Accident on I70

It's barely snowing today... an someone screwed up and caused an accident. :( It was a pick up truck; looks like it went down into the creek bed. it was badly crunched on both ends.

snow on the passes

snow on Loveland Pass (left) and Vail Pass (right) above 10,000 ft today.

Delta Colorado Sunrise

pictures of the sunrise Monday morning near Delta Colorado.

The first is the sun striking it's golden color onto the clouds. Th
e second is a rainbow of colors reflected on a rain shower.

Cloud Bank

Cloud bank in the mountains

... bringer of snow and rain

book

Went to the library and picked up book 7 of the Outlander seris. Yeah! Diana Gabaldon "Echo in the Bone". And according to the inside jacket, there will be a book 8. So I don't have to panic yet. I was looking over my bookshelf earlier this week and remembered the "Clan of the Cave Bear" - when will the next book be out? I'll have to get online an look for more info. until then, I'll enjoy my "Echo" book.

My trip to New Mexico

The dunes are an active place. The winds move them along from west to east about 30 feet a year. The soap tree yucca plant survives by having it's leaves thrust upward above the sand. In this way, they grow about a foot a year.

trip to New Mexico

White Sands National Monument. Located on Hwy 70 Between Alamogordo and Las Cruces New Mexico. These glistening white wave like dunes are gypsum. They cover 275 square miles. The dunes and the road to them close periodically due to the White sand missile range testing schedule. Interesting... no sirens went off for us. Surprisingly, there is flora and fauna in the sands. T saw a tarantula on the road to this place. I was looking at the map so I didn't see it. He said it was huge. It was very hot yesterday. 87 degrees. A lot warmer than our mountains right now. Only upper 60 to low 70's right now.

fall colors in my back yard

fall is now in full color at our place.

Lots of yellow. some red shrubs near the creek. Dark green evergreens. it smells like fall.

September snow

Wow, what a crappy last couple of weeks.

We all had the flu. And not the normal one, the big N1H1. It lasts a lot longer than the normal flu. We all had different symptoms. September 24th brought our first snow of the winter season. fluffy wet and pretty. we only saw about an inch. the rest of the week bounced between snow showers and rain. what a week to be sick. but then, just to rub it in... the weekend was sunny and in the upper 70's. And I still can't get out of bed. Well, I still have a lingering tickle that makes me cough. But I can deal with that. We will be getting the regular flu shot as soon as all of these symptoms are gone. don't want to do this again any time soon.