Posted on 07/05/2007 3:00:33 AM PDT by Gamecock
Cisco is just south of I-70, ABOUT 20-30 miles west of the UT/CO border.
It’s on UT-128, a scenic byway that goes along the Co river into Moab.
It used to be a water stop for trains when they had boilers. It got pumped up from the CO river about 5 miles away. That area is now a BLM rafting in/out point. (The float from Grand Junction to there is easy! I have pictures of folks who were carrying a PLAYPEN for their baby on a raft!)
I hear it gets a bit fun from there down to Dewey; the juntion with the Delores.
When diesel engines came in, Cisco became a maintenance area, and when I-70 bypassed it, it dried up and almost blew away!
Bluff (On the San Juan) was pretty far gone before Clinton signed the Escalante act. It’s now perked up nicely. I recommend the Navajo burger at the Twin Rocks Cafe.
Please don't start quoting Patrick Macnee's monolgue opening to Battlestar Galactica.
I believe in Jesus Christ and worship him as the Son of God. I believe He is the Way, the Truth and the Life and that no man will come unto the Father except by Him. I profess him as my Savior and Redeemer and strive to follow His teachings.
Based upon the foregoing, it would not be accurate to describe me as “anti-christ” since I am not “opposed” to Christ, but rather a follower of Him.
Best wishes.
Especially mine, for I use a lot of standard LDS output.
I join CC in distaste of the "anti' label...I much prefer "Opposition poster" or "opponents". We are not "anti" mormon (as in all mormons), but opposed to the teachings of mormonism. I guess you COULD say, though, that in the case of the coming election, I AM anti-Romney.
In 1985, Vaughn J. Featherstone, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of the LDS Church addressed students at the Church-owned Brigham Young University, calling anti-Mormon material “theological pornography that is damaging to the spirit,”
I know that the LDS church takes a very strong stance against anyone questioning the theology, and Featherstone is not alone in his condemnation.
I'm quite sure you would all scream if we DID start using the "anti Christian" label. Remember there was some trepidation about our even using the neutral "apologist" term.
Then your god could have died.
Mine can't and never was any danger of doing so.
I know that. I said I could call you anti-christ as a nickname for “one who is opposed to orthodox christianity” .....sheesh!
Next you’ll want to tell me you’re not opposed to orthodox Christianity. Just to stop you in your tracks I want you to consider this......
.....If you aren’t opposed to orthodox or mainstream Christianity, then why do your missionaries try so hard to convert us away from it?
Using that logic then...
Opponents of the Orthodox Christian Church are called “anti-Christians” because, that is an accurate description. According to the dictionary, “anti” is an adjective meaning “opposed.” You are “opposed,” to the 'other' Christian Churchs, aren’t you?
Therefore being Anti-Christ would fit quite well; wouldn't it??
Spellcheck would NOT have found that you spelled CLOWNS wrong!
Which trail is that that zigzags up the slot?
(or down, if you go the other way!)
Pretty area, and pretty people!
We parked at Looking Glass Rock and basically followed the drainage down. I had a handheld GPS that I used to backttrack a shorter route.
My digital camera LOST all my pictures on that trek!
I guess it would have been a bit longer getting back if the GPS had crapped out too!
Welll...that's a hard question to answer...in the cones from the PINION tree here, there little hard-shelled seeds that are delicious when eaten roasted, although I have eaten them raw. These are sold OTC here as "pinion nuts" but, and don't hold me to this, I think I have seen the same seeds called "pine nuts". The nuts from the tall pines I recall are not good.
The danger in sitting by the fire eating a handful of pinion nuts in the shell is, there sometimes have been sheep in the area and you might bite into a nut that isn't a "nut"...YUK!
From Wikipedia; In United States and Mexico, the main species are three of the pinyon pines: Colorado Pinyon (Pinus edulis), Single-leaf Pinyon (Pinus monophylla) and Mexican Pinyon (Pinus cembroides). The other eight pinyon species are used to a small extent, as are Gray Pine (Pinus sabineana), Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana) and Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana). In the United States, pine nuts are mainly harvested by Native American tribes; in many areas, they have exclusive rights to the harvest.
"We used to spread sheets under the trees and shake the trees to get the cones to drop down. The Natives didn't have rights to the harvest in our area."
Did they say they'd just had a phone call from the Romney campaign? ;)
I am “opposed” to certain tenets of orthodox Christianity. To that extent, I could accurately be described as “anti-orthodox.” Trying to be inflammatory by suggesting that members of the LDS Church could be referred to by the “nickname” of “anti-christ” is disgusting.
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