Lynn was born Decemin Rural Dolores County, CO the daughter of Calvin Derwin and Cleo Irene (West) Gore. Visitation will take place from 5 – 6 p.m. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery. Tuesday, Octoat Dove Creek First Baptist Church. Fall hunting for big game and game birds make the land around Dove Creek a sportsman's delight.Funeral services for Dove Creek resident Marilynn Irene “Lynn” Smith will be held at 10 a.m. Shimmering yellows, golds, and occasional brilliant crimsons show the pinnacle of nature's talent. Aspen take on the greatest of heavens blessings. Scrub oak bursts into blazes of rusts, oranges, and reds. Wildlife can often be seen, while fishing for trout in a bubbling stream or mountain lake which can make these mountains unforgettable. In the summer, high desert lands are hot and dry, but in mountains, the world is green, and wild flowers sprinkle the landscape with a miracle of colors as meadows and hillsides come alive. The earth has been refreshed, and all is well below. The storm stops as quickly as it starts, leaving behind a water-drenched world and a rainbow arching against a still purple sky. Man and animal both tremble at the violence. A violent thunder storm crashes in, replete with brilliant lightning and rolls of thunder. Summer thunderheads roll into darkened skies. It is a thrill to look up and see a bighorn far above you on a canyon ledge. Mule deer, elk, mountain lions, and bobcats are common, and the canyon is prime habitat for desert bighorn sheep, and river otters. Wildlife in the canyon includes bald and golden eagles, wild turkey, and grouse. People from all over come to the canyon for a whitewater-rafting experience. The canyon rim itself is 1,100 feet above the river. Twelve geological formations spanning 160 million years of history are exposed by the river in the canyon. The part of the Dolores River that forms the Dolores River Canyon is just a whoop and a holler from Dove Creek. With spectacular sandstone walls and slopes to the river studded with pinion, juniper, and ponderosa, the Dolores River Canyon is truly one of the most beautiful and thrilling river experiences in the world.
The Dolores River has its headwaters in the San Juan Mountain Range, and forms the Dolores River Canyon. This is the farm land poised between the mountains and canyons, the land settled and farmed from the time of the Anasazi to the present-day farmers. Cattle and horses graze peacefully in the fields. Fields of wheat, pinto beans, sunflowers, and alfalfa growing in the reddish soil are "stitched" together with sage brush fence-rows, giving an appearance of a patch-work quilt. The earth around Dove Creek is a rich Indian red. One of the greatest pleasures of living in Dove Creek is to be a sky-watcher. Watching these ever-changing skies is an experience one must experience. Even photographers and artists often fail to capture their glory.
Very few places still exist in America where skies are so vivid, so exciting to behold. Night skies are diamond studded with stars that reach into infinity. Daytime skies are vibrant, and clear, so unlike the gray, smog-filled skies over most of America.
Skies are one of the triumphs of this land of contrasts. The skies form an ever-changing canopy over the countryside. Aspen and pine forests grow only a few miles from stark barren high desert land. Jagged rocks and impassible canyons add a sharp contrast to the green farmland and high mountain peaks. The mountains are peaks of majesty and beauty.
From Dove Creek, the white-capped mountains can be seen, standing sentinel over rolling sage covered land, with ancient cedar and pinon hills, farmland, and canyons.
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