We left Torrington, Wyoming this morning a little after 7:00, and we're now settled into our room in Torrey, Utah. What we saw of Wyoming was interesting, but a bit on the desolate side. The drive through Colorado was gorgeous. We left I-28 just West of Green River, Utah, headed South on Hwy 24, through Capital Reef.
As we approached Capital Reef, the earth around us began to morph into other-worldly shapes. At first, many of these looked sterile, like dead tailings strewn around an abandoned mine. A mine dug haphazardly by some juvenile giant and his toy shovel. But as we moved into the park proper, everything changed. There was the green of cottonwoods luxuriating in the moisture of terra cotta - colored streams looking like someone dumped an unimaginably large can of paint somewhere up in the mountains.
The vision and industry of man showed itself as well. Ancient petroglyphs decorated some of the smooth cliff faces, and the more recent contributions of hardy farmers brought green crops, black, brown and tan livestock, and multicolored buildings and machinery to many a flat space nestled between...
...The real genius and labor. Rock formations twist into shapes that defy definition, sculpted by some Cosmic-sized Artist, Who removed every last chip of rock that did not belong, but took not so much as a fleck that did.
Tomorrow we're off to enjoy more Earth-sculpting in Bryce Canyon and the Grand Canyon.
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Your reflections are beautiful and a joy to read. We lived in Rock Springs back in 69-70. One of the ugliest places I ever saw. I don't remember cracking a smile the whole 8 months we lived there. But, yes, you get away from there and the land does some interesting things.
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