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Sort of like the 2000
Rockwood Olympic Watch, only colder.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2002
Okay, I promised. Here are the last pictures from Utah.
posted by Brian Lundmark at 12:28 AM
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK.
Arches National Park, just north of Moab, Utah, is Roadrunner v. Coyote
country. Don't believe me? Take a look...
This (52k) is Balancing Rock. I
think Wile E. Coyote is behind that one right now with a big lever.
Or perhaps you prefer the world-famous Delicate Arch (52k)? Yes, those are tiny little people standing next to it.
It was
an okay trip, but sometimes the scenery (84k) was only ho-hum. Yawn. Mountains and
rocks. Been there, done that.
I snapped this picture (84k) just a fraction of a
second too late. The Roadrunner had just crested the hill.
posted by Brian
Lundmark at 12:29 AM
MONUMENT VALLEY.
Ever seen The Searchers? If
so, you know where this is.
A shot very much like this one (64k) was on a Rand
McNally road atlas a few years ago. They probably didn't take theirs quite so close to sunset, though.
The formations on the left and the middle
are called the Mittens (56k) (hold your hands out in front of you if you can't
figure out why). That tiny white streak at the bottom is the 4WD road that you can tour if your car is up to it. Mine isn't, and besides, since this
was at sunset, there wouldn't have been much to see in about 20 minutes anyway.
posted by Brian Lundmark at 12:30 AM
FOUR CORNERS.
For all of you into geographic oddities, Four Corners is the one place in the
United States where four states meet up in one place. There you can pay the Navajo tribe two bucks a head to splay yourself (36k) across the four state boundaries all at once. At least, that's the
way it's supposed to work.
The geographically odd among you might have already figured out that Monument Valley is about two hours away from Four
Corners. Who would stick around in the middle of nowhere waiting for tourists to come by an isolated piece of parking lot after dark? Uh... well,
nobody. But I wasn't about to not go to Four Corners after being so close, so we bypassed the "No Trespassing" sign at the gate, jogged a
quarter-mile down the road, took the picture, left a five-dollar bill at the window, then left under cover of darkness.
Technically, having
violated the law in four states at once, I think I'm now a federal fugitive. Look for me in your local post office, soon.
posted by Brian Lundmark at 12:31 AM
So that's it. Finally, a month after the Olympics are over, we have reached the end of the
Rockwood 2002 Olympic Watch. Tune back in two years from now and we'll do it all over again in Athens. But over television this time. See you
then!
posted by Brian Lundmark at 12:31 AM
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