{"id":894,"date":"2009-09-29T05:39:38","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T09:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/?p=894"},"modified":"2022-04-22T06:42:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T10:42:18","slug":"charlie-manson-and-me-part-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/?p=894","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Manson and Me &#8211; part 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 14.25pt; background: white;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;\">===========================<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 14.25pt; background: white;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Georgia; color: red;\">Charlie Manson and Me &#8211; part 7<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 14.25pt; background: white;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Georgia; color: red;\">~Striped Butte Valley~<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 14.25pt; background: white;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;\">===========================<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: white; text-align: left; background-position: initial initial;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Once we got down into the Valley, and the trail leveled out, the drive was much more comfortable. The view of this magnificent Butte kept us looking at it for quite a long while.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Of course, I was quietly looking around with the thought of what a nice new home this valley will be when we settle here while I build that ramp to get back up to Mengel Pass if there wasn&#8217;t a way out of here! LOL<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_875\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/CM-M-Images\/DV7-001-striped-butte-a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-875\" class=\"size-full wp-image-875    \" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" title=\"DV7-001-striped-butte-b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DV7-001-striped-butte-b1.jpg\" alt=\"Striped Butte Valley - 04\/04\/2008\" width=\"401\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striped Butte Valley &#8211; 04\/04\/2008<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Peak Type:<\/strong> Summit<\/li>\n<li><strong>Latitude: <\/strong>35.948563<\/li>\n<li><strong>Longitude: <\/strong>-117.071996<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peak Elevation from sea level: <\/strong>4,744 feet<\/li>\n<li><strong>Base to peak from ground surface:<\/strong> I think I saw that it is about 800 feet. Not sure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><strong>We saw several mules, assuming them to be descendants of the 20-mule-team era.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>[Okay, I was wrong about the &#8216;mules&#8217;. They are actually <a title=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparkstraveler.com\/2009\/04\/creature-feature-feral-burros\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparkstraveler.com\/2009\/04\/creature-feature-feral-burros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">feral burros<\/a> (aka: donkeys. A mule is a completely different animal.)<\/em><em>. What do I know about burros? I know about Mustangs, Jaguars, Impalas, etc. I was a mechanic, after all! \u00a0I just checked a chart from 1974, and there were about 350 feral burros in Striped Butte Valley back then! \u00a0BTW&#8230; they&#8217;re &#8216;cute&#8217;, but are <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">very<\/span><\/span><\/em><em> hard on the environment. Thanks again to David A. Wright.]<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_874\" style=\"width: 387px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/CM-M-Images\/DV7-002-striped-butte-valley-mule-1976-a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-874\" class=\"size-full wp-image-874   \" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" title=\"DV7-002-striped-butte-valley-mule-1976-b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DV7-002-striped-butte-valley-mule-1976-b.jpg\" alt=\"Striped Butte Valley feral burro - 10\/1976\" width=\"377\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striped Butte Valley feral burro &#8211; 10\/1976<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_876\" style=\"width: 387px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/CM-M-Images\/DV7-003-striped-butte-valley-mules-1976-b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-876\" class=\"size-full wp-image-876  \" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" title=\"DV7-003-striped-butte-valley-mules-1976-b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DV7-003-striped-butte-valley-mules-1976-b.jpg\" alt=\"Striped Butte Valley - 3 feral burros - 10\/1976\" width=\"377\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striped Butte Valley &#8211; 3 feral burros &#8211; 10\/1976<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Sadly, the next photo is the <em>only <\/em>shot I took of this amazing monolith!<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_899\" style=\"width: 387px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/CM-M-Images\/DV7-004-striped-butte-1976-a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-899\" class=\"size-full wp-image-899  \" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" title=\"DV7-004-striped-butte-1976-b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DV7-004-striped-butte-1976-b.jpg\" alt=\"Striped Butte - 10\/1976\" width=\"377\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striped Butte &#8211; 10\/1976<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">That shot, as are <em>all<\/em> my color shots from back then, are very recently scanned from 33-year-old Kodak transparencies (slides &#8211; Kodachrome and Ektachrome), and saved onto a photo-CD. I then had to reduce their size to be accepted into this blog software. So, the quality is grainy-looking. Also, I believe I was using an old Kodak Instamatic camera to shoot these color slides, so the quality would be low, anyway. Too bad I didn&#8217;t have a nice 20 mpx digital slr to use back then! Maybe I would have taken more pics! *sigh*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&#8230;similar to this one shot in July, 2008 <\/strong>(by someone else)<strong>:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_877\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/CM-M-Images\/DV7-005-striped-butte-2008-b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-877\" class=\"size-full wp-image-877  \" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" title=\"DV7-005-striped-butte-2008-b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DV7-005-striped-butte-2008-b.jpg\" alt=\"Striped Butte - 07\/14\/08\" width=\"401\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striped Butte &#8211; 07\/14\/08<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>See? Not much has changed in 32 years! LOL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>I have found a <em>lot<\/em> of images of Striped Butte and its valley, each of which looks different from the other. And each one shows a beautiful rendition of Nature&#8217;s work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>We drove Eastward beside the Butte, passing the Geologist&#8217;s Cabin and at least one other dwelling.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_878\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/CM-M-Images\/DV7-006-geologist-cabin-at-striped-butte-b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-878\" class=\"size-full wp-image-878    \" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" title=\"DV7-006-geologist-cabin-at-striped-butte-b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DV7-006-geologist-cabin-at-striped-butte-b.jpg\" alt=\"Geologist's Cabin - 04\/16\/2005\" width=\"401\" height=\"317\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geologist&#8217;s Cabin &#8211; 04\/16\/2005<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>We didn&#8217;t stop there, and of course didn&#8217;t take any pictures. We finally left Coyote Canyon Rd., which turned into Butte Valley Rd. We did come across this important bit of guidance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1042\" style=\"width: 427px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/CM-M-Images\/DV7-007-butte-valley-road-sign-1976-a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1042\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1042 \" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" title=\"DV7-007-butte-valley-road-sign-1976-b - Copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DV7-007-butte-valley-road-sign-1976-b-Copy-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Striped Butte Valley road sign - 10\/1976\" width=\"417\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striped Butte Valley road sign &#8211; 10\/1976<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The upper sign says &#8216;Goler Wash &#8211; 5 mi.&#8217;<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_882\" style=\"width: 421px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/CM-M-Images\/DV7-008-butte-valley-road-sign-1976-a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-882\" class=\"size-full wp-image-882    \" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" title=\"DV7-008-butte-valley-road-sign-1976-b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DV7-008-butte-valley-road-sign-1976-b.jpg\" alt=\"Road sign and Striped Butte - 10\/1976.\" width=\"411\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Road sign and Striped Butte &#8211; 10\/1976.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><strong>It&#8217;s nice to be sitting here at my computer, looking at all these places we went through way back then, using nothing more than a push of an index finger to travel along the route we drove in 1976. \u00a0But the excitement and wonder and yes, fear, of what lay around the next bend that could halt our homeward progress is missing, except in our memories. \u00a0 I actually recall looking around at these tall mountains surrounding us in Butte Valley and thinking, &#8220;Yup! \u00a0 I could enjoy living here for a while, looking at this gorgeous scenery! \u00a0 Of course, the shrieking and hollering <\/strong><em>(sorry, Barb)<\/em><strong> would be a constant disturbance, but yeah, I could enjoy the scenery! \u00a0 Of course, <em>walking out<\/em><\/strong><strong> would be the most sensible thing if we could not go any farther. \u00a0After all, it&#8217;s only about 53 TRILLION miles to civilization! \u00a0LOL \u00a0&#8220;WOW! \u00a0 Lookit those mountains, Honey!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_883\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/CM-M-Images\/DV7-010-southward-from-striped-butte-2007-a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-883\" class=\"size-full wp-image-883  \" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" title=\"DV7-010-southward-from-striped-butte-2007-b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/DV7-010-southward-from-striped-butte-2007-b.jpg\" alt=\"Looking South from Striped Butte - 01\/15\/2007\" width=\"401\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking South from Striped Butte &#8211; 01\/15\/2007<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&#8220;Yep, sure is purdy!&#8221;<span style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 14.25pt; background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;\">===========================<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 14.25pt; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia; color: red;\">Charlie Manson and Me &#8211; <a title=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/?p=430\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nathansonweb.com\/blog\/?p=430\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">part 8<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 14.25pt; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia; color: red;\">~It&#8217;s All Downhill From Here~<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 14.25pt; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;\">===========================<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 14.25pt; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Manson and Me &#8211; 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