Kelly’s thoughts… I had heard about the Wheeler Geologic Area since I was a kid, but never visited it. We tried to go last year, but the road into it was washed out and closed. They fixed the road and so this year we went back to try again. The site is really wonderful, the […]
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It’s been really hot lately in our area, so we decided to escape to the high country of southern Colorado in a nice, air-conditioned pickup for the day. Kelly’s thoughts… During Covid Rango and I often went north to explore, fish and hunt for mushrooms. A couple years during that time were the best mushroom
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The road home was through familiar country, but we always see something new. This time it was dinosaur tracks frozen in the stone at 9300 feet elevation in the Colorado Mountains. Kelly’s thoughts… We arose early to make the long drive south to Montrose and back to Mom’s place and Keith and Lori’s house. It
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We were headed north from New Mexico into the fantastic geology, history and wildlife of the mountainous regions of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. Summer in these regions is near to paradise. Kelly’s thoughts… Our first day led us north through western Colorado and into Wyoming. Our first leg was a drive we have done
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It was our pleasure to spend the last week in southwestern Colorado splitting our days between outdoor adventures and time with family. Friday’s drive up from Sandia was a bit too damp for us to enjoy our scheduled hike near Ouray, so we instead enjoyed more time with Edith (Mom) in the evening. Saturday morning
Camping with the Kyle Millers We got invited to a pre-Memorial Day camping trip with Kelly’s brother and sister-in-law, Kyle and Dawn. We headed north to Colorado on Thursday morning, and arrived late afternoon, in enough time to find the campsite, get our things set up, and enjoy a nice dinner prepared by Kyle. We
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The short-grass prairie of the Pawnee Grasslands flows in waves of green hills interrupted by winding cottonwood stands along streams and in low areas. In some places there are more conspicuous bluffs and small buttes intersecting with the skyline and forming landmarks in an otherwise similar environment. The Pawnee Buttes stand out in relief against
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