The Rockies were formed from 80 to 55 million years ago by the Larmide orogeny, a period of mountain building in Western North America. Stretching out 3,000 miles from the northernmost part of Bristish Columbia to New Mexico, the highest peak is found in Colorado at 14,440 above sea level (Mount Elbert).
The Continental Divide is located in the Rocky Mountains and designates the line at which waters flow either to the Pacific or the Atlantic.
And speaking of Continental Divide…I loved the 1981 movie, by the same name, starring John Belushi and Blair Brown…yea, it’s hard to imagine John Belushi being the romantic interest…but he was and he was kinda cute…I haven’t seen it for years, but I can kind of remember him pretending to be asleep as Brown showered…(that was this movie…right?) I think I remember the goofy look on his face…and I liked her in it…what ever happened to her?
I miss some of the older romantic comedies…Murphy’s Romance, Roxanne, Working Girl, even Stakeout…yea…I’m an 80’s girl…but romance was romance then…now, things are too ‘out there’…there is no mystery, no innuendo…it’s all in your face and I don’t want some of that in my face…really…
And if the newer romantic comedies are not in your face, they’re, frankly, boring…I mean, I love Jennifer Aniston to death but she’s the same character in every movie and on every late night show…always the same…it’s boring. And PLEASE, don’t bring back Meg Ryan…I read she’s excited to be back in the news…dating John Mellencamp…PLEASE…
give me an actress with more range, more feeling…I’m remembering Melanie Griffith in Working Girl, the scene at the bar with Harrison Ford…that was good!
Jack
I’ve been looking for you.
Tess
Why? Do you know me?
Jack
No. No. But I promised myself that when I saw you, I would get
to know you. You’re the first woman I’ve seen at one of these
damn things that dresses like a woman, not like a woman thinks a
man would dress if he was a woman.
Tess
Thank you, I guess.
Jack
What are you doing here?
Tess
Actually, I’m looking for someone myself. His name is Jack
Trainer. He works at Dewey, Stone. Do you know if he’s here?
Jack
Why are you looking for him?
Tess
Well, because I have a meeting with him tomorrow and I thought it
might be nice to say hello and get a head start.
Jack
Well, he uh, just left.
Tess
Oh. Well, I should be going myself.
Jack
Well, have a drink with me.
Tess
I can’t…What’s your name?
Jack
No. No names. No business cards. No “You must know so and so.”
Tess
What is this?
Jack
No resumés. Let’s just meet like human beings…for once.
Tess
Well, it’s nice to meet you, whatever your name is, but I really
do have to go.
Jack
Please? Please. One drink.
Tess
Okay, one drink. But I’m buying.
Jack
Okay, but it’s an open bar.
Tess
Right. I knew that. I meant that if it wasn’t, I’d be buying.
Jack
Yeah. Tequila gold….Doubles.
Tess
Tequila?
Jack
Yeah. I promised myself that when we met, we’d drink tequila.
No Chardonay, no frog water–real drinks….These things are
usually so boring.
Tess
I wouldn’t know.
Jack
Power to the people.
Tess
The little people….Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.
Jack
You okay?
Tess
Mmm, I’m fine. I’m just fine. I took a, um, antihistamine
before, and it makes for a nice little buzz!
Jack
Oh. I didn’t know that they let bad girls into these things.
Tess
Do I look like I don’t belong here?
Jack
No. No. I’m sure that you’re a real ace at whatever it is you do
do.
Tess
Damn straight.
Jack
But how you look….
Tess
I have a head for business and a bod for sin. Is there anything
wrong with that?
Jack
No. No.
Yea…that was a good line from Tess…I like her…
Anyway, back to the Rockies…here is a photograph I took that I just love!!
I don’t mind being in the cold and snow…just let me go out in it, get nice, and cold and wet and come back in to a roaring fire, a glass of wine, and a pile of blankets! oh…and don’t make me drive in it…I’m notorious for accidents in snow and ice…
Later on ; Q
‘the donum’
