Morning. June 9th. Trip miles1023. Day 10. Durango.
We’re off to Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP this morning. We’d never heard of it until we started researching this trip and saw that it was on the way to Rocky Mountain NP. So, we penciled it on to the dance card. We’ll stay there 2 nights, before going on to Leadville, CO for another 2 night stay.
What’s the difference between a canyon and a gorge? Is gorge the root word of gorgeous? If so, to be fair, shouldn’t there also be a canyonous? Hold on, I’m off to Wikipedia.
I’m back. Canyon and gorge are interchangeable terms, with usage varying from one locale to another. As far as naming goes, it appears it’s only a matter of who gets there first and labels it with their term of choice. There appears to be no connection between gorge and gorgeous. Although I’m not the first to consider canyonous as a possible word, the only real Canyonous is a place in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Thus ends today’s geography/vocabulary mini-lesson. Now we can go forth into the world of the uninformed, dazzling one and all with our knowledge and brilliance. It’s always a pleasure to add another bit of totally useless information to minds long since over-cluttered with same.
In Western novels, it's always called a canyon. Would Louis Lamour have a Black Gorge? Never.
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