West Virginia

recent trip to west virginia with t. lots of mountains and lots of snow

buffalo mtn park hiking

found this small sapling of a tree.. its maybe 7 feet tall... and these leaves on it are absolutely humongous!! no idea what kind of tree it is though.

hiking tennessee

hiking in buffalo mountain park near our house. it was a nice fall day. mostly cloudy and cooler so we didn't over-heat. the smell of fall, crunching of leaves and trail mix :)

Morley CO - townsite

This is the Morley town site in Southern Colorado. You can see the old spanish mission church from I 25 at about mm 4. Originally part of the Santa Fe Trail over Raton Pass. (NM - CO line) The site has the ruins of the St. Aloysious Church, Known locally as the "old Morley Church" There are some foundations from other buildings. There used to be a coal mine and town on this site until the mine closed in the 1950's.

Oregon

Waterfalls, moss, vines & Green everywhere. This is western Oregon. The central and eastern areas aren't like this. They are dryer. High dessert and mountains. lots of sage brush and wide open ranches.

Trip to Oregon

Went on a trip to Oregon with T. Very lush and wet. well it rained about 80% of the time we were there. Good sleeping weather. Got in some fresh air and shopping while not working. I like western Oregon. I like the rain forest effect. T wouldn't do to well; as he is susceptible to depression. Oh, well we can always visit.

Old Oregon tree

Oregon

Columbia River Gorge

Oregon

mossy trees in Oregon

Kingman, AZ

Kingman Arizona. spent the day here in Arizona. A nice spring like day. in the 50's with hazy clouds. went for a walk out of town on this dirt trail.. may have been for the power lines?? found these little heart shaped cacti. came across a "campsite" - i think it may be where the illegals hide out at night waiting for their ride. lots of discarded water and alcohol bottles, clothes and garbage. A blemish on this otherwise senic walk.

California

pictures from a recent trip to California

Texas

Texas cotton farming

Colorado Sunrise

near Huerfano volcano. southeastern Colorado. yes, it's an extinct volcano. looks pretty eroded down now.

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.

Colorado Sunflowers

September 2009

Colorado Sunflowers