Today was our last day in the west so we tried to make the most of it. We got up early and headed south to Colorado Springs and took the cog train up the side of Pikes Peak. This was our highest altitude of the trip at 14,114 feet. … [Read more...]
Day 11 –Rocky Mountain National Park, Bighorn sheep and high altitudes
Today we went to the Rocky Mountain National Park just outside Estes Park Colorado. We drove the Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park's “highway to the sky” and reached an altitude of over 12,000 feet! The road was … [Read more...]
Day 8 – Snake River Float trip, Laundry, and bison at John Moulton’s barn
We’re at the Spring Creek Ranch just outside of Jackson, WY. We have an amazing view of the Teton (look up the French translation) Mountains out our back door. Timmy at Spring Creek Ranch Today we hit the Snake River on a … [Read more...]
Day 4 – The Devils Tower and Wide Open Spaces
We needed a little extra sleep today and got a later than normal start. Once we headed out we stopped at Devils Tower National Monument – our nation’s first National Monument. You can see Devils town for miles before you … [Read more...]
Day 3 – Trains, Plains, and Dead Presidents.
TRAINS: The days started out with a pretty short drive to Hill City, SD where we caught the 1880train. The train has been in several movies and took us for a two hour ride through the Black Hills of South Dakota to the town of Keystone and … [Read more...]
The weekend in review – working at the lake.
This was a weekend for working at the lake. It was deck building time. James helped (okay designed, procured, and implemented) me to build a deck on the back of the lake house. It has been a long time coming and we're not quite done … [Read more...]
Ice Storm
We had an ice storm yesterday. The trees were covered and the roads were too. The roads cleared pretty quick since it wasn't very cold. Just before sun set the clouds broke and the sun came out for a little while I thought I'd try to capture a … [Read more...]
Lunar Eclipse
I snapped this shot on our way to IU Medical Center for some tests. We were on I-74 south of Indy. It was dark and I shot it out of the sun roof. Not a great picture, but the eclipe was very neat and we won't have another one for several years. … [Read more...]
