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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I'm not sure Sage.  Abbey was fairly prolific with his essays, etc.  He also 
, as I'm sure you realize, has a very mixed reputation out here.  Kinda Like 
harper lee and truman capote.  Alabama claims harper lee, but forget that 
capote spent half of his childhood playting with her in the same small 
alabama town.  Out here , in the desert, some would just as soon not hear 
about Abbey.  Great talent, and great spirit, not much on getting along 
........bobf




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--- On Wed, 11/5/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:

> From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Wild water
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 6:21 PM
> Didn't Edward Abbey write about those
> petroglyphs/pictographs in one of his books before Lake
> Powell was made? When I visited it was still high water,
> kind of a surreal, spooky place.
> 
> The aquifer has its own governmental authority, and its
> levels are frequently reported in the paper just like the
> weather. But as rural homesteaders, we are very concerned
> that San Antonio is trying to buy water rights in our area.
> It is one of the most populous cities in the U.S., and the
> only one of its size entirely dependent on an aquifer. We
> are also concerned that a golf course was built downstream
> from us two years ago. I'm sure you know how ridiculous
> it is to sustain one in the desert. They say they drilled
> down into a deeper aquifer known as the Glen Rose, but if
> that were the case the greens should be smelling like rotten
> eggs and dying from the sulfur unless they are conditioning
> it first in some way.
> 
> Overall, the aquifer suffers from rampant development
> throughout the Hill Country.  One of the disadvantages of
> our Senate District is politically we are in the same one as
> San Antonio.
> 
> --Sage
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:02:22 -0800 (PST)
>  bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Sage , I just went back and read all of the pages at
> Jacobs Well (I didn't notice the continuation before).
> If that well is charged from the aquifer that you share,
> what does that say about your future water supply?.. Who do
> you talk to about such things?.  People back east don't
> understand about the importance of water rights in the
> desert west ....bobford
> > 
> > p.s. I'll bet with the water low, you can see
> strange stuff on the walls at JW.  When Lake Powell receded,
> there was Indian stuff drawn on cliff walls no  one had seen
> in decades.  Had always been under water
> > 
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