Gouache - 22" X 28" - $48,000
It was the first
Rendezvous we went to after we got married. I didn’t know what this was all
about, but I thought if Gordon painted these folks I should go and check it
out.
This was not just any
Rendezvous; it was the Rocky Mountain National Rendezvous.
It is in a different
state every year and this one was in Montana.
As with most men, Snidow
thought he knew where the camp was and didn’t ask for directions to get
there.
We left the highway, then
off on a dirt road, then a cow trail up a mountain.
I was sitting there
wishing there was an Allsup’s so we could ask for directions. There wasn’t.
With my thoughts of
“we’re lost”, we topped the mountain.
In the meadow, there were
600 tee pees with smoke rising from some of them.
It was a sight I will
never forget; it was indescribable.
We stayed three days and
encountered this mountain man.
I’ll just say, he was
living the life of the 1800’s and everything he wore was period.
I thought he was
arrogant, even his horse was arrogant….
Gordon saw character and
beauty as the sun set.
Just goes to show you all
what girls know… in this case, not much!!
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