To get from Escalante to the east side of the Colorado River,
members of the San Juan Mission lowered their wagons down Hole in the Rock and
floated them across on a raft. Doing
that today would cause a fella more problems than setting off a fireworks
display inside the tent.
The way we get to the other side these days is to drive up to
Boulder and take the Burr Trail across Capitol Reef National Park. Along the way, we often camp at the UFO
landing site. We know its a UFO landing
site because the sign says so. It is painted on the belly of a small plane that is nose dived into the sand.
Sundance, Sunshine, and I first happened onto it late one
night in the spring of 1994. It was the
end of the day when I suddenly put on my turn signal and turned onto a dirt
path heading west.
“Where you going?” Sunshine called on the C.B. radio. The sun had gone down hours ago.
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