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came face to face with the most
intricate dam system I've ever seen . It
resembled Japanese landscaping as the
water from Doxford Creek entered this
section and became plateaus of water
ponds. They son of staircased left and
right, held by the thinnest barrier
imaginable but didn't leak a drop.
Len said it was a beaver complex but .
none could be found. I said, "Let's
check out that big trap we found the
last time up."
(Last June, without camera for fear
w«.would n't survive the trip let alone
any extra equipment, we made our
6tst trip to the top. When we entered
die flat pasture we noticed a horrible
smell coming from the bi$' pines to the
right. Entering with caution, we came
across a cubicle of aspen logs
approximately 5' x 5' x 4' . In the back
of the complex was the dead carcass of
a sheep secured with wire cable . Len
arted to enter and investigate but
hesitated. Looking down, nestled
under pine needles, we found a trap
big enough to hold Godzilla. Between
the quiet, the feeling of being totally
- alone and the spectre of what in the
hell were they trying to trap, without a
word we fired up the trials bikes and it
looked like a two man desert race all
the way down the mountain .) Well the
dried up carcass was still there sans the
smell thank goodness and the quarter
inch cable holding the trap was
severed and the trap gone. T-hanks to
the .44 Magnum on my hip , we didn't
leave as quickly as we did the last time.
-'lW e went a few miles more until we
reached Magleby's Reservior and the
din road that leads down the backside
of the mountain to Koosharem and .
~hway62 . Monroe's altitude is 5,382
feet , We were standing at 10,168 and
gasping. No, really it was clear, quiet
and just plain beautiful.
-" prinking in the sights for the last time ,
we'fired up the trusty bikes for theeasy
tiek home. Jwt past the Fishlake
National Forest sign there is a manmade lade and a place called the
Hawks Nest . There you can catch
trout or drink beer and watch someone
else catch trout. On down the hill is a
camping area with a big pool. There is .
also a natural hot spring you can soak
out'the aches in .
~ fl you're into tubes and skinny
. dippin', the canal is the answer. Leave
a car. at Richfield, drive another one
up "to Elsinore. jump in and float to
your heart's content.
& They are having their problems with
t e Bureau of Land Management here
also. The dictators are trying to close
off land to hunters unless they want to
wallt. In one instance, a huge segment
of'Jand was up for closure and the
~ple raised so much hell the BLM
dcoded to set up a day where the
~ple could go to the BLM office and
voice their opinion. The people
anted a public hearing but the BLM
vould not hear of it because in Utah.
everybody shows up at a public
learing. Well. the BLM set the day for
me people to come to the office but
failed to advertise what day to show
tp. The hearing day passed, nobody
mew about it and the land got closed.
The last I heard, the people have
rai~d such a fuss the dictators are
folding off lest a riot breaks out and
mother hearing is in the making.
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