Picto Diary - 22 August 2020 (Part 2) - Can I Helper You?

Above: TiMDT observes sunflower. Helper, UT. 22 August 2020.

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Gee! That sunflower is taller than Bishop!!!

"The land is the appointed remedy for whatever is false and fantastic in our culture." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Above: Happiness Within coffee bar. Helper, UT. 22 August 2020

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Frappuccino for TIMDT. Funky, artsy Helper. Who knew?

Another of the fabulous circa 1920's building restorations in down town Helper

"The land is the appointed remedy for whatever is false and fantastic in our culture." Ralph Waldo Emerson — with Margaret Taylor at Happiness Within.

Above: TIMDT in Spring Canyon. Carbon County, UT. 22 August 2020.

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Fremont People petroglyph...700 plus years old. Not false. Not fantastic. Grounded. Authentic.

"The land is the appointed remedy to all that is false and fantastic in our culture. Ralph Waldo Emerson — with Margaret Taylor in Spring Canyon, Utah.

Above: Spring Canyon ghost town. Carbon County, Utah. 22 August 2020.

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Bishop, admittedly, hair on end, senses the nearby presence of "The White Lady," who drove a half century's worth of coal miners to madness. It is said that The White Lady is the sole reason for shutting down the otherwise lucrative Spring Canyon Coal Mine. Helper residents swear to having seen the ghost of The White Lady cackling near this spot on this or that Halloween over the last 70 years since the Spring Canyon mine has been closed. They don't call Spring Canyon a ghost town for nothing.

Note: Google the ghosts towns of Spring Canyon and nearby. Lots of ghost stories and many TV ghost stories and specials are listed. Hmmm.... authenticity? ghosts? We'll make it work!

"Go to the woods to lose sight and memory of the crimes of your contemporaries." Jean-Jacques Rousseau — with Margaret Taylor in Spring Canyon, Utah.

Above: Lincoln Hotel. Helper, UT. 22 August 2020.

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TIMDT munches Polish dog at hot dog station adjacent to Hotel (downstairs, motorcycle museum in a fabulous restoration), upstairs, four five star AirBnb suites. This is not your father's Helper! Helper is not yet "discovered." It is close, and that is what makes it fun... being there when its almost up and running, but, all to yourself.

"Go to the woods to lose sight and memory of the crimes of your contemporaries. Jean-Jacques Rousseau — with Margaret Taylor at The Lincoln Hotel.

Above: AMTRAK. Helper, UT. 22 August 2020.

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Idee (sic):
Day One. Helper, Lincoln Hotel.
Day Two. Board Amtrak east bound 6:30 AM. Arrive Glenwood Springs, CO, 3:30PM. Hotel, dinner.
Day Three: Hang out Glenwood Springs. Spa...hike...eat. Hotel. Eat.
Day Four: Board Amtrak west bound 11:00 AM. Arrive Helper 7:30 PM. Lincoln Hotel.

Hat tip: Exeter.

"Go to the woods to lose sight and memory of the crimes of your contemporaries." — with Margaret Taylor at Amtrak-HER.

Addendum:

Your six points are spot on.

DrummerJay,
Lehi, UT