Colorado National Monument is situated between the towns of Fruita and Grand Junction, Colorado. It is managed by the U. S. National Park Service. There is a campground, many trails, and a very scenic drive in the Monument.

Nearly within a stone’s-throw of U.S. Interstate 70, it makes a neat addition to a trip to the Arches-Canyonlands National Parks, or as a jumping-off point for an auto tour of the Dinosaur Diamond areas of Utah and Colorado, (more about the Dinosaur Diamond in future posts.) It is a beautiful drive through mountain tunnels, red-rock formations, and ridge overlooks. Recommendation: 4.5 stars – go see it!

Notes about the audio:

The song is the first in a series called the “Boarding House Mysteries,” Lyrics are in the SEADNA poetic style.

I. MYSTERY BLONDE IN ROOM 201

Poetic form:        SEADNA poems

She drove home in the fog’s nighttime (8 syllables)1

N2ever doubting her fast car (7 syllables)

Sex, drugs and a life-long boozy3 (8)

Cost of beauty in a bar4 (7)

THE MYSTERY OF THE BLONDE IN 201

The Boarding House is her hideout

Hidden like child in womb

Secrets not often told widely

Her cloak veils wryly5 to whom6

THAT’S THE MYSTERY OF THE BLONDE IN 201

Ever-prying eyes are watchful

Waiting for a time of chance

Not feeling the signs of turmoil

Gone for good in topsoil trance

Her road was the Roman Empire’s

Ending before the great fall

Was it age or silent slaying

This place can be scaring small

THAT’S THE MYSTERY OF THE BLONDE IN 201

Footnote Rules for the Seadna poetic form:

  1. There are four lines per stanza. The first and third lines are eight syllables. The second and fourth lines have seven syllables each. ↩︎
  2. The first meaningful word in the second line alliterates with the last word in the first line; here –“N”ighttime and “N”ever. ↩︎
  3. The last word in lines one and three have two syllables, and in lines two and four, one syllable. ↩︎
  4. Lines two and four rhyme. ↩︎
  5. The last word in line three rhymes with the second to last meaningful word in line four; and, ↩︎
  6. The last word in the quatrain alliterates with the words of #5. In this stanza, widely, wryly and whom. ↩︎

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