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Glen Canyon Damn

I doodled this cartoon, or one like it, many years ago. It was to be a present for Edward Abbey and I drove all the way to Wolf Hole, Arizona to give it to him. The jacket cover of The Monkey Wrench Gang said he made his home there, so I was determined to make the pilgrimmage.

But he wasn't there. Nobody was. It was just one of those things Abbey did.

I ended up in Moab, showed my cartoon to a few seasonal rangers who told me Abbey lived in Moab, on Spanish Valley Drive, in fact. Weeks later, I gave him the original.

But I re-drew the damn a few more times...once for the cover of Abbey's book of essays, The Journey Home and two for myself.

The drawing appeared on t-shirts for a while. A local group called the Canyon Country Council marketed them in Moab in the late 70s. I sold a few myself in the 80s and then gave the t-shirt rights to Earth First! They still use the toon for the logo on their facebook page.

When I finally gave Abbey his original, I told him I'd gone all the way to Wolf Hole to find him.

"Yes," Abbey grinned. "Wolf Hole...what's it like down there?"

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	Glen Canyon Damn I doodled this cartoon, or one like it, many years ago. It was to be a present for Edward Abbey and I drove all the way to Wolf Hole, Arizona to give it to him. The jacket cover of The Monkey Wrench Gang said he made his home there, so I was determined to make the pilgrimmage. But he wasn't there. Nobody was. It was just one of those things Abbey did. I ended up in Moab, showed my cartoon to a few seasonal rangers who told me Abbey lived in Moab, on Spanish Valley Drive, in fact. Weeks later, I gave him the original. But I re-drew the damn a few more times...once for the cover of Abbey's book of essays, The Journey Home and two for myself. The drawing appeared on t-shirts for a while. A local group called the Canyon Country Council marketed them in Moab in the late 70s. I sold a few myself in the 80s and then gave the t-shirt rights to Earth First! They still use the toon for the logo on their facebook page. When I finally gave Abbey his original, I told him I'd gone all the way to Wolf Hole to find him. "Yes," Abbey grinned. "Wolf Hole...what's it like down there?" JS
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