Janet and I just returned from a 28-day adventure-filled trip to Alaska. The next several posts will be about our trip. This first one about the trip has to do with the little things. Although we saw our fair share of bear, moose, caribou, salmon, fox, and the like, I really enjoyed a number of […]
To get to the Pawnee Buttes on the Pawnee National Grasslands, the most commonly traveled gravel road passes by the almost-ghost town of Keota, Colorado. I was out early one summer morning to see what I could see, and found a curve in the road that gave me a view of the Kiota watertower with a beautiful sunrise […]
A friend told me of seeing four bull moose alongside the highway near Snowy Range, WY. Of course, the next day, I got up early and set out in Big Red to see if I could find them! Just as you might expect, there were no moose to be seen. However, I did find some wonderful […]
Janet and I joined the Loveland Photographic Society for a weekend in Crested Butte, Colorado recently. The purpose was photographing wildflowers; the drought made it somewhat difficult, but we found some excellent examples. In wet years, the hillsides are blanketed with wonderful displays; we had to travel to higher elevations and find moist areas near […]
Janet and I recently returned from a visit to the east coast. Together with spending quality time with my daughter’s family, especially two grandsons, we took time to visit some sights along the way. One of the best sights was a marvelous tulip garden at the Boston Long Wharf; Boston seemed to be going all […]