THE ZEPHYRSEPTEMBER 1991 PAGE 1 1 superintendent rescinded his order end, Instead, urged his rangers to be discreet. "521 ..524," Meyer is summoned on the radio. "Yeah, Mike. I need assistance on a car stop." Three minutes later, we're on site. What we have is a group of Italians who are driving "erratically", but who are now behaving predictably. Although I'm sealed Inside the patrol car with the riot shotgun, I can follow the conversation through their gesticulations. I love to watch angry Italians. It was like this all day. "Look at that guyl" Meyer exclaims as we are almost broadsided by a Lincoln Continental. "Twenty-fiv- e thousand visitors have descended upon the park like locusts, munchlng...crunch!ng. But I am proud to be here, to be part of this. To be a traffic cop. To be able to provide for the enoyment of the visitor." It was obvious to me that Ranger Meyer was showing signs of fatigue. Box 1806 Castle Valley Star Route Moab, Utah 84532 But, at 5PM, Meyer was still smiling when he went off shift, though I may have mistaken It for a grimace. Tomorrow, he'll do it all over again. The next morning I knew it was time to go. I decided that In the future, I would visit In February. I decided that for all time, a traditional family visit to the South Rlm friends my of the Grand Canyon is an experience that no one can possibly enjoy If they remember the way the Canyon once was. I decided that there are too many people who don't know how to entertain themselves, who instinctively must form a herd to feel safe. Picture three thousand tourists watching the sunset at Mather Point...charter buses idling and spewing A Japanese tourist photographs the scene and diesel fumes in the The last sound any one hears from him? rim. over and falls the accidentally slips (801) 259-729- 6 Cabinets, Furniture, Doors and Custom Interior Finishing, custom homes, additions, remodeling back-groun- d. "Click...Click...Click." An old ranger Joke. As for the "Balance and moderate extremism" that Abbey once talked about, Ed never spent an afternoon with Ranger Meyer. 4 4 carpentry ODDJOBS wallpapering 259-587- 0 you name it