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Show (Lite (Limes-3- 1 nbcpcnft cut Sport Restaurant and Lodging Guide B2 Public Notices B4 Directory of Churches B5 ECREATION, Community Thursday, A great spot in Grand County, but you have to go to Colorado to get there by Jack Bickers Isolated and beautiful Exactly, but you can get there from here1 Its in Grand County, Utah, but one has to go to Colorado to get there It like everything else in the county, has to be checked periodically This road closely JUC'V follows the course of the Dolores River for several miles of the west rim down from Gateway. Colorado until it is edged out by the 1,200 feet cliffs ' v' , U N Tv V V - - T; : - x Our favorite Countv Councilman, Mr Jerrv McNeelv, and our Assistant Grand County Road Superv Mr David Vaughn, had recently visited the area, and wanted our GPS Road Plotter, Mr Rick Showalter, to GPS the road in the ongoing Moabites did well at games . . . Several residents of Moab participated in the track and field events of the 2003 Utah Summer Games in Cedar City Gordon Garrett took bronze in the youth boys long jump and finished 4th in the 00 and 200 meters a good showing in a very competitive division Jan Manne took gold in the javelin and silver in the shot put and discus Due to an injury he was competing on one leg and lacked his won five gold medals in usual strength Wendy Dickson, W60-64- , the 100m, 200m, shot put, discus and javelin She is the US record holder in all five events, and her discus throw is and 6 in the U S thanks to Jan Manne, who was a decathlete on the won gold in he 00m, 64 Dutch Olympic team Andy Pitas, M60-6200m, and long jump He is U S record holder in all these events In setting the 00m record he became the first 60 in the history of Utah to run sub-1second 100m and is currently 5 in the U S 1 , 1 4 1 3 road inventory I was the lucky volunteer accompanying Rick on this mission Most of the road can be done with an ordinary pickup or car not built too low to the ground It is easy fourw heeling all the way to Cottonwood Creeks entry of the Dolores Beyond Cottonvv ood, its a hike for an unknown distance Regular vehicles can stop in the last few miles and enjoy the w hole about as much You trip just know wont exactly when youve left Colorado and reentered Grand County unless you have Global Positioning System equipment By going up into Castle Valley, then continuing past the Mountain Loop Road intersection, one will reach the grand 8,000 feet overlooks of Fisher Valley and in a mile or two, reach the intersi etion of Polar Mesa Road Here, the right fork is taken and the road begins to drop and veer more eastward into Tavlor Flats this is very verdant mountain-meadocountry with fantastic v lew s of the i La Sal mountain range Several signed right forks go southward to ranches and places like Dons Lake and Kirks Basin The road becomes purely dirt before the awesome descent into John Brown Canyon This is a rather steep downgrade and you lose 2,000 feet in elev in very few miles This is a good place to run in low gears for the holdback to assist in braking All the dow curves are wide and graveled Once one reachts the LEFT side of the crei k, the road is not as vv ide but is not as steep as the upper descent Dry, mild weather is best for strangers to thus route, but ranchers use it routinely most of the year re Mandy White and her horse, Repo, pole bending at the American Quarterhorse Youth World Show in Ft Worth, Texas manay White competing in national rodeo finals Mandy White a student at Queen Crce k High School in Arizona has earned a position on the high school rodeo team and will be trailing with fellow teammates to Farmington New Mexico from July 21 - 27 to comjiete at the 55th Annual National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) in the (Est events you quail fled in for the 2003 Pole Bending competition Mandy is the great-grandaughter of Essie White of Moab and is 14, and lives in Queen Creek, Arizona She is active with the Arizona High School Rodeo Assn , were she is an officer She is also active in the Arizona Junior Rodeo Assn , and a member of FFA, 4H and AQHYA Featuring over 1,500 contestants from 39 states, five Canadian Prov incc s, and 9th-grad- e d Aus-irali- a, the National High School Finals is the world's largest rodeo In addition to competing for over $125,000 in prizes, NHSFR contestants will also be vying for more than $150,000 in college scholarships and the chance to be named the National High School Rodeo Champion To earn this title, contes- tants must finish in the top of twenty after two before advancing competition on to Sunday's final championship performance This year, the Sunday championship performance will be tele-v nationally on 20X Rodeo part of the Outdoor Channel's weekly Rodeo Round Up series It is sched-uleto air September 22 at 11 00 a m Eastern, September 24 at 8 00 p m Eastern, ised v,u, The Palisades prime landmark of Gateway Colo In the shoit distance to the Dolores Rive i bridge even those anus tomed to our Modi nut of sie m i v will he uMoundc d tin 12.S jioition Grand Countv 'I his is at Cottonwood Canvons in trv of the Dolorc s, gist be low tin lookout Hunt known as Dolores Oveilook with the westc i n most point of Me tm boat Mesa to the eist, hut high up and not in sight snu the chfls of the liver gorge e dominate Activ rant he s ai e sc n in their beautiful settings ther side of the i iv i ev n an airstrip and plane at one' Sail to say w e pussi'il one tie se i te d e e long-gon- e Inde pe nde nt e xte t MAIS It show s all tin count v i o ids but it is i mad map and does not show elevations it doe s show to id numbers s jilaee 1 finding creeks e it v lor mn In ill h s tf( even if some hruls mu ti xt ini mi 1( linoiis one se ill e t oi i st i line mil J ii k would goml like to know how on Unve el it You may njov out about ro ids m etc i e 1 V ( ' hi v' J 'vMW -- j , i A 7 , . v; VX a V. ' V ; i 1 I f J p tj i v;f, 7a I1 times when a few head cattle or produce' sold will sustain a family in places There1 are main of such place's in oui county ways sad to see a! $ ", ! V jV XX 1 ,2. The Dolores River a d g - few miles down from Gateway Anothe r nice surprise twaited us upon our return and crossing of the Dolores We went into Gateway for lunch at the newly reopened cafe There was spotless stainle'ss steel equipmi nt behind the counters The spe'cial was Philly Beef, a big hongy bun overloaded with beef strips, cheese, bell pepper and onion slices, all melted down on the grill, with fre nch fries galore You can read our commendation in their diners log A gigantic resort complex is being built at the road junctions, similar to those on U- - View of the La Sal Mountains from high country poor scent of John Brown Canyon September 27 (check local listings for times), and September 29 at 11 00 a m Eastern check www rodeohigh com for pos- sible schedule changes Along with great rodeo competition and the chance to meet new friends from around the world, NHSFR contestants hav e the opportunity to represent their team in a volleyball tournament, attend a concert, ever-popul- Gt mil of ij)-- d enjoy nightly contestant dances including a Cowboy Prom, shop the NHSFR western mall, and v lsit the historical attractions of the Four Comers area Mo ib country e 'I he Dolores Ti i ingle hut this tiny portion of Giand Countv just has no othei aeeess hut dow nriv eii from Gate w iv Colorado This can all he sun on the' offici.il countv m haw i re juo of it m hi u k and white available at 'limes High, a Please Ifni in tstw aid I'known.e e are i e , The Dohros RiU of J Riu t emitst through mue h Countv anil the c layout near Beaver Creeks entry and another neat the end of traved Them were remnants of an old ehv rsion dam and irrigation ennui to one Beautiful trees abound with graded fields li've led up with stone borders from The Dolore s n Without crowing the river budge our mission was to take the dow nstre am dirt ro id to again reach a tins urivi r and beginning f, ar Abandoned place down the Dolores River Road te' the de |