TR: Some time at the Reef
It was a busy summer and we didn’t get out as much as we had hoped so we decided to spend some time over in Central Utah at Capitol Reef National Park and explore the area a bit with a little time i...
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Doug and Pam, this is an amazing coincidence. First, I really appreciate your TR this morning. Its cold and rainy back here in Illinois.
But, the coincidence......Angela White asked me to write a "story behind the picture of mine that was selected for the 2015 TCM calendar.
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So here is what I wrote for TCM...you and Pam and Capitol Reef are all in it! I forgot to mention the lambchops. Heh. See you soon.
"Jane and I attended Overland Expo West in May of this year. After the Expo we decided to revisit places where we had each camped in the 1970s - especially Capitol Reef National Monument. The trip through the Southwest turned into an unending experience of awesome beauty as rains broke the drought and made the desert bloom.
"Heading home to Illinois we camped at fellow TC’ers Doug and Pam Ramsey’s Durango, Colorado, sheep ranch. That night it rained torrents. We departed in our Avion before daybreak in a steady shower. Climbing Hwy 160 through the San Juan Mountains the skies were roiling dark clouds. Gradually it lightened and then the sun broke through. We pulled over and brewed morning coffee while gazing over the magnificent scene spread before us".
But, the coincidence......Angela White asked me to write a "story behind the picture of mine that was selected for the 2015 TCM calendar.
click
So here is what I wrote for TCM...you and Pam and Capitol Reef are all in it! I forgot to mention the lambchops. Heh. See you soon.
"Jane and I attended Overland Expo West in May of this year. After the Expo we decided to revisit places where we had each camped in the 1970s - especially Capitol Reef National Monument. The trip through the Southwest turned into an unending experience of awesome beauty as rains broke the drought and made the desert bloom.
"Heading home to Illinois we camped at fellow TC’ers Doug and Pam Ramsey’s Durango, Colorado, sheep ranch. That night it rained torrents. We departed in our Avion before daybreak in a steady shower. Climbing Hwy 160 through the San Juan Mountains the skies were roiling dark clouds. Gradually it lightened and then the sun broke through. We pulled over and brewed morning coffee while gazing over the magnificent scene spread before us".
