On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:56:10 -0800 (PST), Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com> wrote: >> Cell Phones did not work there. No paved roads within site of any of >> the peaks I rode over. I can't remember a single plane flying over. >> And, only about 3 hour drive from Albequerque New Mexico... >> >> I little slice of heaven called Rainbow Trout Ranch... If you ever want >> to get away I strongly recommend the place.... > No! Northern New Mexico and southern Colorado are surprisingly > ugly, considering how mountainous they look on the map. The biggest > problem is not the person-eating grizzly bears but the giant ticks > on them, which are just as happy with humans as with bears, although > since they're used to bigger hosts they tend to take more of our > blood than they should. (See _The Scar_, by China Mieville.) > There's also a three-way race war among Anglos, Hispanics, and > Indians, though not much above the rocket-propelled-grenade level > unless you go to the dangerous areas. So really, you should take > your vacations in Florida. Trust me; I live in Espanola, NM. > Did I mention the curse on disturbing Anasazi burial sites, which > are everywhere? Quite gruesome. But a majority of my vacations are to that area... Oh, I get it. Terrible, terrible place to live - nobody should ever want to go there. Nor hear. You will be much happier wherever you are now. -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/