{"id":306,"date":"2019-07-27T16:24:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T16:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mustangirs.com\/blog\/?p=306"},"modified":"2019-08-02T19:25:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T19:25:04","slug":"the-eagle-still-flies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mustangirs.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/07\/27\/the-eagle-still-flies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eagle still flies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Duane Carling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had a rare 3 days with no commitments over the July 20 \u2013 21 weekend.  Wow. This sounds like a road trip.  Publisher Brock Yates and the editors of Car & Driver Magazine once declared U.S. Hwy 89, from Mexico to the Canadian  border to be  the most beautiful road in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the California deserts, to the Utah National Parks, to Jackson, Yellowstone and Glacier, it\u2019d definitely be a tough act to beat.  I\u2019ve done the south end, and gone as far north as Jellystone, but that last couple hundred miles has eluded me.  Perfect for a 3 day trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can start to feel the Old West vibe as you enter Star Valley, Wyoming.  Jackson Hole, and the Saddle Rock Saloon\/theatre was my first stop.  My daughter Shelley performed there for several years., and one evening the owner of the place, Vickie Garnik,   figured out that  Suzanne and I  taught  her 9th <\/sup> grade Arts & Crafts, at Orem Jr. High about  1969, when we were  student teaching partners.  Small world.  Since it was mid morning, and nothing much was happening,  I said my hello\/goodbyes  and pressed on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What can you say about Yellowstone.   Beautiful vistas, geysers, buffalo, and great stories of Mountain Men, Grizzlies  and Injuns.  Pretty much has it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As it turned out, this weekend was the 50thh<\/sup> anniversary of the U.S moon  landing.  Perhaps Americas greatest achievement and defining moment.  \u201cTranquility base\u2026the Eagle has landed.\u201d<\/strong> was all over the satellite radio.  One of the 50\u2019s stations I listen to even pulled every  45 they had with MOON in the title, and played them all day long.  There were quite a few \u2026 who\u2019da thunk.  Some commentators speculated that we couldn\u2019t do a moon shot today.  \u201cThe country is too fractured.\u201d  Do you remember Viet Nam and Watts, back in the day ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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