22-Apr-2001 -- She said:
We first attempted this confluence on January 22, 2001. The gate was clearly marked no trespassing. We stopped at the gate.
Last week I was fortunate in that I not only contacted one of the
family members living on the property, I got to talk to several
members of the family. They own and operate a ranch on this
property. I enjoyed my telephone visits with these people and
really appreciated the time they spent finding out what we wanted
to do.
I was put in contact with Wes Cole who manages the property. He
has e-mail so I sent him a map to 29°N 97°W and links to the
Degree Confluence project. We arranged to meet at his house
between 2:30 and 3 pm on Sunday, April 22, 2001.
Mr. Cole was just wonderful. He loaded us in his truck and drove
us directly to the confluence. This was the easiest confluence
we've gotten. After we had gotten the confluence shots Mr. Cole
took us for a drive around the ranch and we got to see his cattle
and some of the wildflowers on the property. It was rather
spectacular.
He said:
29N x 97W turned out to be an easy one. On our first trip we ran
into clearly marked private property (picture 2), but several months later
Anne contacted the family that owns the ranch. After talking to several
generations of the Cole family, she was put in contact with the man that runs
the place.
Mr. Cole thanked us for respecting the no tresspassing sign, was interested in what we wanted, and then invited us to come out to his ranch on
Sunday afternoon. When we got there he loaded us up in his truck, drove us
to the confluence (picture 2), waited around while we took the pictures then
gave us a tour of the place. Just goes to show that there are some really
friendly people down here in Texas.