You ask where we are going as I turn off the main highway onto a dirt road. "I'm taking you to a place unlike any you have ever seen before." Is all I will tell you.
Before long, you see a sign that says "four wheel drive only beyond this point". You look at me and I can see the question in your eyes. I just smile and tell you to sit back and relax, just enjoy the scenery!
As we begin our climb we see antelope grazing and as we go up, a pair of bald eagles soaring above us, then big horn sheep and elk.
It's not long before I turn on the 4WD, and we have to take it slower. We come around a bend and over a small rise and there before us lies an old town. One hundred and fifteen years before it had been a large community, full of people. Now, only two buildings remain standing, the rest reduced to ruin as nature re-takes it's own.
We can only imagine how the town looked back then as we walk amongst the ruins. I lead you to the largest of the two standing buildings. We pause in the doorway and look around, the old hinges from the swinging doors are still in place, the bar itself had long disappeared but we can see where it stood.
We walk inside and explore a little, the stairway leading upstairs is still sturdy and we discuss going on up in a bit. I walk over to you and tell you, "Imagine with me, what this place would have looked like back then."
We imagine the saloon girls in their skimpy, for that era, attire, the cowboys, dusty from a days hard work, the bartender as he dries a glass. Men sitting at the bar and others playing poker at the tables. The old player piano, playing it's melodies, slightly out of tune.
I come closer to you and kiss you, when I step back, you realize I am no longer of this time period, I am dressed like the other girls there in the saloon and what we had imagined together was now reality. You look at me and I can read the question in your eyes and I tell you "Lets enjoy living in this time for awhile." You smile as I lead you up the stairs. Behind your back I make a hand signal to one of the other girls.