Carl Henning

Travel

Twin Falls

There were two falls near here on the Snake River (north of the town). We didn’t see the one remaining falls (a dam diverted water from the other). Twin Falls, Idaho is a nice little city with some adjacent scenery. And it’s near the site where Evel Knievel tried to jump the Snake River Canyon.

Hite

Hite is the northernmost point of Lake Powell. Glen Canyon Dam creates this reservoir on the Colorado River. When I first visited in 1965 the lake was still filling for the first time. It filled. Then drought emptied the lake to the point that the lake is no longer even visible at Hite.

Four Corners Monument

Today was to be a nostalgia tour. First stop: Four Corners Monument. We were here in 1969. This was a vacant dusty desert location with a plaque showing the intersection of four state borders: Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. I remember driving the VW bug (pulling the tent trailer) through all four states before parking.

A City So Secret…

A city so secret that it did nor appear on any maps and the people who lived there got there mail from a town many miles away. At least that was the case in the 1940’s. Los Alamos, New Mexico is on the map now. During World War 2 secret research into atomic energy was performed here, resulting in the only two atomic bombs dropped during warfare.