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Show Section B The Salt Lake Tribune DAYBRE CLOSE TO HOME david K nites OUTDOORS & RECREATION ature n A farm!B-5 TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1998 N ANCY HOBBS SALT LAK’ Onthe road again — drives with Joni, Bob in Monument Valley scenery on the remote highway between Page, Ariz. and Monument Valley made driving the open road a plea- sure With Bob C Joni Mitchell and TomRush blaring on the CDplayer and paces Navajo Mouatain looming in Pay a fee, borrow the¢ bucket, safety glasses ries of the ed seemed to with eachpassing mile. through the past 04 We looked at remote red rock canyons andisolated outposts, wondering what it would be liketo stay or camp. Many view driving fromvacatien spot to vacation spot as a Buthitti up with reck-solid trilobites, picture left, silized in lime- at an an site near Delta. You may come 1 Monsen, Lake City below, picks through his finds after a day out in the sunat digging site. en road and exploring new places parts of taking a family v here have been driving and camping trips close to home and to distant locations. Rockies, Virgini; and Maine's 4 ght listening to and a morning 2 Gating fres n asquitoes in tened to Roosevelt elk in and watchedgey sers and hot pots in Yellowstone. Wehave laughedat tourist traps such is Wall Drug. the Corn Palace, Gatlin g and Pigeon Forge.La epne just of. ten enough to of such pla s and and down huge rolier coastersor be edstraight down from high Taking the advice of author William Least Heat Moon whowrote aclassic roadtrip book called Blue Highways we often try to avoid the freeways be. cause they promote a certain sameness. Unless weareabsolutely desperate and there are no other choices. we avoid anchiserestaurants and attempt to try independ teries off the beaten places seldomdisappoint, of flavor. good od andinteresting conversation, giving raveler moreofa sense of place than Hunting trilobites near Delta is a waytorelish the treasures ofthe past ANTELOPE SPRINGS — Driving along dirt roads through this desolate, arid expanse west of Delta, in Millard County, southwest of Salt Lake City, it is hard to imagine a seabed, no matter how long ago. After all. an fathom5: millionyears ago, let alone what the Earthlo edlike then? But there is rock-solid evidence of the ancient seabed, in millionsof trilobites fossilize tween layers of limestone This area — orite with “bug” hunters aroundthe W: —is especial ly rich inthestonecasts. U-Dig Fossils, a commercialventure operated by an period Paleozoic era, moretha 500 million years ago. Theearly arthropods. long extinct but related to shrimp, crab andlobsters, hadsi nent edbodies andjointedlimbsforcrawling alo bottomof shallow waters As they were covered by limestone. Tapo ex: plained, their tough exoskeletons fossilized and le behind permanent imprints Thereare literally thousands arc nd here. Af ve been at it awhile, youstart seeing themall over Crapo’s father, Loy. a commerical lapidary oper ter you know what to look for and b ating The Bug House in land from th e. Mining fossils. ge Delta, has leased this it and other tracts for 1 snowflakeobsidian. ny years, Shai ming whereandfor hat to look. Af aduating f om coll eg in ss degree. ie combined the two. He workedout details with the state to of the leased lands a lient fee Shayne Crapo on leased school-trust lands an hour's drive fromDelta, caters to budding paleon. tologists. prehistoricevidenceof ocean “We School Fund regh lease m oil. ga glasses start finding life. Most prolific arethe trilobites, from the Cambri. hunting et,” said Herron. rapo said, whi Within minutes of arriving, hunters with rock hammers. buckets and safety schools or to build their endowment funds Dave Hebertson, pubic relations manag state's Trust Lands Adminis Jim MonsenandE on, Salt Lake City quickly found what they came for They hadn't been hunting long before Monsenspotted broken pieces of a huge bug, perhaps inches long It primed hum foi ess. d along, exploring The money they send either goes directly tothe be found at any franchise. 2a in the Italian area of Chicago, sampled Navajo tacos on theresei aten Polish and Greek food in Detroit and dined on Salt Lake Classic Comes of Age » efish Bay. Once weate black-eyed peas grits, fried chicken and ham-fried gravy at a Tennessee tavern which has been in jusiness since the late 1700s But these are destinations. There is a certain ple in simply the open road wh there is ik to whichev hild happens n the front seal is particu City runners will take in sights on newrace route As the hours pass, a driver can actual ly Usten to an entire CD instead of atching bits and pieces on the way to work or when doing something else at Somet radic BY CRAIG HANSELL s, late at night, listening to ns that fadein and out can tic 1 enjovat T have pickedupbits and The Salt Lake City Classic follows a ne ute past historic sites whe begins Saturday near the Delt { Major League baseball games. st traffic report out of Los Ange. onate preachers and outrageous Olympian Ed Eyestone, talk w hosts on these late-night cross country sojo! ns across America, learn. ing much in he process cord hol When @ thunderstormrolls across lains and therain pelts the car to the that the windshield wipers ce an exciting Salt ad Lake : Ma an SC whe nature at its a of course, wis ner Stephen Lest new course and sw stretch her fitness off the water fast eno nes And, the ¢ tered this year's Regence Blue Cross & Blu Shield Classic 10K. | ah maste a ‘om a cherry above th there ah times whenthe radio is off ar Ise in the car sleeps, leavinga traveler time to be Ma alone with his ¢ Finally. Monument Valley comes into sight. Rather than head directly into the main road we take @ je road to visit un off-the-beaten-path trading post. Ag usual. the road less st interesting - COPY traveled is often the Ma . i ni and withit L used to t it,” said Mayor Cort w The Salt Lake Tr The '97 classic crowd wasbig. Saturday's will be 3.500 runners t SK and [then] r K k 8} int art ——ahape I've been in for yea Murray District's MeMillan and Grant ele WEDNESDAY IN DAYBREAK: IT’S GRILLING SEASON h x NX. t " a a) Sw 4 after impai a garde tness on the ember The races. F at th a ‘ roa Ma 1 t See S.L. CLASSIC, Page B-8 |