"just three miles away from the serpentine, stagnant blue wound in sandstone known as Lake Powell." almost in the first sentence.
I suspect the author of this piece read "the monkey wrench gang"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey_Wrench_Gangalways liked his writings.
I was around when that glen canyon dam was first built.
I still have mixed feelings.
but mostly identify with what abbey was conveying in the book.
imagine sycamore read the book too.
That word "wound" caught my eye.
a lot of abbey's quotes on things are really good:
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/edward_abbey.htmlhttps://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/234706-desert-solitaireWater, water, water....There is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly the right amount , a perfect ratio of water to rock, water to sand, insuring that wide free open, generous spacing among plants and animals, homes and towns and cities, which makes the arid West so different from any other part of the nation. There is no lack of water here unless you try to establish a city where no city should be.”
― Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
i think of this a lot when i think of phoenix and tucson
