tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post864870737645535261..comments2024-01-03T18:00:06.854-06:00Comments on Webutante: Climbing Boulder's Mt. SanitasWebutantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02139954791621532194noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-76203139078374699152010-06-30T18:05:46.028-05:002010-06-30T18:05:46.028-05:00Thanks for the tip Paul and I hope you're home...<i>Thanks for the tip Paul and I hope you're home safely.</i><br /><br />Yeah, I'm home safely. Did I neglect to mention that I made that trip in June of <i><b>1995</b></i>? :-) <br /><br />It was part of a driving vacation where I went from Houston to Michigan, by way of Los Angeles (because I'd never been out that way before), and then more directly back to Houston; about 7000 miles in all.<br /><br />Crossed the Great Divide by going <i>over</i> the Rockies (because I was in the wrong lane for the Eisenhower tunnel and decided, "Okey...") giving me the rare chance to experience snow in June (it was all over the place near the top).<br /><br />I mentioned earlier how spectacular I found Utah. Colorado was beautiful, but almost a letdown after Utah. From Denver to Michigan, whatever the names the intervening states called themselves, it was really Nebraska all the way.<br /><br />Regarding your "Hard stretch to drive" post above, my contender would be New Mexico Highways 162 and 90, through parts of the Gila National Forest. This was an unintended side trip. <br /><br />I had planned on taking I-10 from Houston to Los Angeles, BUT, after a meal in El Paso, I got into my car, looked at the AAA Triptik, noticed that it showed a U. S. Customs Inspection Station a bit west of Las Cruces, and suddenly became <i>very</i> aware of the small automatic I had always carried on long trips.<br /><br />So, I jogged north at Las Cruces to Caballo where I found the aforementioned Highway 162 and took it until it hit 90, which I then followed into Lordsburg where I rejoined I-10.<br /><br />I <i>think</i> there was some pretty beautiful country along those roads, but I can't swear to that; they were winding, two-lane roads through mountainous country, with many switchbacks and curves that had warning signs saying "15 MPH", and they weren't kidding. Paying too much (or ANY attention to scenery there was apt to result in becoming part of it. <br /><br />Like a couple of adventures I've posted about, something that will linger in memory for a long time.<br /><br />-Paul_In_Houstonhttp://paulinhouston.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-34302849487231600622010-06-30T09:00:30.303-05:002010-06-30T09:00:30.303-05:00Treg, You sure know how to scare a girl! I saw you...Treg, You sure know how to scare a girl! I saw your comment while I was driving on my Blackberry but didn't click the link.....but it did scare me a bit...When I arrived in the outskirts of Fruita last night, I asked my host---My Bad Influence---if he knew anything about a vampire lurking around and he assured me he would protect his saintly wife Peggy, my dear friend, and me from any and all would-be intruders, including but not limited to vampires....still, I have to admit to being a little freaked with my windows open as I fell asleep....so far, so good though....Webutantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02139954791621532194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-15145528021109113832010-06-30T08:54:08.831-05:002010-06-30T08:54:08.831-05:00Thanks for the tip Paul and I hope you're home...Thanks for the tip Paul and I hope you're home safely.<br /><br />Hi Pammy! Come on out. Wherever I am, there's always a place for you and Rita...always!Webutantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02139954791621532194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-75990775018802887692010-06-29T17:03:05.987-05:002010-06-29T17:03:05.987-05:00If your travels take you near Fruita, CO watch out...If your travels take you near Fruita, CO watch out for strange hitchhikers:<br /><br />http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-vampire-crash-txt,0,4980779.story<br /><br />;)<br /><br />Enjoying your trip, and great climate, vicariously.<br /><br />TregTregonseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705100658499499100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-17257730522327804572010-06-29T16:39:09.434-05:002010-06-29T16:39:09.434-05:00Wow the view takes my breath away! I haven't b...Wow the view takes my breath away! I haven't been out west since about the age of 15. This certainly gives me a desire to head out that way for a visit. How could one live out there and not be an outdoorsman?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10436764764797493783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-36162314591404150702010-06-29T13:27:25.322-05:002010-06-29T13:27:25.322-05:00Thanks.
On a related note (REALLY :-), if you'...Thanks.<br /><br />On a related note (REALLY :-), if you've never seen it, find the DVD of a 1995 movie <i><b>"The Englishman who went up a hill and came down a mountain"</b></i>, about a World War I English surveyor who manages to offend an entire Welsh town by declaring their landmark mountain as a "hill", and what they all do to fix that.<br /><br />Supposedly based on a true story, but who knows? <br /><br />As screenwriter John Milius once declared in the opening scroll of one of his movies, <i>"If this ain't the way it was, it's the way it <b>should</b> have been."</i><br /><br />-Paul_In_Houstonhttp://paulinhouston.blogspot.comconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-68575175100866649332010-06-29T00:08:57.733-05:002010-06-29T00:08:57.733-05:00It's the official elevation marker and highpoi...It's the official elevation marker and highpoint of the mountain put there by the USGS, I believe, Paul.Webutantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02139954791621532194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623438328827408121.post-11412869318823198762010-06-28T23:48:07.357-05:002010-06-28T23:48:07.357-05:00I've a feeling that I should already know, but...I've a feeling that I should already know, but...<br /><br />WHAT is that pillar in the middle of the bottom photo?<br />-Paul_In_Houstonhttp://paulinhouston.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com