We found ourselves on an historic byway in Southern Utah, travelling toward Cortez, Colorado with our final destination for the night being Durango, CO. Nodding oil heads, rolling plains of rock & sparse grass, with some galloping horses greeted us as we travelled.
The GSP lady told us it was the Ismay Trading Post Road & sure enough, we did reach the trading post. We went inside to be greeted by a scene from 50 years or more ago- rolled, tanned animal hides, some Native American beading on a belt, a phone on the counter, dusty tins of spam & beans & a Timex display case, without watches. The trading post had been there since 1920 & the man behind the counter since 1960. I think he was overcome with us walking in & spoke just to answer our questions. And continued smoking while the young Native American man spoke to his girlfriend on the phone.
The snow covered hills of Colorado.
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