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Show THE ZEPHYR the remaining contents of his canteen on the ground. "What are you doing? Are you nuts? I yelled. "Nope," he repled evenly. "Just trying to cool off," as he proceeded to stand In the small puddle at his feel Wed, of course, I though! It all made sense to me. So I dumped my canteen as well. We stood there In 110 PAGE 9 JULY '89 ALL AMERICAN AGENCY Real Estate degree heat, while our remaining water supply evaporated around our boots. Good plan. . 505 North Main moab NORMA NUNN 3 (w) (h) 259-72259-649- 75 89-8- 17 Hard to find and one of a kind. 5 aces with fantastic views of mountains. Zoned for. horses. Charming rustic 3 bedroom home trimmed in native stone. Beamed log ceilings with huge rock fire place. Dandy 20x40 insulated shop. 3 stall bam. Fenced and cross fenced. $66,900. 85-2- 29 Great retirement home. Red brick on huge comer lot with irrigation well. Huge covered patio. Workshop with storage basement. Heat stove and dandy kitdien. $29,500. 88-7- 19 Rooms for everyone and everything. 4 level home with 5 bedrooms, familyroom. Large rumpus room and garage. Good neighborhood dose to schools and churches. Just $54,500. ..,; 88-7- 51 We finally came within sight of the river and reached the suspension foot bridge that crosses tt. Tynes tried to climb over the railing and dive Into the Colorado but I pulled him back. Thats a fifty foot tall, I explained, and the river Is shallow. You'll break your neck. 1 don't care, he mumbled. 1 want to be we! Bright Angel' Creek came Into view and we walked right In to our necks, clothes, boots, pack and alL We sat on our butts facing upstream with our dehydrated mouths wide open. We looked like a couple of nlghthawks In I do believe the creek level dropped several flight, looking for bugs. inches in the next thirty minutes. We set up camp, and walked upstream to check out Phantom Ranch. We discovered they sold beer at the ranch, and neither of us had brought a penny. We were lamenting our poverty back at camp, when Tynes stood up suddenly and dived right over my head. Into the campfire and beyond, rolling about madly in the dust j Well, l thought. Tynes has finally gone mad. I wonder, If they keep fibre at:the bottom of. the Grand Canyon. He came out of the down straltjackets smoke and dirt clutching something in his hand. It was a dollar bill - like pennies from Heaven. Tynes, who looked older, bought the beer. Hiking to the bottom the Grand Canyon Is all downhllL Hiking gut of the Grand Canyon Is, therefore, all uphllL Five thousand vertical feet over ten miles of trail. True to form, we took our own sweet time getting ready, stopped by the Phantom Ranch Pool for a final dip, contemplated the scenery and the faraway rim. Golly what a gully, said Tynes. 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With neither tent nor a sleeping bag for shelter (we figured It would be too hot), Tynes and I took cover in the campground tollel Huddled on the damp concrete floor, a cold rain began to fall. If Id even heard of it at the time, I would have assumed we were both about to die of hypothermia. But In the gloom, I looked up on the bathroom wall and saw our salvation. This backcountry campground toilet, halfway down the Grand Canyon, was equipped with an electric hand dryer, one of those push button gadgets ttiat blow warm air on wet hands for our "sanitary convenience. Tynes and I spent the rest of the night taking turns pushing the button. By morning, we had the place heated up to about eighty degrees. God bless technology .. sometimes. The next day, the heat returned and we were back on the trail. We passed a bunch of European men and women, wearing sandals and high heels. They had a can of Coke between them for refreshment One of them stopped us for "How far eez It to those leetle bushes down there? he asked, advice. pointing to the giant eighty foot cottonwoods at Indian Gardens. "Mon ami, Tynes replied, putting to good use his two years of French at Un petit boarding school, Those bushes are Just a petit distance away. peu. They thanked him for his kindness and continued on their trek. "Tynes, I said as we reached the rim, "that was a terrible thing to do to those French people. "Stiles," Tynes replied through sagging eyes and streams of sweat, "I Just wanted to prove there was someone out there who was stupider than we are. I raised my glass of Iced tea; "To stupid people everywhere. To which Tynes added: "Long may we live. originaf images by norm Shrewsbury At 7 k i A , all introductory offer framed images are. $95. OO over .VA.lVcy 1 V ? VMJ,v.vAvAO.vkv,,v'.v'.v.v.v 5 ,000 images available i |