September 17
In Grand Junction, CO I picked up Tony to give him a ride into Crested Butte, where we will both be taking a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course from Sept. 18-26. Like Lynn, Tony is a native of England. Apparently the English are overrunning the western states.
As we crossed western Colorado, climbing from the canyons of the Colorado Plateau to the towering heights of the Rockies, Squatter’s engine pulsed hard in the thinning air and Tony remarked that the United States is a terrifically large country. If a Wyoming woman tires of rural life she can move to San Francisco. If a Phoenix man grows weary of the heat, he can move to Minnesota. If a New Yorker becomes disenchanted with insularity he can move to Missouri; if a Las Vegas woman gets fed up with profligacy and prostitution she can move to Alabama. An American can make these changes with minimal adjustments in language, culture, diet and habits.
But where is an Englishman to go if he tires of the rain?
As we crossed western Colorado, climbing from the canyons of the Colorado Plateau to the towering heights of the Rockies, Squatter’s engine pulsed hard in the thinning air and Tony remarked that the United States is a terrifically large country. If a Wyoming woman tires of rural life she can move to San Francisco. If a Phoenix man grows weary of the heat, he can move to Minnesota. If a New Yorker becomes disenchanted with insularity he can move to Missouri; if a Las Vegas woman gets fed up with profligacy and prostitution she can move to Alabama. An American can make these changes with minimal adjustments in language, culture, diet and habits.
But where is an Englishman to go if he tires of the rain?
posted by Jeb Butler at 7:00 PM
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