We spent about
an hour at the summit and returned to the cars by two. Since it was quite warm,
we elected to drive to Parker, about 30 miles away. We ate lunch at a fine
Mexican restaurant where the prices were right, and then the rest of the
afternoon most of us sat in the Colorado River at the Blue Water beach resort.
In the evening we drove partway to the Turtle Pk roadhead and continued our
happy hour. As usual, we had sane lively discussions about diets, stretching,
red meat, and other problems some of us were having. I don't believe that Peter
Kinman will ever bring another steak with him to one of these hikes.
Sunday morning we left at 4:30 to drive the retaining 10 miles to Turtle
Mountain. The place where the road crosses the large wash (5 mi from the end of
the road), it was washed out, so we had to look for the road on the other side,
which was about 20 yards away. We arrived at the parking place at 8:00 and
started for the peak. The hike was uneventful, and we were back at the cars by
noon.
The participants were; Anna Valkass, Tome Moumblow, Doug
Hatfield, Paula Peterson, Peter Kinman, Keith Martin, George Pfieffer, Mark
Adrian, Bob Greenawalt, Graham Breakwell, Maris Valkass.
On our way
home many of us met at the world renown Wheel Inn and had an unforgettable
meal. The high for both days was 105°. My thanks to everyone for good
company and especially Grahm for co-leading. |
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| Reflections of a
DPSer* |
Wes Shelberg
SAN
DIEGO |
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Don't waste the present
moment,
Don't let it pass you by,
hike while the sun is
shining,
Climb ere the night draws nigh.
We cannot bid the
sunbeams to lengthen out their stay,
We cannot ask the shadow to ever
stay away.
As winter storms will follow,
Our pleasant
desert days,
So all out joys may vanish,
And hard may be our
days.
And if we are not mindful the chance may fade away,
For
life is quick in passing and lost in a single day.
* Apology to R.
B. Baird, "Improve the Shining Moment". |
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