"Altar Rock" in Big Sandy Openings
First thing this morning heard big trucks out on the county road so went to the window check it out and a string of gravel trucks was going by. Joe said he heard 40 of them would be starting to haul gravel from the pit by Big Sandy River to the Rock Springs highway construction. They will probably be on the road all summer now, so we will have to be wary drivers.
Artist friend Joan called me from her home in L.A. yesterday. I met Joan when we were both in WAOW in the early '70s. She was sitting in her back yard barefooted and in shorts listening to the birds sing. It was 17 degrees here. As usual we did a lot of reminiscing about the "olden days". We are both writing up the story about a quite adventurous private raft trip we took together down through most of Utah on the Green River. She said she's about half done with hers. Beverly called after dinner last night. Brent had a blowout driving his company truck. I was glad to hear that he's o.k. She's been doing spring cleaning. I tried to call cousin Iris yesterday, so she called back this morning. It was really good to hear her voice. She sounds great. She's down in Houston now, after her move from Salt Lake, and says she likes it there. Her daughter Michelle and Art are nearby. She has yet to experience Texas summer.
Yesterday I got most of another drawer of old papers and letters sorted and filed in order. This is in order to have facts and dates recorded on a large "Timeline" document I've been preparing which will accumulate all that information in one place. The amount of the letters and such is overwhelming. Guess I've always been a writer. But what a relief to have this at least sorted into folders by dates.
Tomorrow is another chemo treatment. Maxine is going to Jackson with me this time. If we have a long day I may not blog tomorrow.
Today's picture is of a big boulder that sits near the entrance to Big Sandy Lodge in The Openings. Betty sent the link below and it reminded me of these boulders. The boulder is positioned above the ground on 3 small boulders. There are many of these almost the same - big boulder on three small rocks - throughout the Wind Rivers. There is a theory that they were deliberately placed this way by prehistoric Native Americans. And of course another theory is that the glaciers melted away it just happened to leave these boulders positioned naturally. I go for the first theory. There are just too many of them, always on three rocks (discount the ones that have a variety of rocks, rubble or only partially on a rock or two and partially on the ground etc.), they are always in a place with a spectacularly awesome view, where you could say there is a particularly strong spiritual feeing. The biggest reason to discount them being placed deliberately by man, is that its not possible for ancient man to accomplish this. I don't believe that either. Anyway, you can decide.
