For someone unimpressed with people who imagine what's out there, you
seem to be quite impressed with imagining what used to be there.

Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> Bob Stevens
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 3:15 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: trip report and photos--Utah's "dusty" desert
>
> "You guys are kidding right? There's nothing there! Sit on the toilet,
> > close your eyes and you'll get the same effect (without the dust
coated
> > lungs of course)."
>
> Some people aren't impressed that this entire area was once under
3000' of
> "inland sea" and all these sediments were layed down over centuries of
> inflow. Some people aren't impressed with the idea that much of this
area
> was "tipped" to the north, and that's when the canyon of the Grand
Canyon
> began, long before the Colorado River began running through it in the
> opposite direction. Some people aren't impressed that this entire area
> then
> "tipped" toward Mexico and the sea began draining to the south, along
with
> the origin of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon. Some people
aren't
> impressed with the picture of the entire region being a solid bed of
> sandstone, not marred and marked with the current eons of erosion,
> dependent
> upon how hard or soft the sediments layed down centuries ago, were.
Some
> people aren't impressed with the variety of fauna (pronghorn, desert
ram,
> cactus wren, etc.), and evidence of prehistoric peoples and the
dinosaur
> tracks.
>
> Since noone would be foolish enough to express an opinion about the
> mystery
> and beauty of this region without this knowledge, we must simply have
> different opinions about what conspires to leave us in awe of what
time
> and
> nature provides. Some of us, Vanagons or not, would rather stay at
home,
> sit
> on the toilet, and think about what might be out there, so they don't
have
> to get dusty.
>
> Thanks so much for the real, rather than imagined trip report,
Richard.
> Did
> you take your porta-potty, and imagine what it was like where the rest
of
> us
> were? ;)
>
> Got my van back this morning. don't realize how much I miss having it
> until
> I don't have it. Looking forward to getting back out there, where it's
> dusty.
>
> My best,
> Bob Stevens
> '87 Westy Syncro
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