We have just had a marvelous weekend.
Our respective parents attended Union College together, so we were not strangers when we entered high school at Maplewood Academy the fall of 1968, but it was then Debbi and I really became friends... lots of memories in the past 46 years and we made a few more this weekend.
On Sabbath afternoon the four of us bounced around the dirt roads of Escalante Canyon checking out remains of historic homesteading and a variety of natural wonders...besides talking, laughing and just enjoying each others company. With all the sharp-eyed observers (especially Steven) we were lucky enough to see more than just birds and bunnies... a big horned sheep, bear cub, pronged horn antelope, deer.
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| Debbi at Walker homestead |
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| Steven models use of Captain Smiths alcove bed carved in rock wall... get a load of those red tennis shoes...what a hoot! |
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| Cabin's solid rock wall from the outside |
The road wasn't all that bad- a little bumpy, occasional narrowness on side of canyon, and deeply rutted in a few places where a vehicle or two plowed through when it was wet and soft.
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| Debbi and Steven on high rock ledge 100+ feet above "pot holes" carved into the sandstone by water below |
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| Day not complete without a cache or two or more! |
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| Indian Paintbrush more plentiful in canyon than any place visited this month |
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| "We were right down there..." |
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| A man well satisfied with his day |
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