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  4. JULY AND AUGUST, 2011

GRAND JUNCTION TO GRAND TETONS

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I was pretty impressed with Grand Junction. I guess I had no expectations, which helps one to be impressed. Lots of interesting public sculptures all over the place on their Main street.
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I was pretty impressed with Grand Junction. I guess I had no expectations, which helps one to be impressed. Lots of interesting public sculptures all over the place on their Main street.

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  • I was pretty impressed with Grand Junction. I guess I had no expectations, which helps one to be impressed. Lots of interesting public sculptures all over the place on their Main street.
  • This is a sculpture of a bison made out of various types of vehicle exhaust manifolds. I took the opportunity to make a bit of a self-portrait in the back of the beast's head.
  • One of the more noticeable sculptures is the figure of Dalton Trumbo sitting in his bathtub (complete with a bronze rubber ducky), writing and looking out over the Main street of the town where he spent many of his formative years.
  • Trumbo was a famous author and Oscar-winning screen writer (Oscar for THE BRAVE ONE). He was also one of the HOLLYWOOD TEN, film professionals who refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee during the McCarthy era. For this, he was imprisoned for 11 months and was then blacklisted, for a while severely limiting his career. <br /> <br /> For more, see <a href="http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20110109/COLUMNISTS02/701099979/-1/Columnists">http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20110109/COLUMNISTS02/701099979/-1/Columnists</a><br /> <br /> or<br /> <br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_Trumbo">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_Trumbo</a><br /> <br /> Zac had a great time here because we happened to get there as they were setting up their farmer's market.<br /> <br /> There is also a great movie about Dalton Trumbo: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3203606/">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3203606/</a>
  • Near the top of Douglas Pass, on Highway 139 in northwestern Colorado. A remote, surprisingly interesting, and beautiful drive.
  • I couldn't walk 10 feet without taking another picture. We are looking south, toward Grand Junction.
  • As we approached Highway 64 -- just before the sun went down -- we were treated by this beautiful, full, double rainbow.
  • We spent the night in Vernal, Utah. The next day found us headed up Highway 191, which was another pleasant surprise. Here you see a panorama made up of 19 photos, looking south toward Vernal. The white stuff you see in patches to the right has to do with phosphate mining. As with all the photos, you can view it at full size if you hover your cursor over the photo and then click on "Original" on the pop-out menu (for original size). It takes a while for the full size photo to load, but you will have incredible detail. You will need to navigate using the sliders on the bottom and right side of your screen (the photo will not fit on your screen unless you have a huge one). <br /> <br /> One kind of funny thing you can find: While it's amazing how well PhotoShop deals with these panoramas, there are some places you can tell that it is not just one shot. For instance, if you follow the fence, you will see a few places where the wires just don't quite match up. But, you do have to look pretty closely to find those things.<br /> <br /> When you are ready to return to the Smug Mug layout, just click on the original-size photo.
  • Bri got lots of great flower and bug photos.
  • In 1869, when famed explorer John Wesley Powel came through this canyon, on the present-day border between northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming, he was so impressed with the bright red rock glimmering in the sun that he named this area Flaming Gorge.
  • Flaming Gorge Reservoir from a nice roadside overlook.
  • A few miles further (like just about the entire width of Wyoming, actually), and we get to Grand Teton National Park. Here, we are in the Chapel of the <br /> Transfiguration, with the Tetons visible through the window behind the alter.
  • This Episcopal chapel was built in 1925, with materials and labor donated by local ranchers.
  • Just watch what happens to me after I ring the bell!
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  • The Tetons with a dramatic skyscape. How can you beat that?
  • A very quick visit to South Jenny Lake.
  • Well, you never know what Zac is going to do next........
  • After we claimed a tent space in a large campground in southern Grand Teton National Park, we headed into Jackson for the evening. There are 4 of these antler archways, one in each corner of the central park. Must be a few elk around.
  • There are several impressive galleries in Jackson. But this one took the cake! There were many more people in here than what it looks like in the photos (I timed the shots intentionally for that -- otherwise all you would have seen would be shoulder-to-shoulder people). Many of the items for sale in here are exquisite museum quality pieces. Totally amazing.

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    on September 9, 2011

    ...yeah, 'almost' settled there way-back-when. Glad to hear it has "kept-its-cool''...:)

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