June 21, 2003

• Update for those who might be concerned: I made it safely, and have been enjoying myself in Colorado.

  
  

  I took some nice pix along the way, but since I’m at an internet cafe, I can’t upload them.

  
  

  Notable moments along the way:

  
  

  I spent a little bit of time in Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. It’s one of those geological wonder places, and every time the road goes over an onlap, there’s a sign telling you which formation it is, what epoch it was formed within, and a pithy statement like ‘Dinosaurs lived here,’ or ‘Home to fossilized seahorses.’ Welcome home, ye fossilized seahorses! The southern end of the park is an alpine plateau, not unlike Yellowstone, but not as full of spectacle. Still a lovely place of switchback roads, lodgepole pines and aspen, with a hailstorm hovering overhead.

  
  

  Later that day, I’m at Dinosaur National Monument, and I’m hiking through one of the quietest places in North America. It’s hot and dry, and the tiniest sounds of birds nesting atop 10-storey-tall boulders echo through the canyons, waking up the senses to the silences between.

  
  

  More to come.

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