Picto Diary - 07 August 2020 - Duchesne County Fair
Above: VRBO. Main Street, Helper, UT 07 August 2020.
Escaping the Insanity Tour Part Trois.
Out and about on the F7800 GS.
Absolutely fabulous VRBO Main Street. Restored 1890 structure.
Helper. Not your father's Utah.
"Go to the woods to lose sight and memory of the crimes of your contemporaries." Jean Jacques Rousseau
Above: Exeter and Bishop. Breakfast. Helper Shell. 07 August 2020. Helper Shell.
Escape the insanity tour part trois.
Out and about on the F800GS.
Bacon, egg, cheese burrito with The Oracle. Exeter.
"Be sincere with sincere men and cunning with cunning men." Exeter.
Irish Azheimers. "The only thing you remember is a lasting resentment." Exeter.
"If you listen to the Grateful Dead closely, you could be hearing hints of Debussy and Bach." Exeter
Helper. Not your father's Utah.
"Go to the woods to lose sight and mind of the crimes of your contemporaries." Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Above: Oil Well. Indian Canyon, Duchesne County, UT. 07 August 2020.
Escaping the Insanity Tour Part Trois.
Out and about on the F800GS.
Life blood. Thank you ExxonMobil. Militating against the onslaught of polluting, environmentally destructive EV's everywhere. Follow the science.
US 191. Indian Canyon.
"Go to the woods to lose sight and memory of the crimes of your contemporaries." Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Above: Monster Truck (right). Duchesne County Fair. Duchesne, UT. 07 August 2020.
In Search of Authenticity Tour.
Out and about on the F800GS.
Bishop contemplating F350 upgrade.
"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Above: Monster bus (above). Duchesne County Fair. Duchesne County, UT 07 August 2020.
In Search of Authenticity Tour.
Out and about on the F800GS.
BISHOP perplexed. Having seen this "RV," should he rethink the Sprinter? Guess not. TIMDT would never go for it.
"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Above: Caps for sale. Duchesne County Fair. Duchesne, UT 07 August 2020
In Search of Authenticity Tour
Out and about on the F800 GS.
G. H. Masters.
Bearlakeart.com.
"The land is the appointed remedy for whatever is false and fantastic in our culture..." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Above: G. H. Masters (right). Duchesne County Fair. Duchesne, UT. 07 August 2020.
In Search of Authenticty Tour.
Out and about on the F800GS.
G.H. Masters, plaque creator.
G.H. (Vernal, UT whole life) most loquacious on Wild Bunch.
G.H.'s Grandfather, Nate Hunting, arrested Matt Warner, 1904, at Diamond Mountain, near Vernal. Warner five years in prison before pardon by Utah governor.
Butch number two was 'Liza Lay, not Sundance Kid. Lay didn't want to go to Patagonia, so Butch took non descriptive gun slinger instead. Movie makes stuff up.
"The land is the appointed remedy for whatever is false and fantastic in our culture..." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Above: UT SR 87 NB. Duchesne County, UT. 07 August 2020.
In Search of Authenticty Tour
Out and about on the F800GS.
UT SR 87 NB. The Uintahs. As much atmospheric clarity as I've seen in some time.
"The land is the appointed remedy for whatever is false and fantastic in our culture..." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Addendum
Good to see the BMW getting a bit of exercise. Also, I’m with Martha, as are most Americans I suspect. And I love Helper too; towns built by folks who don’t mind getting their hands dirty tend to be good places.
Billy Barker,
San Juan Islands, WA