5eoqWTLkuKZQ/s6240/IMG_1578.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlyqbXsODlLHFfEKkE2gScxusstp-hg96eL-kTm46updaaws_uxDl73rulxumF4k9yCqxdE9Du9RhL_Amy50YZM6Cz_4I5q558p1yn9WNdjcf4Tuq1nN18RBJJhljGAwsS9QNyV8D-eySsr7l0DncsAc8nVIVCTPG7BwT1p_ohF3vxA5eoqWTLkuKZQ/w640-h426/IMG_1578.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View from the trail down in the canyon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">The campground at the monument is almost empty, is very nice with clean bathrooms and is cheap at $7.50 a night using my senior pass. In late afternoon there were dark clouds and thunder in the distance, it looked very intimidating but it never came in our direction. That happens a lot out here as it does back in Tucson. </span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I leave Hovenweep early in the morning for about 200 miles of traveling primarily through the Navajo reservation on routes 160-191-77. Many of the small towns are pitiful, so poor looking, but in contrast the area surrounding them is so beautiful. The natives have a refreshing reverence for their environment but I have trouble reconciling the trash, primarily old car tires and beer bottles littered along the roads in Navajo country.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwqsb_PtBH8KEnhU0vDrdL-39FqKMvn3RCrsskRAEFzV1L1vvYUR06YyrXd4GOIlT3uC0ygJwIaVBxmuLpQDMgqvcADXmwd5UaDNxsl2unDFOJ33D4Ej4-y_scDCVP4JEcFtchPu56RR-clOsDbXzI_KJD59_Jn0WhTDytXh8y-FV3qCRnQz9CELRXg/s3990/IMG_8308.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="3990" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwqsb_PtBH8KEnhU0vDrdL-39FqKMvn3RCrsskRAEFzV1L1vvYUR06YyrXd4GOIlT3uC0ygJwIaVBxmuLpQDMgqvcADXmwd5UaDNxsl2unDFOJ33D4Ej4-y_scDCVP4JEcFtchPu56RR-clOsDbXzI_KJD59_Jn0WhTDytXh8y-FV3qCRnQz9CELRXg/w640-h480/IMG_8308.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lots of rain soaked red muddy soil in view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5bS3hicYPzdBRgTT5br92-dVyeNoMrFjLKBMNt5DjPbnSWRsKgyNPT1b3ttFTRpHXkWf6eb_vUVSCtURU9cOHxkgyhGt9tdLPEPbPs0gDpFJwzd9Utw3zX_AmY6h5Df7vinuzZ0iNoQN/s3923/IMG_8310.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2942" data-original-width="3923" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5bS3hicYPzdBRgTT5br92-dVyeNoMrFjLKBMNt5DjPbnSWRsKgyNPT1b3ttFTRpHXkWf6eb_vUVSCtURU9cOHxkgyhGt9tdLPEPbPs0gDpFJwzd9Utw3zX_AmY6h5Df7vinuzZ0iNoQN/w640-h480/IMG_8310.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The wildflowers along the road really stand out against the red soil</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3Ktu8AEuI5mZJAikE7dIDEmAKJCHoyFZMRm3WKDQes6ZxEoPHrm35xds0ItLehEZ0Mb0pFwp1mxLp4DLxmkigH4BrCcGy7IeiTRQBz8NE6sqK4pYOAr7fAKmQ5djXei9RFNjGjn6etb0szwJi60VB5lizInkZnEoZYaK2pmc4Q1bew_RSfMOfDtqOw/s4032/IMG_8313.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3Ktu8AEuI5mZJAikE7dIDEmAKJCHoyFZMRm3WKDQes6ZxEoPHrm35xds0ItLehEZ0Mb0pFwp1mxLp4DLxmkigH4BrCcGy7IeiTRQBz8NE6sqK4pYOAr7fAKmQ5djXei9RFNjGjn6etb0szwJi60VB5lizInkZnEoZYaK2pmc4Q1bew_RSfMOfDtqOw/w640-h480/IMG_8313.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Amazing clouds</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Northern Arizona has been having lots of rain, every wash or creek is full, there are puddles everywhere and some rivers are near flood stage. I am making a stop in Chinle, CO for a quick tour of Canyon De Chelly. I have been here on two previous occasions and it is a favorite place. The greenness and serenity of the valley from the canyon rim is tranquilizing to me. The lower park area below the visitors Center is partially flooded, but most of the park remains open except for the White House area which I was interested in hiking into. It is cloudy and the sky is mostly gray with more rain threatening and the viewing conditions are poor. I luck out somewhat however with a few intermittant periods of partial sunlight and pockets of blue sky. My focus was to drive to the end for a view of Spider Rock. I get there in time for a rain shower, wait it out, then head for the viewing area. I am the only one there, quite remarkable and the conditions suddenly improve, the grayness of the sky has diminished and some filtered sunlight is breaking through. It’s enough to get a couple of mediocre photos. There are no other people here, It’s so quiet, serene being the correct word, only the sound of a raven (how appropriate). The rain drops on the rocks and vegetation give them an eerie glow. !</span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_de_Chelly_National_Monument">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_de_Chelly_National_Monument</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNK2z-EcsCQOf7bdcKMePg7TOWmzBhJrRkgHMkVtuoH7k39KCtqMWD4l_KFr9Qr-Tuv4-f8RdkSiEeRtSl1lKfD-Iid34717lzh6zrxLJUJzCebfMPzo3OuT49dbRSLtqIRfeplCJBL4SK0Egn2Ts8K6SFTLrw1GyAGPCYeZU3gzcWkybqLGXPwgisg/s6240/IMG_1588.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNK2z-EcsCQOf7bdcKMePg7TOWmzBhJrRkgHMkVtuoH7k39KCtqMWD4l_KFr9Qr-Tuv4-f8RdkSiEeRtSl1lKfD-Iid34717lzh6zrxLJUJzCebfMPzo3OuT49dbRSLtqIRfeplCJBL4SK0Egn2Ts8K6SFTLrw1GyAGPCYeZU3gzcWkybqLGXPwgisg/w640-h426/IMG_1588.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking down from the rim into the canyon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIUtkvKbmI_UPj-zCRshGfXyMJE_EGJNjCXdu2r57w-qGMBBh5HhTdT0s5R21rg9zBAgkdrmmfZ2bC4-oSCTBKqCrlXF1ft75hmd9CjXRiidMZp3i4OTBdHY2b_21m7UtuyYNBNgNo5-wurnxNq1cuDz8kEgOLC4HfDNSGt7KdgEuEULch5sEfHa-4A/s6240/IMG_1594.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIUtkvKbmI_UPj-zCRshGfXyMJE_EGJNjCXdu2r57w-qGMBBh5HhTdT0s5R21rg9zBAgkdrmmfZ2bC4-oSCTBKqCrlXF1ft75hmd9CjXRiidMZp3i4OTBdHY2b_21m7UtuyYNBNgNo5-wurnxNq1cuDz8kEgOLC4HfDNSGt7KdgEuEULch5sEfHa-4A/w640-h426/IMG_1594.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hazy view of Spider Rock, named for Spider Woman of Navajo legend</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TT91qkfMphh1AOhg_6b97R2bbk0DBfvGbHW-2s49mgL9gWnneVwH1Iu88Ew85azdnVHi3RKhBvmKgQ9yTaBLI9i72w3s6SIizkvCA8OzpD2g16XqQV6CO-XkWmKs7wOu0SBsk2zv7c02nfC1eDlxEGbhw70j8LzqiUi9blfl8anoApw4h0UcQNVnDQ/s6240/IMG_1615.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TT91qkfMphh1AOhg_6b97R2bbk0DBfvGbHW-2s49mgL9gWnneVwH1Iu88Ew85azdnVHi3RKhBvmKgQ9yTaBLI9i72w3s6SIizkvCA8OzpD2g16XqQV6CO-XkWmKs7wOu0SBsk2zv7c02nfC1eDlxEGbhw70j8LzqiUi9blfl8anoApw4h0UcQNVnDQ/w640-h426/IMG_1615.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rain puddles on the canyon rim</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHs0E8lY6Z8_WQHCxcR2h5IvxetC87lw9EVOKl42BYR4W29jYK9jNgU8OZ0AMQtQcZOYVX453P2YAbAwEEIeMICezk2mYUGLWdGmw7dMXKoERG_llfhG09RPyVLEGYNLWVTDt0ZsUHofyNPrEV1HXYcvf5XS_qQmKBIuIfCRh0NdM6PuO1owZ7kLMmpQ/s6240/IMG_1624.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHs0E8lY6Z8_WQHCxcR2h5IvxetC87lw9EVOKl42BYR4W29jYK9jNgU8OZ0AMQtQcZOYVX453P2YAbAwEEIeMICezk2mYUGLWdGmw7dMXKoERG_llfhG09RPyVLEGYNLWVTDt0ZsUHofyNPrEV1HXYcvf5XS_qQmKBIuIfCRh0NdM6PuO1owZ7kLMmpQ/w640-h426/IMG_1624.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View from the rim</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5erTSNBm1c6Nm-1pYa48-Vnj_kl1Q5dY_YCe3zFIhQeF-j4sDroP_tfiGGgOPNZK60CBQ1KB3KuRFsjjYRfsPnEZUBk2kWYEOTbunN8XXsRIHMVcDZjlJpAl78N6UHcJ68A4SmZsM1GU3rzNSjkFqFPxLD0RbEJynamWHD1GNbdMSZ_SzV1BqthnmUw/s3801/IMG_8314%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2850" data-original-width="3801" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5erTSNBm1c6Nm-1pYa48-Vnj_kl1Q5dY_YCe3zFIhQeF-j4sDroP_tfiGGgOPNZK60CBQ1KB3KuRFsjjYRfsPnEZUBk2kWYEOTbunN8XXsRIHMVcDZjlJpAl78N6UHcJ68A4SmZsM1GU3rzNSjkFqFPxLD0RbEJynamWHD1GNbdMSZ_SzV1BqthnmUw/w640-h480/IMG_8314%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lush green trees down in the canyon floor</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgsf5iUgZEDTOOI3aGXSGGqq739HwVs6gBjG17FwNNkDzyvwuR6pjxxkxr3ArCJfkWar9BCpMYj515WYos1SCAv7CbHdm2zIEq_xiVsj2bREpJ0mPsgJa3DOxP5WIRF8MLh6_FjGRQ6M5E9-Ozz1Nlu1JUGN4tMQb2ixrI326vDUzYC_sfdUZ-gP3mw/s3838/IMG_8335%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2878" data-original-width="3838" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgsf5iUgZEDTOOI3aGXSGGqq739HwVs6gBjG17FwNNkDzyvwuR6pjxxkxr3ArCJfkWar9BCpMYj515WYos1SCAv7CbHdm2zIEq_xiVsj2bREpJ0mPsgJa3DOxP5WIRF8MLh6_FjGRQ6M5E9-Ozz1Nlu1JUGN4tMQb2ixrI326vDUzYC_sfdUZ-gP3mw/w640-h480/IMG_8335%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another canyon view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">As I leave the park, I am think how great a Navajo Taco would be right now, but I see no restaurants except for hotel restaurant. Everything else about Chinle, sad to say, is rather trashy, poor and dirty looking. I wonder if the Navajo’s actually eat Navajo Taco’s anyhow ? So, I continue through this amazingly scenic country, finally stopping in the respectful looking town of Ganado where I partake of a wonderful cheeseburger from Burger Kings dollar menu. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">My destination is Holbrook, AZ which is nothing new for me, been here there many times, I know it well. I see little change except that the iconic much photographed Joe & Aggies Cafe appears to be closed. The historic area along the railroad tracks where the “Bucket of Blood” Saloon is located shows no signs of restoration and the famous Winners Circle Bar remains closed as do many shops in town. This is a great destination as there is much to see and do in this area, along with many tourist amenities, it's a route 66 poster child, however it seems frozen in time as far as progress goes. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holbrook,_Arizona">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holbrook,_Arizona</a> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHfUqY7K7naSTFLqBJNgqzcvKsZGH-Hf0tKaxCfYHAcvItRtmCVRyld_jna26GIcXXfI5a2Bgx0P6lBW0koVcrjhikalTAfrY7mzqGgJRFMf2X7KaRHuKESHYQ9GgRK7Rr0S78uyAA4pnCHSCzzX8dZNIAlzaWszB9hcinpB6tTRk6-IFVezzj4GXNw/s4032/IMG_8360.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHfUqY7K7naSTFLqBJNgqzcvKsZGH-Hf0tKaxCfYHAcvItRtmCVRyld_jna26GIcXXfI5a2Bgx0P6lBW0koVcrjhikalTAfrY7mzqGgJRFMf2X7KaRHuKESHYQ9GgRK7Rr0S78uyAA4pnCHSCzzX8dZNIAlzaWszB9hcinpB6tTRk6-IFVezzj4GXNw/w640-h480/IMG_8360.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Romo's Route 66 Mexican Food is recommended</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo8ULK1Yj78RJOdLnM7jlz5f2OtH-Al2uwNShkvFFSDHcLgwuHCvQcOJWBpkB1ZuwMs2m0y-adI6xG_aGCSN3Kprqa6E1MmKmcEIaKgAAr57pjqraujKJUKL3AojbPqQ93yFtzNIf3ZT6PCtPnWKCAhhpDbSRZF9YiUY9WoepTsODiluYnj6d4Y3wlQ/s3901/IMG_8362.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2925" data-original-width="3901" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo8ULK1Yj78RJOdLnM7jlz5f2OtH-Al2uwNShkvFFSDHcLgwuHCvQcOJWBpkB1ZuwMs2m0y-adI6xG_aGCSN3Kprqa6E1MmKmcEIaKgAAr57pjqraujKJUKL3AojbPqQ93yFtzNIf3ZT6PCtPnWKCAhhpDbSRZF9YiUY9WoepTsODiluYnj6d4Y3wlQ/w640-h480/IMG_8362.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Joe and Aggie's Cafe</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3WTQRrT-qdRyc4Bl6Z1u6d3crYLBV7PyUunaRB1cPFykaozMf6RA8M7lEPOMgXxmAr38c6vO0qpjSYVIIIHXjaDTiuWXWd17p7O92jbsbiL0-zcMuC0hvoncTxuyJdzwRDadNmWSbZ5wZmym-R5KQnlkODDb63DVJgBSWmicSba13TQgWDvogSEJLA/s3971/IMG_8366.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3971" data-original-width="2978" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3WTQRrT-qdRyc4Bl6Z1u6d3crYLBV7PyUunaRB1cPFykaozMf6RA8M7lEPOMgXxmAr38c6vO0qpjSYVIIIHXjaDTiuWXWd17p7O92jbsbiL0-zcMuC0hvoncTxuyJdzwRDadNmWSbZ5wZmym-R5KQnlkODDb63DVJgBSWmicSba13TQgWDvogSEJLA/w480-h640/IMG_8366.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Navajo County Historical Museum, big piece of petrified wood</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I leave Holbrook in the morning on route 40 west heading for Flagstaff, AZ under clear sunny skies. I make a planned stop at the Homolovi State Park in Winslow, AZ to tour the Ancestral Pueblo ruins there. There are four Pueblo sites here however only Homolovi I and Homolovi II are acessable. Homolovi II is the larger one estimated to originally contain from 1,200 - 2,000 rooms. It was heavily looted by pot hunters in the early 1900's. Homolovi I is adjacent to the Little Colorado River and also has over 1,000 rooms. The inhabitants were primarily farmers who grew corn, beans and squash and are the ancestors of todays Hopi people. There has been archeologic study here but the ruins have been backfilled or left as is, except for a portion of one Kiva that is partially reconstructed. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">There are many pot shards left lying about with pieces set on rocks for display near the trails. At the Homolovi I ruins where the highest concentration of shards are, I don't feel that the State is adequately protecting the ruins. The paths around the ruins are not clearly delineated to help keep people from just wandering all over the ruins. Also all the pottery shards left lying about an almost an open invitation to take some home with you. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Archeology is not what it used to be a few years or decades ago, things are changing. Indigenous groups have become more protective of their ancestral remains. They consider these places to be sacred and do not agree with the old archeology where you dig everything up, send it off for study, then put in the collection of a museum. As result, more sites are explored using non evasive technology and leaving sites as is and covered them for security.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I hate to even think about what may be happening or about to occur due to the exploding OHV hobby and the vast networks of trails developed into remote areas that were previously very hard to explore. The remaining ancestral sites will be picked clean by the pot hunter types. That's my dark thought for the post, to serious, now to put it out of my mind. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homolovi_State_Park">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homolovi_State_Park</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIoW8uS7CGTUD_Fu2umbXUQqXktCdd9rc96dDpmSGGjhegBJo5U7DfZ5Fd4kzkazLWF1q5birhJ_fNW6_gD1qQSxklEiaM9fjj3MaUivvmaFgXdrgq8_NW31wOjNkI0HGW5CeIe-bjQXeq-CzaCwmL6NV8YKIdQpBNJfA4OsvP71jpO3W5haoeSPeVQ/s3325/IMG_8377.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2561" data-original-width="3325" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIoW8uS7CGTUD_Fu2umbXUQqXktCdd9rc96dDpmSGGjhegBJo5U7DfZ5Fd4kzkazLWF1q5birhJ_fNW6_gD1qQSxklEiaM9fjj3MaUivvmaFgXdrgq8_NW31wOjNkI0HGW5CeIe-bjQXeq-CzaCwmL6NV8YKIdQpBNJfA4OsvP71jpO3W5haoeSPeVQ/w640-h492/IMG_8377.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There were earlier people here prior to the Pueblo period</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTtbhAxQ8-TFkCjEy9IIWpQZhkwHCIeh2jLbqg-_sJuh6ewM-DmuCC919MrrPQbFPL8NJyQbmJl3aQgONnaczVFiMtUKc0PEnKysludxRVWK3aVFyEohtEgQ0ilzGu5VzC8UZH3DdSv5wKHgSTE8e_nhw56F3jC-HECAs5q64C2WOpvzokFzJm9vRWhw/s3610/IMG_8378.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2219" data-original-width="3610" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTtbhAxQ8-TFkCjEy9IIWpQZhkwHCIeh2jLbqg-_sJuh6ewM-DmuCC919MrrPQbFPL8NJyQbmJl3aQgONnaczVFiMtUKc0PEnKysludxRVWK3aVFyEohtEgQ0ilzGu5VzC8UZH3DdSv5wKHgSTE8e_nhw56F3jC-HECAs5q64C2WOpvzokFzJm9vRWhw/w640-h394/IMG_8378.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The various periods of Pueblo occupation</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJ5gH48lcVOAbCqtH-WHsiCX6D3B7oBcuzVFva4iMzhJ4W68rQFXJMOvz1hokfLUw9fPEQ0ss6qOH7CEbuCGkrRsGe7RpTp5PyFO3JKjqUkorCY2scLPpBTV5ItemzUOL1l_fdcdMGUV_D9I_yVj63ZmXZ-rTNaxlc-nW0jwnZ_D7AnoaGUr5l0afoA/s3629/IMG_8379.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2938" data-original-width="3629" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJ5gH48lcVOAbCqtH-WHsiCX6D3B7oBcuzVFva4iMzhJ4W68rQFXJMOvz1hokfLUw9fPEQ0ss6qOH7CEbuCGkrRsGe7RpTp5PyFO3JKjqUkorCY2scLPpBTV5ItemzUOL1l_fdcdMGUV_D9I_yVj63ZmXZ-rTNaxlc-nW0jwnZ_D7AnoaGUr5l0afoA/w640-h518/IMG_8379.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They were expert potters</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEqw-i1dMuZ9aN0vQD97q-MHKjshhfRTWT5qUrZOqCM5sHwHSSSEteXQx8RqDHZUjsjshLIo5SiGotHMdZmcsLVmi62--Y4FvBqStizO1s966R7Olh5ZK4xcBwRFj5_-qLhmRFEM4Jej3YBJVOBCX5zJtf1VOGlJL3kwVUF2QMGzUNGUrZRGbnCfuKw/s3420/IMG_8382.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3420" data-original-width="2548" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEqw-i1dMuZ9aN0vQD97q-MHKjshhfRTWT5qUrZOqCM5sHwHSSSEteXQx8RqDHZUjsjshLIo5SiGotHMdZmcsLVmi62--Y4FvBqStizO1s966R7Olh5ZK4xcBwRFj5_-qLhmRFEM4Jej3YBJVOBCX5zJtf1VOGlJL3kwVUF2QMGzUNGUrZRGbnCfuKw/w476-h640/IMG_8382.jpeg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Homolovi II was removed from the river, but their farm land was near it</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Yp8ybVQLXr4PEUgt8-DlI5LHsdF_azc0h1GpesI2Sp5GxKf3coU_FGfUyMcYhQWBbaGy3nal8B9JlKFR907lD3UJdMBgJktUraD5UXgvQACtMx6FV7pNtimnZaGUk4wqs-IcCo2duSHYlBl26P5-4vHUDalW-rhcMBrt4xpzsAg8llNoAMFxO-iimw/s4032/IMG_8384.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Yp8ybVQLXr4PEUgt8-DlI5LHsdF_azc0h1GpesI2Sp5GxKf3coU_FGfUyMcYhQWBbaGy3nal8B9JlKFR907lD3UJdMBgJktUraD5UXgvQACtMx6FV7pNtimnZaGUk4wqs-IcCo2duSHYlBl26P5-4vHUDalW-rhcMBrt4xpzsAg8llNoAMFxO-iimw/w640-h480/IMG_8384.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All the disturbed rocky land as far as you can see were former Pueblo dwellings</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtsDFDgG4z_6qnr9UdWbX_pqwX4cmasFSXZxRUGJctV_8o7dIzj3zVYCA8Uy7W56PnG9eE_fPftg3jjKxRCN27MCiMnemCCvXXrPwH9TXtIv2HEJ2q7aQz49DvutZz6qNQotmKsvnvdW9IGP0CHmXPw5z5FyGAa59_hPnGajsd2822OvWhDSsZMVtiQ/s1684/IMG_8387.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1684" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtsDFDgG4z_6qnr9UdWbX_pqwX4cmasFSXZxRUGJctV_8o7dIzj3zVYCA8Uy7W56PnG9eE_fPftg3jjKxRCN27MCiMnemCCvXXrPwH9TXtIv2HEJ2q7aQz49DvutZz6qNQotmKsvnvdW9IGP0CHmXPw5z5FyGAa59_hPnGajsd2822OvWhDSsZMVtiQ/w640-h568/IMG_8387.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was like a condo in its day</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tOIWZIVMi-mlyS4Px7xiYJn59jDm_2bgnqn7G8J6Mp5pMuBuaa-NiP4aOIatfmPGo1c0DuI7MMJKuBu9Ca3FLYtTxSV4B3aDhFnokGR70A-G3PYJTkeBLuSfC8In55CM5JmO5I7MyfttQKYhvNDs0dcNvUfOvD476qGD4y78Iu4H2eeqFxvUxofQFA/s4032/IMG_8389.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tOIWZIVMi-mlyS4Px7xiYJn59jDm_2bgnqn7G8J6Mp5pMuBuaa-NiP4aOIatfmPGo1c0DuI7MMJKuBu9Ca3FLYtTxSV4B3aDhFnokGR70A-G3PYJTkeBLuSfC8In55CM5JmO5I7MyfttQKYhvNDs0dcNvUfOvD476qGD4y78Iu4H2eeqFxvUxofQFA/w640-h480/IMG_8389.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The one partially reconstructed Kiva</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyllQHR7f-oqztZKKQuhgS8v0CErNRtOsvE0TWIUHbXQNSHTgK9ea3-m3X-v3VDKVwfTvkvrQFviwbHJrskLDQiYFD3-U2O9uNOj4Ctp5Qw610pNcpir7GYAavBhpAFzphR7Mgj9zgiIPG4-bzkf6dCgjyBwtJpBM4K9H_X2YNrcxXSKpm5oMJpysDDg/s3257/IMG_8399.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3257" data-original-width="2441" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyllQHR7f-oqztZKKQuhgS8v0CErNRtOsvE0TWIUHbXQNSHTgK9ea3-m3X-v3VDKVwfTvkvrQFviwbHJrskLDQiYFD3-U2O9uNOj4Ctp5Qw610pNcpir7GYAavBhpAFzphR7Mgj9zgiIPG4-bzkf6dCgjyBwtJpBM4K9H_X2YNrcxXSKpm5oMJpysDDg/w480-h640/IMG_8399.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This shows the size of the compound</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMfUvAwwU5HUes6daTqY4BIGrK_N-928n-Pj-a1sK3FY3gfMWJgQqaiJoxY9Wzj0kv947ZgC2jTinvOF0of_uqz4pSyfUh574ZF6vwrojwM9oU-sMbbdmJc7RM44DVNBcQync-_JqRmBuUqKWPmB4mH3UoS-aKp9knLulsKF0ossmHMp8eAT07SXJcw/s3499/IMG_8400.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2624" data-original-width="3499" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMfUvAwwU5HUes6daTqY4BIGrK_N-928n-Pj-a1sK3FY3gfMWJgQqaiJoxY9Wzj0kv947ZgC2jTinvOF0of_uqz4pSyfUh574ZF6vwrojwM9oU-sMbbdmJc7RM44DVNBcQync-_JqRmBuUqKWPmB4mH3UoS-aKp9knLulsKF0ossmHMp8eAT07SXJcw/w640-h480/IMG_8400.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The picturesque trailhead leading to Homolovi I</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I leave Homolovi SP then continue on to Flagstaff, AZ arriving in early afternoon and it’s now cloudy and stormy, so much for going for a short hike. For lack of anything better to do, (so sad), I go to the Museum of Northern Arizona. It’s a good move, it turns out to be one of the best museums for both ancestral cultures and more recent Indian tribes that I have been to. They have a huge collection of artifacts and have a very interesting art exhibit of a prominent Indian artist, Baje Whitethorne Sr. Their exhibit on the various geologic periods of Earth was also excellent, even I was able to read it without getting dazed and confused !</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Northern_Arizona">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Northern_Arizona</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VjEZrCBmfuGoOuY73GRdRnlh5uOskJLDcc5vCcl8_YCZyc3SGYwS9kYwiL3ZnkHOxg-gzNcZCjxSEecGT8aphv0hnHQnfNN9Bk7GJluayY7AOdqNSb0UVNuvAAhIn5WefLBBf6CeTHQL8YW7Bx_OwO9obQnxqqGASJpPb-47GSYprLrgMvZKiwgNpQ/s4032/IMG_8467.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VjEZrCBmfuGoOuY73GRdRnlh5uOskJLDcc5vCcl8_YCZyc3SGYwS9kYwiL3ZnkHOxg-gzNcZCjxSEecGT8aphv0hnHQnfNN9Bk7GJluayY7AOdqNSb0UVNuvAAhIn5WefLBBf6CeTHQL8YW7Bx_OwO9obQnxqqGASJpPb-47GSYprLrgMvZKiwgNpQ/w640-h480/IMG_8467.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a beautiful building in the pines on the outskirts of Flagstaff</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUboEp3LIhNz5LC8gdPGHnWWUwKHhm7a9JA4wLhpeXOqJ59uwoPIKVOyXyEKMfOUCPd1uLE3VWEaTGbcp0Q2HW039Zhcbyw1xCXFN16xJOLMr57_YJ_XhcjIEyp-3A_AzFmTli94mBgc4/s3774/IMG_8408.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2830" data-original-width="3774" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUboEp3LIhNz5LC8gdPGHnWWUwKHhm7a9JA4wLhpeXOqJ59uwoPIKVOyXyEKMfOUCPd1uLE3VWEaTGbcp0Q2HW039Zhcbyw1xCXFN16xJOLMr57_YJ_XhcjIEyp-3A_AzFmTli94mBgc4/w640-h480/IMG_8408.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Great exhibits and building architecture</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZmFEyw629wl-EIMxCHnPoZTuYlgNfSYw_F5c0S-OYSPlbXenResdL4FcCq3ZQWT4XcLS0jIrMU9KyZFatvf4Hw8S-nR5rVU3h3E5mL5FycQF549oT3x8fleuqCk0jME6fHrXmZM1ID5iHOM4HJFYmYDrt10KrPMfzM4jA6pnULdI3EwKngZUwRaUaQ/s3678/IMG_8419.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2531" data-original-width="3678" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZmFEyw629wl-EIMxCHnPoZTuYlgNfSYw_F5c0S-OYSPlbXenResdL4FcCq3ZQWT4XcLS0jIrMU9KyZFatvf4Hw8S-nR5rVU3h3E5mL5FycQF549oT3x8fleuqCk0jME6fHrXmZM1ID5iHOM4HJFYmYDrt10KrPMfzM4jA6pnULdI3EwKngZUwRaUaQ/w640-h440/IMG_8419.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The early collectors and traders did much to revive the original pottery designs</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMHUqiTe2JjdVBAlFSzIqFHVjbzuKoQ7U9bxWQPCD6Y57dFu5lXwGTV88zZLySp11zz-o_O1R84bUmOVkqCHc1B2CI1-yWHOtIOvgZzRTpOzGukAmT9okWj3uyT7_KWVuBvzzETBeiLAVZpMTFtE2D2iVHlrBN8iybebV20E5RFVlLj2OCXs6Ydv7Mg/s3896/IMG_8425.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2922" data-original-width="3896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMHUqiTe2JjdVBAlFSzIqFHVjbzuKoQ7U9bxWQPCD6Y57dFu5lXwGTV88zZLySp11zz-o_O1R84bUmOVkqCHc1B2CI1-yWHOtIOvgZzRTpOzGukAmT9okWj3uyT7_KWVuBvzzETBeiLAVZpMTFtE2D2iVHlrBN8iybebV20E5RFVlLj2OCXs6Ydv7Mg/w640-h480/IMG_8425.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I love his journals</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZy9Fy0ZmYQM0EgIbsv-X-FVn1BRgB8MQ-StMlbaXpx01MoXpS8sB4WTfL_n_fc28c6YpWy8qPD88Pb2AlQ6RjME-Z6nQwp0If6Bs-mHSjgPNzkidWpU-af1ZH_Xn2Un6Zj0r_k2tz4LxeDoWaPQZGHowLMOyVGisvNhGhKshaQo9MgdWcsTqSwqs20A/s3511/IMG_8426.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3511" data-original-width="2311" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZy9Fy0ZmYQM0EgIbsv-X-FVn1BRgB8MQ-StMlbaXpx01MoXpS8sB4WTfL_n_fc28c6YpWy8qPD88Pb2AlQ6RjME-Z6nQwp0If6Bs-mHSjgPNzkidWpU-af1ZH_Xn2Un6Zj0r_k2tz4LxeDoWaPQZGHowLMOyVGisvNhGhKshaQo9MgdWcsTqSwqs20A/w422-h640/IMG_8426.jpeg" width="422" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He was a super collector who donated it for a cause</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNiFdCuXy0ip_mRnGh_DIWGFKyksRcFylaHINnTiwn1RcWTLCiPcnD8C34vqnWqy945TtvK9qcHiFUvBEAgLNuSc6DfzU8_HN1MZSHfomutdfayOwZfjUF5QNcIMtrzxQNwR4NQz1c14lk7IpaaSFqBnxH_KvGlSrO1OFPMhUgElPjIVXrhAHnwfUVA/s3534/IMG_8434.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3534" data-original-width="2932" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNiFdCuXy0ip_mRnGh_DIWGFKyksRcFylaHINnTiwn1RcWTLCiPcnD8C34vqnWqy945TtvK9qcHiFUvBEAgLNuSc6DfzU8_HN1MZSHfomutdfayOwZfjUF5QNcIMtrzxQNwR4NQz1c14lk7IpaaSFqBnxH_KvGlSrO1OFPMhUgElPjIVXrhAHnwfUVA/w530-h640/IMG_8434.jpeg" width="530" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Indian artist Baje Whitethorne Sr.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYzTCoJhzWhfc3F4w3OSBEhossKM2WPColSYgeuFZHuLnyYvlaPPxMPEdrGb8BA_c0NxUme0OXxvRyaDoD6pOIb8iKme-gcpXu0mlHvOv0jWDD_KGGq9sQsLZLkuX6a0rJXTiJF9L8DhVUOs32I29jbXExO4k2aTrX6sCqoPfZ-3TqsZYHm1JI-_xL6g/s3367/IMG_8435.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3367" data-original-width="2671" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYzTCoJhzWhfc3F4w3OSBEhossKM2WPColSYgeuFZHuLnyYvlaPPxMPEdrGb8BA_c0NxUme0OXxvRyaDoD6pOIb8iKme-gcpXu0mlHvOv0jWDD_KGGq9sQsLZLkuX6a0rJXTiJF9L8DhVUOs32I29jbXExO4k2aTrX6sCqoPfZ-3TqsZYHm1JI-_xL6g/w508-h640/IMG_8435.jpeg" width="508" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just a nice story</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrRWWm0NcbAAPJNRuFbcrXe8hZfkeXyeLiRfMgYW6b2lO2yqwYotglhSRM1KnytB5do1qfp3tUHcBBsd0t080Zelc-i094foGVXb6SOZ83OmVL5W_6WuDEp_-Tc0BTxBPJzAUQ5mQwanaIam4k9wrhJf6SrmGyUHgH7lEJMxdZZnYOQ-MLj8iw6JlfQ/s3832/IMG_8438.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2910" data-original-width="3832" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrRWWm0NcbAAPJNRuFbcrXe8hZfkeXyeLiRfMgYW6b2lO2yqwYotglhSRM1KnytB5do1qfp3tUHcBBsd0t080Zelc-i094foGVXb6SOZ83OmVL5W_6WuDEp_-Tc0BTxBPJzAUQ5mQwanaIam4k9wrhJf6SrmGyUHgH7lEJMxdZZnYOQ-MLj8iw6JlfQ/w640-h486/IMG_8438.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lots of bright colors</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7J37EDItvuGa8VMEp-o6aJerO7KNEhACK0BJjOsHxkxXkBoiMzf5pDHq_aX6QEXlaLQlFzHq00NYPDZ1HYXS4y5aqd5Lu7s1DcJl-s9IxZ6cgC7HfA6e6TsxOx4uuD95jvVe1mehxnuvcPN3UvGtv3NEghDkqJ_qrE1GAJzjvt_iCbKvNZdEsiuEOA/s3617/IMG_8440.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2712" data-original-width="3617" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7J37EDItvuGa8VMEp-o6aJerO7KNEhACK0BJjOsHxkxXkBoiMzf5pDHq_aX6QEXlaLQlFzHq00NYPDZ1HYXS4y5aqd5Lu7s1DcJl-s9IxZ6cgC7HfA6e6TsxOx4uuD95jvVe1mehxnuvcPN3UvGtv3NEghDkqJ_qrE1GAJzjvt_iCbKvNZdEsiuEOA/w640-h480/IMG_8440.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shelves and shelves of pottery on display here </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6HFDq8eje2iWhWfx_xP1Wl0oJNB5DzKqrLHVJUMq4BCiya3ICbPbdC1iRy6erLxfsfokRempdBXzWKS8-jDG02wsZj5GPsE4B6di4x9F6r5k3pQdECr5aSwmNIWl07ZRtVPeJ0vQYvVyMY6H7-ww1TVFQclJtnuqkLEk0X8W1bLfCtuMz7yAEBaFTA/s3355/IMG_8443.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3355" data-original-width="2526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6HFDq8eje2iWhWfx_xP1Wl0oJNB5DzKqrLHVJUMq4BCiya3ICbPbdC1iRy6erLxfsfokRempdBXzWKS8-jDG02wsZj5GPsE4B6di4x9F6r5k3pQdECr5aSwmNIWl07ZRtVPeJ0vQYvVyMY6H7-ww1TVFQclJtnuqkLEk0X8W1bLfCtuMz7yAEBaFTA/w482-h640/IMG_8443.jpeg" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tim's Cave - A sad story with a happy ending</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_FNWgeAhHHzpGrAaGUMZ8OxpX0M-GMeJ2gfTESCrfghBl3vujYJ4oICihkHxT5qqF6b0iwyhAT6IoQi0SBCd5aYSIBzxTq7skF_dtT_QaBEgImkrkh-tAJQVwi6CdleeiGSmO6-qtTOP1sjMJIdk01zVPMsZmuNNJ5acc5jOwslsSfDzEKlZEOq8NA/s3535/IMG_8444.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3535" data-original-width="2557" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_FNWgeAhHHzpGrAaGUMZ8OxpX0M-GMeJ2gfTESCrfghBl3vujYJ4oICihkHxT5qqF6b0iwyhAT6IoQi0SBCd5aYSIBzxTq7skF_dtT_QaBEgImkrkh-tAJQVwi6CdleeiGSmO6-qtTOP1sjMJIdk01zVPMsZmuNNJ5acc5jOwslsSfDzEKlZEOq8NA/w462-h640/IMG_8444.jpeg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2731" data-original-width="3733" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilvEufjh0VlCeriFBwl35irRtRHW7n9Z6Ox6C3xBZwyaovMGknLDwukM78A-BZqaLOgC7dEyA1NBezELIUlxogmKdP2knY_ep70CMmoCmPy4AgGQt0MhzNbdbjA9WZbybf4vHEgS3znpKUIlu8kMOy6UFFMgB0zjMbkqnrtvbPCwxgnQmryUuLYn1jQ/w640-h468/IMG_8446.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Amazing painted mural, see details below</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LvCOnmBfPrflP0mGg2mfJYRudGIeeDZ3CMZKY9e6RKT34-C4H2iCU5UNuCJyOaMHI2xtaQlpDsgYn8cENxKypdByP-KURdCc162clTwkY94S_DRd7-eOTYpJs31vZv2f2InbzZM8jQcNRQUO-LJF-hakNIL4YABYAr6wi25LShnAO3aZloQ0-EI3Ag/s3264/IMG_8447.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1597" data-original-width="3264" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LvCOnmBfPrflP0mGg2mfJYRudGIeeDZ3CMZKY9e6RKT34-C4H2iCU5UNuCJyOaMHI2xtaQlpDsgYn8cENxKypdByP-KURdCc162clTwkY94S_DRd7-eOTYpJs31vZv2f2InbzZM8jQcNRQUO-LJF-hakNIL4YABYAr6wi25LShnAO3aZloQ0-EI3Ag/w640-h314/IMG_8447.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGooKP0BAXu4RCVFl-GraNZqMVCaBMeWLIIXtpPHOQpQYmvJH5y5CYX5YTjCRIphC06MQMmBi0NAMf3NqkKnvNl5ZT16vWwzXWiHaqGZ_P2ohweo67Z5GW0BGwdfhKJLG_z2jaidurKPZ76ZB4gdXcsUfj5gCnd4tCp9nIWSlFJ7iSs9gfQrfP32syg/s2462/IMG_8448.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2362" data-original-width="2462" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGooKP0BAXu4RCVFl-GraNZqMVCaBMeWLIIXtpPHOQpQYmvJH5y5CYX5YTjCRIphC06MQMmBi0NAMf3NqkKnvNl5ZT16vWwzXWiHaqGZ_P2ohweo67Z5GW0BGwdfhKJLG_z2jaidurKPZ76ZB4gdXcsUfj5gCnd4tCp9nIWSlFJ7iSs9gfQrfP32syg/w640-h614/IMG_8448.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The first wave of invaders, but not the last</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Afterwards, I go the downtown Flagstaff which is little changed from my last visit, but always interesting. Instead of going to a fine restaurant and spending and eating way more than I wanted to, I went to a small Pizza shop, Alpine Pizza, one of the oldest businesses in Flagstaff, under the same ownership since 1973. It is a little dated and funky inside with wooden booths all carved and marked up with visitors initials and such. I ordered a half a meatball sub sandwich which I haven’t had in years. It was so good, I believe one of the best I’ve ever had and since I was the only customer had a nice conversation with the young woman there about my travels. She even encouraged me to write on one of the walls with her pen.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagstaff,_Arizona">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagstaff,_Arizona</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBen1QxPtc1WHeAWlDRpRJBrlGgqEUh8p2pka7thDxn3IjaUSkKjaSfB8tyhX-Ewh15xRoqWrtvF-P27K0_Bx_LkQ0hoNcWsDNXgtFPu1NyF6ssiezavTfJDAn2JUwAvi0JxoLjWqtDqVKm-lbu8dG2UkGWieSMFNRqNxaXIQ0WBm_YHJs30fX-3qynA/s4032/IMG_8405.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBen1QxPtc1WHeAWlDRpRJBrlGgqEUh8p2pka7thDxn3IjaUSkKjaSfB8tyhX-Ewh15xRoqWrtvF-P27K0_Bx_LkQ0hoNcWsDNXgtFPu1NyF6ssiezavTfJDAn2JUwAvi0JxoLjWqtDqVKm-lbu8dG2UkGWieSMFNRqNxaXIQ0WBm_YHJs30fX-3qynA/w640-h480/IMG_8405.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Driving into Flagstaff, I made a risky U-turn to go back to this mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PUZuqHQojoT7xEbPrEVdl6wF7ej6kwqyaATCFTBji_5XsJqjXFsCCTUmzBKlsBLKcEFUnGorzU1IVhlHMKnEttLkw3sUbEvULPqa11DuZ8B4HYsKg739Sc3fnvXcP7IXZDaZo-Naskxn3PFUEZgOH95hyJf3V7SsNyHrRaAeLN1yaNhZz9boeiQzeg/s3897/IMG_8469.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2922" data-original-width="3897" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PUZuqHQojoT7xEbPrEVdl6wF7ej6kwqyaATCFTBji_5XsJqjXFsCCTUmzBKlsBLKcEFUnGorzU1IVhlHMKnEttLkw3sUbEvULPqa11DuZ8B4HYsKg739Sc3fnvXcP7IXZDaZo-Naskxn3PFUEZgOH95hyJf3V7SsNyHrRaAeLN1yaNhZz9boeiQzeg/w640-h480/IMG_8469.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Orpheum Theater mural is quite interesting, but what does it mean ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGL_-Q6R7srWkmM-OYx50S6xldKhGyEsgGvzuaSLwnY7KH_3X__mHJeLUY38hnEng5VkIkHcQPycGYausokXRu7EUsQZAFhqS9K1rN0H-m_-hqDMZGF4BtzjgvOaESAyXZHs3PzJdm-L4QjCtDlFF9n3q62UGamr4Exn9imU4geQAchjRGuT4VA7-Aw/s4032/IMG_8472.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGL_-Q6R7srWkmM-OYx50S6xldKhGyEsgGvzuaSLwnY7KH_3X__mHJeLUY38hnEng5VkIkHcQPycGYausokXRu7EUsQZAFhqS9K1rN0H-m_-hqDMZGF4BtzjgvOaESAyXZHs3PzJdm-L4QjCtDlFF9n3q62UGamr4Exn9imU4geQAchjRGuT4VA7-Aw/w640-h480/IMG_8472.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a woodsy college town thing</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxY5ifP69CkddZM5TzVzuEPSt6vcPkJxhkT4jg7C7QmKlg5I-RdSxC-NC3a9HCkCiUftnHgdGKiHhWOATKqpWw3SyygaFJ6K601fjwcVhqa0Z_ho6CRJEku2aBNgHAGkQnJtalt9ujzgcX2mYiNJRIvWFyBAJ6rot7oTfr6dz1ai-Cn_yGFDeilaVObQ/s3875/IMG_8473.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3875" data-original-width="2906" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxY5ifP69CkddZM5TzVzuEPSt6vcPkJxhkT4jg7C7QmKlg5I-RdSxC-NC3a9HCkCiUftnHgdGKiHhWOATKqpWw3SyygaFJ6K601fjwcVhqa0Z_ho6CRJEku2aBNgHAGkQnJtalt9ujzgcX2mYiNJRIvWFyBAJ6rot7oTfr6dz1ai-Cn_yGFDeilaVObQ/w480-h640/IMG_8473.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Excellent sporting goods here these days</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKIeYYLm3tnaacnZbQGYX-jCdNOtOoWDZ9qOYusd_uYGq3VX47nJB2PB_FMY1gMSddpvT_sM6Bj1lrFPVRTHarLdHfgL-PmQwPrMT1djQB4kA3yzao2-dD3FGRjkxdNBquSZNC09DUhXY1eKIqHw2GAJrvLvnYE7S6uLZSVW3Kwi9aBwwCiySiaxKEg/s3950/IMG_8481.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3950" data-original-width="2962" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKIeYYLm3tnaacnZbQGYX-jCdNOtOoWDZ9qOYusd_uYGq3VX47nJB2PB_FMY1gMSddpvT_sM6Bj1lrFPVRTHarLdHfgL-PmQwPrMT1djQB4kA3yzao2-dD3FGRjkxdNBquSZNC09DUhXY1eKIqHw2GAJrvLvnYE7S6uLZSVW3Kwi9aBwwCiySiaxKEg/w480-h640/IMG_8481.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The iconic Hotel Monte Vista sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GXpMKExndi0wTGcOXt4bze0NNZCdmQ91IUzZHqpdnmf8yuoTIPNlQ-t9vPoZ39Mi_-5LAb9OSBsPwkuPnfhkKjWjOp96C-OVZSxyS-Q7afKpZJkTK2CY-uyh5JotMzWHTQEvocjzLbMJUKkPt6UYbMDyIfzksvw3L6rb3xd2EdvfnHAY5jFlcXTagw/s3739/IMG_8484.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2804" data-original-width="3739" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GXpMKExndi0wTGcOXt4bze0NNZCdmQ91IUzZHqpdnmf8yuoTIPNlQ-t9vPoZ39Mi_-5LAb9OSBsPwkuPnfhkKjWjOp96C-OVZSxyS-Q7afKpZJkTK2CY-uyh5JotMzWHTQEvocjzLbMJUKkPt6UYbMDyIfzksvw3L6rb3xd2EdvfnHAY5jFlcXTagw/w640-h480/IMG_8484.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bike Shop mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I then explored downtown for a while until 7:30 when a solo musician, Robin Miller, was to play at Charlie’s Pub and Grill at the historic Weatherford Hotel. I wasn’t expecting anything special, but he was, a really great guitar piano player with an equally good voice. He played mostly classic rock stuff that often sounded as good as the original, for a while I wondered if it was his real voice or enhanced by some form of new technology. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I was distracted somewhat by two very overweight young girls eating like hogs at the end of the bar who really shouldn’t be. Then this young man, rather attractive, part Indian in appearance sat next to me. He seemed normal for a while, but I wondered why he wasn’t ordering a drink, until he asked me if I would buy him one. He was then looking for a cigarette, went outside to bum one, came back to check the time, no phone, he had to call a friend who was going to pick him up. I then started to get more than a little suspicious about this guy and decided it was time for me to make an exit.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy1VKSV0CEdmt-dJdmlg3cuqAOPOptgn1z4uxjZP2wfUBTjkgMdpYWDs_UT6KoOpp-Z9nrzWyyPE4G8w0qJGA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">It was another night on a nearby street with an early morning departure. I drive straight back on route 17 south towards Phoenix making a breakfast stop at the Rock Springs Cafe in Black Canyon, Arizona. Everyone else seems to stop here as well because it is very good. I had forgotten how steeply uphill and downhill this highway is and the reckless speeds that todays motorists drive. It’s amazing there are not more crashes on this highway. After that rat race drive, you get to go through the gauntlet again driving through downtown Phoenix. After getting through Phoenix, the stretch to Tucson is relatively easy, but continues heavy with trucks and the always erratic drivers. </span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Another summer tour completed, 59 days on the road, traveling 5,989 miles in a grand loop through Arizona-California-Nevada-Utah-Colorao-Arizona. There were 46 different overnight locations, 40 free sites (Walmart, Truck stop, BLM, USFS and street,) 4 half price campgrounds and 2 hotel stays. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I decided not to track my fuel cost, too scary, but had no breakdowns or unexpected repairs, no injuries, no accidents, so it's a successful adventure. Will there be more road trips this year? My wife, (the infamous Twinkles) doesn't think so and I am presently feeling sort of old and tired, so it's doubtful, <u>for now</u>, but not for <u>ever</u>. </p></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-42809656392081101682022-08-07T10:21:00.000-07:002022-08-07T10:21:47.061-07:00Gunnison, Montrose, Ridgway, Ouray and Rico, Colorado<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">July 22 - 24, 2022:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I arrive in Gunnison, Colorado, park on the main street and walk around taking a few photos, my usual thing. It’s way more attractive than expected with several nice breakfast restaurants that are tempting me and many outdoors equipment and fishing shops. This is a huge boating and fishing area at this time of year and then skiing in the winter season. I leave on route 50 heading west for Montrose, CO. The highway follows the Gunnison River which seem more like a huge reservoir with short sections of river in between. This is the huge Curecanti National Recreational Area catering mainly to the boating and fishing crowd. There are several campgrounds and river access points along this area. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnison,_Colorado">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnison,_Colorado</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQxxiaWqxu2zvXTnLOXYbGQUvjOenYpv18HScg0fG91BwA1-Rc_UuL_votbcfuC_rZAXCySvn_Lf-Lcs8x4B4DF2R4TMPGMyR0khviNViG8_e3Qf8EpJRypNQg8nkAffLo1k3UveE4YXyKlt9Fk5SGxvMd3kdV0FYZ2tIx8A0L-Wcu4dcySZ3e9VSIA/s3952/IMG_7938.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2964" data-original-width="3952" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQxxiaWqxu2zvXTnLOXYbGQUvjOenYpv18HScg0fG91BwA1-Rc_UuL_votbcfuC_rZAXCySvn_Lf-Lcs8x4B4DF2R4TMPGMyR0khviNViG8_e3Qf8EpJRypNQg8nkAffLo1k3UveE4YXyKlt9Fk5SGxvMd3kdV0FYZ2tIx8A0L-Wcu4dcySZ3e9VSIA/w640-h480/IMG_7938.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A visionary sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUdB-sdbNKLZwshA2lJzACiHGLhgHUugwCIZ1Y3TIhHsSMcZjOjvOOzpmRzI71Fq7YOBX2uUSRSL_eBT_LWujXrCL5plXFmb-6D-b2BeBOQX9SleQ6zLuZKpRjTMmU-1Zuda6csExMMEu-sKaNc1rDg6FzSzksW6YGcdAltTlNesnl4vt4c39C4CUtA/s3217/IMG_7941.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2640" data-original-width="3217" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUdB-sdbNKLZwshA2lJzACiHGLhgHUugwCIZ1Y3TIhHsSMcZjOjvOOzpmRzI71Fq7YOBX2uUSRSL_eBT_LWujXrCL5plXFmb-6D-b2BeBOQX9SleQ6zLuZKpRjTMmU-1Zuda6csExMMEu-sKaNc1rDg6FzSzksW6YGcdAltTlNesnl4vt4c39C4CUtA/w640-h526/IMG_7941.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Great old neon cafe sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1qGP6J5YGgHw1sValR04yU3ti3cYs4fCjPT7ldR_HUMj294OpjNXaYTdskLsAKnm5q73ma2XnnqzzghbNlCMzop7JNkhieIQ0GAde3oSWlsxLXImHKsplDQkhBNF_-GKTfIYbcqruRUwh0ONqOeXswO801sYkuU5jnQFwiBd0e6LuJq22ofAfMFJ5Q/s4032/IMG_7942.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1qGP6J5YGgHw1sValR04yU3ti3cYs4fCjPT7ldR_HUMj294OpjNXaYTdskLsAKnm5q73ma2XnnqzzghbNlCMzop7JNkhieIQ0GAde3oSWlsxLXImHKsplDQkhBNF_-GKTfIYbcqruRUwh0ONqOeXswO801sYkuU5jnQFwiBd0e6LuJq22ofAfMFJ5Q/w640-h480/IMG_7942.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gunnison welcome sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGt-9pJZ29vdDjcYKWm5ELrj810KYdcwD3lZAUbGBxeW5i8e1D2BI_yFSlytcD5Ue8fJ8A3xvf6nTP9KThsbs6johr4aeJW11q1aAo8sPORXKWXcfJ6tbIQt9nx3qWRx4fWMQJVz_YGpH52OLcnnu9tmy3h_xaP0nOcAMKjPTYPvd_p1mBOgojs6JkpA/s3936/IMG_7947.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2952" data-original-width="3936" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGt-9pJZ29vdDjcYKWm5ELrj810KYdcwD3lZAUbGBxeW5i8e1D2BI_yFSlytcD5Ue8fJ8A3xvf6nTP9KThsbs6johr4aeJW11q1aAo8sPORXKWXcfJ6tbIQt9nx3qWRx4fWMQJVz_YGpH52OLcnnu9tmy3h_xaP0nOcAMKjPTYPvd_p1mBOgojs6JkpA/w640-h480/IMG_7947.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gunnison River view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The highway traffic is rather heavy, but suddenly comes to a halt as we enter the mountainous area. There is a massive highway rebuilding project through the mountain pass and only one lane is open. They are alternating long lines of vehicles following a guide vehicle through the construction area. It about a 15 miles segment of really rugged mountain terrain. I don’t see how the construction crews are able to get much work accomplished with all the traffic delay. Once through the construction zone, the highway then has a series of long 3 1/2 - 4 mile steep uphill and downhill grades before you are out of it. It was actually a pretty wild drive, I was real glad to get to the end. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I have also been in Montrose, CO a couple of times before and make a library stop, first thing, then a Main Street stop. I go to a favorite cafe, The Daily Bread Bakery and Cafe, for lunch and it is good as I remember it. I consider spending the day in Montrose, but there is nothing special going on, I’ve seen it, so I continue on route 550 south to Ridgway, CO. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montrose,_Colorado">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montrose,_Colorado</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZwAIaE6L6fZY_5hFgLuLY_FjQbQQ_mWxP0i7ITlu37CE2gbYsgMngEU35JtUkkqW8TZ8C12ifARXMrQ_xEVdGbR7kUld12PNAY_nhbw1gJiUpvjHp4swF3ibVVrYeRADwPVZK_UoM4aE92IM7iydulYgN-r15eZK00HfZRm9-rRCEKvOo5sILhjTBw/s3859/IMG_7950.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2894" data-original-width="3859" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZwAIaE6L6fZY_5hFgLuLY_FjQbQQ_mWxP0i7ITlu37CE2gbYsgMngEU35JtUkkqW8TZ8C12ifARXMrQ_xEVdGbR7kUld12PNAY_nhbw1gJiUpvjHp4swF3ibVVrYeRADwPVZK_UoM4aE92IM7iydulYgN-r15eZK00HfZRm9-rRCEKvOo5sILhjTBw/w640-h480/IMG_7950.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mural on back of downtown shop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRH4GtY15ywZwV77VQphvsYO10gn69x5klWYJ-PwhbWVojxnr7gnvtyRfB2lOv5FyHqvIu0m-0nFv2RpTIl4H9YXlsZe02DyYUCoGuuq9uLTtFrvr2DDmmrH8z6Sc_ShQ7pxzprAUIjzcA0xcyw50sy5GtDozY10ijvKyJRHP1QZ8d_tj1FgwkhTciwQ/s3963/IMG_7955.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2972" data-original-width="3963" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRH4GtY15ywZwV77VQphvsYO10gn69x5klWYJ-PwhbWVojxnr7gnvtyRfB2lOv5FyHqvIu0m-0nFv2RpTIl4H9YXlsZe02DyYUCoGuuq9uLTtFrvr2DDmmrH8z6Sc_ShQ7pxzprAUIjzcA0xcyw50sy5GtDozY10ijvKyJRHP1QZ8d_tj1FgwkhTciwQ/w640-h480/IMG_7955.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">River mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ridgway, CO is yet another familiar town and one that I especially like. In fact I could live in this town, it has it all, great scenery, a very nice artsy vibe, a good brewery, a nice town park area with frequent music concerts, several good restaurants, a good food market and an ice cream stand. What else does one need ? </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The excellent farmers market is just ending as I arrive and they had a free music concert last evening. I have had the absolute worst luck on this tour finding any live music, always a day late or a day early. I spend the night in a parking lot in front of the church, no problem here.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgway,_Colorado">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgway,_Colorado</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGN2wKzdaIcCzILKL6pWVin4zfj4DtIXiJz9hWfPFrWsQ31Ky-_b1gxj1HWmUHbBzTNP6h-K0O4NMrR9zMibHGJ2czdK0y7QBYV3Kq9GYONld46ICb236310PH2XOb0rc3GnLE6qUbmBiJ-iGvxWJmOobWf6mnuCbk4VYy7SsBA5kewfxithWvmFroQ/s3880/IMG_7960.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2910" data-original-width="3880" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGN2wKzdaIcCzILKL6pWVin4zfj4DtIXiJz9hWfPFrWsQ31Ky-_b1gxj1HWmUHbBzTNP6h-K0O4NMrR9zMibHGJ2czdK0y7QBYV3Kq9GYONld46ICb236310PH2XOb0rc3GnLE6qUbmBiJ-iGvxWJmOobWf6mnuCbk4VYy7SsBA5kewfxithWvmFroQ/w640-h480/IMG_7960.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful mural on downtown shop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB19wzQdFeDJi2XO-ohB3Itv13MyIPq7sGBtD_t0PM06IZAoee-tNsdSuKrFx4UMYbygeIhWa1Mo8zjJISKvruVH9aTlFRzpzXy56ZW-FE1m-pBtrItcYOdT9N7NvDJBPZkPkJwQW95R_zfiaWgXnlv3NCLj-vBildgZQ9NeBZw-WpFQRabaWkeBv44Q/s3918/IMG_7961.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2938" data-original-width="3918" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB19wzQdFeDJi2XO-ohB3Itv13MyIPq7sGBtD_t0PM06IZAoee-tNsdSuKrFx4UMYbygeIhWa1Mo8zjJISKvruVH9aTlFRzpzXy56ZW-FE1m-pBtrItcYOdT9N7NvDJBPZkPkJwQW95R_zfiaWgXnlv3NCLj-vBildgZQ9NeBZw-WpFQRabaWkeBv44Q/w640-h480/IMG_7961.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The facade is propped up while the building is being reconstructed</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7up8bpN5km9W_RBmTx2oT5PpsY9jeIijZ-hSqcAoleUYNQeBUzFaHGI2dxU37OJfj_fsgpA8qwd_1hX-IH0ILwFLSaH6B5MG8Usz3GwHXzmOtVbQauSvfpZL5gFp4VZ50kd9he49t5vvM1t8Ul4zZrRmWJsmwfDWCMJ1MIx0hP2DKIDQ-xfA7mfo2g/s3931/IMG_7964.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2948" data-original-width="3931" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7up8bpN5km9W_RBmTx2oT5PpsY9jeIijZ-hSqcAoleUYNQeBUzFaHGI2dxU37OJfj_fsgpA8qwd_1hX-IH0ILwFLSaH6B5MG8Usz3GwHXzmOtVbQauSvfpZL5gFp4VZ50kd9he49t5vvM1t8Ul4zZrRmWJsmwfDWCMJ1MIx0hP2DKIDQ-xfA7mfo2g/w640-h480/IMG_7964.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">True Grit Cafe where movie scenes were filmed</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjreO5H4Sa-PBs6KUu8VMF7xhXMFNMfad6aDXa9cOgfs1YUjcLWLMTQKywOrnsBjjuRjLYT8GCcFiATSESGd9ZHeo20Z-trUfCqgZESCRgHXUxdjLkNScR7hybaDvrNCxcWv5IOJjSCzOPJ1DZL2wiNUe-7jvfg1RnK7hJjZychZwgLTXX59CfVjE8mCQ/s4032/IMG_7967.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjreO5H4Sa-PBs6KUu8VMF7xhXMFNMfad6aDXa9cOgfs1YUjcLWLMTQKywOrnsBjjuRjLYT8GCcFiATSESGd9ZHeo20Z-trUfCqgZESCRgHXUxdjLkNScR7hybaDvrNCxcWv5IOJjSCzOPJ1DZL2wiNUe-7jvfg1RnK7hJjZychZwgLTXX59CfVjE8mCQ/w640-h480/IMG_7967.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rainbow over town park</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbXu5XP5s62mymPYDaqmQIw1MaufTVKk23FoSay5oFRHb084qlSH-q1scA7fOKkKnMIaRjzY4_IJpbCzKpolYF-Q_ThAF10ZVSWbpQM85F1X40cZpmAw5mCB32M95u0az8yHaA6uI2iVryNt2U303MYjgJ6l04WkF6FZaj6MfUFJ95RGLP7jV5RYP8Q/s3872/IMG_7970.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2904" data-original-width="3872" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbXu5XP5s62mymPYDaqmQIw1MaufTVKk23FoSay5oFRHb084qlSH-q1scA7fOKkKnMIaRjzY4_IJpbCzKpolYF-Q_ThAF10ZVSWbpQM85F1X40cZpmAw5mCB32M95u0az8yHaA6uI2iVryNt2U303MYjgJ6l04WkF6FZaj6MfUFJ95RGLP7jV5RYP8Q/w640-h480/IMG_7970.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Restaurant mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Next morning, I’m off to Ouray, CO for a short visit as it is only 15 miles away. I park, it’s early the streets are quiet and most shops are closed. I walk around checked out the sights, the most activity is at the Jeep tour business and the adjacent Goldbelt Bar/Cafe which is open for breakfast. I get a coffee, sit on the front porch and observe the people getting ready to go out for a guided tour. I’m quite amused by the wide variety and numbers of long distance bikers (both pedal bikes and motorcycles) loaded with huge saddlebags and gear. Equally comical are the Harley Motorcycle riding crowd getting all dressed back up in up their Harley costumes to roar off. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouray,_Colorado">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouray,_Colorado</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIRgZ9R2MBFXqmZxZgDItjo11-k0baZrNEOd2GdBAmYBRHXhshYa6aOf4e17uvQ3P9hYOO9PX1AxtLPNY9xcrKNAL6-qjvOD3MTYDeAkXLthOWryeMmIRdfmvta-51qrZCqZXlom5yGZFkyLY1KICaUAT0uATHmf69rZDjA9wprhSmYZZ29CzkiDrjQ/s3750/IMG_7975.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2812" data-original-width="3750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIRgZ9R2MBFXqmZxZgDItjo11-k0baZrNEOd2GdBAmYBRHXhshYa6aOf4e17uvQ3P9hYOO9PX1AxtLPNY9xcrKNAL6-qjvOD3MTYDeAkXLthOWryeMmIRdfmvta-51qrZCqZXlom5yGZFkyLY1KICaUAT0uATHmf69rZDjA9wprhSmYZZ29CzkiDrjQ/w640-h480/IMG_7975.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Impressive Eagles Club</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzYzuVUhEyC_MV1oCIkLE1H17dAAnrjMCSnzQVOgLLZuf-gcNn7oqNDl_oADS4IU_Gh5cWBhLMFr7dszq_wpIfB_IWPYj7rj-mlZrv0mdrWijGFxV7TUd2UHTHGSOOGC4AC3zs5_UMKi_pPsv4GRmf5oOhwjbhbrz0UnjgGadJky53faptc5lQ-xf9g/s3822/IMG_7976.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2866" data-original-width="3822" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzYzuVUhEyC_MV1oCIkLE1H17dAAnrjMCSnzQVOgLLZuf-gcNn7oqNDl_oADS4IU_Gh5cWBhLMFr7dszq_wpIfB_IWPYj7rj-mlZrv0mdrWijGFxV7TUd2UHTHGSOOGC4AC3zs5_UMKi_pPsv4GRmf5oOhwjbhbrz0UnjgGadJky53faptc5lQ-xf9g/w640-h480/IMG_7976.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many beautiful old buildings in Ouray</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtPNFmnjJkeb-PWvFGOqP-kYo0L6j_0rQecW_gYtnHlbdT8DYbD-iFnqV0EhtinA0uoamlqfcjtz_YjPe5Xny9X89sKq4YDm57crCHSs8PU54z4-IYl9YwaaKb9eZPxwqkG7iNZu0lNrfynj0wuu-gicuH4wmj3ZuXy66v9A4ow_PlR56T6JW042EPg/s3880/IMG_7980.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2910" data-original-width="3880" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtPNFmnjJkeb-PWvFGOqP-kYo0L6j_0rQecW_gYtnHlbdT8DYbD-iFnqV0EhtinA0uoamlqfcjtz_YjPe5Xny9X89sKq4YDm57crCHSs8PU54z4-IYl9YwaaKb9eZPxwqkG7iNZu0lNrfynj0wuu-gicuH4wmj3ZuXy66v9A4ow_PlR56T6JW042EPg/w640-h480/IMG_7980.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Colorado Boy sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnT0c2sZfL1bj-GgCJPCarIbVDCrdfWZoz6G3HH5rNXst8qCsp3wSrMYJF7vIE0P3PHllgxNCLMP53Hihpuj8-Xwyi3U0aEGD22aDDTEPFez2m5UA317rbf2wSzdEI9epv10ojkX68_NeGMbwzSZ1fyLE-kbrEoQ2NjwpCJ2pM2xInislnUG_6pgYAw/s3690/IMG_7982.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2767" data-original-width="3690" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnT0c2sZfL1bj-GgCJPCarIbVDCrdfWZoz6G3HH5rNXst8qCsp3wSrMYJF7vIE0P3PHllgxNCLMP53Hihpuj8-Xwyi3U0aEGD22aDDTEPFez2m5UA317rbf2wSzdEI9epv10ojkX68_NeGMbwzSZ1fyLE-kbrEoQ2NjwpCJ2pM2xInislnUG_6pgYAw/w640-h480/IMG_7982.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful flower pot made from old ore cart</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPrDAB-CUC53pGd-6J5DDiyyx3RA9dPCLJSdn6eKcpBeAv0Ixi24Lb5txC-deRLYhnwlex_3b8n5fOBPQxFdN-RRM9C1OecMbay5D3ZjKADtz503xWjVFIIulQKQHVDGOCmau17oLMjYNEu4PgSKN2j6VMOqnhjkEBK7iQT4qdyXHsCaPgSyFhMTmJQ/s3915/IMG_7985.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2936" data-original-width="3915" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPrDAB-CUC53pGd-6J5DDiyyx3RA9dPCLJSdn6eKcpBeAv0Ixi24Lb5txC-deRLYhnwlex_3b8n5fOBPQxFdN-RRM9C1OecMbay5D3ZjKADtz503xWjVFIIulQKQHVDGOCmau17oLMjYNEu4PgSKN2j6VMOqnhjkEBK7iQT4qdyXHsCaPgSyFhMTmJQ/w640-h480/IMG_7985.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The background is impressive</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaB73eTac8j3-YV8Jh25FzJ1kYTkX9aO-_oYdId1q-T0oBcvjMLcn-qQPBzPE-lWIltkXWaP3y1RrLfvh4KVAvmSkNXNe4GYwp0we0yycGzdl9Rh0Egz7sdgS7mtHCP64jCVOkgoxxJXuEOzq7RtQXAIB65pf4dJeJYwNIsVD0S7EcBcW3PR89MW8Lg/s4032/IMG_7987.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaB73eTac8j3-YV8Jh25FzJ1kYTkX9aO-_oYdId1q-T0oBcvjMLcn-qQPBzPE-lWIltkXWaP3y1RrLfvh4KVAvmSkNXNe4GYwp0we0yycGzdl9Rh0Egz7sdgS7mtHCP64jCVOkgoxxJXuEOzq7RtQXAIB65pf4dJeJYwNIsVD0S7EcBcW3PR89MW8Lg/w640-h480/IMG_7987.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Storefront details</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9jmeIbQ-G7ZQUTHTdAzD0AHPZYhVj1SPvVKqM4IwEc1Q7Zi-KMFeyQ__XOj5Kh0OFNxtwwyWdu90Ya1F27lijgKOSOIgJRdKojBYOhD8qtGax_tr_fvlV99vj9h21aNaAfxLv5A1Hx5hX-TLKrYAXCA1q727q5J37A7uhyHU4xmFkdHieX-BeUbwqQ/s4032/IMG_7989.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9jmeIbQ-G7ZQUTHTdAzD0AHPZYhVj1SPvVKqM4IwEc1Q7Zi-KMFeyQ__XOj5Kh0OFNxtwwyWdu90Ya1F27lijgKOSOIgJRdKojBYOhD8qtGax_tr_fvlV99vj9h21aNaAfxLv5A1Hx5hX-TLKrYAXCA1q727q5J37A7uhyHU4xmFkdHieX-BeUbwqQ/w640-h480/IMG_7989.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many interesting downtown shops</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRBySyakV4yMtMFg7G7FZNtVXwqbVX0PNJX_kd8qqBaKmknsNqD4iZ19BMI_zmoTVSOOirztpj0qurdmin6XKe3j1zOQRckmpuTH_7X_n6y0PJJSV6hFMO72cwflI7Ba92oFTcjOaoXIIKlCpIC-_RKhzY5TVjE0zXN0kjaNgawVw2jfjCXuq-2iXQw/s4032/IMG_7993.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRBySyakV4yMtMFg7G7FZNtVXwqbVX0PNJX_kd8qqBaKmknsNqD4iZ19BMI_zmoTVSOOirztpj0qurdmin6XKe3j1zOQRckmpuTH_7X_n6y0PJJSV6hFMO72cwflI7Ba92oFTcjOaoXIIKlCpIC-_RKhzY5TVjE0zXN0kjaNgawVw2jfjCXuq-2iXQw/w640-h480/IMG_7993.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ouray is beautiful</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Leaving Ouray, I backtrack to Ridgway where I get on route 62 west to Placerville where I get on route 145 south. This is a part of the San Juan Skyway that I don’t remember taking in the past. Every mile of this route is beautiful, but some of the hills are long and steep really working the van. It’s somewhat cloudy with a few sprinkles on and off, but it doesn’t detract much from the scenery. I stopped for a lunch break along the road where I took a short hike mainly for the wildflowers.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://www.colorado.com/byways/san-juan-skyway">https://www.colorado.com/byways/san-juan-skyway</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSRhUbQbGJhNznqxKvK037w7t4Ckdwil1dkaPP2zzAKR1PIs6LVVxGVmw70T34WjZleWH20oQ5DgI-BO39DNwKdOw_16JMtcUFqpyDxD8mU_aTQ_6Rkdu0i66cCghSXuAqwQOO37thwFDXgZFMyy9-4j85oBwhK3SJMTtXctVfk5wb9caDh0Pe9aDfQ/s3931/IMG_8018.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2948" data-original-width="3931" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSRhUbQbGJhNznqxKvK037w7t4Ckdwil1dkaPP2zzAKR1PIs6LVVxGVmw70T34WjZleWH20oQ5DgI-BO39DNwKdOw_16JMtcUFqpyDxD8mU_aTQ_6Rkdu0i66cCghSXuAqwQOO37thwFDXgZFMyy9-4j85oBwhK3SJMTtXctVfk5wb9caDh0Pe9aDfQ/w640-h480/IMG_8018.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another great view around every curve</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitBrLtcxQYLrjx2yJI27MoxybkidpOCDSgMDWESHu32w4qcp7dZpVlaGZRkO_Lcl9G6d4WZrrNvDNB8dKuO7-s3QeVKE_4JxyNcvVnu83zzifyMwtDu8Tc9vKgoVbzEarVitkfLmn7aDGvr7uwX89iixp_h3PkqmI8Kj50PKu_04gsDnCTKSYAuYQ_w/s3883/IMG_8016.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="3883" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitBrLtcxQYLrjx2yJI27MoxybkidpOCDSgMDWESHu32w4qcp7dZpVlaGZRkO_Lcl9G6d4WZrrNvDNB8dKuO7-s3QeVKE_4JxyNcvVnu83zzifyMwtDu8Tc9vKgoVbzEarVitkfLmn7aDGvr7uwX89iixp_h3PkqmI8Kj50PKu_04gsDnCTKSYAuYQ_w/w640-h480/IMG_8016.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many curves !</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknLGe5X2E57w_83IJsUYQ6HFaZsqVb8ujLffb6pLrL6Oa5TtqEwT1KM8QCb9dRbOU8dH1KnDz6YYUKU-fj3mLWe1hVT6iAJGFkxXLFEzK6VCoIXdtbyMRTIQkBBPgp83HKWr1De6khooJS3C_5QdcuR8ilVfRBnUT8sGN0MqtMCopKreAbCr-9U2jzw/s4032/IMG_8012.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknLGe5X2E57w_83IJsUYQ6HFaZsqVb8ujLffb6pLrL6Oa5TtqEwT1KM8QCb9dRbOU8dH1KnDz6YYUKU-fj3mLWe1hVT6iAJGFkxXLFEzK6VCoIXdtbyMRTIQkBBPgp83HKWr1De6khooJS3C_5QdcuR8ilVfRBnUT8sGN0MqtMCopKreAbCr-9U2jzw/w640-h480/IMG_8012.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I made frequent stops </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1narTnCSKAVEXr9kQ8mcO5MR-C-mljQ0PrbYFk0uaaZ4KVR_Uzx2rpkeVLm-SddiLnKrDpeqLsGLYrdd-ya3G-eNV-bT3CwzUz-nUOA7JWRQtK8PQBB9BUwruA0J8vYH6tP8LGDviPCy7YiSqLs0YQLcUdeqipWPbo2g7qdp8hB77GxInTLcLnqfjw/s3939/IMG_8011.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2954" data-original-width="3939" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1narTnCSKAVEXr9kQ8mcO5MR-C-mljQ0PrbYFk0uaaZ4KVR_Uzx2rpkeVLm-SddiLnKrDpeqLsGLYrdd-ya3G-eNV-bT3CwzUz-nUOA7JWRQtK8PQBB9BUwruA0J8vYH6tP8LGDviPCy7YiSqLs0YQLcUdeqipWPbo2g7qdp8hB77GxInTLcLnqfjw/w640-h480/IMG_8011.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Creekside view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepP2nkQsAEzFY9tapKhPmLhNpBqwkZtjBXZMIrHGTn_7NdTfpGZFT04yZwScMGWa8c6IU6aScTjHazL6udrFqVcs4Sa975hd8fJwnO2chap1RnjebOo6FmVXYTY7q8H_WPNBCAexxSIb9J1heYMyy3jVUj9oT4ei-HvRnJxldoTxFC-8jUuqY4igEVA/s4032/IMG_7994.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepP2nkQsAEzFY9tapKhPmLhNpBqwkZtjBXZMIrHGTn_7NdTfpGZFT04yZwScMGWa8c6IU6aScTjHazL6udrFqVcs4Sa975hd8fJwnO2chap1RnjebOo6FmVXYTY7q8H_WPNBCAexxSIb9J1heYMyy3jVUj9oT4ei-HvRnJxldoTxFC-8jUuqY4igEVA/w640-h480/IMG_7994.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cloudy with period of rain, but still beautiful</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAnL5z7qk_MJDcS0ti3MDdFb64UTmqFcxA3umYOBp0-d25eqz0hUoRLKEUNEX2U7BCKY_-PJEHEOwW0JIfEDokY0hAg1tGwBDMngOqzStWOtQrc7gXXlE_uysCgzOdGf2grFfNHFGdmQMIgj_aEhMSSo-yJuCuOy1L3Fe8xuuVmuzwAh0RUt5Lhu3aw/s4032/IMG_7997.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2888" data-original-width="4032" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAnL5z7qk_MJDcS0ti3MDdFb64UTmqFcxA3umYOBp0-d25eqz0hUoRLKEUNEX2U7BCKY_-PJEHEOwW0JIfEDokY0hAg1tGwBDMngOqzStWOtQrc7gXXlE_uysCgzOdGf2grFfNHFGdmQMIgj_aEhMSSo-yJuCuOy1L3Fe8xuuVmuzwAh0RUt5Lhu3aw/w400-h286/IMG_7997.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Live oak tree acorns</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19UGJ1iJUzxVYJ9_RUocW3Jr2W3qbZwEThiXIcLCdamMV5DPeimIbhAOw7xhUYVCRZckjUf-B0W1Jt-xeAYR1bMKpxpiARYSbdeynEsx1yqMFcIOkeKd7ftjXeTECPqYMB_O5CHpJRFI_k5_r9Xq0W2Bv-iGxgpiOH0GdyXCYcvXaMEAHblODG7qTxA/s3559/IMG_7998.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2887" data-original-width="3559" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19UGJ1iJUzxVYJ9_RUocW3Jr2W3qbZwEThiXIcLCdamMV5DPeimIbhAOw7xhUYVCRZckjUf-B0W1Jt-xeAYR1bMKpxpiARYSbdeynEsx1yqMFcIOkeKd7ftjXeTECPqYMB_O5CHpJRFI_k5_r9Xq0W2Bv-iGxgpiOH0GdyXCYcvXaMEAHblODG7qTxA/w400-h325/IMG_7998.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Impressive berries</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyu7bDTNTK0mkp53-gIqq_H0KKnavRsoiyCum4APUoYA71bjCpiT-s0WshZ9Ut13vzHtNH110t13sX5pzdmtiWeIgpBtH1Zt1u9IN9-NpsQNPaW9_V_8Yq77Pc11BgCWTJDnimY1iMHLG05PrRJpxslC3sFgX3ojc7cV368a4qc7CuOZcdrVPdc5wlg/s3135/IMG_8009.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2627" data-original-width="3135" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyu7bDTNTK0mkp53-gIqq_H0KKnavRsoiyCum4APUoYA71bjCpiT-s0WshZ9Ut13vzHtNH110t13sX5pzdmtiWeIgpBtH1Zt1u9IN9-NpsQNPaW9_V_8Yq77Pc11BgCWTJDnimY1iMHLG05PrRJpxslC3sFgX3ojc7cV368a4qc7CuOZcdrVPdc5wlg/w640-h536/IMG_8009.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">After the long climb up to Lizzard Head Pass, I stop for a while to look at the historical signs telling about the Rio Grande Southern Railroad that originally ran here. This was the route that the infamous Galloping Goose train ran on. The tracks are all gone now, more on the Galloping Goose later. There is a BLM campground at the summit, I considered staying there for the night, but it’s jammed with campers and the road is extremely rough. I also wanted to proceed to the quaint town of Rico about 15 miles away.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/usa/3803-lizard-head-pass.html">https://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/usa/3803-lizard-head-pass.html</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLDU5r8xXkURiuyPmTYJSn3HZ2Nb4tMZ9Nlcb2zFwtpBDkybfKFFrE_EL7dkWZVNF5hRj80uqKVxdKcAAkraUU6c0wmdU1iwyfwTcMvXyH76c4gTZx7zgP3w3knceRnJpypICHLmFNCCphqR7raGfavU-ZvkJnsrki7jAI-jie-Oub9413mAAPOODSQ/s3377/IMG_8024.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2655" data-original-width="3377" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLDU5r8xXkURiuyPmTYJSn3HZ2Nb4tMZ9Nlcb2zFwtpBDkybfKFFrE_EL7dkWZVNF5hRj80uqKVxdKcAAkraUU6c0wmdU1iwyfwTcMvXyH76c4gTZx7zgP3w3knceRnJpypICHLmFNCCphqR7raGfavU-ZvkJnsrki7jAI-jie-Oub9413mAAPOODSQ/w640-h504/IMG_8024.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a challenge keeping these rail lines open, they are all gone now</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5JgvDev-fCAY_PLsPGTy0Ou2igmR3BCv4_zk-HHsULI4sccWKzPnbw_ZgnXm07Gdbu1mZ5Om_ro204IBDPig9p2KfkG8Y5c3KWipyzdVFQbzYYskVkRfUX_o1ilssdo0IzYgxa9vNpZQ1NWztwP_69-xAzQPQ3b7WYJqOmu_vfmiDGbfl7q93vZq6A/s3435/IMG_8025.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3793" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcffQd2QtIozzXX0CYwQapJLlNrMbJ2F9YVqSAczHdkel9tL3G2rSKs2nfxKcCu9zut9O9w_AMU31F9djq0m4JC0U1QcEnkb3R6Ic6hjFIV75E7JWsYHbmJW_lNjQDwXwEBr9niIUgCjuwK3rXgAp1NRqKUBRsAcDJB18SERj21jeCFU633IZfFKE0A/w510-h640/IMG_8019.jpeg" width="510" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I arrive in Rico to the sound of a band playing outside at the Enterprise Bar and Cafe. I park in front of the town museum which is open and go in to check the exhibits. They have exhibits on the silver and gold mining in the past, the Rio Grande Southern Railroad and the Galloping Goose train which ran through Rico. Back in the day there was a sizable rail yard and several shop buildings here. The volunteer told me that the only thing remaining today is the old water tank. They also had a really nicely done historical town walking tour brochure. Rico was the county seat of Delores County back in the glory days, but they eventually lost that when the mining and population declined. As a result there are several nice buildings in town such as the former Court House, now the town library.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico,_Colorado">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico,_Colorado</a> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHz5sNNvaSv4PN9KgZ9YNFA8DYEHZ3kmsFSm8mRLvZbhAS78_xoec2Kbj3hBhgNWU4de7wlBJqszdqKS0_0ro8HxoqIrHYoxaIGJRbJzn2nJM4xuE3OmGsHybcNOBArZN7eThp2MNxXQvWNf_tQa8LkvrAoyBmYN_zPnLu7PeINFMupR_dC9Zk5FsHjg/s3727/IMG_8041.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2265" data-original-width="3727" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHz5sNNvaSv4PN9KgZ9YNFA8DYEHZ3kmsFSm8mRLvZbhAS78_xoec2Kbj3hBhgNWU4de7wlBJqszdqKS0_0ro8HxoqIrHYoxaIGJRbJzn2nJM4xuE3OmGsHybcNOBArZN7eThp2MNxXQvWNf_tQa8LkvrAoyBmYN_zPnLu7PeINFMupR_dC9Zk5FsHjg/w640-h388/IMG_8041.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Times have changed</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pazdKDU5sDXYivOKPPAddNeOdk0Ay4M-P_fXrBetF-fL-9yL4c4PA-y9_htCJxAC6xKtCSeWoaeJMvKTP6buDHh51BfcTV1iILtQ48XgvvTI7bPZ3Ipd8o8eYQ-utZ3YEV4gOOhWsqiP4RuxRtQ-5_B5dqrTI916pDJezvuGVQVq1_oSn_2pEC7vHg/s3929/IMG_8044.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2614" data-original-width="3929" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pazdKDU5sDXYivOKPPAddNeOdk0Ay4M-P_fXrBetF-fL-9yL4c4PA-y9_htCJxAC6xKtCSeWoaeJMvKTP6buDHh51BfcTV1iILtQ48XgvvTI7bPZ3Ipd8o8eYQ-utZ3YEV4gOOhWsqiP4RuxRtQ-5_B5dqrTI916pDJezvuGVQVq1_oSn_2pEC7vHg/w640-h426/IMG_8044.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Glory days of the Railroad</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU696rrMkwHw6Hjn2C5tybPPs6SmcoJ90KfBU43sT7Ww10yGyi8fYKsEfypK4k-PoWBmIRd_xr4hvkceaBTrBRX69tFVcMs1Rl_i-Ct6jvP3aOm-_XqMPE7AzhIPGciYmKtmHpGxMJSh0wLYZNWjBzM2lpZkoEkNhLM1QPmMwYD1MQGBwwnBgQZg_T5Q/s3284/IMG_8045.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2471" data-original-width="3284" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU696rrMkwHw6Hjn2C5tybPPs6SmcoJ90KfBU43sT7Ww10yGyi8fYKsEfypK4k-PoWBmIRd_xr4hvkceaBTrBRX69tFVcMs1Rl_i-Ct6jvP3aOm-_XqMPE7AzhIPGciYmKtmHpGxMJSh0wLYZNWjBzM2lpZkoEkNhLM1QPmMwYD1MQGBwwnBgQZg_T5Q/w640-h482/IMG_8045.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All gone today</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKva8OcAP_eS8BccwJuk7088fLuZhwyUvbhgooT_AkBqTwTuk6ce911u0RuPRQuGc29yQoV156d5ZxeifH4toYATlIoXlIgyMBtgg5MJqW3Re1m3dqpqma669HohfFI9qh2KHRQcDE6tIZJ7rNDnu-Ik7I3sDVITIimve7m1do1GKajzaxJUGVHRN-0g/s4032/IMG_8054.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKva8OcAP_eS8BccwJuk7088fLuZhwyUvbhgooT_AkBqTwTuk6ce911u0RuPRQuGc29yQoV156d5ZxeifH4toYATlIoXlIgyMBtgg5MJqW3Re1m3dqpqma669HohfFI9qh2KHRQcDE6tIZJ7rNDnu-Ik7I3sDVITIimve7m1do1GKajzaxJUGVHRN-0g/w480-h640/IMG_8054.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Attractive brick building on Main Street</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8ZEvjLUhquW6nx35cFKTGsrrSFzN4zALkmNmWsgQVdvDHIJkBnZW9WhAMfbwBQgoDjTHWqQvrsLoOgAgCiLN4-9nENr-WKxEfopAaxmrDKMtz6c4ILEj6--Igv_jvXgrT2s0kv2khROOMgCndOc9AQ_qexgfqrTC9HGqRkdZLttasTDz8hupOSHW3Q/s4032/IMG_8058.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8ZEvjLUhquW6nx35cFKTGsrrSFzN4zALkmNmWsgQVdvDHIJkBnZW9WhAMfbwBQgoDjTHWqQvrsLoOgAgCiLN4-9nENr-WKxEfopAaxmrDKMtz6c4ILEj6--Igv_jvXgrT2s0kv2khROOMgCndOc9AQ_qexgfqrTC9HGqRkdZLttasTDz8hupOSHW3Q/w480-h640/IMG_8058.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The original impressive Court House</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZRXKrrjm89Afq6q-GxLbOpnPTC5VKQLCwQg1BKWb_hy8K1dl2Tz4pP4rpH0ArLNFnMBEU9l_lEzzbglSTltlAHJguP43Yq1CwFcxjIxpdxO7itDK-0Penqt6uoSANMt9EBPEcenRkyXfe2ATQp72Jb5i5UAQVUCUFYH-f8NF6HdIHfxEDhhwYLEitg/s4032/IMG_8085.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZRXKrrjm89Afq6q-GxLbOpnPTC5VKQLCwQg1BKWb_hy8K1dl2Tz4pP4rpH0ArLNFnMBEU9l_lEzzbglSTltlAHJguP43Yq1CwFcxjIxpdxO7itDK-0Penqt6uoSANMt9EBPEcenRkyXfe2ATQp72Jb5i5UAQVUCUFYH-f8NF6HdIHfxEDhhwYLEitg/w640-h480/IMG_8085.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">First the Ute tribe, then the Spanish, the fur traders, the US and the Miners<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLudcSqzhMe9jhBiMz5-bQtEZSb-jcJnX7zEV4d6GCZYQKaUXOps5qcVhOFxcQbqX8cKqjzflF1AzaNZuwEkKoV5BkXInpq-KM9BWy87ps3-9plLHkuXSt9b6hfgcXPbFDwci3CYmklLVv3zGNXBsvvZnk-q_ehZw-ytkxDMnqGSRSuMO3gwtKZiKaw/s3910/IMG_8075.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2932" data-original-width="3910" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLudcSqzhMe9jhBiMz5-bQtEZSb-jcJnX7zEV4d6GCZYQKaUXOps5qcVhOFxcQbqX8cKqjzflF1AzaNZuwEkKoV5BkXInpq-KM9BWy87ps3-9plLHkuXSt9b6hfgcXPbFDwci3CYmklLVv3zGNXBsvvZnk-q_ehZw-ytkxDMnqGSRSuMO3gwtKZiKaw/w640-h480/IMG_8075.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Old stone theater, now closed</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhse6ldYf9L__8iAaNb6w5xUPcOSpXKSmr2X2GWiLBq3jV8fEBkcdm-Owe26OCG9l8_mEetw_f-CP5edf6IkQX7zdAGft6Q2RF-mXreL5NFmLM46uJwbFr4FTKr9EpHJFTVaT8NhkzjbwKGLGy0TbqGzIvjwZ4dXd9wXel8e2BXnaOYf7uYVlnCbqWw/s4032/IMG_8059.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhse6ldYf9L__8iAaNb6w5xUPcOSpXKSmr2X2GWiLBq3jV8fEBkcdm-Owe26OCG9l8_mEetw_f-CP5edf6IkQX7zdAGft6Q2RF-mXreL5NFmLM46uJwbFr4FTKr9EpHJFTVaT8NhkzjbwKGLGy0TbqGzIvjwZ4dXd9wXel8e2BXnaOYf7uYVlnCbqWw/w640-h480/IMG_8059.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Church really stood out against those dark storm clouds</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHy0HF3mTDY_aYYHc5nhxcQG9dJWO0XdxTb9L5DiR5Nbzytdighnkb669S72cSpSXpUurWK2gpZiU1PCxe8c7oNWbs2iDNtjjEqqrxUxtAMHY_lfk_IcqkdnsbO4p5HraJE4n-zej2A49UULzHGpj6EjG8Zz3N1GdJrYhrkM-HgwWmDHEK4G6GPOBqUg/s6240/IMG_1428.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHy0HF3mTDY_aYYHc5nhxcQG9dJWO0XdxTb9L5DiR5Nbzytdighnkb669S72cSpSXpUurWK2gpZiU1PCxe8c7oNWbs2iDNtjjEqqrxUxtAMHY_lfk_IcqkdnsbO4p5HraJE4n-zej2A49UULzHGpj6EjG8Zz3N1GdJrYhrkM-HgwWmDHEK4G6GPOBqUg/w640-h426/IMG_1428.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A house with an entertaining mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2IuW7Igh79vubmZed4RYWgRLnl2SWjvRqFNQL4g_uoeBQ-5RuTLibbKYQbC8ZaKa96G4tJrn1klHRxH3oVvGN9uKjPvrHlSZABMrFVeS-izXoiuAsaHQg2Mwz9lFpVFJ4XimtzQMymJeZyqzztCAvmkcx13O7nAaxqTxuvXeEnAABl4Sjz_wxi1GMQ/s6240/IMG_1432.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2IuW7Igh79vubmZed4RYWgRLnl2SWjvRqFNQL4g_uoeBQ-5RuTLibbKYQbC8ZaKa96G4tJrn1klHRxH3oVvGN9uKjPvrHlSZABMrFVeS-izXoiuAsaHQg2Mwz9lFpVFJ4XimtzQMymJeZyqzztCAvmkcx13O7nAaxqTxuvXeEnAABl4Sjz_wxi1GMQ/w640-h426/IMG_1432.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pretty weird stuff</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I eventually head to the bar to listen to the band, the Flatware Band, who are primarily country from New Mexico. They were playing outside and every 15 minutes or so it would start to rain lightly forcing them to take a break. This cycle repeated throughout the afternoon, but nobody minded. They actually had decent food available, mainly BBQ and burgers but it was fine. I ended up staying for a few hours before settling in for the night further down on Main Street. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I later learned that the Enterprise Bar and Cafe was built in 1892 and is the 6th oldest bar in Colorado. While watching the band, a young woman was introduced as the new owner and when researching the bar I learned her story which is quite inspirational, I hope she does well.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://sbdcfortlewis.org/2019/04/01/enterprise-bar-grill/">https://sbdcfortlewis.org/2019/04/01/enterprise-bar-grill/</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TAaHwXaarFWDQhI963Kw6Pehlh_ZswCYV4Lr6rY3A9XA0INtxqLDnAQzqrNAtnSHgILUv7ccpmvtA3uIcvKFcL0IjcOVH6N_UGgU15OaYXmmdKrd-RtX8cdjEkZ3-xRil0NkQTqGmPPXTZBPQ2-6SvFMkzYmMBLLqqwvi5SsbxaofyJnG3h_40N8ZQ/s6240/IMG_1427.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TAaHwXaarFWDQhI963Kw6Pehlh_ZswCYV4Lr6rY3A9XA0INtxqLDnAQzqrNAtnSHgILUv7ccpmvtA3uIcvKFcL0IjcOVH6N_UGgU15OaYXmmdKrd-RtX8cdjEkZ3-xRil0NkQTqGmPPXTZBPQ2-6SvFMkzYmMBLLqqwvi5SsbxaofyJnG3h_40N8ZQ/w640-h426/IMG_1427.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Enterprise built in 1892 is named for the Enterprise Mine</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcm02OfNbenqy6J0EQdPDuLvMbUSZ5Zq1L38foOV1Castsr61A68a69K2zVXJxcG6AMPfqEPT2OU_LcKwLOgeGKjZJUHp0J-OZimZSckV_dMdhOCf-zdZS4VKZFYIdqv9XRw3MGw8gzIAazUOFNiHmvVUFUKLI2VptpIEb1crStgof-r9hsUul5AQig/s3862/IMG_8064.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="3862" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcm02OfNbenqy6J0EQdPDuLvMbUSZ5Zq1L38foOV1Castsr61A68a69K2zVXJxcG6AMPfqEPT2OU_LcKwLOgeGKjZJUHp0J-OZimZSckV_dMdhOCf-zdZS4VKZFYIdqv9XRw3MGw8gzIAazUOFNiHmvVUFUKLI2VptpIEb1crStgof-r9hsUul5AQig/w640-h480/IMG_8064.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The outside patio </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2b4kNyrRVe0PjtJO4MOBbEfF72JfePBgK0i56RRVinHAistePFsefwfj6shoujVdCxm1QXEuQCE_KejE0aaSR9VFy9BkttuodNm430NT1Q0c8yzXmwVkVuc67v8Z-GsVfnpmZnAWM4e4l2dLxlY8mB9x6ldzDQQ_76yI5DREjBIGKRqxPnI_kOFxThQ/s3862/IMG_8074.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="3862" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2b4kNyrRVe0PjtJO4MOBbEfF72JfePBgK0i56RRVinHAistePFsefwfj6shoujVdCxm1QXEuQCE_KejE0aaSR9VFy9BkttuodNm430NT1Q0c8yzXmwVkVuc67v8Z-GsVfnpmZnAWM4e4l2dLxlY8mB9x6ldzDQQ_76yI5DREjBIGKRqxPnI_kOFxThQ/w640-h480/IMG_8074.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Where the locals hang out</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75SlQtH16EbriUTHo3pjorPieIXQARZfyxM2X-g0l42cdpsjFQDnTQhUknQDSyk1onXszrd2raCgmTQfxcBV0dSW8qrxweVf662LNA7t1u6ucm_d99Mbl5G-DDPGVdzyTg0PYDcxQa1jZFR0D7xynwPxCJP1Uvp0NxP2-AZzPqRb4xSUwvwPYLUKosg/s3490/IMG_8078.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2745" data-original-width="3490" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75SlQtH16EbriUTHo3pjorPieIXQARZfyxM2X-g0l42cdpsjFQDnTQhUknQDSyk1onXszrd2raCgmTQfxcBV0dSW8qrxweVf662LNA7t1u6ucm_d99Mbl5G-DDPGVdzyTg0PYDcxQa1jZFR0D7xynwPxCJP1Uvp0NxP2-AZzPqRb4xSUwvwPYLUKosg/w640-h504/IMG_8078.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Flatwater Band<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNom5XR9CCdIWXa_MCy_4Wx2x9BUvHzLzgVYs-VqWfoVFYTkF0zX32jl5di8d50z9_adn58SlQsHBhHCKEhiEc_sk4F72_cT_DDYqgUHTHccDO3gAiPNtnX1nixEY-8KEX3Wzg36mkYlyv1hm674LK_n66gLa54c6O1_PnK9JlVb6hUhdiBJFEvU70Q/s3838/IMG_8079.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2878" data-original-width="3838" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNom5XR9CCdIWXa_MCy_4Wx2x9BUvHzLzgVYs-VqWfoVFYTkF0zX32jl5di8d50z9_adn58SlQsHBhHCKEhiEc_sk4F72_cT_DDYqgUHTHccDO3gAiPNtnX1nixEY-8KEX3Wzg36mkYlyv1hm674LK_n66gLa54c6O1_PnK9JlVb6hUhdiBJFEvU70Q/w640-h480/IMG_8079.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Old chevy truck adds to the ambiance of the place</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Rico was a refreshing stop, my next destination will be Delores and Cortez, Colorado.</span><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-85321774368805411172022-08-04T11:12:00.001-07:002022-08-07T10:25:27.673-07:00Price Utah to Grand Junction, Delta, Paonia and Crested Butte, Colorado<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">July 17 - 21, 2022: </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I depart Price, UT, on Sunday morning heading southeast on route 101 to I-70 east with the Book Cliff Mountains in the distance which the locals call the “Books”. I’ve travelled this area twice in the past week and am remembering some of the landmarks. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">As I approach a highway exit close to the Colorado border I see a sign for Cisco, Utah and the Buzzards Belly General Store and make a quick exit. This road shows on my map as highway 128, which travels along the Colorado River back to Moab, UT. I had traveled this route and camped along it a week ago closer to Moab. As I am driving to Cisco, I notice an Amtrak passenger train running on the adjacent track, I thought that odd, not realizing how close to Moab I actually was. I then come upon the ruins of Cisco with lots of empty lots, old house debris littered all about and art work adorning the side of one wrecked building. There are signs of habitation, various odd art pieces, the old post office building and the Buzzards Belly General Store. I had just stumbled upon this ghost like town, had no idea it existed. I later learned that it has become quite a tourist attraction. I went into the General Store to look around, they had lots of unique artistic tee shirts, lots of fishing supplies, various objects of art and associated oddities for sale. A latter on line search tells the story, how a woman, Eileen Muza, on vacation learned of this ghost town, visited it, bought it, moved in and has been bringing the town slowly back to life. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/cisco-ghost-town-utah/">https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/cisco-ghost-town-utah/</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiue1siRNSF1VXwcVElzDnl_sGJh328c7OBjP_s27i0OERG1FUUCX5M8lhcDuMShxprLQrOJmHYGh2QzJCLwxG3TjU7GU3omnyj2XC0vQWTmKA2_h-WTGRqXBr_VXTw8piJWIKmSC1xfyVmqxyDZdlsNBiJ7rjuLzMrlKL5_IDlue7VomDRgEyETsKLXw/s6240/IMG_1224.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiue1siRNSF1VXwcVElzDnl_sGJh328c7OBjP_s27i0OERG1FUUCX5M8lhcDuMShxprLQrOJmHYGh2QzJCLwxG3TjU7GU3omnyj2XC0vQWTmKA2_h-WTGRqXBr_VXTw8piJWIKmSC1xfyVmqxyDZdlsNBiJ7rjuLzMrlKL5_IDlue7VomDRgEyETsKLXw/w640-h426/IMG_1224.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many Cisco buildings are adorned with some form of art</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFT_c2miP1mweQQaeB-G0T-HBsFL_ZQU3Va12dMCUSQA3NAz_BI-36VzGq8chLVVF8rndph1qgUmDCv-HSTpN4NVfvt97s1r0DlLRnFoWCINBFFeOQ11ho312pUWPraFvOux80kkY3ln6mrFCh25yomDSID24Ln2MOdCNEIe0SrqfWeHt6HV2Vbb_aQ/s4032/IMG_7611.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFT_c2miP1mweQQaeB-G0T-HBsFL_ZQU3Va12dMCUSQA3NAz_BI-36VzGq8chLVVF8rndph1qgUmDCv-HSTpN4NVfvt97s1r0DlLRnFoWCINBFFeOQ11ho312pUWPraFvOux80kkY3ln6mrFCh25yomDSID24Ln2MOdCNEIe0SrqfWeHt6HV2Vbb_aQ/w640-h480/IMG_7611.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cisco entrance sign in front of theBuzzards Belly General Store</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22QMSAnT5DzxsGHhPGXQAf20JGxladYt5FxWrnswiQQ-T3qlY6cl3qwrApsrGq_lYNElcEvxzU3jS5beGnJD5ON-sH5aac4bW7XNY1lK-JWBOAcHZH-uDiRZQaMEoRVYsOe2wJXUUhVXpujVSp4lIIPwspYL18CV55BuK9HuHKTcGoKFDfTG80tOV4A/s3939/IMG_7613.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2954" data-original-width="3939" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22QMSAnT5DzxsGHhPGXQAf20JGxladYt5FxWrnswiQQ-T3qlY6cl3qwrApsrGq_lYNElcEvxzU3jS5beGnJD5ON-sH5aac4bW7XNY1lK-JWBOAcHZH-uDiRZQaMEoRVYsOe2wJXUUhVXpujVSp4lIIPwspYL18CV55BuK9HuHKTcGoKFDfTG80tOV4A/w640-h480/IMG_7613.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Buzzards Belly Store</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then continue on to Grand Junction, Colorado making only one unplanned stop at a dinosaur fossil trailhead near the highway to check it out. It’s simply too hot for this now at mid day, maybe something for latter ? At Grand Junction, I fine my way to Main Street, park and walk around the central business area. Most of the businesses are closed, it’s Sunday, but it looks like a good place to wander or shop on Monday. I have been here before, I distinctly remember the sculpture of James Dalton Trumbo sitting in his bath tub in front of the Avalon Theater. This is a very nice Main Street, it has everything covered; antiques, art, sporting goods, restaurants, bars, music venues etc. I’m really annoyed that the Cowboy Junkies were playing yesterday at the Avalon Theater and I missed it.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Junction,_Colorado">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Junction,_Colorado</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUCHkTrDxVcGSedFPJzDqgDnCS-2NoK60LadZt8siDiJB-DWFP0qNmmu9KQa9WCyLaAhVLh-XaalkKnJzE-A80dM8-9LNooNE3V58-Y6VIe0LVdOH_X5eopgM_qqkvyfzYvLoPUMtlbxOcYk5rkVEODHU4lrghmtFwB00CWiR2LPsYO73sucS9o0JVA/s3939/IMG_7652.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2954" data-original-width="3939" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUCHkTrDxVcGSedFPJzDqgDnCS-2NoK60LadZt8siDiJB-DWFP0qNmmu9KQa9WCyLaAhVLh-XaalkKnJzE-A80dM8-9LNooNE3V58-Y6VIe0LVdOH_X5eopgM_qqkvyfzYvLoPUMtlbxOcYk5rkVEODHU4lrghmtFwB00CWiR2LPsYO73sucS9o0JVA/w640-h480/IMG_7652.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's good to see working artists</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHr51GgM-69rbHHTn3GCEMWiLdqv_yC9dk-w-MLvoEuF_hiJeiwPgvKLIdKzV62HVfgHVmu7DIZdtrjTOYNnF0qBI_DdtiBm-6cELmS35F-1Oh5gG_FIhxUz2j2g1syMQmSSGnzldAdXz1ONFNmcdZMt5xQUYh50nVC23X_DIBk495JMCPg3ZDJGHzw/s3931/IMG_7661.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2948" data-original-width="3931" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHr51GgM-69rbHHTn3GCEMWiLdqv_yC9dk-w-MLvoEuF_hiJeiwPgvKLIdKzV62HVfgHVmu7DIZdtrjTOYNnF0qBI_DdtiBm-6cELmS35F-1Oh5gG_FIhxUz2j2g1syMQmSSGnzldAdXz1ONFNmcdZMt5xQUYh50nVC23X_DIBk495JMCPg3ZDJGHzw/w640-h480/IMG_7661.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Great facade of the Quincy Bar, unfortunately it wasn't open</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtx7d78uuYWOfWWLyw2yblvx4vvGxXrhhACKT0w1byS7DeyT1WjQIyw6dfPqVkqkjPAAIxvKc_2CKXdkWVtAaDtZ4m6vNmdfPMVS0ltmihNUzvA_inkiqRTKpZbnkDHmCk1KMGkAfNPsN_Y0_S5OgUrOuCu_WAnBP4gomaudhzPsmbtVu8ERN47bKLyw/s3936/IMG_7664.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2952" data-original-width="3936" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtx7d78uuYWOfWWLyw2yblvx4vvGxXrhhACKT0w1byS7DeyT1WjQIyw6dfPqVkqkjPAAIxvKc_2CKXdkWVtAaDtZ4m6vNmdfPMVS0ltmihNUzvA_inkiqRTKpZbnkDHmCk1KMGkAfNPsN_Y0_S5OgUrOuCu_WAnBP4gomaudhzPsmbtVu8ERN47bKLyw/w640-h480/IMG_7664.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">James Dalton Trumbo<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0sWCrIq1lQFTI1964G3aOZ5IhYwho2yYbOOtvU069EilIIEqBzmt56AxANJSgE0jIxhsJlJchSjWcjQiWLZcB-IxCIF6WJID5yjB844rRpBfTUL_NzfVswSKGxQYEh45B05sKLPvzNiOSP_D2iWy0PkTvoSNyQe3oQqKe-3UPVrMSd__6g9A8Ja_Gzw/s3859/IMG_7768.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3859" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0sWCrIq1lQFTI1964G3aOZ5IhYwho2yYbOOtvU069EilIIEqBzmt56AxANJSgE0jIxhsJlJchSjWcjQiWLZcB-IxCIF6WJID5yjB844rRpBfTUL_NzfVswSKGxQYEh45B05sKLPvzNiOSP_D2iWy0PkTvoSNyQe3oQqKe-3UPVrMSd__6g9A8Ja_Gzw/w640-h502/IMG_7768.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another interesting sculpture</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMqIG6BqJFkXV2LxpMP8BTMQmITUK0Tc7a76R5VvlCDqFC-qXB-A0JiXTJu4qJylL-K896v7bWoVkwwgKQidrSbrlj1T6jHiEa3_e8VLX55i_XQbjYUtCLyAhXACouanAPhIAJkQE6PUGDO-4hb-6fEdQQU5JVxeJzGZoEfnIBZvuUoZtIovgqEnvtLg/s3971/IMG_7669.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2978" data-original-width="3971" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMqIG6BqJFkXV2LxpMP8BTMQmITUK0Tc7a76R5VvlCDqFC-qXB-A0JiXTJu4qJylL-K896v7bWoVkwwgKQidrSbrlj1T6jHiEa3_e8VLX55i_XQbjYUtCLyAhXACouanAPhIAJkQE6PUGDO-4hb-6fEdQQU5JVxeJzGZoEfnIBZvuUoZtIovgqEnvtLg/w640-h480/IMG_7669.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The friendly owner told me this sculpture is called "The Stretch"<br /><br /></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwapJO4zYsFwK3j9zeNCap3k4sOkYfbQ0NPSbVyT09hD1ux-KmmANNwmQiahai--4aHCW3aKTxi2nGuc1_u-Un69kPo0N-XieErnrIAFm196HpTkhhZU8t3hkUh0pnv2ErYERgqdaMoyFoZWdc7vumfp9qblP7-QNbi2AUUjIlO0spP0jR05HSpnHQQ/s3683/IMG_7616.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2925" data-original-width="3683" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwapJO4zYsFwK3j9zeNCap3k4sOkYfbQ0NPSbVyT09hD1ux-KmmANNwmQiahai--4aHCW3aKTxi2nGuc1_u-Un69kPo0N-XieErnrIAFm196HpTkhhZU8t3hkUh0pnv2ErYERgqdaMoyFoZWdc7vumfp9qblP7-QNbi2AUUjIlO0spP0jR05HSpnHQQ/w640-h508/IMG_7616.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You might be getting the point, Grand Junction is an artsy progressive town</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I return to the Main Street area the next morning, visit a couple of shops but I”m not in a buying mood. I do go into the excellent Main Street Bagels Artisan Bakery and Cafe and get a delicious poppy seed bagel and an iced tea. I also found my way to the River Front Trail, not so impressive in the area I saw, but I may have been to a poor area. There was art activity, more like graffiti, on the bridge abutments that were colorful, but somewhat trashy. The area looks more like a homeless jungle than a park area in this area. To set the record straight, this city River Park is extensive and is very nice in most other areas. The Colorado River is flowing strong, I was told that they have received considerable rain in the past week. Actually Grand Junction derives its name from being at the junction of the Colorado River and the Gunnison River.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeB3igiN32NHe7cWVOvzDQPW7dOhigzZs87DtCPZaqddyFjntho-YGB120fh9kp7fhvmKamHYcEh-SM3TxuQmMmuvji-_6PIglJUMYBtJZYC4wyNz1RAKeg1WNtNL4EiGa3o5UgI55LXAXPqdKSyBJZvfCElEQxRTTJkOCqht3tGUAIuppem9Skot8_w/s3976/IMG_7647.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2982" data-original-width="3976" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeB3igiN32NHe7cWVOvzDQPW7dOhigzZs87DtCPZaqddyFjntho-YGB120fh9kp7fhvmKamHYcEh-SM3TxuQmMmuvji-_6PIglJUMYBtJZYC4wyNz1RAKeg1WNtNL4EiGa3o5UgI55LXAXPqdKSyBJZvfCElEQxRTTJkOCqht3tGUAIuppem9Skot8_w/w640-h480/IMG_7647.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So much more than hot Bagels</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjtUXk4pALof82Xx1fiuXn0y9v5wav7Nbmet-g6RgUjIbXtguNBdPX0H4VnV39JbCZnoffAa-Plc_pk-95ldsZLR1f3hRd2_dQ1nBESHYAdo4W8FaS2ze7Y43VZdykgLGklaEqrbbjRC8t8apt2EBaBKZDe7pR0sReuvTFzVO6TtNddWzcJwaJn_hyg/s3838/IMG_7658.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2878" data-original-width="3838" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjtUXk4pALof82Xx1fiuXn0y9v5wav7Nbmet-g6RgUjIbXtguNBdPX0H4VnV39JbCZnoffAa-Plc_pk-95ldsZLR1f3hRd2_dQ1nBESHYAdo4W8FaS2ze7Y43VZdykgLGklaEqrbbjRC8t8apt2EBaBKZDe7pR0sReuvTFzVO6TtNddWzcJwaJn_hyg/w640-h480/IMG_7658.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Don't mind waiting in line here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTf4Z7fEb86--_ErSe9m3t_D53JJ3ChXTwDESx6de2dwSfreSw53AgOuWOUx9J3iqfv3dn0v533cnPKtgtXkn3JaBcfI71hOM2KMqp2ArULeK2X9_NutoPcyVKUKzGKobnVT5QgR59d00zbZkNX-fPdvIzQGIbP7oAgQGBR1CfjPXzgnu9daKZlbS-A/s3952/IMG_7674.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3wRY2TyzWOTLoUFbKOjfUykmU4M-UxCWFjO7gVidnW0vucCANVW7rSTNV5gD9GyoTqGsyScT0xLkzcub9klo8_V3B77pATisUr0SW5pXHgUgW5MpCKVyD7DIvz9R3H-N1pDgRbM_BCstDVIp8IA3bmKaBk0BVaBhG1zRAYdtKqCVHZkQFqwHMVxbRQ/s3888/IMG_7700.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2916" data-original-width="3888" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3wRY2TyzWOTLoUFbKOjfUykmU4M-UxCWFjO7gVidnW0vucCANVW7rSTNV5gD9GyoTqGsyScT0xLkzcub9klo8_V3B77pATisUr0SW5pXHgUgW5MpCKVyD7DIvz9R3H-N1pDgRbM_BCstDVIp8IA3bmKaBk0BVaBhG1zRAYdtKqCVHZkQFqwHMVxbRQ/w640-h480/IMG_7700.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Colorado river</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I stopped at the Grand Junction Train Depot which I found somewhat confusing as there appeared to be three of them all in a row. Actually there is the old original Denver and Rio Grande Depot built in 1906, now closed, but with a civic group trying to raise funds for a restoration. Looking into a window on the locked door I see a beautiful glass panel of the original railroad logo. This Depot was replaced in 1992 by a former restaurant building that is a shadow of the former Depot. The confusion is about the other large building with a large sign saying Union Station, this turns out to be a former restaurant, was never the train depot, just looks like one. Amtrak train service continues to be served here by the California Zephyr which runs once daily between Chicago and Emeryville, California. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4Boz1i3xl84RU-3UvP_lCKUAL7XXy0b_IiFnWSjezL11GVbLHCbbnJvYN0uxsRCDc1b7u6k_0upyoYcbLb89XkmPuf7flfBMSrqNiidr9BOTjMtAkQMLThLcDfKykerkfc--IjdfInPfI2E7J254Jfa5SNOFU0dUrBsgkeU4wSW2gjoFX-EwLd6LIA/s3888/IMG_7694.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2916" data-original-width="3888" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4Boz1i3xl84RU-3UvP_lCKUAL7XXy0b_IiFnWSjezL11GVbLHCbbnJvYN0uxsRCDc1b7u6k_0upyoYcbLb89XkmPuf7flfBMSrqNiidr9BOTjMtAkQMLThLcDfKykerkfc--IjdfInPfI2E7J254Jfa5SNOFU0dUrBsgkeU4wSW2gjoFX-EwLd6LIA/w640-h480/IMG_7694.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The original Depot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZp-_uELF5sqIKO90uVXaz1xGGXVY21PH4sIkueRd8Qby-HQQJNBwXVYaaNy7CR2KSzlNI31GvMZmrG20if94pQ3EMpZEAZpbR64ChNFml7ancuh8hYORB8w1I0QPCq7NPC8bhZxtxhOvlfDOF2IQRqb2by4VsHPPqz7KAQg-fYhoQfqXYDE2pZV1Gnw/s3998/IMG_7697.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2998" data-original-width="3998" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZp-_uELF5sqIKO90uVXaz1xGGXVY21PH4sIkueRd8Qby-HQQJNBwXVYaaNy7CR2KSzlNI31GvMZmrG20if94pQ3EMpZEAZpbR64ChNFml7ancuh8hYORB8w1I0QPCq7NPC8bhZxtxhOvlfDOF2IQRqb2by4VsHPPqz7KAQg-fYhoQfqXYDE2pZV1Gnw/w640-h480/IMG_7697.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Needs much restoration, but lucky to be still standing</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Day 3 takes me to the Colorado National Monument a few miles outside of town, I’m not sure why this isn’t a National Park, it's really great. It is far less crowded than other parks, doesn’t have quite the star power of the biggies but the terrain and views are superb. I especially like the Ute Canyon area on the side of the park closest to Grand Junction. The park spans the mountainous terrain between the cities of Fruita and Grand Junction with an entrance on both ends. I did a short hike at the visitors center and and a few roadside pullouts, but it's too hot for a long hike. </span><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_National_Monument">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_National_Monument</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVoHTv-Wgj1dCzUxlOZLq-OW14BwoLKPet7XYvma4jA7mboSKHdHyzmfgI2q-GvmGEqAtSeazXgOsc0wTuHtU1_auPCXvX7Lzgdu-B-TYrfrN_pu_HxsvuoTf-OY4EqxOR6uaIXWSoAMWmlxFMYRFhzLT-kjgwieR3ts05VoPHsdGFnuKJaMqJRH2tA/s3958/IMG_7703.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2968" data-original-width="3958" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVoHTv-Wgj1dCzUxlOZLq-OW14BwoLKPet7XYvma4jA7mboSKHdHyzmfgI2q-GvmGEqAtSeazXgOsc0wTuHtU1_auPCXvX7Lzgdu-B-TYrfrN_pu_HxsvuoTf-OY4EqxOR6uaIXWSoAMWmlxFMYRFhzLT-kjgwieR3ts05VoPHsdGFnuKJaMqJRH2tA/w640-h480/IMG_7703.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View from the entrance road</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYyI4i9hzHbQB2IeggLQ2OgoWNz2F-cx-oYn2f7IL8dcO-5zUnF1GxDR4iUp5XcVGCEOtajbDjnYCC1499icTTJeH73gt6pDeBK37mBvsrsHxnyFg9nFmqyNnyuHwnGL7zFFIULxkWTloRUn3KyW5eWMqNd3cjCxi5oGHkhe7VGcnTMOafPhqSkYlYxQ/s3785/IMG_7708.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2838" data-original-width="3785" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYyI4i9hzHbQB2IeggLQ2OgoWNz2F-cx-oYn2f7IL8dcO-5zUnF1GxDR4iUp5XcVGCEOtajbDjnYCC1499icTTJeH73gt6pDeBK37mBvsrsHxnyFg9nFmqyNnyuHwnGL7zFFIULxkWTloRUn3KyW5eWMqNd3cjCxi5oGHkhe7VGcnTMOafPhqSkYlYxQ/w640-h480/IMG_7708.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many viewpoint along the road like this</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mQoq2pj1A_3ISaE4VMktfAFS6-lNFgQwJ-k04B-fBuU9U1NKsyqiJ09u422AZ1RJYXKYXzDRIAuVFfagUrM6EJ7IU6_imb5V1YL3OyCmp-zbshzpza_4Q8gNhwp4rsSUMqxeKT2oLv9K1B4Yid7JfzAi2vCDSjBLGpAXpW2daDMrucBBVxQZug-mOA/s4032/IMG_7712.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mQoq2pj1A_3ISaE4VMktfAFS6-lNFgQwJ-k04B-fBuU9U1NKsyqiJ09u422AZ1RJYXKYXzDRIAuVFfagUrM6EJ7IU6_imb5V1YL3OyCmp-zbshzpza_4Q8gNhwp4rsSUMqxeKT2oLv9K1B4Yid7JfzAi2vCDSjBLGpAXpW2daDMrucBBVxQZug-mOA/w400-h300/IMG_7712.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">John Otto was responsible for it becoming a park</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnkpfsLBd_YbgQS91c33VRrn-uoHyL0PVUe_OotCtlWjwfry0zfP5iiVm7_yEOmx-27u597_LbXpQZ9JSn8SYrW-3-r9I3cdW0t8GawMjdKalX7EpQQ6iFfacmnj7DqH4s2KBN0iAjzmcpM6i5V2-iBvrMDivyEYG1dPcmGGzjJJBkmuH_vjdoUX1Zg/s3808/IMG_7713.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3808" data-original-width="2856" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnkpfsLBd_YbgQS91c33VRrn-uoHyL0PVUe_OotCtlWjwfry0zfP5iiVm7_yEOmx-27u597_LbXpQZ9JSn8SYrW-3-r9I3cdW0t8GawMjdKalX7EpQQ6iFfacmnj7DqH4s2KBN0iAjzmcpM6i5V2-iBvrMDivyEYG1dPcmGGzjJJBkmuH_vjdoUX1Zg/w480-h640/IMG_7713.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This entire area was once Ute tribal territory</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSVxe7fdcF8YYTIkpPeiRZ39arCg3NehX7zZeNJvyIGi13oN2LHkoGAj9wodR6CTStzsm5BBR3R3TPfGpQrjsvlJ9juc0EOvuk2ozEEPqGquoKihPAKyqynC8bmwQLKxJd9xu2sx5xP7V7qwfwt276mnOse5QaRBqrpabSRcIXksY84pjcIMTZQYvDQ/s3138/IMG_7722.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2832" data-original-width="3138" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSVxe7fdcF8YYTIkpPeiRZ39arCg3NehX7zZeNJvyIGi13oN2LHkoGAj9wodR6CTStzsm5BBR3R3TPfGpQrjsvlJ9juc0EOvuk2ozEEPqGquoKihPAKyqynC8bmwQLKxJd9xu2sx5xP7V7qwfwt276mnOse5QaRBqrpabSRcIXksY84pjcIMTZQYvDQ/w640-h578/IMG_7722.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many towering rock pinnacles down in the valley</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6kc4iiHsR-WzYNXbaQmMM8TNL81eTG76v1j4H8LBUgh-NITpN28EMZrf70dxGniI5UqDm-aQAu7X3SRA14EvCPbdlTTo5YZoeX3EqvUCNf1e2nSEgYcbmBz1ftvode7LKhg0ECHkKdxP03cH9MJ9pLNRqp7VIssj-i5prjTnI1yuJDwo6QIlkCUa6A/s3904/IMG_7729.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2928" data-original-width="3904" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6kc4iiHsR-WzYNXbaQmMM8TNL81eTG76v1j4H8LBUgh-NITpN28EMZrf70dxGniI5UqDm-aQAu7X3SRA14EvCPbdlTTo5YZoeX3EqvUCNf1e2nSEgYcbmBz1ftvode7LKhg0ECHkKdxP03cH9MJ9pLNRqp7VIssj-i5prjTnI1yuJDwo6QIlkCUa6A/w640-h480/IMG_7729.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shear rock walls along the road</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvh6nB9Ztg-YN_7_k0tZj4wx4CN18ifFSdpfZqfjSoRlebP0aRVh7SzdOYUmIV6eGUsXAJSkhNqWJINuHdW240Vvl1HsM76QDurEGzdRrtqDNrJJas_b9Dwwv4AjRscZ8_YBWjMzhjpqcYjrsVZQXhGfWqy6CfHL8zjuFDpWivOI5I0SdTQSngus34Q/s4032/IMG_7738.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvh6nB9Ztg-YN_7_k0tZj4wx4CN18ifFSdpfZqfjSoRlebP0aRVh7SzdOYUmIV6eGUsXAJSkhNqWJINuHdW240Vvl1HsM76QDurEGzdRrtqDNrJJas_b9Dwwv4AjRscZ8_YBWjMzhjpqcYjrsVZQXhGfWqy6CfHL8zjuFDpWivOI5I0SdTQSngus34Q/w640-h480/IMG_7738.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many views down into the Ute Canyon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbggQY0HwPDnhA0NVK7TtKMbhri8SNS_a3efmInkYyE_qP5T_HMvM7lMOBORPivNTOGfD0psm5OaL7cl_q9uaCVN7HKkmzSm0cbI0W5F9zve0hLW46dxm-nGkwJV0-9-MBB3ZFCGjvOyEE5o1e5EID14orL4Tx8_bgn-yUhh1v8vjQberTwiM7dNR2A/s4032/IMG_7745.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbggQY0HwPDnhA0NVK7TtKMbhri8SNS_a3efmInkYyE_qP5T_HMvM7lMOBORPivNTOGfD0psm5OaL7cl_q9uaCVN7HKkmzSm0cbI0W5F9zve0hLW46dxm-nGkwJV0-9-MBB3ZFCGjvOyEE5o1e5EID14orL4Tx8_bgn-yUhh1v8vjQberTwiM7dNR2A/w640-h480/IMG_7745.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The park was the work of the CCC</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgky2yPke-HrsVUmiarsjVByTt7DcwI4aPKHswzndRKR6ovSK_ZKMxh2j5ozfvAQtbyUjMdw2gyXv7Pmhjo01qHyBotbMiPs6j2sMpxSRl2LCu-uz3a3fk2udM8NP5LqTbmsPe7Vzy9PBzigI-CJSBpjNUdVQibdkdkTmWcjBWHTPsSz1tcO70ddhFj4Q/s4032/IMG_7749.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgky2yPke-HrsVUmiarsjVByTt7DcwI4aPKHswzndRKR6ovSK_ZKMxh2j5ozfvAQtbyUjMdw2gyXv7Pmhjo01qHyBotbMiPs6j2sMpxSRl2LCu-uz3a3fk2udM8NP5LqTbmsPe7Vzy9PBzigI-CJSBpjNUdVQibdkdkTmWcjBWHTPsSz1tcO70ddhFj4Q/w640-h480/IMG_7749.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I really wanted to hike down to the bottom, but no easy, short trail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I the evening, I go to a downtown Grand Junction Brewery hoping for a music jam session, but there was nothing going on. I had one lousy beer, a nice place, but not to my liking. So, I went down the street to the "Feisty Pint" inside the old St. Regis Hotel which is more like a neighborhood bar where you can get something at least palatable like a genuine Budweiser.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It's another hot night and I leave my rear and side doors open until almost midnight at Walmart, rather scary, but no issues. I’ve decided that tomorrow I will leave Grand Junction and head anywhere at a higher elevation where the temperatures might be more comfortable.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It’s now Wednesday morning as I leave Grand Junction heading east on Route 50. I come upon a roadside historic sign for the Escalante expedition which came through this area and then a few miles further an exit for The Escalante State Wildlife Area. I take the exit which puts me on an unpaved county road heading 3 miles to the Gunnison River and then another 6 miles to a historic settlers cabin that has been saved. The road passes through a huge farm and ranch, 1,000’s of acres and in areas the road gets narrow and climbs up into wild mountainous terrain with huge rocks barely clinging to the steep slopes overhead. I would not want to be here during a storm. The cabin was built by early settler Henry A Smith who had a colorful life to say the least, involving the Sheep War of 1916, see sign below. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4hzY9lvdsKNnCgPtbW905zzSgO7K98jGqGKG7ecRmSwDGYG1UXemEnxLGtakw-q50opKkn-2HQ1JnNsbFWfoOXJZ-nogYMJu2i1t9PQ83XcYP6Tl3EHdG0veveSmY0rjSrOm-SJ0tlJMrwBsTdrWlfrJr37_DqnzS37YIjqtor4alsY29lC_sYHPvA/s4032/IMG_7774.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4hzY9lvdsKNnCgPtbW905zzSgO7K98jGqGKG7ecRmSwDGYG1UXemEnxLGtakw-q50opKkn-2HQ1JnNsbFWfoOXJZ-nogYMJu2i1t9PQ83XcYP6Tl3EHdG0veveSmY0rjSrOm-SJ0tlJMrwBsTdrWlfrJr37_DqnzS37YIjqtor4alsY29lC_sYHPvA/w640-h480/IMG_7774.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Gunnison River</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGw6l9boqYN0PHDA_LcNS99Kw2aB7v2FBeh2PurisRZMTeBWG-mY9JdPKGhaBa5obpwxsFv2FbHnSXUoDazxu6loyyUcNSYm6VXCyW-sMhPO7dupngg8qVVaony_yc48ZY8UHKqZyvVA8mLTel-iLU6EPlWiYY00ldwwME21YWc02eW7crZcnVG4CQ-Q/s4032/IMG_7775.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGw6l9boqYN0PHDA_LcNS99Kw2aB7v2FBeh2PurisRZMTeBWG-mY9JdPKGhaBa5obpwxsFv2FbHnSXUoDazxu6loyyUcNSYm6VXCyW-sMhPO7dupngg8qVVaony_yc48ZY8UHKqZyvVA8mLTel-iLU6EPlWiYY00ldwwME21YWc02eW7crZcnVG4CQ-Q/w640-h480/IMG_7775.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alfalfa field</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCJCXvx12zS4j1qNJjD301Oo1FQ-0TjE6uHXmtQdlj2eeXgoroIMqZ363UsDupoAwnzWcemCuyS9QrJhR7vuey53QpZWaJT72S-bg1r7Go7TZMeZhWrmOUbTOdVqwBi4oef6ALfKtPDUaewnYeBbpsxn1FZy9ObUHYvs8zXsds6b50XvpskZePuthSQ/s3888/IMG_7778.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2916" data-original-width="3888" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCJCXvx12zS4j1qNJjD301Oo1FQ-0TjE6uHXmtQdlj2eeXgoroIMqZ363UsDupoAwnzWcemCuyS9QrJhR7vuey53QpZWaJT72S-bg1r7Go7TZMeZhWrmOUbTOdVqwBi4oef6ALfKtPDUaewnYeBbpsxn1FZy9ObUHYvs8zXsds6b50XvpskZePuthSQ/w640-h480/IMG_7778.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Captain Henry A Smith cabin</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZx9gP1M-Q_EPUxZPSY3jjn2vR1MYqj1bFmnfFVE_uqGsUbH_dW3QWDN06JOCNtnhX5nqiXDN1pej9PmLzpErC1FWB3ZOc5kndgHxcaDQcYX5pw1iWonRVpwl-worDF2v2n0jFazgVr2koDQJJjzYhTuiZq1mBtvWflq8vcJ6OlaSej6hAkZB2X_BXGw/s3458/IMG_7782.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2638" data-original-width="3458" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZx9gP1M-Q_EPUxZPSY3jjn2vR1MYqj1bFmnfFVE_uqGsUbH_dW3QWDN06JOCNtnhX5nqiXDN1pej9PmLzpErC1FWB3ZOc5kndgHxcaDQcYX5pw1iWonRVpwl-worDF2v2n0jFazgVr2koDQJJjzYhTuiZq1mBtvWflq8vcJ6OlaSej6hAkZB2X_BXGw/w640-h488/IMG_7782.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Continuing uphill</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4i5FUvDpdoglRrNPDKT82Q7njQd0NmvAP5uJAhKUbGL2Xv_Hba-hUC88Fk-MOETzK2rVkKi4iDEtWNuynfocT6BanrsrxqVoav3LvVJmSfaY9lSXS_QHYlDknAR138Bgaxw0N-UePcCg86Pp49emSnsnN1gv5sbEKvMPlQs-i-DLHu247Stc73xAaw/s4032/IMG_7784.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4i5FUvDpdoglRrNPDKT82Q7njQd0NmvAP5uJAhKUbGL2Xv_Hba-hUC88Fk-MOETzK2rVkKi4iDEtWNuynfocT6BanrsrxqVoav3LvVJmSfaY9lSXS_QHYlDknAR138Bgaxw0N-UePcCg86Pp49emSnsnN1gv5sbEKvMPlQs-i-DLHu247Stc73xAaw/w640-h480/IMG_7784.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Loose rocks on steep slope hanging over the road</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YKW74t5HKKSTxJrxPPVNSY7qhZHnfEX4CKfRoLMqCQCNMl5S_TYdByQle53CIL-1bYQ9TUCP1Eo2ED4Uc4GA-mIWnLxl6UCfTB8ZSIhXUHLGOF2Imba7aRHv3yqoXMRCjUuud6UXZ5UtHXx701Bm0keUbUdSJzi9AiFc4gcm3TzMe-2P112SuOApPQ/s1975/IMG_7771.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1975" data-original-width="1420" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YKW74t5HKKSTxJrxPPVNSY7qhZHnfEX4CKfRoLMqCQCNMl5S_TYdByQle53CIL-1bYQ9TUCP1Eo2ED4Uc4GA-mIWnLxl6UCfTB8ZSIhXUHLGOF2Imba7aRHv3yqoXMRCjUuud6UXZ5UtHXx701Bm0keUbUdSJzi9AiFc4gcm3TzMe-2P112SuOApPQ/w460-h640/IMG_7771.jpeg" width="460" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This canyon was the site of the Sheep War in 1916</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">I survive that adventure without incident and continue on to the town of Delta, Colorado. I see a sign claiming Delta as the city of murals and instantly remember coming through here two years ago, and it has a beautiful downtown, much nice architecture, especially the</span><b style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Egyptian</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> Theater, many well impressive murals and an auto sales business with many 1930-1950’s antique cars for sale. Three of my favorite subjects in one town is pretty unique. Unfortunately the locals here have also elected one of the nastiest women in the US House of Representatives, Lauren Boebert.</span></span></div><div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIi92yOBew4Srqtm3BqjaTiVOPz5APxk-d9kjb6hUvHLzy2tfWIfVwdjusr9QSeZNOWINiVfWMzno5tqR-EI8NzyKhDVHK9pZYiAYgujs_SZeBvUQT-MuxH8Sn-yWBaDgHr7tNEGDa0zmC0CHABrcoaJoLqfSeNuS7xBoQZFoVHgcVn3SqK3ho1IdjQ/s3763/IMG_7846.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2822" data-original-width="3763" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIi92yOBew4Srqtm3BqjaTiVOPz5APxk-d9kjb6hUvHLzy2tfWIfVwdjusr9QSeZNOWINiVfWMzno5tqR-EI8NzyKhDVHK9pZYiAYgujs_SZeBvUQT-MuxH8Sn-yWBaDgHr7tNEGDa0zmC0CHABrcoaJoLqfSeNuS7xBoQZFoVHgcVn3SqK3ho1IdjQ/w640-h480/IMG_7846.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Great artistic mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpOEJHuTnES4QEOyRzzEIzzJFB4fqk1QnAL9uiIpHoiYX2tetj6wQaLDJiUE3bHKw-oygb4GiOoqFXAHkz8b-Gx4FZEKfVIVhr1Y8kropngVARF0ZEdu-5LDSNIlG1xunil3poUZdC039CmO0DCLh7w5NY3THT4gnyKc8IcbPoX78cAOoE7q7eR0PZg/s4032/IMG_7814.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpOEJHuTnES4QEOyRzzEIzzJFB4fqk1QnAL9uiIpHoiYX2tetj6wQaLDJiUE3bHKw-oygb4GiOoqFXAHkz8b-Gx4FZEKfVIVhr1Y8kropngVARF0ZEdu-5LDSNIlG1xunil3poUZdC039CmO0DCLh7w5NY3THT4gnyKc8IcbPoX78cAOoE7q7eR0PZg/w640-h480/IMG_7814.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lots of agriculture around the Delta area</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkw6tRS_eATFfM8e92nRab7aVcDDAt-haVyyE7OQqy5IWoiKVGrNdprgCeXxqMHMG2UYdRnrrs0V3rmSDtDg1_V3MuMTERS3qVG1xyMz0NGQKOANpxXZSU77QXXnPWcngZ-4ZBWQ5Cu8oA-jMcLJFJtwPTAGRFlosNGpCw73xj7mUQtXXrCMv0ehz5w/s4032/IMG_7816.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkw6tRS_eATFfM8e92nRab7aVcDDAt-haVyyE7OQqy5IWoiKVGrNdprgCeXxqMHMG2UYdRnrrs0V3rmSDtDg1_V3MuMTERS3qVG1xyMz0NGQKOANpxXZSU77QXXnPWcngZ-4ZBWQ5Cu8oA-jMcLJFJtwPTAGRFlosNGpCw73xj7mUQtXXrCMv0ehz5w/w640-h480/IMG_7816.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We smoke everything according to the sign, but now for sale</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOh3HpC8dyq0qEae0aKXuCJEymGgmsa4_5GuKRmVhehS1ZlmrPhy_j6q8x9k_HoOk0zBbA21qEw7tPOPT4TUe_sAKHj2xkm2CWJmswkhpFUZ4JeIN23q72B6OLIbBF2yIUHNUXej5m98jxqbSdSFdRS5Fi4zWYZfZGj2UaIcWVJ4GPEDf0qwRzUu-sw/s4032/IMG_7817.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOh3HpC8dyq0qEae0aKXuCJEymGgmsa4_5GuKRmVhehS1ZlmrPhy_j6q8x9k_HoOk0zBbA21qEw7tPOPT4TUe_sAKHj2xkm2CWJmswkhpFUZ4JeIN23q72B6OLIbBF2yIUHNUXej5m98jxqbSdSFdRS5Fi4zWYZfZGj2UaIcWVJ4GPEDf0qwRzUu-sw/w640-h480/IMG_7817.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Egyptian Theater</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4T3teCe0yOkMTgWlPXB-4x_wwkb0JSji9u05dIVf4H3goRgRS2ShHXUO2tIWv390bFkfQ8k4GUA0keTPzKt-gM0iJWTTCnVkNO1a97Bqw-4Kn-tvh7NVjCmM4pH0y5DIRm-3H59sRUru8pYnzTYbL8Qc-ZUy19s2T0a2E4oLZeq1C8pEm8mGtoHJVA/s4032/IMG_7837.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4T3teCe0yOkMTgWlPXB-4x_wwkb0JSji9u05dIVf4H3goRgRS2ShHXUO2tIWv390bFkfQ8k4GUA0keTPzKt-gM0iJWTTCnVkNO1a97Bqw-4Kn-tvh7NVjCmM4pH0y5DIRm-3H59sRUru8pYnzTYbL8Qc-ZUy19s2T0a2E4oLZeq1C8pEm8mGtoHJVA/w640-h480/IMG_7837.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A different view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7wqBNh9lLv0FCpipp_bijT1nWZIhb9ODfeS5M8Gn06LrN1dYIzsQ4F_G1NbjXwVxQppriPr9268j2ovLuPPr6YiMGAqFoNR20nhY0wZGiObdvZoDXa4solMDZCH2a2Ns-qLYCMMKZ-V6kr_uPuaGMwoGBVmEZ4zC5JhWCyu8ynwDwYo146U7Ty6DAg/s4032/IMG_7822.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7wqBNh9lLv0FCpipp_bijT1nWZIhb9ODfeS5M8Gn06LrN1dYIzsQ4F_G1NbjXwVxQppriPr9268j2ovLuPPr6YiMGAqFoNR20nhY0wZGiObdvZoDXa4solMDZCH2a2Ns-qLYCMMKZ-V6kr_uPuaGMwoGBVmEZ4zC5JhWCyu8ynwDwYo146U7Ty6DAg/w640-h480/IMG_7822.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These vehicles were blasted to imitate a natural weathered patina (tacky)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1VjsE17LxHnw9pbRrbdN475X97iujs69h3_yv_40NeEy3MTcyPcWguQDyc7G1NBuyIHEF1pzKV_ZmI6rIZ2Tnl4Kw5IFKHMCWNpapk6H4QrwNWJrxyvwrDVsnHN6KrHKtI75aJvI2k77GUdT-FhC80K4e37D3vBOXwxnvZtPNHgALe9z2GUia_KepQ/s4032/IMG_7829.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1VjsE17LxHnw9pbRrbdN475X97iujs69h3_yv_40NeEy3MTcyPcWguQDyc7G1NBuyIHEF1pzKV_ZmI6rIZ2Tnl4Kw5IFKHMCWNpapk6H4QrwNWJrxyvwrDVsnHN6KrHKtI75aJvI2k77GUdT-FhC80K4e37D3vBOXwxnvZtPNHgALe9z2GUia_KepQ/w640-h480/IMG_7829.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nice straight sheet metal front</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bM-nygGRuV2xlqTz4-3Uq_q6vBSm7z8X3pKfZzNbcjEHOBCxrtjY5fOtES5q_9RfV5RqGeWhmM6kEJAFjp7iukwPRfnTt0309z8_OTjsfTnUV1pozRyqkWXsxtcT5eTK6E2qawUguJq7rgQPcSBBMKL-emINCMke9WLBDVyeWRQqOxaGooxleUvGwA/s6240/IMG_1360.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bM-nygGRuV2xlqTz4-3Uq_q6vBSm7z8X3pKfZzNbcjEHOBCxrtjY5fOtES5q_9RfV5RqGeWhmM6kEJAFjp7iukwPRfnTt0309z8_OTjsfTnUV1pozRyqkWXsxtcT5eTK6E2qawUguJq7rgQPcSBBMKL-emINCMke9WLBDVyeWRQqOxaGooxleUvGwA/w640-h426/IMG_1360.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another great mural</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I see signs for Fort Uncompahgre which has been recreated on the edge of town, on the original old Spanish Trail. The fort was established back when this area was part of Mexico (hard to believe) in 1828 by a Frenchman Antoine Robidoux as a fur trading post with the local Ute Indian tribe. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Uncompahgre">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Uncompahgre</a> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">My travel plan has become annoying as every direction takes me to a place I have been to before, something I have been trying to avoid. However there is one place, Crested Butte, Colorado, where I stayed for one overnight about 20 years ago that I'd like to revisit. It also involves a scenic drive over Kebler Pass that should be beautiful. It's decided, tomorrow, I will head north on routes 92 and 133 to the Kebler Pass Road and on to Crested Butte, Colorado. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The next morning when traveling on route 133 when I come upon the town of Paonia, CO that I remember visiting two years ago. I thought it was one of the most interesting, attractive and liberal towns in my travels at the time. I revisit the Main Street area, take a few photos and it's as good as I remember. I was tempted to stay there for the day, but I'm focused more on getting to Crested Butte, Colorado.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paonia,_Colorado">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paonia,_Colorado</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie59NNQ9S7E_wV4e9gwx57AyXgATjxKiRvbquBAehUCf6JwicT_A8K6hrSJ6PYmfW1YQ1ZCon0We4XvPg4bVAYeq5xOAkoNW4-zLS9dlYE5oW7txA1TPOsNobrsrWY6Z2Mc1hIbOuUKHbjSrN2-VEztLMi5QJOA_NOnhnUyg9SIeNbU7SmT9U_9w-czQ/s4032/IMG_7852.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie59NNQ9S7E_wV4e9gwx57AyXgATjxKiRvbquBAehUCf6JwicT_A8K6hrSJ6PYmfW1YQ1ZCon0We4XvPg4bVAYeq5xOAkoNW4-zLS9dlYE5oW7txA1TPOsNobrsrWY6Z2Mc1hIbOuUKHbjSrN2-VEztLMi5QJOA_NOnhnUyg9SIeNbU7SmT9U_9w-czQ/w640-h480/IMG_7852.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Garden shop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkS6QoMfRZeNujsnUCcqpUbYpE6uqyevGl66vPoH61qyqZVQE0XI_CxE5dZvXUNwV8WQCwHSYve2SH_twxzKZUH-Smq5u5B2MPt_CFzRciQj-AEzdr1UbvD4Q-AnKzKEeZPQbo3zUOn7K3cdGQ3nX5kvWuqMEkw0skjzdzXig27quxXlkmUDDECkVYYw/s3981/IMG_7853.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3981" data-original-width="2986" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkS6QoMfRZeNujsnUCcqpUbYpE6uqyevGl66vPoH61qyqZVQE0XI_CxE5dZvXUNwV8WQCwHSYve2SH_twxzKZUH-Smq5u5B2MPt_CFzRciQj-AEzdr1UbvD4Q-AnKzKEeZPQbo3zUOn7K3cdGQ3nX5kvWuqMEkw0skjzdzXig27quxXlkmUDDECkVYYw/w480-h640/IMG_7853.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nice murals</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJOK78h_zDthu17NkAOSxYLP2N_fcEZG58QVZuTxjPku4t21-ug1CQEdCGyesOtNiHa4xszD82fCW-VI8IYxqO8S0w6qukwVd087x1sS-gbZ-Pa3U2B0QauK26DLj9dLggn01yTx7OYWNutYnkVKrG-X4Po7k81ZHsofvBVC1YvqfE5PsnhUYn1voSg/s3843/IMG_7855.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2882" data-original-width="3843" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJOK78h_zDthu17NkAOSxYLP2N_fcEZG58QVZuTxjPku4t21-ug1CQEdCGyesOtNiHa4xszD82fCW-VI8IYxqO8S0w6qukwVd087x1sS-gbZ-Pa3U2B0QauK26DLj9dLggn01yTx7OYWNutYnkVKrG-X4Po7k81ZHsofvBVC1YvqfE5PsnhUYn1voSg/w640-h480/IMG_7855.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Linda"s Bistro looks interesting</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSNG-KnRO8WxBzFAR1x4gv5kcPVkDAGkqrUdNM-Kzi6Bq4u7Y2bl_Bo9Vcqgc6O6AJyjMC-FDCdhsomsVlwRtU8_SS32LiVjABNeejztid6bUrKVd3XuXsD2wbNQ4MsyDTOnEDUrb6ChuXQH_xFm4beXltAWv4LZqMjs7RkV3zfUN6alq-L_XXwWQoQ/s4032/IMG_7856.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSNG-KnRO8WxBzFAR1x4gv5kcPVkDAGkqrUdNM-Kzi6Bq4u7Y2bl_Bo9Vcqgc6O6AJyjMC-FDCdhsomsVlwRtU8_SS32LiVjABNeejztid6bUrKVd3XuXsD2wbNQ4MsyDTOnEDUrb6ChuXQH_xFm4beXltAWv4LZqMjs7RkV3zfUN6alq-L_XXwWQoQ/w640-h480/IMG_7856.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Much art in town</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sDUabe9daGHud6TRtnW4-TK1JT_tyyGWZHfCHX9CoTdO8r-NNzn-aNvcOXTmMLIJCm32prloIvt6goANj5KHhO8A85RKVlutzGpEAkVuxsZn77E6IaQethdz3i_P0CdinEo5POirZXa_7T5wsWyxfcaem5bF_pEn1UmQqzmrG-rBOEjOXVagCXpNmQ/s4032/IMG_7861.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sDUabe9daGHud6TRtnW4-TK1JT_tyyGWZHfCHX9CoTdO8r-NNzn-aNvcOXTmMLIJCm32prloIvt6goANj5KHhO8A85RKVlutzGpEAkVuxsZn77E6IaQethdz3i_P0CdinEo5POirZXa_7T5wsWyxfcaem5bF_pEn1UmQqzmrG-rBOEjOXVagCXpNmQ/w640-h480/IMG_7861.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful tin facade</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9UWvS6Agq_kLgxzP_OdZ0XCOB0JSOmKJXj-w6kB3tOu9NkdK4mzIIhp_HeBwIhiP0X4TDYaPNTWyHd-BR-0pFi-BZQ5chxCIgV5Z6wPzhaRdnHJb6RzPPfap5etqbKL9K-MASuRmMr2MjL7zDZTbx3sXfAoZd7ck_oDyBDOCLftwEIzL5as-vW77nw/s3880/IMG_7866.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2910" data-original-width="3880" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9UWvS6Agq_kLgxzP_OdZ0XCOB0JSOmKJXj-w6kB3tOu9NkdK4mzIIhp_HeBwIhiP0X4TDYaPNTWyHd-BR-0pFi-BZQ5chxCIgV5Z6wPzhaRdnHJb6RzPPfap5etqbKL9K-MASuRmMr2MjL7zDZTbx3sXfAoZd7ck_oDyBDOCLftwEIzL5as-vW77nw/w640-h480/IMG_7866.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Big 4 Tractors are a favorite</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeJKLS7ad7w7PbBDBidHriSv55CVGfPeAc-mnw7Y6XD94EUXzYa9v6KK5C4IpVj-lxRHt_gmwTq9sn_-gX8xsWaW9xSVs8JQxSBwKfHA0RsE22w6ClovSDwV4QhAMiD03sCILr9-5qfl9OwnaPmMscR2dQVoisTRi0qwV6DMaCIw9M_KnpvBUhbh6pg/s6240/IMG_1370.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeJKLS7ad7w7PbBDBidHriSv55CVGfPeAc-mnw7Y6XD94EUXzYa9v6KK5C4IpVj-lxRHt_gmwTq9sn_-gX8xsWaW9xSVs8JQxSBwKfHA0RsE22w6ClovSDwV4QhAMiD03sCILr9-5qfl9OwnaPmMscR2dQVoisTRi0qwV6DMaCIw9M_KnpvBUhbh6pg/w640-h426/IMG_1370.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very artistic creation from an aircraft parts</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I come to the exit for the Kebler Pass Road which goes for about 40 miles up over the Kebler Pass on a mostly smooth unpaved surface. It is so lush and green with many beautiful Aspen tree groves. This area is known for its beautiful spring wildflowers and many are still in bloom, spring comes late here, although the peak is over. The very popular Crested Butte wildflower festival just ended a week or two ago. There is quite a lot of road traffic and everyone has to drive so fast creating huge clouds of dust. Many people who drive these roads appear to have no interest in the beautiful scenery, trees or foliage, but delight only in driving as fast as possible. I am pulling over often to let them race down the road. I wish I could get a jet engine on the rear of the van to blast these people with dust as they pull up behind me with the flick of a switch ! </span></div><div><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://www.uncovercolorado.com/scenic-drives/kebler-pass/">https://www.uncovercolorado.com/scenic-drives/kebler-pass/</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsxzRdMaBr7pHdbzIE_YnHe9emNxRA8FnkbuwmKX_08daYQCK0Qdg983Os4S-33_9h7CJO3AO7HRVoF2I6KvfrnN2lxKC9qxnTfYvY8HvnvesmiBERXLHXsIQ4W6476TqVoHYAcubxwKjtdWsYGb3_KOE2y-8DO3Tig_37kSLx5pOKCFMpkktf9lvTQ/s3976/IMG_7875%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2982" data-original-width="3976" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsxzRdMaBr7pHdbzIE_YnHe9emNxRA8FnkbuwmKX_08daYQCK0Qdg983Os4S-33_9h7CJO3AO7HRVoF2I6KvfrnN2lxKC9qxnTfYvY8HvnvesmiBERXLHXsIQ4W6476TqVoHYAcubxwKjtdWsYGb3_KOE2y-8DO3Tig_37kSLx5pOKCFMpkktf9lvTQ/w640-h480/IMG_7875%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I stopped to cool off for a few minutes in the cold crystal clear water</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmAO0WrbXZHu1gb_rqhvu--LE-pg_vJkJ5fdaSSkSwc_xE6Gy4ZDHZS7ku7DSmEQbMLaIM15Xn7SQoUcDSZNpGg-tyfW42yJMJozYJApYoc9XQZq703IJUxaE4XuiNnAuKfXZC1eNAKLUtTLxj4kEB1GT1Cn8oJwr5SWh-5BftcVs2KaxfSPcN9EyQw/s4032/IMG_7882%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmAO0WrbXZHu1gb_rqhvu--LE-pg_vJkJ5fdaSSkSwc_xE6Gy4ZDHZS7ku7DSmEQbMLaIM15Xn7SQoUcDSZNpGg-tyfW42yJMJozYJApYoc9XQZq703IJUxaE4XuiNnAuKfXZC1eNAKLUtTLxj4kEB1GT1Cn8oJwr5SWh-5BftcVs2KaxfSPcN9EyQw/w640-h480/IMG_7882%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The road seemed to skirt around the peak in the distance</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uuXLbq2YL02Xx3JnhiUjbZ0oZR0hx6VewHIRwE2AFanpifPdTexDmZaKQ-btBxvQZ3Xx0FYlyDhVKUMbOBtsC0TL9MFPX7SyZHHAH97WCXwEQ2x9qDYPA7d639hnqGL1u3eG5wvowJ5f5iEWUZ663oyvOYRXc1m7HQvEiA9UqUtOb_OhJoPmZ7qJ4w/s3792/IMG_7883%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2844" data-original-width="3792" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uuXLbq2YL02Xx3JnhiUjbZ0oZR0hx6VewHIRwE2AFanpifPdTexDmZaKQ-btBxvQZ3Xx0FYlyDhVKUMbOBtsC0TL9MFPX7SyZHHAH97WCXwEQ2x9qDYPA7d639hnqGL1u3eG5wvowJ5f5iEWUZ663oyvOYRXc1m7HQvEiA9UqUtOb_OhJoPmZ7qJ4w/w640-h480/IMG_7883%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Through dense stands of trees and greenery</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFXIO7vlnJRFV8fKwh4HI1jxsnSxjNXh74N_J8nf0hxggseYX2FGfgBnivBjTyx63LEJT2fYvDTGE2T6BtbuBsVn1t68uLku-ukjR-m5CnkwL2vKLSKmvEfCIMP2Hjg9hFh1NYlPLfpl5znvlNMEvTlKXBrX9yuk8fproi3c2bZq7jnQg66Z5544yAA/s3923/IMG_7888%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2942" data-original-width="3923" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFXIO7vlnJRFV8fKwh4HI1jxsnSxjNXh74N_J8nf0hxggseYX2FGfgBnivBjTyx63LEJT2fYvDTGE2T6BtbuBsVn1t68uLku-ukjR-m5CnkwL2vKLSKmvEfCIMP2Hjg9hFh1NYlPLfpl5znvlNMEvTlKXBrX9yuk8fproi3c2bZq7jnQg66Z5544yAA/w640-h480/IMG_7888%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wildflowers and mountain views</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYx8HlQLLDbxDntMEhizZQocZbtTabbiNB1Fp3iGH-duWPF_cgRpaKpwzWMXgO5ufXjJfBdvvIKBE8ALlRzC0dGh8hWyGeyvhdHiqLmr7NqEvJzOe9uvLFUxf2QUPOt9l8CtCZCWjfEbaFhq3KP7GB1ygVfhodqu2sVdTICX3hLGGHxRuYYHx9IEVaNQ/s3904/IMG_7892%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3904" data-original-width="2928" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYx8HlQLLDbxDntMEhizZQocZbtTabbiNB1Fp3iGH-duWPF_cgRpaKpwzWMXgO5ufXjJfBdvvIKBE8ALlRzC0dGh8hWyGeyvhdHiqLmr7NqEvJzOe9uvLFUxf2QUPOt9l8CtCZCWjfEbaFhq3KP7GB1ygVfhodqu2sVdTICX3hLGGHxRuYYHx9IEVaNQ/w480-h640/IMG_7892%202.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Miles and miles of curvy road</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxDnK9X19Dba4n7ICEkYz1lrQpc3rttI43vK-rp9owqMwS7iFI7ybFhNXxZoCalygh-ByntCNY-rDvJSqoKv_8cZAQ6Ku4HRMBVeQyI9fKHJgBSnGivYdCS68XMFKmtJiU9CPyj1hdiOKqMSlSxTYCFElSh0kcqvZKEdqpwlcW_d4hlneOTYeOMTxQg/s4032/IMG_7898%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxDnK9X19Dba4n7ICEkYz1lrQpc3rttI43vK-rp9owqMwS7iFI7ybFhNXxZoCalygh-ByntCNY-rDvJSqoKv_8cZAQ6Ku4HRMBVeQyI9fKHJgBSnGivYdCS68XMFKmtJiU9CPyj1hdiOKqMSlSxTYCFElSh0kcqvZKEdqpwlcW_d4hlneOTYeOMTxQg/w640-h480/IMG_7898%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I stop to admire the Aspens</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFQ63E8SSGgKba8CzYSocNVtCcNyWiVOYB68ZLuCMSHECUafengQFi4dYefLikqb7OfAYSqQ4X70ApnIw2QvS8Gy59rF7pOWUZAyqm0FXoVKh3RUDqHZi_kozMcxntGPSttjqrWik-7GEh0L3qk7H5gsDXKMpnu91k-zuFGieOM89mZZySswnJHrFiw/s2742/IMG_7901%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2275" data-original-width="2742" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFQ63E8SSGgKba8CzYSocNVtCcNyWiVOYB68ZLuCMSHECUafengQFi4dYefLikqb7OfAYSqQ4X70ApnIw2QvS8Gy59rF7pOWUZAyqm0FXoVKh3RUDqHZi_kozMcxntGPSttjqrWik-7GEh0L3qk7H5gsDXKMpnu91k-zuFGieOM89mZZySswnJHrFiw/w640-h530/IMG_7901%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many wildflowers still in bloom</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7YVdisv1cZsm5nP0vyPiQewNFRZtTth_7LbYbK8qxX3Gm0MQnheAOMRi2LelC2agva7GsHubCSdA99_qWt6osqVIAnpZtvxJyR74shJEp9c2aS4IVazmmNKAtElHTGEy3NYM0IQ7gVSK3Ea2ErHhOWYVvgZ-APZZiaQjNbDp4b1-ssTHMPtVvzM_Dw/s2670/IMG_7909%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2670" data-original-width="2599" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7YVdisv1cZsm5nP0vyPiQewNFRZtTth_7LbYbK8qxX3Gm0MQnheAOMRi2LelC2agva7GsHubCSdA99_qWt6osqVIAnpZtvxJyR74shJEp9c2aS4IVazmmNKAtElHTGEy3NYM0IQ7gVSK3Ea2ErHhOWYVvgZ-APZZiaQjNbDp4b1-ssTHMPtVvzM_Dw/w622-h640/IMG_7909%202.jpeg" width="622" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cow Parsnip is beautiful but is poisonous, do not touch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2j0hs-B5otecNCRaQuwK55nxEi7q5cxRpiX7dN1SNFP4_csy5gfeK4c5b92_JrWEjd9E7OmKLBSRqWFpMTZ7Fet_3cM9X3uTNYwgpldRxc5_YGoYjrsZSQGUJKfeo_HOFrbKM1t04VxdUjG86pRGyLjvEpCR_XHVicCkQ1ElXd2JkR0GGBk5k0ZsZw/s3784/IMG_7912.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2838" data-original-width="3784" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2j0hs-B5otecNCRaQuwK55nxEi7q5cxRpiX7dN1SNFP4_csy5gfeK4c5b92_JrWEjd9E7OmKLBSRqWFpMTZ7Fet_3cM9X3uTNYwgpldRxc5_YGoYjrsZSQGUJKfeo_HOFrbKM1t04VxdUjG86pRGyLjvEpCR_XHVicCkQ1ElXd2JkR0GGBk5k0ZsZw/w640-h480/IMG_7912.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Eventually back onto pavement nearing Crested Butte</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Once in Crested Butte, I am surprised at the crowds in the downtown area and the difficulty parking anywhere. I don’t remember this congestion from my previous visit, I guess that’s good, something new ! The odd thing is that there is almost no street parking anywhere, town residents mostly park on their front lawns, not on the street. It’s very touristy downtown, all stores, restaurants, bars but it is attractive with many old original buildings. The entire downtown area is a designated National Historic District and they have retained the old western flavor. They have plaques on the buildings giving their history, although I think I am the only one that I am reading them. I walk many circuits up and down Main street, but find no live music or anything very interesting in the bars or on the streets. I end up overnighting in the van where I parked it, since I see no signs there prohibiting it.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_Butte,_Colorado">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_Butte,_Colorado</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8vPaPOIMgQ7bMUtOausyGggLcAe0zr9w4L-O9XNBs5_lDfk4_VoN9Uc-LngyTzVu6sQ7TeG6WenaQFI_rfVKap0RwFkfNAreVZlQMButumn_l5T0M5U-h5tqbXy457KyIFcFMrOgixi-gjiOZuqTq1nSjSyk0x92Mgjo2yETRwjCR9McekyPpjgtHQ/s3776/IMG_7914.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2832" data-original-width="3776" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8vPaPOIMgQ7bMUtOausyGggLcAe0zr9w4L-O9XNBs5_lDfk4_VoN9Uc-LngyTzVu6sQ7TeG6WenaQFI_rfVKap0RwFkfNAreVZlQMButumn_l5T0M5U-h5tqbXy457KyIFcFMrOgixi-gjiOZuqTq1nSjSyk0x92Mgjo2yETRwjCR9McekyPpjgtHQ/w640-h480/IMG_7914.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The old Bank now serves Local Coffee and Global Tea</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLv5BPspSvxJOGxdtr-CrmqKh3qstD_7LlJjGByUwHibq0KD_y5JjrYodW23LywTcdQRYNu9LU51T8duab96u5tSWFJP-ItpY0EvBkHZOH-qqnGBMHEHw6zg78qGVzVaQ45K5GO8TBBB1wviHxMhezp_ExOn5H4a8GiLj27oQmX2UF9-XFZSTEce56Kw/s3736/IMG_7917.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2936" data-original-width="3736" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLv5BPspSvxJOGxdtr-CrmqKh3qstD_7LlJjGByUwHibq0KD_y5JjrYodW23LywTcdQRYNu9LU51T8duab96u5tSWFJP-ItpY0EvBkHZOH-qqnGBMHEHw6zg78qGVzVaQ45K5GO8TBBB1wviHxMhezp_ExOn5H4a8GiLj27oQmX2UF9-XFZSTEce56Kw/w640-h502/IMG_7917.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The old City Hall built in 1883 remains</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWcJQjt4dOsG77TGYt3O4j9lLA8hRk4CJyqb9XSIeKA43Ci_FXdQ6UW83anlCdMmLbABkQXHr82Qzdle84p-UbXc8h9ZahBC_sUpRuhFmYX5RJZzVfprVU0nKkzVaWDD51c9jH8_yXoAaT5AUps3l6fq0rxvvxzQaXd6waEE39I-7CcLtGEKj9cUxQng/s3875/IMG_7918.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3875" data-original-width="2906" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWcJQjt4dOsG77TGYt3O4j9lLA8hRk4CJyqb9XSIeKA43Ci_FXdQ6UW83anlCdMmLbABkQXHr82Qzdle84p-UbXc8h9ZahBC_sUpRuhFmYX5RJZzVfprVU0nKkzVaWDD51c9jH8_yXoAaT5AUps3l6fq0rxvvxzQaXd6waEE39I-7CcLtGEKj9cUxQng/w480-h640/IMG_7918.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I do believe that Butch Cassidy was everywhere</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_A9JJKekX6f360-ZXZXkT_n0ZQ2W5eQXiBER8yuiJHq-w7ezxL0B9qvN1ROmvQwNI_j9FZdnIL7wyNmzmTTN6RcGb9DGm04XUsIIpfH4u4TdvcgXrwxTEEGqQg52rQdvuFePySGPolqLY8eEeJAETzMtyCJ8vxCa63kyPb_vSsXfT4Y5dwDnUsOziQ/s3610/IMG_7921.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2900" data-original-width="3610" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_A9JJKekX6f360-ZXZXkT_n0ZQ2W5eQXiBER8yuiJHq-w7ezxL0B9qvN1ROmvQwNI_j9FZdnIL7wyNmzmTTN6RcGb9DGm04XUsIIpfH4u4TdvcgXrwxTEEGqQg52rQdvuFePySGPolqLY8eEeJAETzMtyCJ8vxCa63kyPb_vSsXfT4Y5dwDnUsOziQ/w640-h514/IMG_7921.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful store window display </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2FKDblyRBQzvIb1oZGR7xdYR808F7fUUpOfWPgwgTzMOFcoNlYj5_FaLXMVnGQSE4tj2vqfAp3EF_7pR5UdLobsBED9TdjneIm6tup9kuk9aiXoP_MbMj6NjtzqMXcD2hDShU5wdr2oSorObERT6AJ083483vccXqnKOy3mp9mwqYIxzW_C4ovNt9w/s3977/IMG_7923.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3977" data-original-width="2982" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2FKDblyRBQzvIb1oZGR7xdYR808F7fUUpOfWPgwgTzMOFcoNlYj5_FaLXMVnGQSE4tj2vqfAp3EF_7pR5UdLobsBED9TdjneIm6tup9kuk9aiXoP_MbMj6NjtzqMXcD2hDShU5wdr2oSorObERT6AJ083483vccXqnKOy3mp9mwqYIxzW_C4ovNt9w/w480-h640/IMG_7923.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This buildings paint really stood out</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIj4WF4a3p9hh9xY8JuvUdH6snnpbvX_hV1scDd0_xIGGS7Jx-7y4T_6e6WZADB7D-uduKrudlnMDsdjg5rmKN8H1tnHiVTyHuhSqjhmmNfMtSp9pWc9vPervG24YUzXDMKO5wkTa6b6S3TmYPsQQ5jK7rFwLGwp2JncLtjEucHml5FUdmQ1EQWMjLDA/s3770/IMG_7930.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2827" data-original-width="3770" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIj4WF4a3p9hh9xY8JuvUdH6snnpbvX_hV1scDd0_xIGGS7Jx-7y4T_6e6WZADB7D-uduKrudlnMDsdjg5rmKN8H1tnHiVTyHuhSqjhmmNfMtSp9pWc9vPervG24YUzXDMKO5wkTa6b6S3TmYPsQQ5jK7rFwLGwp2JncLtjEucHml5FUdmQ1EQWMjLDA/w640-h480/IMG_7930.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nice storefronts in varying colors, very nice </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Rx6YRsH8wcQR9sxVHAbNEyAulVEMuQxKmiR3_5XHowqsR7xL7t_lP0CkESJClQKbauDxnrVk5ugkmrWmiAjO-sHqj9X4rzbdfWsr2RkVeDT03vJodcWFlci8aiwG0kTq9ryVxcSxe3cU5ivx5OqfcUrs4dGxS3pCTPZzk8aWbwaOgrbsLdN2fEjiig/s3808/IMG_7931.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2856" data-original-width="3808" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Rx6YRsH8wcQR9sxVHAbNEyAulVEMuQxKmiR3_5XHowqsR7xL7t_lP0CkESJClQKbauDxnrVk5ugkmrWmiAjO-sHqj9X4rzbdfWsr2RkVeDT03vJodcWFlci8aiwG0kTq9ryVxcSxe3cU5ivx5OqfcUrs4dGxS3pCTPZzk8aWbwaOgrbsLdN2fEjiig/w640-h480/IMG_7931.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I did find the bench interesting</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DbuTFyjpbzyCqx7tBazhrtM5hFei-JK9J2d1GeaocgzQ9XiytJrqYgjy8AbZUfX4eeQiWgvhxcTBqyqMJOArJdC1zEfA5ji_SXJNf2PzCPxLrmuLJ23nHhFC1EBWps3ZnRhksAnTMAi-BLnztwAJceBIrdeZjRuW65y6zoqnmt4Mho0dFNFjZ4IkRA/s3897/IMG_7934.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2922" data-original-width="3897" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DbuTFyjpbzyCqx7tBazhrtM5hFei-JK9J2d1GeaocgzQ9XiytJrqYgjy8AbZUfX4eeQiWgvhxcTBqyqMJOArJdC1zEfA5ji_SXJNf2PzCPxLrmuLJ23nHhFC1EBWps3ZnRhksAnTMAi-BLnztwAJceBIrdeZjRuW65y6zoqnmt4Mho0dFNFjZ4IkRA/w640-h480/IMG_7934.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The history of this building was remarkable</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I leave Crested Butte in the morning heading southwest for Gunnison, CO. I don’t remember much about Gunnison, but I'm quite sure I have passed through it before. Once there I’ll pick another destination heading in the general direction of Tucson, AZ as my travel allowance is now running low.</span></div></div><br />Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-71291757536993708432022-07-22T11:58:00.003-07:002022-07-22T12:01:12.231-07:00Price, Helper and Nine mile Canyon, Utah<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">July 13 - 16, 2022:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I arrive in Price, Utah about 1 PM and stop on Main Street to take a look around. There are several attractive old buildings of interest such as the Crown Theater, the Price Theater, the Silver Dollar Restaurant and a couple nice murals. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page,_Arizona">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page,_Arizona</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisc2XbuFEjnhnjPOZXYW30hZP6w3CGXqKLEg3J4kv2TrGPf8hOoSpeMb3R_MQuop1Fo21-ComhDzD4yMD6jqXA6nkOP3ADW0zhbPa-WvDjSIqyF0tZsQhSnBiCgcgaN0Kpu6EsO-rcOfQv2dCNguVk3vUC4Rowpr9mmZ3gxHedJhoM8V5k5uUWZP0bGQ/s6240/IMG_1072.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisc2XbuFEjnhnjPOZXYW30hZP6w3CGXqKLEg3J4kv2TrGPf8hOoSpeMb3R_MQuop1Fo21-ComhDzD4yMD6jqXA6nkOP3ADW0zhbPa-WvDjSIqyF0tZsQhSnBiCgcgaN0Kpu6EsO-rcOfQv2dCNguVk3vUC4Rowpr9mmZ3gxHedJhoM8V5k5uUWZP0bGQ/w640-h426/IMG_1072.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Price main Street view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeSFoDYTEMGqyU5-LntUE4mS3-sAKlPcn2dbRw4hNPcElZl--BFAHy7Q3W3Hl4_S9PPQEVpquA3j00Jj22L_Vn4mjWZ5I7xJ71MFu2Tbb5Kcda76SfsDk5hloGzuLv_X7NhiJt5B1umleAR96T3gaCjUllZ1WdRIzw7F_yMrmbrkItcFlrth0yPyMDQ/s6240/IMG_1077.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeSFoDYTEMGqyU5-LntUE4mS3-sAKlPcn2dbRw4hNPcElZl--BFAHy7Q3W3Hl4_S9PPQEVpquA3j00Jj22L_Vn4mjWZ5I7xJ71MFu2Tbb5Kcda76SfsDk5hloGzuLv_X7NhiJt5B1umleAR96T3gaCjUllZ1WdRIzw7F_yMrmbrkItcFlrth0yPyMDQ/w640-h426/IMG_1077.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I love the weird figures on the facade</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaD2IGx89RM1rLFJWYye8HpNBGqfTrirL8pm_ZouESTGt_qh_y3mbh9URx5L7vOxsLefKnx91xKMkVxouU4dgtHNdYXioKLIony4ZINqZ3LorW08l28CTUp_3jtARtdKSi6W0TZd5VKvQr2eBL_eut4nv1J0ya_8YStBkwSWWWgHJwDSr2aOiSUzucdA/s6240/IMG_1079.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaD2IGx89RM1rLFJWYye8HpNBGqfTrirL8pm_ZouESTGt_qh_y3mbh9URx5L7vOxsLefKnx91xKMkVxouU4dgtHNdYXioKLIony4ZINqZ3LorW08l28CTUp_3jtARtdKSi6W0TZd5VKvQr2eBL_eut4nv1J0ya_8YStBkwSWWWgHJwDSr2aOiSUzucdA/w640-h426/IMG_1079.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Crown Theater</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqzF3V7aqwbqxnyzJEGpFpF0mt-JdNjiATec2TkCKjONaFX0HOsFOUm3sdfYuuIx7ek8_5w2BZ4Y76o_aCDuJe6StFjru2gg6sGBV_Y_erxJBeDOGpdOR4M4jBnom8hAZXHqgA4sw8Vl_c48m0DLiM9J8dbawPMVQ9KUo0yzGt_kKQ9PsYfz8z-nkeA/s3872/IMG_7561.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2904" data-original-width="3872" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqzF3V7aqwbqxnyzJEGpFpF0mt-JdNjiATec2TkCKjONaFX0HOsFOUm3sdfYuuIx7ek8_5w2BZ4Y76o_aCDuJe6StFjru2gg6sGBV_Y_erxJBeDOGpdOR4M4jBnom8hAZXHqgA4sw8Vl_c48m0DLiM9J8dbawPMVQ9KUo0yzGt_kKQ9PsYfz8z-nkeA/w640-h480/IMG_7561.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Silver Dollar next door</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I then continue on six miles to Helper, Utah where the Main Street shows much improvement, many new shops with an artistic element and considerable restoration of original buildings. Helper was settled in 1881 by Teancum Pratt and his two wives and many children. There is a totally restored 1950’s vintage gas station equipped with all period shop equipment, near total perfection. There is a very cool vibe about downtown Helper, something that Moab is totally missing. I roam around taking far too many phots as normal.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helper,_Utah">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helper,_Utah</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnNsT7umJbec9cmhgKm6dyfWmWtVKqfjrJblXac24PcH7wZh6bwq-BrG_S6xTew9Av0Y2qlHx4f-ySAmC8JETVy7NWLw4D2rcwNnnZFOI8uzJayr7n0RJRyLwx2N0iXVrhf9HjM_JVP-Yl6uI4xlWNhTi8BKqiv5atP2gQqXxxgtn73qmK_mLtzWGHg/s3825/IMG_7312.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3825" data-original-width="2868" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnNsT7umJbec9cmhgKm6dyfWmWtVKqfjrJblXac24PcH7wZh6bwq-BrG_S6xTew9Av0Y2qlHx4f-ySAmC8JETVy7NWLw4D2rcwNnnZFOI8uzJayr7n0RJRyLwx2N0iXVrhf9HjM_JVP-Yl6uI4xlWNhTi8BKqiv5atP2gQqXxxgtn73qmK_mLtzWGHg/w480-h640/IMG_7312.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Big John, the statue</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaBLG8jbwFT9_ynv_Nuvk76QVTpwQbsAjO1_c34f66IKA_JxrHd_ghFNKd1m2rYhiVHZYuIjziC0vabESB2LDLLXI11I13qqR51x0yNJn4FZ9o0-G3FG_b-ZRm4s7evjlXpKKk1mME_2ESUJDtAFkdYpP96NLNoXSIsq4RmuIrfY1hNPr_6BPdaDS-A/s6240/IMG_1088.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaBLG8jbwFT9_ynv_Nuvk76QVTpwQbsAjO1_c34f66IKA_JxrHd_ghFNKd1m2rYhiVHZYuIjziC0vabESB2LDLLXI11I13qqR51x0yNJn4FZ9o0-G3FG_b-ZRm4s7evjlXpKKk1mME_2ESUJDtAFkdYpP96NLNoXSIsq4RmuIrfY1hNPr_6BPdaDS-A/w640-h426/IMG_1088.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lots of art shops in Helper</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNRWjEoxTxpVILdI0U9IeDIi_pmsidgTI69ib0Tjreo0Gmx7ELWrHxtSHosc2Xo4DNsBTi_3iVJbv8uEOKF1e_OPnnUn9mXzHJ5jB9SkRlsJ7six5j_X1sehq47lmqNDYTDZ_NuF-IENMnrdbzrgpuNLaiyzWEuZTsI780hMpSp0b_5eB4eGUcXMcqw/s6240/IMG_1089.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6240" data-original-width="4160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNRWjEoxTxpVILdI0U9IeDIi_pmsidgTI69ib0Tjreo0Gmx7ELWrHxtSHosc2Xo4DNsBTi_3iVJbv8uEOKF1e_OPnnUn9mXzHJ5jB9SkRlsJ7six5j_X1sehq47lmqNDYTDZ_NuF-IENMnrdbzrgpuNLaiyzWEuZTsI780hMpSp0b_5eB4eGUcXMcqw/w426-h640/IMG_1089.JPG" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Also theaters that are aren't currently functional </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AiSom_2ox892QnqGnHrNkeNU57EHDKdT94aW0TkEewsJfw4eFbzhFVolAmPqeQ7MTvtHHmIBvx_jpZURPOsR4cZYO61Yb--f3DvRyIDw0C5G0Es5RSyEUn5QzbULmlwPMQqoLruQfA0QB1q0SQCFQVxaVHOWJINxwBekLv27N86txMW6Zg7UnCkLXg/s6240/IMG_1092.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AiSom_2ox892QnqGnHrNkeNU57EHDKdT94aW0TkEewsJfw4eFbzhFVolAmPqeQ7MTvtHHmIBvx_jpZURPOsR4cZYO61Yb--f3DvRyIDw0C5G0Es5RSyEUn5QzbULmlwPMQqoLruQfA0QB1q0SQCFQVxaVHOWJINxwBekLv27N86txMW6Zg7UnCkLXg/w640-h426/IMG_1092.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Great signs are abundant, see more below</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQtUFo5MnizQvtl-FpdPkV_EPwil-SmmHcu2kGWXGlHhkMHsFwJkzYYIUYl1Wulkjns6ExRICxWtNT1fpRjC3uSIZD-bapugd1S-b5cPk8KyNAmm289X9rYVbAf8J2zy5SqvpV0wOKl8x5yNyq1hAlbOaknDfu2YN2diEBiGO9rV6iQGJdwqjwC6GOw/s6240/IMG_1099.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQtUFo5MnizQvtl-FpdPkV_EPwil-SmmHcu2kGWXGlHhkMHsFwJkzYYIUYl1Wulkjns6ExRICxWtNT1fpRjC3uSIZD-bapugd1S-b5cPk8KyNAmm289X9rYVbAf8J2zy5SqvpV0wOKl8x5yNyq1hAlbOaknDfu2YN2diEBiGO9rV6iQGJdwqjwC6GOw/w640-h426/IMG_1099.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMbstU0ojhJ3MIbZG5Yy_Tk2DZ8ErRgSfoY0jHDRofCtxGatBeP7VyW0e5KcUIw6NwjgVglCExRLO5rx8NEVqcnyoDb6TEP2Chj_Rm_vSxAwT4A7evY7ZWo10Ix8_yKNV9oHVihXniJ8AGHgJ6VdPsAXXm2MyEGGosKUfLbq7UbWjtfIyNTXjlMUIAw/s6240/IMG_1100.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3CezdwiAaRSJQ17qi59iWKX53-zaGa16i1dHqGaHP57I_sS3mJMBzZtAvEJwuGce2is15NsHFOWI3noSWQNyLsXEAJ1yf-uUOPQODvy6Pd-Dhbv2G-V4AMGl7Ko1jJ_BVJmTJiLxYOIvwCIvdse58uIJ0s43O26hrGCYYBal7QqcM6j3cVafjqCpnQ/s6240/IMG_1108.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3CezdwiAaRSJQ17qi59iWKX53-zaGa16i1dHqGaHP57I_sS3mJMBzZtAvEJwuGce2is15NsHFOWI3noSWQNyLsXEAJ1yf-uUOPQODvy6Pd-Dhbv2G-V4AMGl7Ko1jJ_BVJmTJiLxYOIvwCIvdse58uIJ0s43O26hrGCYYBal7QqcM6j3cVafjqCpnQ/w640-h426/IMG_1108.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Restored service shop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">On day 2, I’m off to the Prehistoric Museum in Price, it’s an excellent museum on area geology, paleontology and indigenous American cultures. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuIX9EI-jDClGb0Z1lMQXit54PPtUTxDyrCPBhyS_4Ak7wOaVGSDNoGNWoqhfegCOug26R19eiWeTgX2_KV44Tqt0qfyJLy1EhU4vkR_1HWO5j672LL_zpNYcajTuuNArG2a3cJFy8EieJgQkzccUlZvntvGGZ6qmj34afbcMl0U-oWph2s8mLUW3Kw/s3742/IMG_7365.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2806" data-original-width="3742" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuIX9EI-jDClGb0Z1lMQXit54PPtUTxDyrCPBhyS_4Ak7wOaVGSDNoGNWoqhfegCOug26R19eiWeTgX2_KV44Tqt0qfyJLy1EhU4vkR_1HWO5j672LL_zpNYcajTuuNArG2a3cJFy8EieJgQkzccUlZvntvGGZ6qmj34afbcMl0U-oWph2s8mLUW3Kw/w640-h480/IMG_7365.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Coal is everywhere here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0ruzphtNVf7D_9MbQmY6S6vCP1_iIJg02t4J8KlrPGrZRb6ODOaoZemUILaVV8hsutIvk2F10ndRnsN8cjxwM47XFGr8i_RCPMOekn7RJj474zeX2Cldoouf-ViYgQXhxed17X_PoFnsP-kCMtaRqxkhdCNzbBLXvVIkRg0UtEHJNnKBluqFIpolaA/s4032/IMG_7367.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0ruzphtNVf7D_9MbQmY6S6vCP1_iIJg02t4J8KlrPGrZRb6ODOaoZemUILaVV8hsutIvk2F10ndRnsN8cjxwM47XFGr8i_RCPMOekn7RJj474zeX2Cldoouf-ViYgQXhxed17X_PoFnsP-kCMtaRqxkhdCNzbBLXvVIkRg0UtEHJNnKBluqFIpolaA/w640-h480/IMG_7367.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many dinosaur remains also</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsLBXKhtg7XC3-vmOnS4KU-y4RKdKj2yOqatBAcE8FtNunI2uHrTtct4g1x-qvKwKCJwg08-tSnrHThIbhU2DQsIUSo1qUKYPM7eL9jWlLvmadbnCH7DmR2-7ky3ejrEbPtBzZnYRHsgvVKNDl-iNREdt8f46VHDkSRJElHF0r2DuJDZ0jxmr0t0eMQ/s3859/IMG_7370.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2894" data-original-width="3859" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsLBXKhtg7XC3-vmOnS4KU-y4RKdKj2yOqatBAcE8FtNunI2uHrTtct4g1x-qvKwKCJwg08-tSnrHThIbhU2DQsIUSo1qUKYPM7eL9jWlLvmadbnCH7DmR2-7ky3ejrEbPtBzZnYRHsgvVKNDl-iNREdt8f46VHDkSRJElHF0r2DuJDZ0jxmr0t0eMQ/w640-h480/IMG_7370.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very interesting when facial features are added</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EGhkIgDv2QFwiedBckapoDJlYvxTj7-D9CYlbTXCUM3nNbu7utRJ9_--kHqncnpxNfOSr5fLmkPNAxhPmbNv-U_5XS8Q0aMTXa9pL8BuT-OTDnAsIRFO0i6NDqnJ0wIfG-4zANsT1Hh4gj1jTzLBUPPbX8XoJXJMLJM8DW9qMuHeeu6nmhYHUZhSYg/s4032/IMG_7373.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then spend about an hour at the library and then drive back to Helper to go to the Helper Western Mining and Railroad Museum which is quite amazing with about 40 rooms of historical artifacts, but focused mostly on local area mining towns, the Railroad and Helper’s fascinating history and the multi ethnic (27 languages were spoken) mine workers. This area is rich in coal and is surrounded by several coal mines who were the primary employer. The job market drew people of many European countries here for a way to improve their lives. The railroad also came for the coal business and it was necessary to couple a second engine to the coal trains to get up Soldier Hill, thus the town became known as Helper. The railroad back in the days of the Steam Engine was a division point which also employed many workers. The advent of the Diesel Engine after WW2 was a game changer, greatly reducing maintenace and eliminating many division points such as Helper. The railroad still operates in Helper but at a much smaller level, as most of the mines are now closed and with todays modern engines a helper engine is no longer required.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3950" data-original-width="2962" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66HT3zYxtwGJLZrjVrVjUq4fS42-6VxvXY2eBGDAfUwrw3NSAuMVb6MHDBnFfs6vcHsL0oq73pwotvZSH6zgUYLcjn_g9xeiShdjbQoOUSpgkoqXSY7XDhmE5CMCuwTkVO87dnqbJ5S71ULQbcganze7n_qgRDasZur3l_E8GyM_4zNqDDIMTBfQqfw/w480-h640/IMG_7403.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mormon Teancum Pratt settled Helper with his two wives in the 1880's</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66HT3zYxtwGJLZrjVrVjUq4fS42-6VxvXY2eBGDAfUwrw3NSAuMVb6MHDBnFfs6vcHsL0oq73pwotvZSH6zgUYLcjn_g9xeiShdjbQoOUSpgkoqXSY7XDhmE5CMCuwTkVO87dnqbJ5S71ULQbcganze7n_qgRDasZur3l_E8GyM_4zNqDDIMTBfQqfw/s3950/IMG_7403.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGI6sFHSoCt4wQGDKevhWmjtjZI-yc-n-QlqjWTClY1NVN3DTebxBe09th67WG37ZmISgaZr6KEimhdIubrP7xaLJM7oq-Gz-d6IZdCeSk9F2oN8RSHl-0cnJTzSCaVwg83fp7ZcAAZIWIMDaym8h_DqvzNbExMDcrsTrHVxXSn5kEb3C7sEI9QDumAQ/s3817/IMG_7409.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2291" data-original-width="3817" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGI6sFHSoCt4wQGDKevhWmjtjZI-yc-n-QlqjWTClY1NVN3DTebxBe09th67WG37ZmISgaZr6KEimhdIubrP7xaLJM7oq-Gz-d6IZdCeSk9F2oN8RSHl-0cnJTzSCaVwg83fp7ZcAAZIWIMDaym8h_DqvzNbExMDcrsTrHVxXSn5kEb3C7sEI9QDumAQ/w640-h384/IMG_7409.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Immigrants were the life blood of this town</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHuuyGu3X7BoNjDC1gqJzBklW1e7xZxf7bhlc2ndHNI4KMWwKsplvLVs8pbyflg7Vf4rLd-klDxyP9yaoijnLmoYJdoCUGLN1BWHkPGgOQgxrDMJ0opf7MC5YCb0NBzW4pNM9X6iMdypsZ6G_RFIZP43HIFRrfoKXweGJbSqAl0dimxPUfqHb4d9yMQ/s3727/IMG_7410.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2704" data-original-width="3727" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHuuyGu3X7BoNjDC1gqJzBklW1e7xZxf7bhlc2ndHNI4KMWwKsplvLVs8pbyflg7Vf4rLd-klDxyP9yaoijnLmoYJdoCUGLN1BWHkPGgOQgxrDMJ0opf7MC5YCb0NBzW4pNM9X6iMdypsZ6G_RFIZP43HIFRrfoKXweGJbSqAl0dimxPUfqHb4d9yMQ/w640-h464/IMG_7410.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many languages spoken</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfIrFlNZAqVrZF4HbPG_H9WCD1nRonY0cFTejnVQuzUsNXrkPOFUEb3TqiUat-UoEEBQ_NO-qqABSDKHZLRt4gWdBS6W1r8ofrscaw7LKVD0F_aNjbc4qwVG3JanUMQxX1mmU89NBtR0wtotc64qABUhuY_YoySz2D3XN56ndGdmhNTLtegrAYm7R_bw/s3430/IMG_7415.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2618" data-original-width="3430" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfIrFlNZAqVrZF4HbPG_H9WCD1nRonY0cFTejnVQuzUsNXrkPOFUEb3TqiUat-UoEEBQ_NO-qqABSDKHZLRt4gWdBS6W1r8ofrscaw7LKVD0F_aNjbc4qwVG3JanUMQxX1mmU89NBtR0wtotc64qABUhuY_YoySz2D3XN56ndGdmhNTLtegrAYm7R_bw/w640-h488/IMG_7415.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Photojournalist Dorothea Lange spent time in Helper</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-rgMqyk34azlrvTAqS7GV__f9gPX2OcKkSMMbla0HN2nV381HgxD6zE_r9JZds5ECPLgux3rEcKZDOMsR251vIAmQ-IAtrpWGXTZCt-dlg5NZzFhBwnNmOSn9Z6ZubwzWB67862b55klRi1UDPDTKPvEnbcHV4bDFBgpHVWtKU0NVluYWP8UDcLkXg/s3859/IMG_7417.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3859" data-original-width="2718" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-rgMqyk34azlrvTAqS7GV__f9gPX2OcKkSMMbla0HN2nV381HgxD6zE_r9JZds5ECPLgux3rEcKZDOMsR251vIAmQ-IAtrpWGXTZCt-dlg5NZzFhBwnNmOSn9Z6ZubwzWB67862b55klRi1UDPDTKPvEnbcHV4bDFBgpHVWtKU0NVluYWP8UDcLkXg/w450-h640/IMG_7417.jpeg" width="450" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nice photo platform</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxXboEJavn7y8LzODWXcNQnKvYcX7Kb6Vhx2hOD4xvpKfvs3ba59BsKjymDRFH89kgDCHkL7UeMnCs87KFN2b4dOAPDL5O1aYOhatVeAI9dsk8jxSfr0AV0NV4ZutDldlYWu-_VhkKLh7jgMscYs7XkZUQP6eCWvgd9qReVc3YWPz9Ru27e6zje7pDA/s3867/IMG_7433.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3867" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxXboEJavn7y8LzODWXcNQnKvYcX7Kb6Vhx2hOD4xvpKfvs3ba59BsKjymDRFH89kgDCHkL7UeMnCs87KFN2b4dOAPDL5O1aYOhatVeAI9dsk8jxSfr0AV0NV4ZutDldlYWu-_VhkKLh7jgMscYs7XkZUQP6eCWvgd9qReVc3YWPz9Ru27e6zje7pDA/w376-h640/IMG_7433.jpeg" width="376" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The boy, name unknown, has become a poster boy</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTnwFlTcr_qQE2nHobdg5bo1YzmHCgjJzWPDNlkEL59de1Gv-OHaXvs5Xk1LVyYZtFY6dkcyg33Ctx3I_NcWnE5lZ82r1mywpsHEFfCTda_DbtcUH6SdhZdUcvxhWXT9tDfxqjhBqCyTckogXuGpftYpkVfG5Ui0YHfwxszWPfih_AoXEhTMbxq7GtQ/s3225/IMG_7440.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3225" data-original-width="2936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTnwFlTcr_qQE2nHobdg5bo1YzmHCgjJzWPDNlkEL59de1Gv-OHaXvs5Xk1LVyYZtFY6dkcyg33Ctx3I_NcWnE5lZ82r1mywpsHEFfCTda_DbtcUH6SdhZdUcvxhWXT9tDfxqjhBqCyTckogXuGpftYpkVfG5Ui0YHfwxszWPfih_AoXEhTMbxq7GtQ/w582-h640/IMG_7440.jpeg" width="582" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mother Jones was here for miners rights</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyiGJPZUWQo0v2GvMCwkVE1zXx2PnTDdDyfwzXrp5n9mNHAf33XFrxhKvqfxRT71ZxAINRZbMHUc-iD-DL0mEqzSC6Y-vzUyOObNN7qYwjBujkPT20l4ldbg7u0P6FLmdqEGu5QKXsIS8yJWJQip-oatESsMWLEfNzFEcBtJJ6bURp5Jxdu5ydRdJ7Ew/s3132/IMG_7442.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2121" data-original-width="3132" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyiGJPZUWQo0v2GvMCwkVE1zXx2PnTDdDyfwzXrp5n9mNHAf33XFrxhKvqfxRT71ZxAINRZbMHUc-iD-DL0mEqzSC6Y-vzUyOObNN7qYwjBujkPT20l4ldbg7u0P6FLmdqEGu5QKXsIS8yJWJQip-oatESsMWLEfNzFEcBtJJ6bURp5Jxdu5ydRdJ7Ew/w640-h434/IMG_7442.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Madam Babe took care of people in a different way, but effective</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I then walk around the downtown again when the garage doors are open and a man invites me in to look around and gives me a tour. This building in incredible inside, it’s a museum actually with an old 1940’s GMC pickup truck, a 1930’s Ford woodside wagon, two sixties Corvettes, several other cars and then a showroom area with dozens of classic motorcycles along with a basement filled with parts. The man tells me it’s his brothers stuff, but he knows it intimately, obviously they work together. The immaculately restored gas station previously mentioned is also theirs. His brother is also working on an even older gas station in another area of town which will be totally restored as well. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4U24cr6ENdUWbHkBkWghh_Rj2OyjxrqN9AHFhu9O60GRbJ-VZSUgXk5XUSYWSWjr_rk0eogk0aC2cdfkKcU08C9WEob9D6MZr6UiJmgs9QUn0l56Sqafk25N1P3RYxJqiIMPro9N1pR5vqu-YL1S9m6VjAgQWFfd20tCNLvxGTkYc-9GhSabLHtGqw/s4032/IMG_7474.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4U24cr6ENdUWbHkBkWghh_Rj2OyjxrqN9AHFhu9O60GRbJ-VZSUgXk5XUSYWSWjr_rk0eogk0aC2cdfkKcU08C9WEob9D6MZr6UiJmgs9QUn0l56Sqafk25N1P3RYxJqiIMPro9N1pR5vqu-YL1S9m6VjAgQWFfd20tCNLvxGTkYc-9GhSabLHtGqw/w640-h480/IMG_7474.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">At the museum, I learned that the post office has an original WPA mural inside, so that’s my next stop, I’m now starting to love this town.</span><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWDhNs0kdPD56sgSO9n5hsB4A8MLlUkLpA5WZmiQbpeF5M21xtJe3WHyXXfCFXsaIDsjUlvfVT8p3aHhEjWadrNfdklyDxEE2y81FdeP56Ai31C0at1eiHy6OA7n4MbeMDk2VN-IwkNFQfpxIAzr94TOzjoB3jA0UJclWP-N8dENhJvUo_GqzU7rywg/s3985/IMG_7477.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="3985" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWDhNs0kdPD56sgSO9n5hsB4A8MLlUkLpA5WZmiQbpeF5M21xtJe3WHyXXfCFXsaIDsjUlvfVT8p3aHhEjWadrNfdklyDxEE2y81FdeP56Ai31C0at1eiHy6OA7n4MbeMDk2VN-IwkNFQfpxIAzr94TOzjoB3jA0UJclWP-N8dENhJvUo_GqzU7rywg/w640-h480/IMG_7477.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Post Office</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">On Day 3, I do a road tour through the Nine Mile Canyon, (that’s what they call it), something to do with the John Wesley Powell expedition, but it’s actually more like 45 miles to see the all the featured Fremont rock art sites. The ride through this canyon alone is worth the time, it is spectacular with incredible views in all directions. The Fremont people, are quite a mystery, their name is based on their geographic proximity to the Fremont River, which was named for US explorer John Fremont, no one knows what the Fremont people actually called themselves. What is known is that they heavily populated this canyon area, and many areas of Utah for about a thousand years before they disappeared in the 1300’s. The most believed theory on why they left was climate change and possibly the intrusion on their home land by other aggressive tribes. (History always repeats itself) The Fremont remains have been looted heavily and little remains except for their impressive rock art petroglyphs which puzzle us today. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Perhaps a thousand years from now, people from another galaxy will look at our civilizations ruins and wonder about us ? I have become slightly addicted to this stuff, yes I’m taking far too many photos with mostly the same figures and shapes. I know it seems a little goofy, but when I walk along these rock walls, I feel like I’m walking in a sacred place with my feet standing on the same rocks they stood on a thousand years ago. There are several special rock art panels here that have received considerably attention such as the Great Hunt panel and the Owl Panel. As I approached the Great Hunt panel, a Big Horn Sheep was standing nearby, he saw me, stopped and starred, almost as if he was guarding it, then slowly moved away. 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_51ElUDUzDvQfSqG-iTjeT9uZ-AfAT997_v8oZMqxWFrNFwlyK-8B1NGv85Qz6gsdUKn91LlxtzfzjWjQCI7ZcJyNYHM9JoGMG6PmKjBwsvw-gtoh9FJboQ_qIgmZF9by--e4GwA5q8zm7jSwuAEsKms1Q0via81i69jRQurxGxCxgOmZaCgnZMzCA/w640-h426/IMG_1210.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Coyote placing the stars</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">On my return to Price, I have a lousy pizza at an uninspired restaurant about ready to close at 8 PM, the service pleasant but rushed, they brought my check before I even finished the meal, it seems to be the norm here. I then went to Helper to see how the town looks at night as they have several old signs and lights strung on buildings. It gives the town a more colorful frontier it, it like it. I then went into the one bar in Helper, which doesn’t require a food purchase, unusual in Utah. It appears to be an original bar, a very limited beer selection, served in a plastic cup with two pool tables and about two customers. One of the customers took a look at me and came right over, I suppose to see if I was a kindred spirit. He turned out to be a real character who worked for many years as a roadie for rock bands, traveled everywhere it seems and got to hang out with many notable musicians. He had a particularly interesting story on a relationship between himself and Sheryl Crow which ended badly. He was pleased though that he suspected one of her songs was about him. After this crazy interesting lifestyle, I kind of wondered why he is in Helper, Utah or if any of this true ? </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">On day 4, I return to Helper for a walk on the town park foot path that runs along the Price Creek. It has a number of signs giving some history of surrounding mining towns, most of which are now ghost towns. Afterwards I go to Marsha's Sammich Shop & Bakery for lunch, probably my best lunch on this trip, real sliced turkey on real homemade bread with cheese and a big glass of real ice tea.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMOIaaT8BTbNR96N9pcgiYH9T4jdyaIArVkKTZJ1AAA0W_7fJ67cM0Xf28ODXP5yxW1hN0-8Bt5m5i3WGUarlrmBgFm8IQf2InkQosdCK9j6vaBhlIqqhl8d-gFYUbDIzWY6Nhe_48qPah30Jt2tag4L4rPTVF45GxJxkIMJ2OltV1CoAHXlc3V17NwA/s4032/IMG_7576.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMOIaaT8BTbNR96N9pcgiYH9T4jdyaIArVkKTZJ1AAA0W_7fJ67cM0Xf28ODXP5yxW1hN0-8Bt5m5i3WGUarlrmBgFm8IQf2InkQosdCK9j6vaBhlIqqhl8d-gFYUbDIzWY6Nhe_48qPah30Jt2tag4L4rPTVF45GxJxkIMJ2OltV1CoAHXlc3V17NwA/w640-h480/IMG_7576.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Price Creek</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I then drive further north on route 6 up the big hill and over Soldier Summit, I had to see this notable hill. Near the top they have a pullout with several monuments honoring the the area mines and the miners and several mine disasters. I turn around at the top then take an exit part way down for the Bristlecone Camp Road where I drove the winding road to the top of the mountain. There were some good views looking down into the canyon along the road and a few picnic tables at the top, but nothing else of interest.</span><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVojSvcY-rqYVNs-oEqCgQAAxY0dZ2F8-SKoDnNPScA1wJ0cCZ82JQY-4FWoKXO4LDdEZIuGoa_LokLnVeLv0NOn6tCq3xiw5MLmvo_QCfcsZkWzphlOdryu3-bnBgyDVT9Fw5nsYduKZIB3k37tYmiSZFAgyTbnx3EpPBYvEJk69XHIZkf4RkRO1QRQ/s6240/IMG_1221.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVojSvcY-rqYVNs-oEqCgQAAxY0dZ2F8-SKoDnNPScA1wJ0cCZ82JQY-4FWoKXO4LDdEZIuGoa_LokLnVeLv0NOn6tCq3xiw5MLmvo_QCfcsZkWzphlOdryu3-bnBgyDVT9Fw5nsYduKZIB3k37tYmiSZFAgyTbnx3EpPBYvEJk69XHIZkf4RkRO1QRQ/w640-h426/IMG_1221.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The train goes through a tunnels at the top</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-LA1uV5RGIqUc9encGhZ_oEnk_FIU0IrwKTEQ1xqssHHdjIACgK0YIRldm1HdJcbg1KVoR3DdhH6dMF8eDP93j0-hEzJeZ9gGT-8cAoGwEu79NliEvcluDnD_GEcE9JDOxdTBjxNx2NO-vLAQcjiOwvXmUG-6VpMTCcf0h0vFd1q74JgbDldAA9-Ug/s3087/IMG_7422.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2811" data-original-width="3087" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-LA1uV5RGIqUc9encGhZ_oEnk_FIU0IrwKTEQ1xqssHHdjIACgK0YIRldm1HdJcbg1KVoR3DdhH6dMF8eDP93j0-hEzJeZ9gGT-8cAoGwEu79NliEvcluDnD_GEcE9JDOxdTBjxNx2NO-vLAQcjiOwvXmUG-6VpMTCcf0h0vFd1q74JgbDldAA9-Ug/w640-h582/IMG_7422.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A photo taken during the steam days</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5JYEpo9gu3WQEMTctwl_ZsQlI7gmLYjU0rJGuqdswr1MMdMyZaDlpICqCpqHKClJOwNe9v71h9TUOJwG9ML3HYjT80cSlR4y8ll3zqMtwtn9Mfv97Hnl46Nvgp5gbPYDyCowg4rGxckFZv7F7yUySJTDRjFJ6S4K9JdAH3J0l5B8ECyjJKhQUciUFg/s3963/IMG_7593.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2972" data-original-width="3963" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5JYEpo9gu3WQEMTctwl_ZsQlI7gmLYjU0rJGuqdswr1MMdMyZaDlpICqCpqHKClJOwNe9v71h9TUOJwG9ML3HYjT80cSlR4y8ll3zqMtwtn9Mfv97Hnl46Nvgp5gbPYDyCowg4rGxckFZv7F7yUySJTDRjFJ6S4K9JdAH3J0l5B8ECyjJKhQUciUFg/w640-h480/IMG_7593.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A monument to the areas mining history at the summit</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Next stop is Grand Junction, Colorado</span><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div><br /></div></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-69578559633334643452022-07-17T08:40:00.003-07:002022-07-31T11:49:23.417-07:00Green River - Sego Canyon - Moab and Arches National Park<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">July 8, - 13, 2022 :</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I drive about 25 miles on I-70 east from Green River then take exit 182 where I find the Twilight Zone gas station and exotic beef jerky shop. It appears to be a big attraction. I then take a side road to Thompson Springs where there is a tiny park area with a hand written map giving directions to the Sego Petroglyph site about 3 miles away in Sego Canyon. There is also a nice sign across the road pleading for visitors to not deface the petroglyphs as they are important history and a beautiful artistic metal sculpture of Folsom petroglyph figures. This particular area of Utah has many Folsom sites and the Folsom petroglyphs are unique and sort of mysterious.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://climb-utah.com/Moab/sego.htm">https://climb-utah.com/Moab/sego.htm</a></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIP32_nGggPKKq9yboFFMYkyhLKUqTtHpZmEm3_oa_mpwGqJqXKTvj0-y05uD6Eus9iHEnBSebSJOKNqBG6wuGEz5iXAdDnlFiMQAdRw5leHN4MUmMFU0L1DyBTF1iKZVFof4fCs3fR7oyEQ351RcClEtyl7fRuRPjYe_nWByLuQyUAbwW2G_MP_xYcw/s6240/IMG_0827.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIP32_nGggPKKq9yboFFMYkyhLKUqTtHpZmEm3_oa_mpwGqJqXKTvj0-y05uD6Eus9iHEnBSebSJOKNqBG6wuGEz5iXAdDnlFiMQAdRw5leHN4MUmMFU0L1DyBTF1iKZVFof4fCs3fR7oyEQ351RcClEtyl7fRuRPjYe_nWByLuQyUAbwW2G_MP_xYcw/w640-h426/IMG_0827.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But first into the twilight zone at the exit</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwqXx78LOUkIB53fIhAD-E_JiumgjtXouv-CF9Nmx9CR41kUiv3nVR4m1_gC6vbwpcHyEQhp7v6c3DunuktdV-Qxp3UpOr-4V4tiu-CX4giYZwr-I_X0HAGRK8F-yxmX-5XqFXkM7cyzQyYWpgMgSzb15vegJUF4m1EC4YFVfDi8wU99SvtUJMe_JCw/s4032/IMG_7072.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwqXx78LOUkIB53fIhAD-E_JiumgjtXouv-CF9Nmx9CR41kUiv3nVR4m1_gC6vbwpcHyEQhp7v6c3DunuktdV-Qxp3UpOr-4V4tiu-CX4giYZwr-I_X0HAGRK8F-yxmX-5XqFXkM7cyzQyYWpgMgSzb15vegJUF4m1EC4YFVfDi8wU99SvtUJMe_JCw/w640-h480/IMG_7072.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A message to visitors</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUw7WYvjKFB9VZFHzrWYiIYh6gIdF_6yM9bgm_tNOfPXVg2bP_H7_J91LwflajcfhLHmC0ETcs-LcOXqTVE0gkJ-QXsKn2imVCFMlHSszQb3JW73Oe7r115nz31NdA-l3V6BzZIIYYuNsOiJLU_3iqnaCjX8sUWIm8KYQpBHzjNiQSUeo917MjCudLw/s4032/IMG_7073.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUw7WYvjKFB9VZFHzrWYiIYh6gIdF_6yM9bgm_tNOfPXVg2bP_H7_J91LwflajcfhLHmC0ETcs-LcOXqTVE0gkJ-QXsKn2imVCFMlHSszQb3JW73Oe7r115nz31NdA-l3V6BzZIIYYuNsOiJLU_3iqnaCjX8sUWIm8KYQpBHzjNiQSUeo917MjCudLw/w640-h480/IMG_7073.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The sculpture</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTM5Q27m_XKV1juHjvin5QRd36QgG44Gb7Umbt7ZggtJDoCby01pTlk6I8eym5Nd-9gwZg1rnGf74Gt9pq6UGSVj-fzJDV1DfJ8LPKN3EH-QrX9AdPPTLbUgh2qHbtA7iM4xN5agYWPLRC349KuhESr9TKCzquf4rutbQaBQ8Hkun5uMHvN6Y1U8Itw/s6240/IMG_0829.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTM5Q27m_XKV1juHjvin5QRd36QgG44Gb7Umbt7ZggtJDoCby01pTlk6I8eym5Nd-9gwZg1rnGf74Gt9pq6UGSVj-fzJDV1DfJ8LPKN3EH-QrX9AdPPTLbUgh2qHbtA7iM4xN5agYWPLRC349KuhESr9TKCzquf4rutbQaBQ8Hkun5uMHvN6Y1U8Itw/w640-h426/IMG_0829.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The drive into Sego Canyon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOeLsx73rZzp0BW8wm8ShZ63pPj_FxsIGMWFhjjOrq4hkXjGPNNQjSRx26MRvSfxcqB0ciOrQwjE9vde_O-RldToGr5RLMBjv5sJZ9_PBl2hxOJPx_vqBmtudU0R_44Fj8tRH2xwpo5OuGTF1lnbsGL16KQPgjRkvGfo4aWL5EiNj-jcVZ55h0LjgeA/s6240/IMG_0830.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOeLsx73rZzp0BW8wm8ShZ63pPj_FxsIGMWFhjjOrq4hkXjGPNNQjSRx26MRvSfxcqB0ciOrQwjE9vde_O-RldToGr5RLMBjv5sJZ9_PBl2hxOJPx_vqBmtudU0R_44Fj8tRH2xwpo5OuGTF1lnbsGL16KQPgjRkvGfo4aWL5EiNj-jcVZ55h0LjgeA/w640-h426/IMG_0830.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Riding up to the rock wall the Petroglyphs are hard to see</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJwyljl-kWprfgHJdQc_QxlhiIvB1EnovHdiAtpH-sWnp8NW-nzOnlKGHdwYu1JXtVOmbms4Ezmr4E7um_M_rJug-xUgCYQ9ImjT5fH6zaaKJjxgWgDEyysRJfOqDhVpR1zgOE4yPOTCsVJS8wW-0PpWfn6hhO1gRijLwAnOruJdq9JxBS5ayUdirlg/s6240/IMG_0836.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJwyljl-kWprfgHJdQc_QxlhiIvB1EnovHdiAtpH-sWnp8NW-nzOnlKGHdwYu1JXtVOmbms4Ezmr4E7um_M_rJug-xUgCYQ9ImjT5fH6zaaKJjxgWgDEyysRJfOqDhVpR1zgOE4yPOTCsVJS8wW-0PpWfn6hhO1gRijLwAnOruJdq9JxBS5ayUdirlg/w640-h426/IMG_0836.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But up close,</span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> they stand out clearly</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCHLoRzE0mqSwbkTzhpI9U7EEIU_q14yoEwkxMnRwKosyo5hSlw6Dxb8PzNoctZFcHFvF-EyaRwHNCvChbLuxHF3ijjSZKvazqd9dNBfTB9JtIoXgshRJ-ATR9KOz24ZSFFgXE7bg9aksmES13OoqMfhlNZyJK60iCX5kuzpsbr4Q4CzQ1O74xn4lHg/s6240/IMG_0842.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCHLoRzE0mqSwbkTzhpI9U7EEIU_q14yoEwkxMnRwKosyo5hSlw6Dxb8PzNoctZFcHFvF-EyaRwHNCvChbLuxHF3ijjSZKvazqd9dNBfTB9JtIoXgshRJ-ATR9KOz24ZSFFgXE7bg9aksmES13OoqMfhlNZyJK60iCX5kuzpsbr4Q4CzQ1O74xn4lHg/w640-h426/IMG_0842.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another wall around the corner</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrnalYe51wKW7nD4rDQ5fF3Wy2tTgFNIms_OH3uCSZSAG9TZXizI8YFWyftgkQVb05UsZtpqX01FhHljbpYAUGlhSsHHaKb4mro--B7ADkSQTRbcdSXRDuiMAG2ifGG7iPpzX-XRekWmWWUg1d0Fb6hVWx6dhVLVXsGSvqhCVuSVsg_eReg2cXzKUgw/s6240/IMG_0858.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrnalYe51wKW7nD4rDQ5fF3Wy2tTgFNIms_OH3uCSZSAG9TZXizI8YFWyftgkQVb05UsZtpqX01FhHljbpYAUGlhSsHHaKb4mro--B7ADkSQTRbcdSXRDuiMAG2ifGG7iPpzX-XRekWmWWUg1d0Fb6hVWx6dhVLVXsGSvqhCVuSVsg_eReg2cXzKUgw/w640-h426/IMG_0858.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Petroglyphs are also hard to see in this light<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhnXbA1ToNi2Rv6TpDc3ZUZpBRt7s_CqVLQtkp12JHIqov-NvItmzuo2AxrywggxvIDOx7zL1Kn9KMHYI1f8q5Lttx6JDxgu_fAzMCJMtZ2CZ_PgRCktCGTFnk6wzK-pPO5Q5kmxQREfU28mKz8KvYGCG0AeLQqyu8MGNmLeGfaYj-Wv7np_oLFkbrA/s6240/IMG_0874.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhnXbA1ToNi2Rv6TpDc3ZUZpBRt7s_CqVLQtkp12JHIqov-NvItmzuo2AxrywggxvIDOx7zL1Kn9KMHYI1f8q5Lttx6JDxgu_fAzMCJMtZ2CZ_PgRCktCGTFnk6wzK-pPO5Q5kmxQREfU28mKz8KvYGCG0AeLQqyu8MGNmLeGfaYj-Wv7np_oLFkbrA/w640-h426/IMG_0874.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But up close an hour later, they stand out clearly</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CJZpp31f12kpJJBk7MP8u1EqZytLlDT4t15E0OlKA6IU5HOKwifTAcNQnsdBZF6B7pcklWlODYgTYjfvvUzhfona52oe5kHEOEnw1lQluOMPHDIc785IrjJHwxPJlDilP0aUjMhA4-bVjZokJWDGUWIXHcQa4hYhI6hodzdmMfQLfFzJwVgBnuLcdQ/s6240/IMG_0873.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CJZpp31f12kpJJBk7MP8u1EqZytLlDT4t15E0OlKA6IU5HOKwifTAcNQnsdBZF6B7pcklWlODYgTYjfvvUzhfona52oe5kHEOEnw1lQluOMPHDIc785IrjJHwxPJlDilP0aUjMhA4-bVjZokJWDGUWIXHcQa4hYhI6hodzdmMfQLfFzJwVgBnuLcdQ/w640-h426/IMG_0873.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another petroglyph</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgob-oGdqNAwX0UaLX9byc8ixUNo6mS8MArfzgdFtPgvzOnQrtvuyq0mGY7tQPOn_i02Z3lYmENFWnpg2xC2FmMCzxVCO9oHNJX6rAqdZ_oRnjzMsrU7ehvqsEzkA7M9qa7MLjtbCWxSoCaFPTPfkyxPPZFDL2HC6fc34KOUUYAvC5vZshWsSBxIhCUgQ/s6240/IMG_0881.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgob-oGdqNAwX0UaLX9byc8ixUNo6mS8MArfzgdFtPgvzOnQrtvuyq0mGY7tQPOn_i02Z3lYmENFWnpg2xC2FmMCzxVCO9oHNJX6rAqdZ_oRnjzMsrU7ehvqsEzkA7M9qa7MLjtbCWxSoCaFPTPfkyxPPZFDL2HC6fc34KOUUYAvC5vZshWsSBxIhCUgQ/w640-h426/IMG_0881.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Across the road in a corral area are these petroglyphs</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The ghost town and cemetary of Sego are located about a mile further into the canyon. There is a remarkable large stone building, a typical massive Mormon building built to last forever with finely cut stone and masonry with 3 foot thick walls. There was no signage on the site, but I learn later about this town. In it’s prime about 200 people lived here and worked in a nearby coal mine. There was railroad spur line into this canyon and the remains of many wooden bridge trestles remain. This was a pretty serious mining operation and considerable money and labor was expended here. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILGW3KIQjD-tUwaf0n5lLGO_Mp_J0xzTDgue0vJu9R8AnhCyYZIHdoV8vwad5Q30aF6OyoOnkwlBz24r2ePXBJ9BpdnV_fgrdgYqwMUTofC-UMm3mZgETGar3mVL_ijed7xP7Egx2PB8ihZs7OPaAZCCLn4qZF5MWbcVfD03iweJSjQCWv1iRRqhKVg/s6240/IMG_0888.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILGW3KIQjD-tUwaf0n5lLGO_Mp_J0xzTDgue0vJu9R8AnhCyYZIHdoV8vwad5Q30aF6OyoOnkwlBz24r2ePXBJ9BpdnV_fgrdgYqwMUTofC-UMm3mZgETGar3mVL_ijed7xP7Egx2PB8ihZs7OPaAZCCLn4qZF5MWbcVfD03iweJSjQCWv1iRRqhKVg/w640-h426/IMG_0888.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Decaying train tressle over wash</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwzWl4ii0-Kr1ROhGLvHPvobWivKlTDQ5U2lSc311GLYuSCijOMSFXBKWEDGsU_4tt4U9N5HHT80HvhLrXIpW2SB2jpeDv_BQ3dRTVbhQNcNJTbOyizgX_eAwxAvk-8S54OaGzOvwhluOI3IkSxSxKrGasxah7xnU8rBh2RWyDJ3uo-5ggK2ff8xwnA/s4032/IMG_7088.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwzWl4ii0-Kr1ROhGLvHPvobWivKlTDQ5U2lSc311GLYuSCijOMSFXBKWEDGsU_4tt4U9N5HHT80HvhLrXIpW2SB2jpeDv_BQ3dRTVbhQNcNJTbOyizgX_eAwxAvk-8S54OaGzOvwhluOI3IkSxSxKrGasxah7xnU8rBh2RWyDJ3uo-5ggK2ff8xwnA/w640-h480/IMG_7088.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Old stripped out car left behind</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-IdAv5xFH3RVcJkDUKEksqGMFUNhHcMrOSA3fS404v1aTjb41tZzm90e19HAzLXeNuZwGQ4XUd3jkxC2ZlyEeu-wW_GRmsAOBhda7SdD_FC2ZfKNyz3KN1X-W24H0ng6drKq-eblKIRfuZ-WUCnz6WOyUTw2aWidYCsXJ1WNmRFZJ0qCygkXMYqBVkw/s6240/IMG_0897.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-IdAv5xFH3RVcJkDUKEksqGMFUNhHcMrOSA3fS404v1aTjb41tZzm90e19HAzLXeNuZwGQ4XUd3jkxC2ZlyEeu-wW_GRmsAOBhda7SdD_FC2ZfKNyz3KN1X-W24H0ng6drKq-eblKIRfuZ-WUCnz6WOyUTw2aWidYCsXJ1WNmRFZJ0qCygkXMYqBVkw/w640-h426/IMG_0897.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The walls are still square and the masonry intact</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAap-gn_TeWSsS-h3YPHU0R-P-2jDLsL2QN9mWWsAH--W3iKfgpSmEyqS_dw5kXVtajQL1d-J7lombgwYhFaDMNQIKn0eUUfFsrlDuysYDYqTfRcnH6UJgKREc8mPRjLh0FJTvSqG8KYfBwjHP8BRjAnurpkxkH9pFNSERhn7ruCgbmr2gTUFJIwlxg/s6240/IMG_0900.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAap-gn_TeWSsS-h3YPHU0R-P-2jDLsL2QN9mWWsAH--W3iKfgpSmEyqS_dw5kXVtajQL1d-J7lombgwYhFaDMNQIKn0eUUfFsrlDuysYDYqTfRcnH6UJgKREc8mPRjLh0FJTvSqG8KYfBwjHP8BRjAnurpkxkH9pFNSERhn7ruCgbmr2gTUFJIwlxg/w640-h426/IMG_0900.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Interior is totally stripped, but the walls are sound </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4OoUXX90ORgvK1Fo_lD6YaxfLVOeK1hhpXDoKQWSNTlC9hqljj9_3ZLT5BDfmWcc4uNI3yvrqogqWdWjZ8jByOuWj8GuINVKSJ1QBSWCrYErOk6XsmsXUrSlV1FNN8UJrF4nyRNk2pYZxy6FEYpP2oPFvIBaX9gv1QWPTRqJBidiylvpPl5krKHzrA/s6240/IMG_0901.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4OoUXX90ORgvK1Fo_lD6YaxfLVOeK1hhpXDoKQWSNTlC9hqljj9_3ZLT5BDfmWcc4uNI3yvrqogqWdWjZ8jByOuWj8GuINVKSJ1QBSWCrYErOk6XsmsXUrSlV1FNN8UJrF4nyRNk2pYZxy6FEYpP2oPFvIBaX9gv1QWPTRqJBidiylvpPl5krKHzrA/w640-h426/IMG_0901.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This was very well built, but no clue what it was </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">After all this excitement, I continue on to Moab, Utah where I plan to spend several days. At the visitors center I learn that a reservation is needed to enter the Arches National Park, but there is an alternative. If you enter the park prior to their opening time at 6 AM, the gates are open, you can drive right in, (without paying) and get a head start on everyone else to the popular spots. This is perfect for me, I just park on a Moab side street for the night for an easy escape. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moab,_Utah">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moab,_Utah</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/arch/index.htm">https://www.nps.gov/arch/index.htm</a><br /></span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It is in the 100 degree range and no cool breeze, the van interior is about the same, I have a fan blowing on me, but it’s not helping that much, I can’t sleep well, it’s a miserable night. As a result, I leave extra early and drive into the park to the delicate Arch hiking trailhead. There are several others already there and people are starting the 3 mile round trip hike before the sun is completely up. I have done this trail before but didn't remember that it’s a pretty hard steep uphill climb. When I reached the end people were already lined up to get their photo in front of the iconic arch. I then drove further into the park stoping at most of the other viewpoints and doing several short hikes to various arches. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YeDsQ_iZdXvgSkZk60uiSormu_BLtVoypFs03CAc88rzVH3UutSXlTsiMOno5kEjsO1yTVnP55uiSlxdZenMVDDBaW_Qy_iJ094zaAWfOhYhjmc_riRdAufN30NSBHCjwbZy4YnGSGOZhsxxPZYIZ2WtOcajmESjkI4sSCvDC0nhiTbTbuF9sxtbhQ/s6240/IMG_0920.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6240" data-original-width="4160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YeDsQ_iZdXvgSkZk60uiSormu_BLtVoypFs03CAc88rzVH3UutSXlTsiMOno5kEjsO1yTVnP55uiSlxdZenMVDDBaW_Qy_iJ094zaAWfOhYhjmc_riRdAufN30NSBHCjwbZy4YnGSGOZhsxxPZYIZ2WtOcajmESjkI4sSCvDC0nhiTbTbuF9sxtbhQ/w426-h640/IMG_0920.JPG" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">People are lined up, very orderly, to take photos</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23DK9jwfCEN1n0qo333hYjB0ZlwpquXrVmmqKJRqEScz34adnW0LgyPCeb1CAOsQx31N1YFFmzUsQM59Ukhp9JReUoUJN_vXrlIr5izXMoxvdtYlAi6aKQPgbRnTU1pGIWc8iqdQcxAn9FIoRWWMWGjRcRRIruPYTvIi4sy90Q8S18Lpjx5YPumZ9KQ/s4032/IMG_7116.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23DK9jwfCEN1n0qo333hYjB0ZlwpquXrVmmqKJRqEScz34adnW0LgyPCeb1CAOsQx31N1YFFmzUsQM59Ukhp9JReUoUJN_vXrlIr5izXMoxvdtYlAi6aKQPgbRnTU1pGIWc8iqdQcxAn9FIoRWWMWGjRcRRIruPYTvIi4sy90Q8S18Lpjx5YPumZ9KQ/w640-h480/IMG_7116.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Delicate Arch is always impressive</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjossUoUPJ24s9fZSNkpSb1Vscw5SUzuW7PUxjgVYCog9IdUEq13PDNdJe2t8oE8Vq-C4hM4pC0rcXmrYYnL8jXi29omwf1CNLvLYGMufJasSd4u87xXF70E8Y15cGZboFMuj_nGAbl15M-LnXfuQ1FM_T-OLFz58EBB4dajcR9er0cPWLZQQ4UFXYiCw/s6240/IMG_0939.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjossUoUPJ24s9fZSNkpSb1Vscw5SUzuW7PUxjgVYCog9IdUEq13PDNdJe2t8oE8Vq-C4hM4pC0rcXmrYYnL8jXi29omwf1CNLvLYGMufJasSd4u87xXF70E8Y15cGZboFMuj_nGAbl15M-LnXfuQ1FM_T-OLFz58EBB4dajcR9er0cPWLZQQ4UFXYiCw/w640-h426/IMG_0939.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A view into the fiery furnace area, a special permit is needed to enter</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNvPRrIqL5U4Gv14c_M0UABewz-GYSFP9bOUKuXuTNyY510mHPgDrwWHwNvJPk-8UKg5RPOvLt8W9NG3qpE_SIrbEgwVdwC1ZKvqG6AtEbTvvvRdttb4c6o6YCV4DwgS_oH6g_5i8c25tWOzLTLOB8GaJRt7ZfKq84cfGWtq3vIDHOjAuyRa7pf8yJg/s6240/IMG_0949.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNvPRrIqL5U4Gv14c_M0UABewz-GYSFP9bOUKuXuTNyY510mHPgDrwWHwNvJPk-8UKg5RPOvLt8W9NG3qpE_SIrbEgwVdwC1ZKvqG6AtEbTvvvRdttb4c6o6YCV4DwgS_oH6g_5i8c25tWOzLTLOB8GaJRt7ZfKq84cfGWtq3vIDHOjAuyRa7pf8yJg/w640-h426/IMG_0949.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Looks like a maze </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHguQ-cHqaxFCQHvp0jmWLDw7JfLx0Db_ew6sU3s6dswWeJmARJ6Lib_ffZUqIwnsKu2YyULAhZYT2MfGyR08St2mPXaLQeiqmcQj5PZl4LusJE_VqOlSW0GX0rrTHRWsl9OCs5XxVABj1dIBwVWuJG7-ByML6wugqmthGhMotkib3OnKbCa_aM6ERQ/s6240/IMG_0978.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzpNXVz4WpKCKb1WHmh14nemp8ZPeAIWnGi3OV1Foi_Mm5SnR68PXdbfuRmcpAv-cmaFgGHjV14_tcOkPV1Oegyt1_j9Zdh5Tg7ub99rdRnYRgsBQYia7HiUfbk1RUg4KBtTb6yAIYE3nEzfWUAKLe9HV6I6PRw3PP-_IRUdipJaGDTLrgpOdiHI6EA/s6240/IMG_0992.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzpNXVz4WpKCKb1WHmh14nemp8ZPeAIWnGi3OV1Foi_Mm5SnR68PXdbfuRmcpAv-cmaFgGHjV14_tcOkPV1Oegyt1_j9Zdh5Tg7ub99rdRnYRgsBQYia7HiUfbk1RUg4KBtTb6yAIYE3nEzfWUAKLe9HV6I6PRw3PP-_IRUdipJaGDTLrgpOdiHI6EA/w640-h426/IMG_0992.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pine Tree Arch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">It’s now getting hot and I am melting in the heat, I’m hot blooded ! I start to drive back out of the park at about 1 PM, at the visitors center to look at the </span><span style="text-align: left;">great exhibits. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="text-align: left;">I then return to downtown Moab, find the closed library (it’s Sunday) and the Museum also closed and I don’t feel like eating or shopping. I try to find a cool place to park the van ending up along a park, but it’s still hot. There is a water park, I should go over and check it out, could probably just walk in like a local and use the facilities.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">I see a couple of other homeless types hanging out also, they look harmless so I open the van doors in an effort to cool the interior of the van, but there is no breeze.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It does look stormy in the distance, could be a rain shower, nothing more than a couple of drops of rain materialize. I go to a restaurant to eat mainly to get some air conditioning and then I ride around looking for a ov</span>ernight spot. <span style="font-family: helvetica;">I spend night two on another side street, it's not good to stay in one place.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">In there morning, it has cooled down nicely overnight and while it’s cool I walk Main Street looking for interesting photos, I’m not finding a lot, it’s mostly tourist shops, (tee shirts and hats), outdoor gear, restaurants, and many places to rent Jeeps and OHV’s but there is nothing impressive with the town architecture. They have a food truck park area, fairly new I believe, in the center of downtown, it’s kind of weird and most of the food trucks are set in place, they no longer move. They do have a couple of interesting bakeries that I am trying to avoid, but my willpower is slipping.<b></b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUF9M0S2QNCUnSUN_hLdqeMsQ9CC288ThvqFMFk0OyMBZkLGl10z1TKqxQuTBAA-PJwXHWfZ8CH87PA20Ou-aFUkMpfAQ2aCOnOyCrgK4SfMqmAT1Btk03V0nOp3PXAVvDKmIMVRqaSUm8MRkOmhikL_7Ujdu-T5yz3Tr-bAPx1-BbW623DvKeaVaDBg/s4032/IMG_7159.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUF9M0S2QNCUnSUN_hLdqeMsQ9CC288ThvqFMFk0OyMBZkLGl10z1TKqxQuTBAA-PJwXHWfZ8CH87PA20Ou-aFUkMpfAQ2aCOnOyCrgK4SfMqmAT1Btk03V0nOp3PXAVvDKmIMVRqaSUm8MRkOmhikL_7Ujdu-T5yz3Tr-bAPx1-BbW623DvKeaVaDBg/w640-h480/IMG_7159.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An early historic Mormon building used as an entertainment venue now</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkl1aFrk-nS-w1YmkRC9D0vQVMG3FHUWrrWM_9Sdq3zjCw2pj4qQOe-GDRgO2XPNQf_nHp-eNKJCXPiCVenn8sqikeff6Hx19CDG_01GAJ3o9H2UkS7lR5Ek1FOle8zq1euP1XAiIG428bZ2rgLN8FsZ4mUPnTHupzYHb2zGm0cA2wgkf4KEzMPfNsA/s4032/IMG_7177.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkl1aFrk-nS-w1YmkRC9D0vQVMG3FHUWrrWM_9Sdq3zjCw2pj4qQOe-GDRgO2XPNQf_nHp-eNKJCXPiCVenn8sqikeff6Hx19CDG_01GAJ3o9H2UkS7lR5Ek1FOle8zq1euP1XAiIG428bZ2rgLN8FsZ4mUPnTHupzYHb2zGm0cA2wgkf4KEzMPfNsA/w640-h480/IMG_7177.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These OHV vehicles have become the hot ticket these days</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSGPrNTynHi-jfMsxn-va6X0M-s89zEXazNBNq46ifIP9UdNwO5uZXgx5vg5w9Bt5Ov_QIjluxDzMfA8Jrc0x1e7Czt5aMyCZTczCNalKmOSQqIm3BDGw5i2bHWN-c59xtwpxUPd68gDnQhHPJKMgWoyUDFH7CsmanO8BEQw83MB10TEQ-nzhmssvqw/s4032/IMG_7100.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSGPrNTynHi-jfMsxn-va6X0M-s89zEXazNBNq46ifIP9UdNwO5uZXgx5vg5w9Bt5Ov_QIjluxDzMfA8Jrc0x1e7Czt5aMyCZTczCNalKmOSQqIm3BDGw5i2bHWN-c59xtwpxUPd68gDnQhHPJKMgWoyUDFH7CsmanO8BEQw83MB10TEQ-nzhmssvqw/w640-h480/IMG_7100.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Ravens are everywhere here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’ve become addicted to the $3 cup of Huckleberry ice cream at the Spoke Restaurant on Main Street. As I’m standing on the corner eating my ice cream watching the traffic go by, that “standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona” song comes to mind and I start watching to see if anyone is slowing down to see me ? It’s not happening, in fact the traffic here on Main Street goes very fast, everyone is going over the posted speed limit. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I then go to the library for a while to work on this blog that bleeds way too much of my time, but I'm enjoying the very nice library. I end up doing the same later in the day at McDonalds, but there you get to watch the confusion of people ordering food using the new computerized touch screen machines. McDonalds is focused on getting everyone to use these and their mobile app to order food ahead of time. The younger generation is geared for this, they think digitally, they do everything on a phone or a credit card already, but old timers struggle with it. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I need to get out of town, see some sights, so I take a ride on route 128 and find several small beautiful campgrounds along the Colorado River that I could get into for a minimal cost, I’m surprised that there there are open sites in the afternoon. The views along this stretch are really impressive and there are many river float trips in the river which is mostly calm but very muddy. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLslxqf3nmqji6-tYLsA4V6P5l7AvSAOYcCQnE0RqFpSIsY4N_PwKm8uNuzPwUFATFHxZGqEMfDp4uKruYOBfND5CK8qqWD_9OqFqsedaULF3EcJ3s3crmbYzbsy1HD4RrlZ0VuQWw0sGR3zqfnK3tNRXeaq7FuMZuaPlW1eWE-Qi0hiGvUWFNrduQNA/s6240/IMG_1071.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLslxqf3nmqji6-tYLsA4V6P5l7AvSAOYcCQnE0RqFpSIsY4N_PwKm8uNuzPwUFATFHxZGqEMfDp4uKruYOBfND5CK8qqWD_9OqFqsedaULF3EcJ3s3crmbYzbsy1HD4RrlZ0VuQWw0sGR3zqfnK3tNRXeaq7FuMZuaPlW1eWE-Qi0hiGvUWFNrduQNA/w640-h426/IMG_1071.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Road view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDg2L5kX3GVxg2b9QAVvolUYxtnysiiCXLuDi8AG3ybHsh-7KatzCnQ07Wyzxp_8WT4YHWOA8azjkxlrh9RnzbWNw0tXkHF-Prbd-b8-s7eAs9aRPLBzB7RFoqEwu68M1w_0gfxym4maiNZeHpw96sh-V3TrT-dLN-3XV5DKHZjMwtNy4jhDGcePjDg/s4032/IMG_7261.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDg2L5kX3GVxg2b9QAVvolUYxtnysiiCXLuDi8AG3ybHsh-7KatzCnQ07Wyzxp_8WT4YHWOA8azjkxlrh9RnzbWNw0tXkHF-Prbd-b8-s7eAs9aRPLBzB7RFoqEwu68M1w_0gfxym4maiNZeHpw96sh-V3TrT-dLN-3XV5DKHZjMwtNy4jhDGcePjDg/w640-h480/IMG_7261.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lots of water tour action too, but not much white water</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RRNkGXB8zmNObssu_1gsa-qqK9Fz3r_BNdpLNHxa6zkKBi0BqteNW1rftGDq9tdka5uUGBX-Yo3o1QU8E3aRs06J2MJ7xuvnckH2EpAoBJIazyXK4UI22whcJ1EC5rLU8A6iJhoGdWlICNtNQhE8c4pK2KJ4YEqC3Yq325VkOr7oi5lKKys3AWm9UQ/s4032/IMG_7268.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RRNkGXB8zmNObssu_1gsa-qqK9Fz3r_BNdpLNHxa6zkKBi0BqteNW1rftGDq9tdka5uUGBX-Yo3o1QU8E3aRs06J2MJ7xuvnckH2EpAoBJIazyXK4UI22whcJ1EC5rLU8A6iJhoGdWlICNtNQhE8c4pK2KJ4YEqC3Yq325VkOr7oi5lKKys3AWm9UQ/w640-h480/IMG_7268.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The river was muddy brown, but beautiful</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">My plan was to go into Arches National Park after 5 PM, when the gates are open and anyone can enter without a reservation similar to the morning arrangement. You have about 3-4 hours of time to dash to your desired attraction, take a hike or whatever when the heat isn’t so awful, the crowds not as heavy, the parking lots not over crowded and the evening light and the sunsets are truly amazing. You can even stay in and stargaze, but according to the rules, you can’t sleep in your motor vehicle. I stayed till after dark, then drove back out to sleep in town on a side street which is probably unlawful also, but not enforced unless you become a problem. I am not sure about the names of some of these arches, so I will leave them blank.</span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIKQsQgphlVvdlbmw25ApOMOo945UCcaCVnHgDpws1ihR_mclxvV038yYD8UZfAiY0h9sQ1Mdr8k5PySCXMHbeNcmGTdvPpr2uE3sAVb9WEqzG4UmEA427si3XG0i810SAyQnZFgpJmz1I0kn4x9VccJdJADAHvWZDpAq2LNETPTrJSH-hvvv1pFBmQ/s6240/IMG_1004.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIKQsQgphlVvdlbmw25ApOMOo945UCcaCVnHgDpws1ihR_mclxvV038yYD8UZfAiY0h9sQ1Mdr8k5PySCXMHbeNcmGTdvPpr2uE3sAVb9WEqzG4UmEA427si3XG0i810SAyQnZFgpJmz1I0kn4x9VccJdJADAHvWZDpAq2LNETPTrJSH-hvvv1pFBmQ/w640-h426/IMG_1004.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Park Avenue view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICVVGuuuIPwAR5YRYsYE6OAGAfqMmutJjDoChoB1Rs9pXMBQyZV0Y9yVnkh-_aZIXjMNY1qVYHD0vkpM3pjRQBzFNfhL-nocqStltA24Ye3KURj03c02mGg_XD6nxsTDlkmLB_cj6hWMfRxwqjpbxS082FmS7RpXIKKwUtRR-wb0E_5gjRJ3Xc5AxNg/w480-h640/IMG_7214.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Balanced Rock</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSS2QsScbQ7BTdS5U--7BtOQKLyFlAhG8Xr6J1_LXaEZf18c9Nco8SySBn0zYbZ9swEtvu1KKkPWrQZvMtMGgbzcww8ep7UR0iE9SKqymYmkmVwH9NYKc1W5d-SWDSPVvj6UEXo5VmlK5fxf4d8VKvNhs0f23lVu6WWzeqC7hdP2reP_7ginOZe3kng/s6240/IMG_1040.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_DU9A1GEY8GS5J4p1Mri7tbzAcOJ_xyQ5mAFKuR_9tbbAluLgMTTLLvNG3RnKBqZdK3GNdTruXpM8RTWFhuF_XNqtrKShiTZ7bcx7LSHhNrLYwVgbbEA6DHLOorpEEI77a0c_yoXld2KUZsulRCwzGUyXN9MtvJEwfxRn1rdx5yFF-aHUiVNYrssZg/s6240/IMG_1052.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_DU9A1GEY8GS5J4p1Mri7tbzAcOJ_xyQ5mAFKuR_9tbbAluLgMTTLLvNG3RnKBqZdK3GNdTruXpM8RTWFhuF_XNqtrKShiTZ7bcx7LSHhNrLYwVgbbEA6DHLOorpEEI77a0c_yoXld2KUZsulRCwzGUyXN9MtvJEwfxRn1rdx5yFF-aHUiVNYrssZg/w640-h426/IMG_1052.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">View for the Garden of Eden parking area</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">For my final night I check into a BLM campground ($10) on route 128 with a great mountain view in front and Colorado River and mountain views in rear. It's beautiful, but super hot again and it's sweltering inside the van overnight.I might consider getting a tent for situations like this.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BeOii6ZzV0uMJ4A0kCLFkXH3NL92MUuVzfB2cWTz_-7_bSTCfopYzyvGoFqlQLeAnBnRzvmpokLuydvuuSrR0HVuwWZeSYQzmb_wuKaqS1mmZqzIyqMtomk8K5tzMlQ8cD2eAVgjqXadv1VW6SkNd3F60-oQiv2o4hzcNuo0UPgb0bsoLXgmjaA7gg/s4032/IMG_7267.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BeOii6ZzV0uMJ4A0kCLFkXH3NL92MUuVzfB2cWTz_-7_bSTCfopYzyvGoFqlQLeAnBnRzvmpokLuydvuuSrR0HVuwWZeSYQzmb_wuKaqS1mmZqzIyqMtomk8K5tzMlQ8cD2eAVgjqXadv1VW6SkNd3F60-oQiv2o4hzcNuo0UPgb0bsoLXgmjaA7gg/w640-h480/IMG_7267.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At river view</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vpM3m3mYCvuQABnYxxhPSWAJJvlZH1VvLY5e055Z3xwXjpLz8Wd2QCwdt3qwv_00onDxYJwi3SYZHcbNJvXGb3SiMH_da0F50V_K28BDNcpX31pBZHyjRdEXKVYh_fEt2duQrCqo8_6tI9RZl3wPwRvFtZ9LPVh5lIN-_8iOOx2tgTpsX1dvBe2z0Q/s4032/IMG_7280.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vpM3m3mYCvuQABnYxxhPSWAJJvlZH1VvLY5e055Z3xwXjpLz8Wd2QCwdt3qwv_00onDxYJwi3SYZHcbNJvXGb3SiMH_da0F50V_K28BDNcpX31pBZHyjRdEXKVYh_fEt2duQrCqo8_6tI9RZl3wPwRvFtZ9LPVh5lIN-_8iOOx2tgTpsX1dvBe2z0Q/w640-h480/IMG_7280.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking across the highway</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’m getting tired of this town, it’s about time to move on, but it's hard to due to the great outdoors activities here. The only problem is the heat, it’s Arizona hot. I have one place on my list of places to visit that is further north, Helper, UT and then I will start my return south. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the morning, I go back into Moab to do laundry, get fuel and then I’m back on the road on routes 101 and I-70 heading for Price and Helper, UT. I’m hoping for some cooler air there. </p><div><br /></div></div>Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597847939262025137.post-10471003388575124922022-07-12T10:58:00.004-07:002022-07-12T11:00:45.906-07:00Delta - Fillmore - Richfield and Salina, Utah<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">July 3 - 7, 2022:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the morning I back track 10 miles or so to check out an interesting mountain pass I had come through the previous evening. Of course that means passing through the dust storm area for 6 miles again, although it’s not as windy now. Anyhow it was worth it. I now get back on track heading east on route 50 for the town of Delta, UT. I would have to say that there is nothing of much interest from the highway in this area, but all sorts of adventures await if one were to venture down some of these dusty, bumpy side roads.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8nfMvqg7cKmZSv9oKgV7LK4y7co6QNf0lRX67Zsi_mXRlJIT9n92iiAb_B99unekzbRgCuAiIx-wnKltsx00E1qh32aHbRPU3GocDc1s_5dA64ME2jFkDI4VE9nFgTY9ZgQ1JhBoC5ZhUyhHl_o-LjP6hardVRoPQeGbDxlTeXCQlCbUrkSBYFDjUQ/s4032/IMG_6692.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8nfMvqg7cKmZSv9oKgV7LK4y7co6QNf0lRX67Zsi_mXRlJIT9n92iiAb_B99unekzbRgCuAiIx-wnKltsx00E1qh32aHbRPU3GocDc1s_5dA64ME2jFkDI4VE9nFgTY9ZgQ1JhBoC5ZhUyhHl_o-LjP6hardVRoPQeGbDxlTeXCQlCbUrkSBYFDjUQ/w640-h480/IMG_6692.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Often difficult to keep my eyes on the road</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8VuvhFY8foxxgf51ht4_dCepyDn6a5GbyIPA7kQmW_4zNnS4jcNmtknOeHC6_ymyBWOHCm392wzRRcEhqgSNILCEevJIfkmmCL8MkmhzFaVNMPhEjkuO4szgkjITA_HYiAylJjuScDWYpVyvsEs2fYRq16bJ7dcGaG-fX8yCLiJnvGHvm7bNFdwvcw/s4032/IMG_6699.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8VuvhFY8foxxgf51ht4_dCepyDn6a5GbyIPA7kQmW_4zNnS4jcNmtknOeHC6_ymyBWOHCm392wzRRcEhqgSNILCEevJIfkmmCL8MkmhzFaVNMPhEjkuO4szgkjITA_HYiAylJjuScDWYpVyvsEs2fYRq16bJ7dcGaG-fX8yCLiJnvGHvm7bNFdwvcw/w640-h480/IMG_6699.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lots of these unknown to me beautiful flowers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3wyIBmAklVbQFU3JQCGsjI0PsbNY9j5RlegXSUb-Rp4Hpx-aZzxsQ2lzcxJy4nH_RgO4j5ju1xCix5DicV24NKXrz9dWuNiok2iLzq0m-oXjxUyzs977jQT4ut5mEtSrkrVTr0P4f65j6fffkgUnwjQUOO6qxRTrkiEaeqC44ZUuPqf7xORJ9qk2jA/s4032/IMG_6705.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3wyIBmAklVbQFU3JQCGsjI0PsbNY9j5RlegXSUb-Rp4Hpx-aZzxsQ2lzcxJy4nH_RgO4j5ju1xCix5DicV24NKXrz9dWuNiok2iLzq0m-oXjxUyzs977jQT4ut5mEtSrkrVTr0P4f65j6fffkgUnwjQUOO6qxRTrkiEaeqC44ZUuPqf7xORJ9qk2jA/w640-h480/IMG_6705.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is minor stuff, my lungs are full of dust by this point</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">I arrive in Delta, UT looking forward to some civilization, but since it’s a holiday weekend virtually nothing is open and honestly it looks like a nice but a boring town. I go over to the fairgrounds hoping there might be something going on this weekend and the big action is a demolition derby. I rinse the dust off the van at a car wash, stop at the modern convenience store, fuel up and get out my map to see where to go from here. I can't see anything to do here this weekend, so I start searching for alternatives. </span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I see the town of Fillmore within an hour away just off interstate 15 which has a Pilot Truck stop and looks larger than Delta. It was the territorial capital of Utah at one point and has a museum in the original capital building. There are also national forest lands nearby that could be potential overnight places to disperse camp.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillmore,_Utah">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillmore,_Utah</a> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I arrive in Fillmore to see a main street draped with flags, I stop to look around and see a sign giving a list of the 4th of July events. They are going all out in this town, parade, pancake breakfast, a foot race, lots of food concessions, games for the children, music and of course fireworks. I also see a sign for a 70 mile Pahvant Valley Heritage Trail in the area and decide to do part of it for the day.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvAQm6HJoOftN98SF0uac3-M6KWoyvpOq4O5bXqEkofLvna9_SPUKH4WK8ik3uyVUujiMtOoSW9ZTr3wSBJxH04vhKo8wPtcad9jxDUbdAbm6tfvSTVapUy6jjTCR4nIDKOBLeZ4aOAXOy1a_gzF0t1zrw60CPr81yX33uN_u4oi2fYcZsCrD8tf2dQ/s3918/IMG_6726.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2938" data-original-width="3918" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvAQm6HJoOftN98SF0uac3-M6KWoyvpOq4O5bXqEkofLvna9_SPUKH4WK8ik3uyVUujiMtOoSW9ZTr3wSBJxH04vhKo8wPtcad9jxDUbdAbm6tfvSTVapUy6jjTCR4nIDKOBLeZ4aOAXOy1a_gzF0t1zrw60CPr81yX33uN_u4oi2fYcZsCrD8tf2dQ/w640-h480/IMG_6726.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A flag covered city hall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbRjQkmp49wp4dB0AQ9nSbaZIx8wwrT3PbUkLGXF1kJlAhKeKGQ4w_uz7ixtmdmC0wQCDfSS9Sg_3oh1mmdCzL5XMY3W4RDhPulCjJKLW0XWd8qA625BUI032sy8GlhwDAYoyAH2aD_SVZGbESg8BM8QF7OOcVf-uz4RcXVOUDYhwxFtZmRoCTz78qQ/s6240/IMG_0532.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbRjQkmp49wp4dB0AQ9nSbaZIx8wwrT3PbUkLGXF1kJlAhKeKGQ4w_uz7ixtmdmC0wQCDfSS9Sg_3oh1mmdCzL5XMY3W4RDhPulCjJKLW0XWd8qA625BUI032sy8GlhwDAYoyAH2aD_SVZGbESg8BM8QF7OOcVf-uz4RcXVOUDYhwxFtZmRoCTz78qQ/w640-h426/IMG_0532.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I liked the motel sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilt9TPRPA0RpOrRCc6ysS7Y_pc3_BU6UOXICKGJWwdwOPTYF1BSmAKTf6uZoIF8xUaLnzSDsc-NTHv3nlSb-DTq4s0ljueut4x9IFvOdIXxs-ckmkDfUEgYmO_q8xvVGyCAPfM2p3dEHxJ-Xj4i9C4xy3OKMRpT705GMIac6EMseO_69CLZsD0h_sH_A/s6240/IMG_0534.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilt9TPRPA0RpOrRCc6ysS7Y_pc3_BU6UOXICKGJWwdwOPTYF1BSmAKTf6uZoIF8xUaLnzSDsc-NTHv3nlSb-DTq4s0ljueut4x9IFvOdIXxs-ckmkDfUEgYmO_q8xvVGyCAPfM2p3dEHxJ-Xj4i9C4xy3OKMRpT705GMIac6EMseO_69CLZsD0h_sH_A/w640-h426/IMG_0534.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Avalon seems to be a private residence now, BBQ out front</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqFq1oOnbHlE3xFny9Bnzfec9VZMt_d1WsJRim0bOwXlC0nmSXGy9CW-zQUNW1tv6BUKlo7_d5WAefYQqB0HyFlmYnXqyE7wSUqXShmCpOpEsLKf0wqJPEM2ptsNN9o7V3iI7N28Y16dWk35KomRMS093jedUvKHwWrpTWC3S-RjBeFaVRllwMPZw1-g/s6240/IMG_0535.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqFq1oOnbHlE3xFny9Bnzfec9VZMt_d1WsJRim0bOwXlC0nmSXGy9CW-zQUNW1tv6BUKlo7_d5WAefYQqB0HyFlmYnXqyE7wSUqXShmCpOpEsLKf0wqJPEM2ptsNN9o7V3iI7N28Y16dWk35KomRMS093jedUvKHwWrpTWC3S-RjBeFaVRllwMPZw1-g/w640-h426/IMG_0535.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The only bar in town, closed</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqxd6ZRIuUjYX97SiNe9dDwK4MeAA_Nm3HCPKK1XXDYnRtUA5XsddU2H9vu0KlW12zO4bYslkOeZpJ7zs3qkkRPUaGwrz7wWPdzGtxYxuzkwAA0EJQiwFEPUVIjYqeK4GWZO55yDLiGYpUuFssmo3QmYqiEJUqF4plYpJGpxewDpdLCpDLE7MBU58vA/s6240/IMG_0540.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqxd6ZRIuUjYX97SiNe9dDwK4MeAA_Nm3HCPKK1XXDYnRtUA5XsddU2H9vu0KlW12zO4bYslkOeZpJ7zs3qkkRPUaGwrz7wWPdzGtxYxuzkwAA0EJQiwFEPUVIjYqeK4GWZO55yDLiGYpUuFssmo3QmYqiEJUqF4plYpJGpxewDpdLCpDLE7MBU58vA/w640-h426/IMG_0540.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Great Spinning Wheel Motel sign</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The Pahvant tour travels through the historic old town of Deseret, established in 1860, which actually looks pretty sad these days. The original Fort Deseret still exists, but barely with its adobe walls mostly eroded away. I’m surprised that the Mormons have not done more with this site since they are pretty fanatical about their history and achievements. The rest of the tour route takes me through lush green irrigated farm land bordering massive lava flows. This area had substantial volcanic activity with thousands of acres of land totally covered by lava fields.</span><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwb-KTZu3t_E0nneKspy_OZ3kIuiujQOPi4VcD98uT8k3YpKkfKpayldt7FSqN5MyxTWaF2rw38Sm7BFwPVnB54v7mGM9LZY-VXLCagc0tEMDsmmMBTs4zWDC0bo_Lx4_JDiQXwGOm38-wjuJ8MQPS-R8yTrjImF1uxZvDG49tn_wHVc9JCovNt0HVag/s6240/IMG_0514.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwb-KTZu3t_E0nneKspy_OZ3kIuiujQOPi4VcD98uT8k3YpKkfKpayldt7FSqN5MyxTWaF2rw38Sm7BFwPVnB54v7mGM9LZY-VXLCagc0tEMDsmmMBTs4zWDC0bo_Lx4_JDiQXwGOm38-wjuJ8MQPS-R8yTrjImF1uxZvDG49tn_wHVc9JCovNt0HVag/w640-h426/IMG_0514.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The remains of the fort</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjef51OUyGy9lcETz4JBmx-S6ehf0Mn79rpMOcWLhvql8dfBQmaJRYlkzdYVXP-N_yHk2Bh8cghSLCnDWh00WCxxgg3dSbnlJoH4AN2a7OqPhvUfNo3IHdX1KoowWcvevPaETU0ap-GTqg12f9IfIbbh24KQjzCyU7cmOkXZHCtWntYaYox3iv58V7CaA/s6240/IMG_0517.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjef51OUyGy9lcETz4JBmx-S6ehf0Mn79rpMOcWLhvql8dfBQmaJRYlkzdYVXP-N_yHk2Bh8cghSLCnDWh00WCxxgg3dSbnlJoH4AN2a7OqPhvUfNo3IHdX1KoowWcvevPaETU0ap-GTqg12f9IfIbbh24KQjzCyU7cmOkXZHCtWntYaYox3iv58V7CaA/w640-h426/IMG_0517.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rock called the "Big Head" that resembles Mormon founder</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhea-SuKq_MSDeEYdfhB5qWEujcQ58mKcSwgVpuApomoQsoU5xAvotkebmUSNUfe6QXku4aAnrJRhH5SwLw4Wu7b1TqHua09_qGNeJ-MA5a45xNGY1XgF5iKkK9xN0IKlnOKrP_wQkeodTwwOapKc7aO_QukIYh4gvuMoCL-MA4u05WWdkHTYm0S3kllw/s6240/IMG_0515.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhea-SuKq_MSDeEYdfhB5qWEujcQ58mKcSwgVpuApomoQsoU5xAvotkebmUSNUfe6QXku4aAnrJRhH5SwLw4Wu7b1TqHua09_qGNeJ-MA5a45xNGY1XgF5iKkK9xN0IKlnOKrP_wQkeodTwwOapKc7aO_QukIYh4gvuMoCL-MA4u05WWdkHTYm0S3kllw/w640-h426/IMG_0515.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Indian Petroglyph </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVPSb-5hUzvh7TEJOJlZ6bnbgc7SGLmuqwUX09F4_8UZQ18pwWAlDvMKGg16hIsAEmCO1IR2LsBGFLH3djUtyIPfsW7_g8X1H4lu5gk44F8CgxXD31ruGC_eQPw2nLzSODiyvW6siXDPuwWKaZ-NRleqa_gyHbkD7mij5YjvuBHzGGPja8PxyVJqLoQ/s6240/IMG_0527.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVPSb-5hUzvh7TEJOJlZ6bnbgc7SGLmuqwUX09F4_8UZQ18pwWAlDvMKGg16hIsAEmCO1IR2LsBGFLH3djUtyIPfsW7_g8X1H4lu5gk44F8CgxXD31ruGC_eQPw2nLzSODiyvW6siXDPuwWKaZ-NRleqa_gyHbkD7mij5YjvuBHzGGPja8PxyVJqLoQ/w640-h426/IMG_0527.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Miles and miles of roads like this</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwQdkQgZZXUqSZCAtF4y4uSPbjvmBLkDzbQ_MsJaEyiVa6sqsrn1Gpfp2GhIctjjbbKwaVrxhOJfFrRWQK6VA2G9CxmXvVTk-4jUCDP3_wYUKT6NW-khHSYYLnOidho1Q3Dm4n9-x55ow2KFXUqa-VJYWJrP-Qr8coHJxNlnZcS7jtNCFlyicoeO4Zzw/s6240/IMG_0529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwQdkQgZZXUqSZCAtF4y4uSPbjvmBLkDzbQ_MsJaEyiVa6sqsrn1Gpfp2GhIctjjbbKwaVrxhOJfFrRWQK6VA2G9CxmXvVTk-4jUCDP3_wYUKT6NW-khHSYYLnOidho1Q3Dm4n9-x55ow2KFXUqa-VJYWJrP-Qr8coHJxNlnZcS7jtNCFlyicoeO4Zzw/w640-h426/IMG_0529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Large layers of lava, interesting how it stops here leaving a sharp ledge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">The Love’s Truck Stop is spacious, clean and modern so I spend the night there with the convenance of food, snacks and bathroom.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the morning, I witness the parade, everyone in town seems to be there, it reminds me a lot about my former home in Hightstown, NJ where I lived on the parade route. I actually was in the parade a couple of years with my 38 Dodge. This parade took an hour, it was very stretched out, but was more of a candy parade, (Halloween again) for the kids as about every parade vehicle was throwing handfuls of candy out for the children. Ironically, there was nothing political, the general message was just a celebration of our freedom in the US, but I thought it unusual that there were no marching military groups or school bands.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79qa1WuTgUye6zIZXEHv4P4dP5oMJN6XXggsKVuWxAPPTPcLAVMzTvpMe6zp4h7Q2wVKlJUdRcQd9Agx3EAKPjKcaF-oBGLqqzz66unZp5kaEw94J1QCN25rJOqCy-e8xnwop51wfz76QLCmdJrTpOvLoYzfOaFaIiXEBwSrDFasMBqn-VWkq0PahKg/s6240/IMG_0543.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79qa1WuTgUye6zIZXEHv4P4dP5oMJN6XXggsKVuWxAPPTPcLAVMzTvpMe6zp4h7Q2wVKlJUdRcQd9Agx3EAKPjKcaF-oBGLqqzz66unZp5kaEw94J1QCN25rJOqCy-e8xnwop51wfz76QLCmdJrTpOvLoYzfOaFaIiXEBwSrDFasMBqn-VWkq0PahKg/w640-h426/IMG_0543.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The local leaders</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoQL-yq8LDafdrQXao8BP2gLQt9WAs2QkHQLv2AF_Vpm6Mx8z7ENTqhRS-AMb6Tvh-dEHt-bQJRXeHOi3dFW5A38MMdpSzu2YYNlpPZxdxGCt6uZxLKLi3rNfxhPTd6Lzjsr0e-7X766p3AGCDdC5F8-iZ40S7SGdxdN7wFCuP_PTV9f_6G8D_eDcOg/s6240/IMG_0546.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoQL-yq8LDafdrQXao8BP2gLQt9WAs2QkHQLv2AF_Vpm6Mx8z7ENTqhRS-AMb6Tvh-dEHt-bQJRXeHOi3dFW5A38MMdpSzu2YYNlpPZxdxGCt6uZxLKLi3rNfxhPTd6Lzjsr0e-7X766p3AGCDdC5F8-iZ40S7SGdxdN7wFCuP_PTV9f_6G8D_eDcOg/w640-h426/IMG_0546.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They all knew each other</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZDfKd5PGh1MwGShgqYtX6bLZn1W3S6TFIKM8IH1p5Hbnbd62oXu3R7QEoyEEtrn4T9GVAtbpQ4gE7hl3-2TvDl7bRGmyro1LgwQZYHrXM8miY4Mc2QnDqDkFseY9I4VrU9dxiZEHrrVMoUrq2jEOHcHtQo1ntag0C2vHX18duf9c_HutSTqGmbKJ5w/s6240/IMG_0554.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZDfKd5PGh1MwGShgqYtX6bLZn1W3S6TFIKM8IH1p5Hbnbd62oXu3R7QEoyEEtrn4T9GVAtbpQ4gE7hl3-2TvDl7bRGmyro1LgwQZYHrXM8miY4Mc2QnDqDkFseY9I4VrU9dxiZEHrrVMoUrq2jEOHcHtQo1ntag0C2vHX18duf9c_HutSTqGmbKJ5w/w640-h426/IMG_0554.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The local gas station</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv83MYSVOLZoTN7V8CZ1K0Ok4jyjFW5yV9f2p-X0R_mQBUc0yojdY1VOSqB1XCQ_jNuhdKEH461gO5f7IJD2YBhOEJyfnpu0k5qRVbFOHMaktGwdCAraWKX2Ya423eP4NLSwoVfM8fXUFLy-BMhPFaaiiNlXOfGJOKMyLHoEInf9K9LZKLcgVLpcQkuQ/s6240/IMG_0557.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv83MYSVOLZoTN7V8CZ1K0Ok4jyjFW5yV9f2p-X0R_mQBUc0yojdY1VOSqB1XCQ_jNuhdKEH461gO5f7IJD2YBhOEJyfnpu0k5qRVbFOHMaktGwdCAraWKX2Ya423eP4NLSwoVfM8fXUFLy-BMhPFaaiiNlXOfGJOKMyLHoEInf9K9LZKLcgVLpcQkuQ/w640-h426/IMG_0557.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The general theme of the parade seemed good, but ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp47zewTZ9iPGhU67dnsDt8WgAh3r4tH7JMYG6pINA3TjhRskDKX1KTt4iAKPB2_vdWbuF9XQch6adEvt8zSvKknOsYd5UNT0Onwx_DBy_SYcnICFcnfXjOCVXbGjctYJ_0uyo2F1tNiRPCJbcmT_v1-a8WLrk6Zn3KrOJgYzUGkCm7rX32i10gT7dyw/s6240/IMG_0564.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp47zewTZ9iPGhU67dnsDt8WgAh3r4tH7JMYG6pINA3TjhRskDKX1KTt4iAKPB2_vdWbuF9XQch6adEvt8zSvKknOsYd5UNT0Onwx_DBy_SYcnICFcnfXjOCVXbGjctYJ_0uyo2F1tNiRPCJbcmT_v1-a8WLrk6Zn3KrOJgYzUGkCm7rX32i10gT7dyw/w640-h426/IMG_0564.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The original Territorial Capital of Utah was open to tour</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLejdwb4XMDepxCmB5bJivuGeP14m1A4ghBibFjw1e6pqosXGcOmmQUE8x8_4Z_dHJTIT6ECaB5wWIYcrDy6XT3YipReNQiezl_OEOy7vcD_T_jinFIajrhiqXhROUyQ-SQtfaY9nvHfZaqsxGaGsPs0qLC_22Lf53-cLy_lLgVfYYnZm331nK-qqX_A/s3495/IMG_6745.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3495" data-original-width="2661" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLejdwb4XMDepxCmB5bJivuGeP14m1A4ghBibFjw1e6pqosXGcOmmQUE8x8_4Z_dHJTIT6ECaB5wWIYcrDy6XT3YipReNQiezl_OEOy7vcD_T_jinFIajrhiqXhROUyQ-SQtfaY9nvHfZaqsxGaGsPs0qLC_22Lf53-cLy_lLgVfYYnZm331nK-qqX_A/w305-h400/IMG_6745.jpeg" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course Brigham Young's portrait is hanging there</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYpWEcwc2ZuPLSaRKvvgmnez3NxIT35eM20ibDMCqK7PaBhlnQ9YWaF7AeKclXGTLpcfqtqqXnI1BRjTTe4PXySLz1w9yvfHlx939I58nOBok-Vm6V5_YB59l8LZ-GrSqiHgZGnVGn4UbLWvd5XNbHEFGmdeMCXrfyigiFrtoEajh48AnSDf9uCNX7w/s3846/IMG_6762.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2884" data-original-width="3846" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYpWEcwc2ZuPLSaRKvvgmnez3NxIT35eM20ibDMCqK7PaBhlnQ9YWaF7AeKclXGTLpcfqtqqXnI1BRjTTe4PXySLz1w9yvfHlx939I58nOBok-Vm6V5_YB59l8LZ-GrSqiHgZGnVGn4UbLWvd5XNbHEFGmdeMCXrfyigiFrtoEajh48AnSDf9uCNX7w/w640-h480/IMG_6762.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Along with dozens of other prominent followers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi2uGVNS2sburNK0E-vTTR1LSRvSExtoLnYuLGSoZYA8T6eqe1G9aXZPNHEcN0cZhbJbFJGIMYj8i-O5xovHlzwTvGje3OC172ILSneurTYbKbK-8IlHe0pm4S0EXFX6FqZRAIJ9imAvXF95klN9OvHs00akgd2wdx8VLzmTpWeY0skQA-7Hhep1zC2g/s4032/IMG_6763.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi2uGVNS2sburNK0E-vTTR1LSRvSExtoLnYuLGSoZYA8T6eqe1G9aXZPNHEcN0cZhbJbFJGIMYj8i-O5xovHlzwTvGje3OC172ILSneurTYbKbK-8IlHe0pm4S0EXFX6FqZRAIJ9imAvXF95klN9OvHs00akgd2wdx8VLzmTpWeY0skQA-7Hhep1zC2g/w300-h400/IMG_6763.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I saw many today who look similar </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Afterwards I finish the tour route to the town of Kanosh<b>, </b>named for Chief Kanosh<b> </b>of the Ute tribe. It is an historic town started in 1867 with approval from chief Kanosh who maintained friendly relations with the Mormons. I find nothing else of interest there, sad to say, so I return to Fillmore. I drive a few minutes outside of town into the Fishlake National Forest where I see where the camping crowd has gone to celebrate the holiday. There are several campsites off the road and it is open to the OHV types. There is a nice open parking area there, but In spite of that I return to the truck stop for the sake of convenience.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAB5ZDTthLEhhvENNX3z0vOdo8GJckILB3FVAztzjPUvoQj40FJtoo66RD5PnikW5KQSGasCJ3eA3kUjVEYe7VkXdnSbs5YZp_7IAqN0nWW6MGVH3syzZNzJcu_enSDNQJih-mtnkYyoJbP_NiPqxoKF8D6jpAuVMKTjY4FgVC0n5V1Ni88zpfldlMyQ/s3410/IMG_6761.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3410" data-original-width="2669" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAB5ZDTthLEhhvENNX3z0vOdo8GJckILB3FVAztzjPUvoQj40FJtoo66RD5PnikW5KQSGasCJ3eA3kUjVEYe7VkXdnSbs5YZp_7IAqN0nWW6MGVH3syzZNzJcu_enSDNQJih-mtnkYyoJbP_NiPqxoKF8D6jpAuVMKTjY4FgVC0n5V1Ni88zpfldlMyQ/w313-h400/IMG_6761.jpeg" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The chief looks Mexican ?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlxJZbrIlgxk_MP_qWcOCqzFh6I2oxkRaMOaSIvOonM46liF4A1cGhBBs0ElCuP1MksNZzk9aLR2t2CRlhyjUkmR6SMj5gD8LTApi-zzpAJ6o2jCU9F7lIfVOXtZQlJmTALsljMTEpTkh3GJPjnqO4AA8hK_wJSPf-b8J6Bu2F8obTbdzd251cns5vw/s2860/IMG_6760.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2860" data-original-width="2362" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlxJZbrIlgxk_MP_qWcOCqzFh6I2oxkRaMOaSIvOonM46liF4A1cGhBBs0ElCuP1MksNZzk9aLR2t2CRlhyjUkmR6SMj5gD8LTApi-zzpAJ6o2jCU9F7lIfVOXtZQlJmTALsljMTEpTkh3GJPjnqO4AA8hK_wJSPf-b8J6Bu2F8obTbdzd251cns5vw/w528-h640/IMG_6760.jpeg" width="528" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The chief had problems with his wives</span></td></tr></tbody></table></b><b></b><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; display: inline; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="text-align: left;">In the morning I get a shower at Loves, make an attempt to get an oil change in town (they are too busy) then spend an hour at the library and finally get on the road at noon. </span><span style="text-align: left;">I’ve decided to go make a stop at the Cove Fort which turns out to a guided tour event and very interesting.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">This fort was built in 1867 to protect the Mormon settlers from Indian attack but since the Mormons maintained good relations with the local Indians, there was never any trouble. </span><span style="text-align: left;">The fort was built of locally available lava rock with 3 foot thick walls, a very impressive building.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">It even housed a state of the art (for its time)</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">telegraph station to allow it to communicate to other stations within a 30 mile radius.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cove_Fort">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cove_Fort</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjY1uE6BbHO_L71rKb042o4VRfipl4eD_X8ffnYdtxbc15w9Pfm9lqfpQNgEy8cQnAJRyzq68E5V9mY9yiylFH3kDM0Ch4eUgXQuCPJG0kFy8o5GopcgmPkWrcHk1uh1RlGkuRm8wfvHyM1W85a6628huyXaHtTaOKjnE6bdqrjaNeLW5NkF5p3_Rpig/s4032/IMG_6823.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjY1uE6BbHO_L71rKb042o4VRfipl4eD_X8ffnYdtxbc15w9Pfm9lqfpQNgEy8cQnAJRyzq68E5V9mY9yiylFH3kDM0Ch4eUgXQuCPJG0kFy8o5GopcgmPkWrcHk1uh1RlGkuRm8wfvHyM1W85a6628huyXaHtTaOKjnE6bdqrjaNeLW5NkF5p3_Rpig/w480-h640/IMG_6823.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We were told that this is the original door</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSkux0aqRnZFkVXF2RZiBJVjlknxqzh7cbcsLWyTk1Ffah2V-mZPZ3epOZf1O6dPNrSDrBOoQ-U3vTrAncjzM7HTNymh9B0FP0nHzXKf9s40odmjBmSvBMl7ww3tgPTcvLSXijy0Mo-Te5YaTpgySOqpyaZyRzT9ElHGOrQHFKVhOCwEFaQ7fEQWORw/s3918/IMG_6825.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2938" data-original-width="3918" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSkux0aqRnZFkVXF2RZiBJVjlknxqzh7cbcsLWyTk1Ffah2V-mZPZ3epOZf1O6dPNrSDrBOoQ-U3vTrAncjzM7HTNymh9B0FP0nHzXKf9s40odmjBmSvBMl7ww3tgPTcvLSXijy0Mo-Te5YaTpgySOqpyaZyRzT9ElHGOrQHFKVhOCwEFaQ7fEQWORw/w640-h480/IMG_6825.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very comfortable inside</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW0Svov7kr2ivtCpuEVTPzYefgtTCQzlx19qkYAlWB66DEogv4FtIR0luyaG0aupMB_gCcEfq9sqCp6voyyb_zRdgc0QoSZF47eaSMJq49SEjZlNISAAJt8Rm3EpETKy1diWm0iZny2dkLgnbAoiBHAwlwDNiJP-sx5C4apuBy0AmuwMGR7vANbmQDw/s3897/IMG_6833.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2922" data-original-width="3897" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW0Svov7kr2ivtCpuEVTPzYefgtTCQzlx19qkYAlWB66DEogv4FtIR0luyaG0aupMB_gCcEfq9sqCp6voyyb_zRdgc0QoSZF47eaSMJq49SEjZlNISAAJt8Rm3EpETKy1diWm0iZny2dkLgnbAoiBHAwlwDNiJP-sx5C4apuBy0AmuwMGR7vANbmQDw/w640-h480/IMG_6833.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beautiful gardens</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3D9WzSiVCk-YD7-4Ephv97BuNRzItLVMavVaXOVMQaN9yiFZ6WJXPyCN2PNBs0EBdw5BAvh6G3Mk0NgLExriCeoTETXcowdnsn8k-PK8_VBZziZ49CSrWNPhWxEKN7_JyM2OuZ8m9g8Ig8mZ1NgO_cJJUvy86VSA9jny0ew272qgO0EFgu4l0K3qNQ/s4032/IMG_6834.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3D9WzSiVCk-YD7-4Ephv97BuNRzItLVMavVaXOVMQaN9yiFZ6WJXPyCN2PNBs0EBdw5BAvh6G3Mk0NgLExriCeoTETXcowdnsn8k-PK8_VBZziZ49CSrWNPhWxEKN7_JyM2OuZ8m9g8Ig8mZ1NgO_cJJUvy86VSA9jny0ew272qgO0EFgu4l0K3qNQ/w640-h480/IMG_6834.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Interior walls of the fort</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5iG_tbYe-rPgw3Bo8ZcJvdQ0RoSxF8jOnENMjtGLSl1BxGVMEUyfqqH9BY0ys1XFklDivzdTAVBOdw8Jcz3qFt2IGbWUd9xdy6zIAMX9BGR4h2ALVvgz2XD89AzSx4sOIYJcXwcLAoqTrN3s01C4cn3fi5E2yVZBDOXtaCEY5YxyV7uWh5CBVtXbhNA/s3547/IMG_6838.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2660" data-original-width="3547" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5iG_tbYe-rPgw3Bo8ZcJvdQ0RoSxF8jOnENMjtGLSl1BxGVMEUyfqqH9BY0ys1XFklDivzdTAVBOdw8Jcz3qFt2IGbWUd9xdy6zIAMX9BGR4h2ALVvgz2XD89AzSx4sOIYJcXwcLAoqTrN3s01C4cn3fi5E2yVZBDOXtaCEY5YxyV7uWh5CBVtXbhNA/w640-h480/IMG_6838.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Incredible stone masonry</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">My next stop is the Folsom Indian State Park where I go through their museum which tells the story (as much as is known) about the sizable pit house village that once existed on the hilltop in front of the museum.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I say used to exist as a least half of the hillside was removed to build I-70.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The highway planners were not aware of this Indian village until construction was well along and changing the path of the highway was then not feasible.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">A remedial plan was developed to allow archeologists time to research the area and remove as many artifacts as possible and to protect the surrounding land by creating a state park and museum.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">There are 1,000’s of petroglyphs in this park area and there are several hiking trails to view many of them.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"> The areas rock formations and landscape views are beautiful with or without the petroglyphs. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.utah.com/destinations/state-parks/fremont-indian-state-park/">https://www.utah.com/destinations/state-parks/fremont-indian-state-park/</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDmuqxOvqHSErsNs5RfQkDntxajfrDouVmX5XYLRnnm9ZMamQ2roVzE5arjfiOcm4ZK9_MV_2Ujrf718-fPybt8AGaxh8ys5Pta8XHpgS2nZ37IzMQboANGSZk2abMfpkemj3qX2dowbY_Y_kG0tOrNida_C9zRTv5EiofRdt7BM01-JYi8D17W3-GQ/s4032/IMG_6863.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDmuqxOvqHSErsNs5RfQkDntxajfrDouVmX5XYLRnnm9ZMamQ2roVzE5arjfiOcm4ZK9_MV_2Ujrf718-fPybt8AGaxh8ys5Pta8XHpgS2nZ37IzMQboANGSZk2abMfpkemj3qX2dowbY_Y_kG0tOrNida_C9zRTv5EiofRdt7BM01-JYi8D17W3-GQ/w640-h480/IMG_6863.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Original Fremont pottery</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKd8lLm5djRl6udOpskDTDsCerPpDJEoJLmE_vOYGTsQ1sS64ZGJSV4lXT0GJm0v6arybsKAXrPZzmykCg0xLhEyEuoyIs6Nqw8JeyVyqZGCg52zMeUieRyHJCnIQPJKIYwbZY8EApNB1AFqQQnDRFQLg8YdoC0NUfqNh-PFJ0DnZloaNwD0b5yfD8rg/s4032/IMG_6857.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKd8lLm5djRl6udOpskDTDsCerPpDJEoJLmE_vOYGTsQ1sS64ZGJSV4lXT0GJm0v6arybsKAXrPZzmykCg0xLhEyEuoyIs6Nqw8JeyVyqZGCg52zMeUieRyHJCnIQPJKIYwbZY8EApNB1AFqQQnDRFQLg8YdoC0NUfqNh-PFJ0DnZloaNwD0b5yfD8rg/w640-h480/IMG_6857.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Model of the hilltop village </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShdYdWzzRzLDvKdxlIZuDzzIT30BamZVSouJjt3ZbeypUohL67BGsLZ3Pc4UqpoTi01JPyvMGI9sXGtmX6SfSZWQUMwYFytLeRYIhjVEsS6Rz8qbuj81HJGCrIsVgq0H1oVKGuTAucNchhED4qZEQ9OhVlX7QPZ4Bo7w8i9qZ50uJHcL2VBSrd4MLsg/s3060/IMG_6856.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="3060" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShdYdWzzRzLDvKdxlIZuDzzIT30BamZVSouJjt3ZbeypUohL67BGsLZ3Pc4UqpoTi01JPyvMGI9sXGtmX6SfSZWQUMwYFytLeRYIhjVEsS6Rz8qbuj81HJGCrIsVgq0H1oVKGuTAucNchhED4qZEQ9OhVlX7QPZ4Bo7w8i9qZ50uJHcL2VBSrd4MLsg/w640-h460/IMG_6856.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-rZpgAhKDT2AuxDKCuZIufW6ERvebyOwdsaL0Tip0SVZkpl_jzZlsn9E9ek-3SDGMDzriDQjXklBGIr9zhZaxEYVxCJQdytSrYEGL95gIureE7N-q0t_s3a2Zol29ASpXooJjSpIlV3H5WDLp8A87hp6hQwiB6phbJBMjFKizLw06zBFUlPED02VBA/w640-h480/IMG_6896.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hand prints in the 100 hands cave</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJQy-nvKbB5o0lJyU-EOaQnl8psXsBsDGnwq0AEE5U_4TNyua2O8Cf8rcyTN7IPTzGrtuH3JqQ1tUsNMtSs73JJBhJTEH7B-qMn_uH0iJwVCNQ0KIkE-Mqg4SyYau1ZQrP1XU4XwC0bAef_WL0u5EGrh2K_LQgwPb8VulgsS4RvS4gReb1qrsuPyZWA/s4032/IMG_6898.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJQy-nvKbB5o0lJyU-EOaQnl8psXsBsDGnwq0AEE5U_4TNyua2O8Cf8rcyTN7IPTzGrtuH3JqQ1tUsNMtSs73JJBhJTEH7B-qMn_uH0iJwVCNQ0KIkE-Mqg4SyYau1ZQrP1XU4XwC0bAef_WL0u5EGrh2K_LQgwPb8VulgsS4RvS4gReb1qrsuPyZWA/w640-h480/IMG_6898.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Have to keep it locked up these days</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybK4xZSiU2YHipWJAUePTQ4IrK9JwaGVB-ffPVNuhglFsWT_teIiFYBKRvYODz6KnykoZw2GkaPoXEpKSAI5WPSa_XqUPSXKB_Ox2KN2FT9OcsCyaWFtNudtpJ9VPKMIIsi2IP7jKKkVk_vyw9Z1CywdVKfQmbB-SP05bQAAsxeNQa9k4oiHPwNiPSw/s4032/IMG_6880.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybK4xZSiU2YHipWJAUePTQ4IrK9JwaGVB-ffPVNuhglFsWT_teIiFYBKRvYODz6KnykoZw2GkaPoXEpKSAI5WPSa_XqUPSXKB_Ox2KN2FT9OcsCyaWFtNudtpJ9VPKMIIsi2IP7jKKkVk_vyw9Z1CywdVKfQmbB-SP05bQAAsxeNQa9k4oiHPwNiPSw/w640-h480/IMG_6880.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Several Fremont Petroglyphs</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbVHAx5bqRbirc08JKwaTd70sxsZYB6B5lOmROcccexcV3UYg68vPyqr1aJ_o4NOernSZuByti7qswbW65ela0VPWk7En_GA57Y3UNDk50oqJezetC8bTQSEnU-IBaKYCjHggYrfVOmHu6a7OdWAc7LHeokDNVgx26LPyQX2pd2WUdzifw_4yw89tPQ/s4032/IMG_6884.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbVHAx5bqRbirc08JKwaTd70sxsZYB6B5lOmROcccexcV3UYg68vPyqr1aJ_o4NOernSZuByti7qswbW65ela0VPWk7En_GA57Y3UNDk50oqJezetC8bTQSEnU-IBaKYCjHggYrfVOmHu6a7OdWAc7LHeokDNVgx26LPyQX2pd2WUdzifw_4yw89tPQ/w640-h480/IMG_6884.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuk5s_nw9u6fN_54XNeAkMQxc1DDB9xH43kp9G5m80BHAauPNLaJ_skTX_Z8mOVHRULaHoOI061Ny6RqxGzoH4n_Et5YQQ3GebKLg_VBBzix_Yn4kK8E5TCYmvwvF5G2-4-yT6GtCrBwxxYsk0P1sYmWm2RZY3nwGcQBHQo3CjWKh3kJB2gOueUuZzTA/s6240/IMG_0649.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuk5s_nw9u6fN_54XNeAkMQxc1DDB9xH43kp9G5m80BHAauPNLaJ_skTX_Z8mOVHRULaHoOI061Ny6RqxGzoH4n_Et5YQQ3GebKLg_VBBzix_Yn4kK8E5TCYmvwvF5G2-4-yT6GtCrBwxxYsk0P1sYmWm2RZY3nwGcQBHQo3CjWKh3kJB2gOueUuZzTA/w640-h426/IMG_0649.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a rather famous one of a steam train done at a later date</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqDMUg_z4M-k116TFCyZbMQ2vvFHD765fs6sr7f8ZwtHly_aIWCYD3Kx-WVYboXi-_OIqKrrJ7IgPPAGeHhd95SkgLY0AJVgsjMB2dqu6g_IeRIBGf1-hA9lcmo75aVNJVjX_4lq51SorRwfOIQYVl1uim7d41JYKgiKd21-kPzp_oQqwF3U-iSSN7w/s6240/IMG_0651.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqDMUg_z4M-k116TFCyZbMQ2vvFHD765fs6sr7f8ZwtHly_aIWCYD3Kx-WVYboXi-_OIqKrrJ7IgPPAGeHhd95SkgLY0AJVgsjMB2dqu6g_IeRIBGf1-hA9lcmo75aVNJVjX_4lq51SorRwfOIQYVl1uim7d41JYKgiKd21-kPzp_oQqwF3U-iSSN7w/w640-h426/IMG_0651.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There str 1,000 of then, but hard to see high up on a rock wall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WkxDJ-YJqbjeLXEUkn3oJhx-GvV2fifBuqIwy85scdzol62AUCQHTDGLxflDjmCY9hAQLLJPFoMatO12hqLOmujv-O8-JTEQ7tip0GxIUA06fOttpqsw-dOeDSWtYYacgPGuYdrV0jIhxXEUdrOQ1RSMtEV3ZZ230H3Pz7me2T1TLDHQ-g11_n6QOA/s6240/IMG_0675.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WkxDJ-YJqbjeLXEUkn3oJhx-GvV2fifBuqIwy85scdzol62AUCQHTDGLxflDjmCY9hAQLLJPFoMatO12hqLOmujv-O8-JTEQ7tip0GxIUA06fOttpqsw-dOeDSWtYYacgPGuYdrV0jIhxXEUdrOQ1RSMtEV3ZZ230H3Pz7me2T1TLDHQ-g11_n6QOA/w640-h426/IMG_0675.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another noteworthy one that has color which resembles a quilt</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I found a nearby forest service dispersed camping area nearby where I spent a quiet night. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"> In the morning I returned to look at a few more petroglyphs, then departed and headed on I-70 south to check out the “ Hard Rock Candy Mountain”. I saw this on a map and had no idea what it actually was, but needed to find out. As I drove to it, it actually is a very impressive beautiful mountain view but the attraction is now mostly a resort community. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad that once ran through this incredibly beautiful mountain / canyon area back in the gold mining days went out of business decades ago. It has recently been turned into a rails to trails project with miles of paved walking and biking trails. Clear Creek also flows along this same path which on this day is flowing very fast, over large boulders looking more like a white water adventure.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKHFzhJIvHgUhyCwPwk2GtWNEwC7a4rbHQRg2JA4Lz0BhjPx3VBbk0GPkulLccRn_ZivxvJhd6b1fPMYrQuUPBPtPov26FTTdr1YP3SrIR29b7yRWslbni_Oab8F9SZH2oLF7RMhd0woxgP_nSTEIEDy8v2EP4-6n6e7_HBHLvGt4EcrLGY414Zaihw/s6240/IMG_0690.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKHFzhJIvHgUhyCwPwk2GtWNEwC7a4rbHQRg2JA4Lz0BhjPx3VBbk0GPkulLccRn_ZivxvJhd6b1fPMYrQuUPBPtPov26FTTdr1YP3SrIR29b7yRWslbni_Oab8F9SZH2oLF7RMhd0woxgP_nSTEIEDy8v2EP4-6n6e7_HBHLvGt4EcrLGY414Zaihw/w640-h426/IMG_0690.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Clear creek</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJx_nPVwDlGGkIUSOnWt0ob9MihRii3hoAtH4YshUxfQgRu2_wXjtVESsXRxGvMfp0dI4GoF8kjPnfm-wYox8N54q8r8pgQzPiK8qE1LOzs1Arrn9VDB43seljX0Mbjz4N_fyIqF1W1YJJE21ydhvmELoBVYRvu6s16bube1ZORGnzWHtqGtCRLIkQIA/s4013/IMG_6920.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="4013" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJx_nPVwDlGGkIUSOnWt0ob9MihRii3hoAtH4YshUxfQgRu2_wXjtVESsXRxGvMfp0dI4GoF8kjPnfm-wYox8N54q8r8pgQzPiK8qE1LOzs1Arrn9VDB43seljX0Mbjz4N_fyIqF1W1YJJE21ydhvmELoBVYRvu6s16bube1ZORGnzWHtqGtCRLIkQIA/w640-h480/IMG_6920.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It does actually look like it's made of candy</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-N2qFAvoheK8D7dPmktKdd2QkW9OyTPvgMdWxi26cdbE6al-2JFDRiouGTrwLlxUuXSK812am_XkVGnqiKJ3mI0X6ducY-iUfyiI0K58OtyUp_pE7MBzkpfvGnseeGsQ6cJvaX9Bb1HLv2M3QJkAnEs9Yd7oKY9ivDsxRa_UiY8KvXrUPzI6Ik4Qkg/s2931/IMG_6921.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2931" data-original-width="2329" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-N2qFAvoheK8D7dPmktKdd2QkW9OyTPvgMdWxi26cdbE6al-2JFDRiouGTrwLlxUuXSK812am_XkVGnqiKJ3mI0X6ducY-iUfyiI0K58OtyUp_pE7MBzkpfvGnseeGsQ6cJvaX9Bb1HLv2M3QJkAnEs9Yd7oKY9ivDsxRa_UiY8KvXrUPzI6Ik4Qkg/w508-h640/IMG_6921.jpeg" width="508" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The rail history</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidT9e2oM7ftjhOeDiTyRtuQtEJvQYUGZwKR0wVU7Tuv9MNhhksk--9F6NaRtmvYOUC9vZIsLNBu-0-whnD5iMGT2mE9oiECAU0qF5aveX9ua0vLSpZaMZLKkRTl6IV9bUJUP7hzmOzg_7aSndsW8ywv0f8lvl251Qb23QfMO7ndic0WJJSkMLne-FVuA/s4032/IMG_6924.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidT9e2oM7ftjhOeDiTyRtuQtEJvQYUGZwKR0wVU7Tuv9MNhhksk--9F6NaRtmvYOUC9vZIsLNBu-0-whnD5iMGT2mE9oiECAU0qF5aveX9ua0vLSpZaMZLKkRTl6IV9bUJUP7hzmOzg_7aSndsW8ywv0f8lvl251Qb23QfMO7ndic0WJJSkMLne-FVuA/w640-h480/IMG_6924.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Clear Creek again</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHn4sUx4wT0GrmLMOaJIn3znrZnw_hpPNHyEUODn3DM_jnJ4fYMAFncED_gD0ZDLqci7qvb4NiDUdiXP0jddqi4xOC61_M1MqGF2EPChfxq5AZnDYkm5LOFA6Fmb7GssSaUlqE-n_eJrLnFUh2SAbDAb3vH0vxJJBSr0KbV0GtOroYBV0ECIh_wtC3A/s3782/IMG_6931.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2836" data-original-width="3782" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHn4sUx4wT0GrmLMOaJIn3znrZnw_hpPNHyEUODn3DM_jnJ4fYMAFncED_gD0ZDLqci7qvb4NiDUdiXP0jddqi4xOC61_M1MqGF2EPChfxq5AZnDYkm5LOFA6Fmb7GssSaUlqE-n_eJrLnFUh2SAbDAb3vH0vxJJBSr0KbV0GtOroYBV0ECIh_wtC3A/w640-h480/IMG_6931.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A retired railcar campground now</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Another 20 miles brings me into Richfield, UT which is a large town with many shopping and restaurant facilities. The Walmart is looking very enticing, it’s been awhile since I stayed in one. My first chore is to get an oil change and there is no line at the jiffy lube, but I can’t believe how the price of an oil change has increased. I may have to start doing my own again. I then find a decent laundromat that has clean looking fairly new Maytag machines and get that unpleasant chore finished. I really don’t feel like cooking at this point so I go to the only place in town that sounds like a bar / cafe called the Bar 86.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richfield,_Utah">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richfield,_Utah</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the morning, I buy some grocery items at Walmart, then to McDonalds for wifi, then to Maverick for gas, cheapest fuel yet on this trip at 4.98 / gal. I then go off to explore finding an old lime kiln that was operated by a Swedish settler Jens Larson Jenson. It was used to produce the mortar used to construct many of Richfield’s buildings. I see that this area is loaded with bike and off road trail which are part of the huge Paint ATV Trail System. OHV vehicle sales and service is now a thriving business in this area.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMq75_NFmjrWXEjX4netHuB5YRDpHB1lwBkTWtiwyKEUQ0ildf_JI3-88g2BYtqJPNv5qUyutFpeQWtbTpghpuNTaNgX7U0wA3GKqQg6empiZ8MOa_xo9Kmy7Y-oVSoF7xk4mvZVFPBYwqWk-NlOFzbp9F3bazd20Z-cptRafbBJ2uG3qPJCjL4kWHhA/s3557/IMG_6944.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3557" data-original-width="2741" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMq75_NFmjrWXEjX4netHuB5YRDpHB1lwBkTWtiwyKEUQ0ildf_JI3-88g2BYtqJPNv5qUyutFpeQWtbTpghpuNTaNgX7U0wA3GKqQg6empiZ8MOa_xo9Kmy7Y-oVSoF7xk4mvZVFPBYwqWk-NlOFzbp9F3bazd20Z-cptRafbBJ2uG3qPJCjL4kWHhA/w494-h640/IMG_6944.jpeg" width="494" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A mind boggling map</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm7H8ZjKyGuDI-8OD_hCIVZoVlHyb1otgMOfLUZP6IpiFKlt5z6aCDfBfoCa_M252rGw_WqUSy2f_yGRgmyd6Or63ptzgAwfX5pU6LAkvtMZ-UQ8jwQ1lvJXLxbmqEU2fA0BuyFkhSVAxOgC4Qe3GdXhKGbabgj7XJvZrua-oGwgy6MyqjJCbBP7A-IQ/s3766/IMG_6942.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2824" data-original-width="3766" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm7H8ZjKyGuDI-8OD_hCIVZoVlHyb1otgMOfLUZP6IpiFKlt5z6aCDfBfoCa_M252rGw_WqUSy2f_yGRgmyd6Or63ptzgAwfX5pU6LAkvtMZ-UQ8jwQ1lvJXLxbmqEU2fA0BuyFkhSVAxOgC4Qe3GdXhKGbabgj7XJvZrua-oGwgy6MyqjJCbBP7A-IQ/w640-h480/IMG_6942.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Unusual car dealer advertisement</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlT0ovpkU_VuhNaB86gPBheRZXw2rAqoSDdOd6nBoIYA2BAym_n1RLeRREhbSY3Fc8Ti-IZ5KY3SS8ZL_3AQzRiul71fmKPMO9kq6MQdSLeYmIA2gm0fukUhBF6RbLa1ARZ0hKun9Lf0zpNDAnJrXK8wCX5cOYzEiFwL9Cmuu0zADO5Euyx6d7Ybm9mw/s3751/IMG_6948.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3751" data-original-width="2666" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlT0ovpkU_VuhNaB86gPBheRZXw2rAqoSDdOd6nBoIYA2BAym_n1RLeRREhbSY3Fc8Ti-IZ5KY3SS8ZL_3AQzRiul71fmKPMO9kq6MQdSLeYmIA2gm0fukUhBF6RbLa1ARZ0hKun9Lf0zpNDAnJrXK8wCX5cOYzEiFwL9Cmuu0zADO5Euyx6d7Ybm9mw/w454-h640/IMG_6948.jpeg" width="454" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jens lead a productive life</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5PrbSB-WSDiaAg1R4GgKrf-fCu4V7_F2Bkv_RPvuB45a5xalczlas2nukWo3Wi8rnI_4wtExtRDC8kipdho3bKOsJD_46w2mTGoXjNKjQWjL2BLfbZryNPglFSNZn251yhh9h3jVsifXsX-YcpOyhCiTfG5V3KjZa3ZqL1Z50T6F5oGbyCwN4sN8oQ/s3661/IMG_6950.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2729" data-original-width="3661" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5PrbSB-WSDiaAg1R4GgKrf-fCu4V7_F2Bkv_RPvuB45a5xalczlas2nukWo3Wi8rnI_4wtExtRDC8kipdho3bKOsJD_46w2mTGoXjNKjQWjL2BLfbZryNPglFSNZn251yhh9h3jVsifXsX-YcpOyhCiTfG5V3KjZa3ZqL1Z50T6F5oGbyCwN4sN8oQ/w640-h478/IMG_6950.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Historic photos</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyymwCGyzxM7n0Wj-z5AaMtaf8L3DIl28KlBXRAbgdCtZEQLGZJ1t5xfzgTGzgT4Bgf0Jv_GEBit6z7loA5gzbNdK-N4jWFi3rrOP9zGRWt4TfaGLtSA1rYeRcZDA-RmNL0zBgqAQ00Tpp4-RzidjZ1x8Kuuix8knBLgHGa59iFCniibwsxzeUSDS7rA/s4032/IMG_6952.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyymwCGyzxM7n0Wj-z5AaMtaf8L3DIl28KlBXRAbgdCtZEQLGZJ1t5xfzgTGzgT4Bgf0Jv_GEBit6z7loA5gzbNdK-N4jWFi3rrOP9zGRWt4TfaGLtSA1rYeRcZDA-RmNL0zBgqAQ00Tpp4-RzidjZ1x8Kuuix8knBLgHGa59iFCniibwsxzeUSDS7rA/w640-h480/IMG_6952.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The water wheel</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I take a ride to the neighboring town of Aurora passing an enormous solar array on both sides of I-70, but find nothing of interest in town, it’s basically a farming and residential community. This valley is fully irrigated and lush with farming in contrast to the mostly bare, but beautiful, hillside and mountain vistas surrounding it. </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I keep going on the highway to the exit for Salina, UT where I find a mecca for travelers. There is a Dennys, a Maverick, a Loves Truck Stop, a T/A Truck Stop and a couple of motels. A mile down the road is the very cute town of Salina, UT with a nice business district and more restaurants and shops. I mediately see the place I must go for breakfast tomorrow morning, Famous Mom’s Cafe. It turns out the breakfast equaled the rave reviews posted on an interior wall in the restaurant.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salina,_Utah">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salina,_Utah</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I spend the night in an open lot across from a Travel America Truck Stop which was good except about 3 AM when many trucks started to depart making considerable noise. In the morning, as planned, I go to Mom’s Cafe for breakfast.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnhzfRuMtFbErzQ69RZ_YKuDDsuWVcr1JKvBfWNMmxXaiBn1CV_d4eloyrTVUQlJrZKjlOAyLtCOZAOEwjLDbgXCzZJBC02hMceap0T0lzcYaSuunU8GgsLaC8z_pH3RKmaV7F2BvTyvGm7HQzuMNdkLlsnxhTTwzPGveKD2JFmC2VBARiG7gbYjVOQ/s4032/IMG_6976.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnhzfRuMtFbErzQ69RZ_YKuDDsuWVcr1JKvBfWNMmxXaiBn1CV_d4eloyrTVUQlJrZKjlOAyLtCOZAOEwjLDbgXCzZJBC02hMceap0T0lzcYaSuunU8GgsLaC8z_pH3RKmaV7F2BvTyvGm7HQzuMNdkLlsnxhTTwzPGveKD2JFmC2VBARiG7gbYjVOQ/w640-h480/IMG_6976.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's famous</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWqUH78bh-Al7_bSmSTnVB_jXBrCRtOyMtxpHTjvy0SA_HqY_bBEeixqf2nGOs2Ty2aX5Yr5D3EM8njZuCpKbdAtV3Qh1gtNQ2nSOtOtcO7lfQMjPm3y2rUGSDBYhuYXlEtPXS7fdBDZEctbmFMvhLcXxoYkwFOfH41Zy_mOIPl7eR_8FMsVWLOjOqA/s4032/IMG_6979.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWqUH78bh-Al7_bSmSTnVB_jXBrCRtOyMtxpHTjvy0SA_HqY_bBEeixqf2nGOs2Ty2aX5Yr5D3EM8njZuCpKbdAtV3Qh1gtNQ2nSOtOtcO7lfQMjPm3y2rUGSDBYhuYXlEtPXS7fdBDZEctbmFMvhLcXxoYkwFOfH41Zy_mOIPl7eR_8FMsVWLOjOqA/w640-h480/IMG_6979.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">In the morning I’m back on route 70 east across an amazing picture postcard views of Utah, I stop for about every roadside viewpoint and a few unauthorized roadside stops. It’s a beautiful clear day but really hot, close to 100 degrees. I set my destination as Green River, UT, just over 100 miles away. I feel sorry for the vacationing travelers who have a week and are rushing around like crazy to see everything on the run. I’m driving 100 miles and day and feel like I’m rushing it !</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid469mX186894Mv_2P6yfq2fJ4UxyOV29V0PoGTDufRWqSSHbQB1YGGAaVDpk-XI0l0PqK4V3Q-yOEzPCCUZNUWlMmbe2ONI0mIU8JI3WcoqLiae7WPObJKaduYdClEJKLZ9R6H-OAUQGc1WBpcNZdh4hSWjN9FenJwrHSifGCoo_F4Qk3mg26fFALfA/s6240/IMG_0760.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid469mX186894Mv_2P6yfq2fJ4UxyOV29V0PoGTDufRWqSSHbQB1YGGAaVDpk-XI0l0PqK4V3Q-yOEzPCCUZNUWlMmbe2ONI0mIU8JI3WcoqLiae7WPObJKaduYdClEJKLZ9R6H-OAUQGc1WBpcNZdh4hSWjN9FenJwrHSifGCoo_F4Qk3mg26fFALfA/w640-h426/IMG_0760.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I spent about an hour roaming around here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCQqJMKcDcCrqK-iQcLKqwIKQfuNMAZrtKqBncGkEtbc-I-YL4yYNynbu9t8uc4sL19OXzB6jfuYPWSOVKBzeIJD-jsfTDJX3yao9aVJY1gyM1u-CpyLwjEIe4GxxSdcp3O5SL_rYC-NHdTYevxoJ24NXaHFqVfj3c2Ak5gr7UqdNqS8CNY1d0_OYWA/s6240/IMG_0764.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCQqJMKcDcCrqK-iQcLKqwIKQfuNMAZrtKqBncGkEtbc-I-YL4yYNynbu9t8uc4sL19OXzB6jfuYPWSOVKBzeIJD-jsfTDJX3yao9aVJY1gyM1u-CpyLwjEIe4GxxSdcp3O5SL_rYC-NHdTYevxoJ24NXaHFqVfj3c2Ak5gr7UqdNqS8CNY1d0_OYWA/w640-h426/IMG_0764.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XjX5wyO2SAOB0_PoNEqSXS9wBesqPw2nWubYvUDq4n3ANZWSSpJ8X5NHiGUDS2T21460NofWT9liPWDtQQvJbueSgQj0leJ1kXjzRBHAWWCGM7AtV9saywpj7XP5HogauxhbpDXBD1i-FWTidQ9tKZ64fuILTi3iiFBPSjk_uVrXmy_EV9PeusywqQ/s6240/IMG_0765.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6240" data-original-width="4160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XjX5wyO2SAOB0_PoNEqSXS9wBesqPw2nWubYvUDq4n3ANZWSSpJ8X5NHiGUDS2T21460NofWT9liPWDtQQvJbueSgQj0leJ1kXjzRBHAWWCGM7AtV9saywpj7XP5HogauxhbpDXBD1i-FWTidQ9tKZ64fuILTi3iiFBPSjk_uVrXmy_EV9PeusywqQ/w426-h640/IMG_0765.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">Green River is nothing to grab about, mostly a poor house except for the river and it’d history. John Wesley Powell set off from here on his first Colorado River expedition in. The John Wesley Powell Museum is open as I arrive, so I stop for a look, it includes much more than John Wesley, it also has exhibits about the Green River, Indigenous people, early mountain men / trappers and a Hall of fame for people of accomplishment (you might call them river rats) who did remarkable things. Afterwards, I find the seedier park of town, I didn’t think there was one in Utah, but Green River did have one, but it’s about dead now, just as well.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River,_Utah">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River,_Utah</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0x-mKmvDXreIYY2PrYc-R3iWoDju-FnagDOTxKggEdJLcQGN4HDVqyU9lIkTejtoxYoPXpu8SekPoFcmkqrrjaqCAnwvQJt2H-cDwt-LEZaCxv_Nv3yEJIwsBR_3je9j9oBv_fAaqHp_dYLCTOoexvjRkhQSHQx9dRZhLKk-QlbJfaMulWa2WtWKtw/s4032/IMG_7050.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0x-mKmvDXreIYY2PrYc-R3iWoDju-FnagDOTxKggEdJLcQGN4HDVqyU9lIkTejtoxYoPXpu8SekPoFcmkqrrjaqCAnwvQJt2H-cDwt-LEZaCxv_Nv3yEJIwsBR_3je9j9oBv_fAaqHp_dYLCTOoexvjRkhQSHQx9dRZhLKk-QlbJfaMulWa2WtWKtw/w480-h640/IMG_7050.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Spanish Trail runs through here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9X0gvMTGlZJWu95yZ3ReeONQoZwuXPZFXgU-YeVe6cx1RomMRsPyws-DgyUd2dfduS55wCAmyDSsGnNdcgq5QiP60noKJZWiak3NQBPJ6hNBK_EXSHiAovuinofvGKzX_7gFUzPGhMIKMzgptUJ1t8Lw_o-G1QovdvAMVf20yEB-GQ4NZ8IG3OwO1w/s3808/IMG_7052.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2856" data-original-width="3808" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9X0gvMTGlZJWu95yZ3ReeONQoZwuXPZFXgU-YeVe6cx1RomMRsPyws-DgyUd2dfduS55wCAmyDSsGnNdcgq5QiP60noKJZWiak3NQBPJ6hNBK_EXSHiAovuinofvGKzX_7gFUzPGhMIKMzgptUJ1t8Lw_o-G1QovdvAMVf20yEB-GQ4NZ8IG3OwO1w/w640-h480/IMG_7052.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Front of the museum</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Looking at my ultimate campground app (my go to app at the moment), I see that the Crystal Geyser dispersed campsite nearby and following the GPS coordinates I get there. It is an actual geyser, but not like “Old Faithful” it doesn't follow any time schedule. It also (I was told) is not natural, but happened by accident while drilling for a gas well. The site sits just above the Green River and and when it spouts it covers the surrounding area with a very colorful mineral coating which also runs down into the river. I intended to stay the night there until a group of young people arrived and it became apparent to me that it was their usual Friday night hangout spot. As a result, I drive back into town to the truck stop for the night which turned out to be mostly quiet.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZRoPtkkSA1hVIfbG0sY0aFT6ASdgqAFvjF7tOt81-XtepOH0zrBtnmmjrZDxfD_ePR7KGSz-BpzJbsdqrQFNtpdEicUqCrFTQtnbOCGIvKDuB1LVGsNPFB3Pseix-Iai7-eBIxYQiiVlyumNdRTJORcl-yX3JRIEA_4MDeeQTr5v093bNfYr1YLSWw/s4032/IMG_7058.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZRoPtkkSA1hVIfbG0sY0aFT6ASdgqAFvjF7tOt81-XtepOH0zrBtnmmjrZDxfD_ePR7KGSz-BpzJbsdqrQFNtpdEicUqCrFTQtnbOCGIvKDuB1LVGsNPFB3Pseix-Iai7-eBIxYQiiVlyumNdRTJORcl-yX3JRIEA_4MDeeQTr5v093bNfYr1YLSWw/w640-h480/IMG_7058.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Quite beautiful</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizPkRLhDnf23vlCbBRVvr5wauvJiHktv6EYI4H6J-isYsxQ5b0CTGFjc9o6UJ_hmnbCrwPFf3XSaTqS9RbrxH6XcHd0gcFab_lsX56W4L8vSFfLbMMqvwPfCK3DxAwFUOAi6J1LqiQtQm9s269aE-pQuafMv7oKd1s_KM-oTRyXOdsKFA5npsXx20cBA/s4032/IMG_7060.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizPkRLhDnf23vlCbBRVvr5wauvJiHktv6EYI4H6J-isYsxQ5b0CTGFjc9o6UJ_hmnbCrwPFf3XSaTqS9RbrxH6XcHd0gcFab_lsX56W4L8vSFfLbMMqvwPfCK3DxAwFUOAi6J1LqiQtQm9s269aE-pQuafMv7oKd1s_KM-oTRyXOdsKFA5npsXx20cBA/w640-h480/IMG_7060.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It erupts out of that pipe</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nsrN4eGFh0wVX4STyFd2NTy4jvUREPNOFB65Iz75w1APBcRGS-n9ToyYVzi8HBa7ejdNnmkfJ-nqsVzH6Sh0Srh0W67wuAbU9gEXvA3t8IWnv0AXLtaAb01k3QUccvv-dHAKb9pyZ_T-sRQIyDy2IlsYakEOBKUBSGMUlGAMTjkqksxQACXFBC08hg/s4032/IMG_7063.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nsrN4eGFh0wVX4STyFd2NTy4jvUREPNOFB65Iz75w1APBcRGS-n9ToyYVzi8HBa7ejdNnmkfJ-nqsVzH6Sh0Srh0W67wuAbU9gEXvA3t8IWnv0AXLtaAb01k3QUccvv-dHAKb9pyZ_T-sRQIyDy2IlsYakEOBKUBSGMUlGAMTjkqksxQACXFBC08hg/w640-h480/IMG_7063.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then flows downhill into the Green River</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;">I must end this segment now, it’s getting out of control, the next stop looks like Moab, UT and Arches National Park.</p></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Slick aka, Paul Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381841021874547843noreply@blogger.com0