Bears Ears

Obama created the national monument his last day in office. Trump shrank it early in his first term. Biden way expanded it past what even Obama had. I'm waiting for Trump to shrink it. When Biden expanded it the boundary went all the way up to Hurrah Pass and took the five or so acres I have on the north side and absorbed it boundary wise, not legally. The argument to create it in the first place was it's beautiful and mostly untouched so it needs to be protected, by the federal government, not locals. If after all these years it's beautiful and monstly untouched by designating if a national monument won't that just increase more awareness of it. So one evening last week a guy calls and wants to know if I would do a one night rental. He wants to come and explore Bears Ears. I tell him I have a minimum two nights because one night is too short for the customer, drive all the way out here, then leave in the morning. And, too much work for staff without bringing in more people and using up more rooms. He understands. The next day Jax and I go hiking. Just for a change we do the north side of the road coming down from Hurrah. Pretty much all on the five acres I have on that side. It's not until we get back I realize we were also hiking Bears Ears.