This site will always be
CANNEFAX
"The only value we have as human beings,
are the risks we are willing to take." Ernest Hemingway
Copyright © 2015 - 2025 by Raymond Cannefax. All rights reserved. No images or text from this website may be used without written permission from Raymond Cannefax,
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Wild mustangs and buffalo continue to roam America's deserts, desolate canyons and plateaus. Wild they may be, gentle they are. After decades of roaming the Colorado Plateau and living in Moab for several years, the 20,000 endless roads I had traveled down took me back to my Holladay home in 2022. White-line fever has subsided, yet I recognize that I am not fully cured or immune. .
Thank you, Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Jefferson for: "What Reward, Without Risk?" Thanks to Edward Abbey for reinforcing the rebel spirit: "Resist Much, Obey Little". I thank Sammy Freeman, Adnan Khashoggi and all my guides for lessons provided; wisdoms utilized throughout my years.
"Never a Dull Moment" is a philosophy to which I adhere. I cannot imagine life without challenges, learning, growth and fun filled activities, all differing at levels of risk. I am confident the Apache Medicine Man blessing received in 1973, remains in effect. A Jimmy Buffet quote we should all give thought: "I'd rather die while I'm living, than live while I'm dead."
Chronicling The Wild that Remains is one reason for taking risks. It allows one to experience, enjoy and share the wonders of the remaining wild & open spaces with those who can only roam the wild via the Internet. Let the photos, words, and spirit of this site take you into the wild which I have learned to enjoy and respect.
CANNEFAX
The road rolls on forever...
Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany is where it all began.
On Dec. 11, 1981, when America's biggest Ballroom was being turned into a Parking Lot, I promoted the Farewell Party for the world-renown concert venue, The Terrace Ballroom. 'A Farewell to The Terrace' was the Ballroom's last event.
Salt Lake City architect, Peter Emerson, created the poster.
Claudia Appling, aka Montana Rose, opened the show with Joni Mitchell's Yellow Taxi, " They took Paradise and put up a Parking Lot."
Cow Jazz played a fantastic concert, and a great night was enjoyed by all.
Today, December 2024, what was The Terrace Ballroom, remains a parking lot.
under construction.
Enjoy....
At 7 AM, John Florence's 'Brand New Day' program, brings musical diversity to expand our musical souls.
90.9 FM,
Tues. - Friday, 7 - 10 AM
Poems & Short Stories from my upcoming book:
Love & Hate
Flames that fuel the Fire
Release date, mid-2025.
Competitor
The Terrace Ballroom's Curtain Call -
EAS is a life-saving technology developed with a commitment from the U.S. DOT of a grant. When Pres. Obama change the Sec. of Transportation in 2017, from Ray LaHood to Anthony Foxx, that promised grant vanished. Anthony Foxx had no interest in this technology telling me the auto industry needed to create it.
The auto industry could easily implement this by reprogramming car electronics to include a signal receiver that accepts transmissions from emergency vehicles engaged in a roadway emergency. It is now March 2025, and no further progress has been made. FIRST RESPONDERS continue to get slaughtered.
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Backroads Utah is photographically preserving Utah's rural communities and places of historical significant on Utah's back roads.
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NEW June 3, 2023
Photography has links to many photo excursions. The Links below will take you to some of the pages.
"In wildness is the preservation of the world."
- Henry David Thoreau
"Inspiration knows not how to tell time.
She comes whenever she likes,
Be it when the sun shines bright
Or in the middle of the night"
R. P. Cannefax
UPDATED July 10, 2025
In September, 2025 I teach a course on Hovenweep at the U of Utah. To enroll, go to: https://continue.utah.edu/lifelong/class/LLPOT_968_Hovenweep_Villages_of_the_Ancients
