点评:I flew with my best friend Clint Bridges into monument valley airfield also called Gouldings, named after the kinda famous motel that the western movie stars would stay at while filming in the valley. We were on a weeklong flying adventure into Utah and New Mexico we were flying a tandem two seat taildragger a Bellanca Citabria. I could swear the horse rental business was run by a former tribal medicine man named Ed Black. Ed and a couple of helpers picked us up in a 50s pickup truck at the airfield which was a few miles from their corral and a couple of small camp trailers. In those days the runway was still gravel there was no control tower. We settled in that evening playing horse shoes and bbq some hamburgers. The next day it was into the valley on horseback. Ed shared many Indian stories with us as we stopped here and there and admired the sweeping views and many formations in the valley. There was one story that he would not share with us. Clint and I were puzzled. He spoke (Ed) "Roy he said very seriously there are some stories that may not be spoken of, except when there no insects on the land." Wow I just couldn't figure it out. Later on I kept prying Ed for more info. Finally he spoke again, " Roy" he said "I can only reveal these things when the ground is white. Well being this was June there wasn't going to be a snowstorm anytime soon. Oh yeah as far as no insects, there are not very many around in the winter when snow was on the ground!
I resigned myself to not ever knowing this story, and that's my story and I'm sticking to it.🏜️
By Roy Greven
Year 1990
The greatest times
翻译:我和最好的朋友克林特·布里奇斯一起飞往纪念碑谷机场,也叫古尔丁斯机场,这个机场的名字来源于西部电影明星在山谷拍摄期间会入住的一家颇有名气的汽车旅馆。我们当时正在进行为期一周的飞行探险,前往犹他州和新墨西哥州,驾驶的是一架双座后三点式贝兰卡·西塔布里亚飞机。我敢肯定,马匹租赁业务的老板是一位名叫埃德·布莱克的前部落巫医。埃德和几个助手开着一辆50年代的皮卡车在机场接我们,那里离他们的畜栏和几辆小型露营拖车只有几英里。那时候,跑道还是碎石路,没有控制塔。那天晚上,我们安顿下来,玩起了马蹄铁游戏,还烤了些汉堡。第二天,我们骑马进入了山谷。我们时不时地停下来欣赏山谷中一望无际的景色和各种地貌,埃德给我们讲了很多印第安人的故事。但有一个故事他却不肯告诉我们。克林特和我都感到很困惑。他(艾德)说道:“罗伊,他非常认真地说道,有些故事是不能说的,除非地上没有昆虫。” 哇,我就是想不通。后来我一直打听艾德的更多信息。最后他又开口了,“罗伊,”他说,“只有当地面白雪皑皑时,我才能透露这些事情。毕竟现在是六月,短期内不会有暴风雪。哦,对了,说到没有昆虫,冬天地上积雪的时候,昆虫可不多!
我决定永远不去了解这个故事,这就是我的故事,我会坚持下去。🏜️
作者:罗伊·格雷文
1990年
最美好的时光