Recent Roadtrip

A couple weeks ago drove through some of the mountains in SW Colorado. It was just awsome as they say. Very impressive. What a great place to be able to live.

The First Dust

Pictures from today showing what was left from night before last. It was 42 this morning but is still 80 at 6pm. Don't get much better and 18% humidity.

A couple things. If you live someplace where you can see when it snows on nearby mountains - eventually it will get cold and probably do the same thing where you live.

Only one shot of the Sangre's to the north and the rest the Spanish Peaks and the Culebra's to the west and south from them. The Culebra's are part of the Sangre de Christo range according to Wikipedia but you can bet the locals do not call the Sangre's.

What this is really about is that when the Folks would come visit around this time of year and if the dreaded four letter word that started with an "s" was mentioned or happened like the pictures show you would not believe how fast the Old Man could get outta Dodge and that's a fact.

Imagination

Was at the zoo for awhile yesterday. I enjoy this exhibit a bunch. I peer in every window I can see into each time I go. There is so much going on here. My imagination runs wild every time. Put it together and let yours go too.

Soon I will be seeing many  new and exciting things like this fellow did before it turned bad. I can't tell you how excited I am!

Xmas Cruise

Traveled down to the front range over the holiday weekend and on Xmas went for a ride ending up maybe 50 miles east of Denver. This particular picture is maybe 10 miles north of Silverthorne. The weather was so nice and no snow unlike the high country here. The sno-pack around Steamboat Springs is at 150% of average.

 The resident cat Tigger. He's a good kitty.

 

 I enjoy close ups and and given the blandness outside I'm looking for color. This is kinda fun to look at for a bit.

 This shot could be from a bunch of places some far away but it's here in Colorado.

It seemed we had to go a long ways before we really got away from city influence and there were many structures like this. These are not houses when built this large and elaborate.  

Remember about clicking on the pictures once and then twice if you want as they get bigger each time. I like the clouds in this one.

We saw two pheasants and having grown up in pheasant country it is always a pleasure to see one of these birds. The more the merrier as far as I'm concerned.

 I like this one as well if the tree wasn't quite centered it would be better. In the next you can tell we are quite a ways from the mountains.

 This was once a community as there was a couple small buildings as well.

 This was a post office at another place like Leader. The name escapes me. There are not many people out here. There were more at one time but agricultural practices changed that. 

 The directory. Some families have been here as you may well imagine for generations.

 We were treated to a pretty decent sunset when we started our return west.

More Western Colorado From Weekend 5/8/10

All these picture are from the immediate campsite  except for the first two that were taken at the history museum in Vernal,UT. They have a new building but I liked the old maybe a bit better because the exhibits that were located outside there were locates among a lot of trees and it seemed very lifelike but this was nice as well.

These are located close buy and are impressive. Once again these are Fremont 900 to 1100 years of age.

The one below I kind of like because it reminded me of the dinosaurs I saw in Vernal.

Having a hard time adding text to this and need to finish. The yellow flower under the tree is out of focus and all of them were and it's too bad because it was a great combination of color and lighting.

Surprised the white flower in the road could live there and saw others like that as well. It's pretty harsh out here. The rest are just what they are.

Period Houses In Gold Towns

On the way home Sunday pulled off the road and drove some of the back streets of Idaho Springs,Georgetown and Silver Plume.

These streets are so narrow. I enjoy old house like this and here are a few. Low 30's spitting snow and wind blowing. I didn't get out and these are illustrative only.

Did not recognize this at the time but I'm sure this is Mrs. Soakes house where a friend lived in the upstairs apartment. It was like stepping back in time a 120 years inside.

I have been in this cemetery before. There are big numbers of children who all perished from something I'd have to look up.

The obvious jail.

I'd live here if that was my gold mine you can see in the back round.

This is interesting architecture to me especially when the colors are duplicated. 

In 250 miles didn't see the sun until I got home and it was pretty nice out. Did drive for a bit in winter conditions.