At the end of the road in the Utah area of Dinosaur National Monument is the old homestead of a real pioneer type personality - one Josie Morris. This was Josie's home until her death at age 89 in 1964. She seemed to be quite the character, married 5 times until she decided she was better off single (that's the way she phrased it!), accused of cattle rustling (altho never proven!), she made this her home, with no utilities or running water....at least the way we think of it!
This was Josie's cabin. I think there were 3 or 4 rooms total in this cabin....which was hardly luxurious!
I took this image inside her cabin, standing in one room and looking into another. Yes, the floor in her cabin was a dirt floor! I just love the sort of reflective feel of this image, tho.
This was the view standing just outside Josie's cabin, looking toward her pasture, where she kept various animals, including those cattle she didn't rustle! On the right side of the path, the green bushes are actually grape vines. Jeff did walk over there and sampled a few of her grapes. He said they were pretty good!
This last image is of Josie's version of running water.....a bit different from my version, that's for sure! There was a sign here telling us not to drink this water....I guess Josie was from hardier stock than we are......
Enjoy!
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