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Show ROCKY MOl MAIN REVIEW August 19, 1963 n2 POWELL: NOT FOR By FAT CAPSON Historians have called the Indian Wars the last great American adventure, but ; .an testify there is still some left and I've just had a taste of it. With two other couples, my husband and I spent a long weekend at Lake Powell and found the beauty and adventure that have drawn people to southern Utah for centuries. Lake Powell is not for the nor the It stretches for 150 miles and the only supplies (as of now) are at Wahweap on the west end and Halls Crossing at the east end. This giant is still growing and at maturity will reach 185 miles in length with 1,800 miles of shoreline. We packed out boats with all the food, clothes, camp-- , faint-heart- . ed vista until uoe feels inadequate to appreciate or react. Every side canyon has special beauty and exploring the small off -- shoots of the main channel where the water is quiet and the air is still is a fascinating experience. are so narrow Some canyons and the walls so high that you have to strain to see the sky. It reminded me at standing at the bottom of my fathers silo as a child and looking up at the remote blue. Some end so abruptly we were forced to back the boat out; some opened up unexpectedly and sunlight splashed down on a shelf of sand and greenery The lake will rise another two hundred feet before it is filled, and as we surveyed the gargantuan scenery, we speculated on new areas this would open up, what beauties that we The channel opens out and ends at Rainbow Bridge landing and here we disembarked. we walked on a path of flaked sandstone as fine as face pow -der...we found the tenacious shrubs and trees and flowers that have mastered this inhospitable land The snow white Sego lily, perfect in form, grows solitary in the red dirt; clumps of wild daisies bloom brilliant yellow; the small cactus proffers a handful of thorns and a lovely fuschia ly blossom; the lare cactus sends up a spire of creamy white flowers. Only the rocks grow in stature in this country. Vegetation never ventures far above the sparse soil. The cedars split and sprawl; the stumpy pine never aspires to be a tree. We had packed a lunch and now yearned for a shady spot ILL-PREPAR- OR FAINT HEARTED ED and our souls with the sights around us and the sound of water tinkling into tin cans. Rainbow Bridge is to be experienced not described. Some react with shrieks of delight; others gaxe in silent wonder. In this land of mammoths, one has already lost all sense of site and now one loses all sense at time. We sat in the creek bed beneath the bndge and tried to comprehend an earth so old that it could take the time to mold this soaring span with wind and water and grains of sand. advice to the travelLake Powell: make plans and be ready to change them. We had planned to seek out four -- pound bass reported somewhere on the lake but as My ler on hit. One foot secured a flapanother mattress, ping pounced on an errant straw hat, one hand steadied the quivering aluminum table and the other was left free to grab any unidentified flying objects Once the breete we relaxed and enjoyed the luxury of boiled coffee and good conversation ..until the next blast hit. ing. If all the little fish in Lake Powell grow to be big fish, it will not bedeep enough to hold them. They came after the lure in schools and fought each other off for the chance to swallow the hook. These colorful babies would hardly Hours later, we insomniacs were rewarded with a final glorious scene. Into the V of sky between two giant cliffs floated the moon. It was a night too sublime for sleep- There must be an exhilaration in landing a big fish, but after watching my husband. I have to conclude that there is more to the sport. The true fisherman seems to find restoration in the crystal water and the ritual of selecting and preparing equipment, casting and reeling in a hundred times in an afternoon. ing Our second morrung more exploring... in and out of Twilight Canyon, Mystery Canyon, self named these places and one can sense that this major had the courage of a soldier and the sensitivity of a poet. We were aiming for the San Juan River, still hoping to catch those elusive (perhaps legendary, we concluded) big bass. one-arm- ed on Where the great wide canyons have filled with water. Lake Powell itself becomes indistinguishable from its offshoots and were it not for the buoys which mark the main easily channel, one could detour innumerable times. 1 1 sOfi h : n We Joan cove suitable for swimming, tanning and, hopefully, fish rf" - hr 1 g sik-mer- -- -t- - nt. in which to eat it. We found no tree but a far lovelier retreat. I suppose you would call it a grotto (an embryo shallow cave. Lise arch?), room water an drips down through the sandstone cliffs above and where-- ft emerges, clusters of maiden hair fern grow. On a rock shelf, rows of tin cans caught the cold water, awaiting the thirsty hiker. (We were careful to replace the cans in Just the right spot so that to leave the Raina boater arrived turbulence in the decided against leaving our snug harbor and looked about for a place to spend the night. W e settled on a sandstone plateau and with the test of pioneers began portaging our gear up the mountain side. we prepared bow landing, with news of channel. We A huge, flat rock-be- d of sandstone served as the bedroom and the men began blowing up air mattresses and unrolling sleeping bags. We complimented ourselves on choosing a magnificent site., we could walk to the edge at the plateau and see the wide, dark river below; we were enclosed in giant, looming cliffs. Then the wind came, in us, swirling gusts.. air mattresses sailed like balloons, steaks took flight and fine red sand settled on the potatoes and onions tike paprika This is the moment of truth for the untried camper. .. . Fortunately, our party (half of whom had never camped was equal to the before) task. We had brought along the essential ingredient for successful camping, a sense at humor. The mattress was pursued, the steak retrieved and shaken and the potatoes given a good stir. The capricious wind was to be our companion for the night We soon were able to anticipate it and sprang to our stations before its force - v' 4s a -- M :1k. m ' V - .I- -; t We left the San Juan and headed down Lake Powell to explore more canyons and perhaps camp at Last Chance Bay But agiun the wind cut and our excursion short changed a pleasant cruise into a choppy ride. We searched the shoreline for a bit of' sand and greenery for a campground. Friends had warned us not to leave this task until in the day... great late stretches of shoreline are bereft of sand and stone enough to hold a sleeping bag. This Is The Place, a movie about the centennial Sons of Utah Pioneer trek from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake, will highlight a three film series at the public library 209 East 5th South, Friday. The film, originally made for the 1947 centennial celebration, will run at 11 A M Two other movies form part of this weekly series called The World Through Films." They are "Tropical Rain Forest" scheduled for 2 P M. Seven Cities of Ant and artica" at 7 p.M Unusual varieties of plant and animal life in tropical forests receiving 100 inches of retMch year comprise the' second film. "Seven Cities of Antartica on how US. Navy Task Force 43 set up seven permanent weather and science outposts at the South Pole, and tells of Antartica s potential as a source of natural wealth and an air travel center. reports Churchet Hold Vacation Bible School All Saints St. James down two hundred feet to the great wide lake It is imthe pressive to look up at awe- cliffs from a boat; it is some to look down at the water from the tops of the cliffs. This night we feasted on steaks and talked around a bonfire The smoke rose upward in a straight line and not a breath of wind touched our camp The next morning we headed for Wahweap, fifty miles away, with a sense of Lustration and disappointment. There was so much we were leaving undone unseen. We had barely scratched the surface of this mighty land. Could one ever feel satiated in this country where time seems to have begun and all things are on a giant scale? One must come back again and again. And so must we. Our first problem was finding a way up and out of this great stone bowl, the lowest point in the surrounding cliffs being the height of a wall in a house. The resourceful men solved this by putting together a ladder of driftwood logs. (We laughed at thejthought of spme learned group Coming upon this instant: Artifact and speculating as 46 the crude civilisation which had produced it ) Once over this first hurdle, we hiked easily over great expanses a rock until The Ghiltie becomes very all because feet have PERSONALITY, cant once you've seen how flirty-flirt- .. "girly-girly- " ... not you either our PERSONALITY y ghillies sT) k Mill Creek resident on temporary duty assignment to the California Plolytechnic Institutue, has been named Travis Air Force Bases outstanding junior officer for the month of June. First Lt. John C. Swonson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Swonson, 3055 Crescent Drive was cited for his "over-a- ll outstanding performance. The letter was endorsed by Brig. General James W. Chap man Jr. Lt. Swonson is 1962 gra duate .of theAir Afrt Acai demy. He attended flying school in 1964. Lt. Swonson was assigned to the 44th ATS and in September, 1964, he was upgraded to second pilot and assigned to a global crew. Since that tim e he has progressed crew, pilot through the class four, and has been upgraded to second pilot. In his present position with the polytechnic Institute, he will help evaluate competitive designs for the CA-- 5, the Military Air Service's new trans- (W jfi - i ) 35 41 Phone CR 74991 01 wens 4697 Holladey Boulevard HOLLADAY, UTAH gtV. QPEN KAvU.THURS . FRI TIL 9 port aircraft. Va- cation church school opened August 9th at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1700 Foothill Drive with 55 students. Sessions will extend over a ek Monday period, through Friday. The program provides for instruction in the two-we- Bible and Bible themes, and projects, and a short period for recreation and refreshments. The school Is under the direction of Marjorie Kean, Disof trict Director Christian Education for Utah, and Richard Clark, Director of Youth Education for the church. The school can accommodate additional children, including a limited number of those who are of kindergarten The age (five years old). activity is open to members of allfaiths. V -' 4 wm a handful of shoreline. 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Not PERSONALITY Commendation j were now seeing would be lng equipment and gas we anand what treasures ticipated using in two days and two nights on the lake were already lost beneath the water. and set out on (war great adventure with thAtwwitefyeetb" - Our - lttnenry w fluid and exhilaration that comes to (pardon a marvelous pun); next adults temporarily liberated time it would be from children, home and liveBoth days we were driven from lihood. the lake early by winds which no other whipped the water to foam. like Is This lake Rainbow no Bndge was our lake; this land Is like destination for the first afterother land. You cruise for noon and so we turned from the hours, looking, looking, lookand lake into Forbidding Canyon, wide Is ing. The water and then into Rainbow Bridge Is sot there miles for and deep brothers and sisters, theyre still there. Pioneer Trek Wins Air Force Film Featured --- t 0 turned into the San and eventually found a make a suitable bor doeuvre if they have any big and reaching the top and looking having to leave the water was short-live- d. The quiet cove was ringed with red rock hills like a giant horseshoe Beyond rising them, i more hls, higher and higher. We made camp at the base of a great cliff which receded at the bottom like the beginning of a huge cave and set out to do some exploring, on foot. rt t Sett IWevtH !t |