I was passing through El Paso the other night as well, though I did stop. On the way back I was trying to find a listenable radio station and stumbled onto 93.5 FM, which was probably broadcast from Alpine or somewhere else. The program on was pre-recorded, and was an interview with Texas photographer Blair Pitman. This was at about 9:00 CDT Monday, November 26. The host was a guy named John Glendennie (your spelling may vary) and he sounded English, but Blair came through loud and long as a Texan, even though he stated he has only been here since age 6.
The part of the interview I heard did not have any caving references. He mentioned working for the Houston newspaper, spending years documenting the Big Thicket before it was a Park, and that in fact the National Geographic article that featured his photographs may have been very influential in having the land designated by the Feds. He went on talking about his time photographing celebrities; the story about getting drunk with Arthur Fiedler after (after, right!?) a Houston Symphony concert, scotch of course, was especially memorable. The guy with no shirt in the Thicket who invited him in for coffee was cool as well. He was talking about a book he wrote called "Tales from the Porch" and originating from Terilingua, and one of the tales included was the oft repeated experience of Dwight Deal, "Dirt Doc" that Blair titled "Get Your Goat" involving alcohol, a camp fire, a deep mine, a beer can, a railroad tie, and the afore mentioned goat. Blair came across as highly conversational, a little ornery, and very interested in people and Nature. Does anyone know about whether this interview is available on recorded media? A copy should be on file with the TSS at a minimum. I am sure more of the interview was broadcast before of later and most likely included caving tales. -----Original Message----- From: Geary Schindel [mailto:gschin...@mindspring.com] Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 10:44 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] El Paso While spending last night in El Paso, I heard an interesting rumor. Seems that many people take the name El Paso literally and pass through El Paso on their way to other destinations. I was told that the El Paso Tourism Bureau was lobbying the city council to have the name of the town changed from El Paso to El Stoppo to try and get more tourists visiting. Now that's funny Geary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geary Schindel" <gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org> To: "Gill Ediger" <gi...@worldnet.att.net>; <texascavers@texascavers.com> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 11:57 PM Subject: RE: [Texascavers] TG Graham, Aspen, Sue and I were visiting Lee's Ferry in Arizona on Thanksgiving Day looking at the put in point for the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, admiring the scenery, and checking out the geology. I always wanted to visit this site and will some day do the canyon. Graham is finishing up his first semester at Northern Arizona University and enjoying Flagstaff. That evening, we went to Page, Arizona where the only place open on Thanksgiving Day to eat was Denny's Restaurant. We had a nice quite and relatively untraditional Thanksgiving meal. I found it interesting that more than 300 years after the first Thanksgiving, here we sat being served by a nice Navaho woman. On Friday, we visited Antelope slot canyon out side of Page. This is a very fine but short slot canyon in the Navaho Sandstone then toured the Glen Canyon Dam. We left Flagstaff today with the hopes of getting to Van Horn, Texas but decided to call it a day in El Paso where it has been snowing for a few hours. There is about 2 inches of snow on the ground. Geary --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
