Tower and Rock Layers at Capitol Reef National Park
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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I ran across these photographs of hiking in Capitol Reef while working on another project.
Jimmy Miklavcic at the Visitors Center
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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It struck me that I was looking at ghosts of Jimmy and myself, moments of our past from thirty-one years ago.
Elizabeth in the Small Natural Bridge
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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It is so fascinating that the past can be represented in images, movies and text as a window into what was.
Elizabeth in the Small Natural Bridge
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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It is there, but those people, who were our younger selves, no longer exist.
Hickman Natural Bridge
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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The accumulation of years and experience constantly morph us into different beings than we were before.
Jimmy on the Hickman Natural Bridge Trail
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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I remember those days in 1984 so clearly.
Jimmy on the Hickman Natural Bridge Trail
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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They were just yesterday and they were a long time ago.
Hickman Natural Bridge
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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Having earned my BFA degree in Modern Dance, I was working double shifts, waitressing. Often starting in the morning at 6:00 a.m. for a restaurant that no longer exists, Café Niché in Trolley Square.
Elizabeth on the Hickman Natural Bridge Trail
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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Then I would go upstairs to Spaghetti Factory, also in Trolley Square, and work another shift usually until 11:00pm.
Elizabeth on the Hickman Natural Bridge Trail
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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Additionally, I was dancing for RDT TOO, Repertory Dance Theater’s apprentice company.
Jimmy in a Solution Cavity
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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Jimmy, Tina Karlsson and I were, also, organizing, creating works, and performing for our artistic variety show,
Experimental Floss.
Jimmy and Utah Juniper
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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In 1984, Jimmy was an undergraduate student at the University of Utah pursuing his Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science.
Elizabeth and Utah Juniper
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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Once and a while, we would take a day trip in our very rickety 1965 Ford Van to Capitol Reef.
Central Pricklypear Cacti
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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Driving four hours to hike, and blow off steam from these very stressful and busy days.
Jimmy and the Fremont River
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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We would leave early in the morning, spend the day in the desert and drive another four hours to make it back to Salt Lake City later that night.
Jimmy and the Fremont River
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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I look back at the ghosts of ourselves in appreciation for the lives we were to lead.
Small Natural Bridge
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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These young people had no idea what the future would hold.
Elizabeth and Hoodoo Rock Formation
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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How our lives would unfold.
Elizabeth and Hoodoo Rock Formation
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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We can look back through these moments caught on 35mm film.
Elizabeth and Capitol Dome
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by Elizabeth Miklavcic
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In many ways I’m glad that for most of us time is a stream that flows in one direction.