 Anyone who has experienced a hurricane knows that in the middle of the storm there is a point of almost complete calm when the eye of the hurricane passes over. Being that our national elections are tomorrow I thought it appropriate to try and write a calming post here today.  To do that I went all the way back to my 1976 mountain hiking in … Continue reading The Calm In The Eye Of The Storm…
I took the picture above in 1977 when I hiked there with my best buddy. I don’t remember the name of the mountain but it is located in southwestern Colorado. The mountain top lake shown here was at 12,000 feet so the breathing was hard even for the 31 year-old that I was. You could say the view was literally breathtaking! This pic remains in … Continue reading I’m Dreaming about … Mountain Hiking…
I want to close out this years post with another InSearchOfAmerica gallery. This one is of the Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado. We visited there in April and I became fascinated with the place. How could such a huge pile of sand end up in the middle of the Rocky Mountains? They say it is because of the specific wind and water … Continue reading Sand Dunes of America..
Just a quick post to give you a shot of the Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado. We visited there in the Spring. One of my regrets for that vacation is that we didn’t spend the night there to see the Milky Way. It is supposed to be fantastic. Continue reading Great Sand Dunes NP
The state has been scarred by some of the deadliest incidents of mass gun violence in recent U.S. history, including the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School and the Aurora movie theater shooting that killed 12 last July. The state’s gun control bills have gained national attention since they were first proposed, drawing the ire of those who oppose any new restrictions on gun … Continue reading Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper signs landmark gun-control bills – U.S. News
Being that I have been on vacation for the last few weeks Photo Saturday took a back seat to my On-The-Road posts. I am starting them up again here. But this one is still from our vacation 🙂  We spent a lot of time on the Colorado roads such as this one. I never tired of seeing the view…. Continue reading Oh the Rockies……
Here we are ending day eleven of our trip heading home. The were a few sites I had picked for visits today but my wife just isn’t feeling up to it. She has really not done well this entire trip. Â Maybe the elevation along with all her many usual ailments was too much for her. So we called it quits this morning. Maybe a future … Continue reading On-The-Road Day 11 — Calling It Quits….
Here we are settled in for the night at Cortez Colorado. We check in to the Mesa Verde National Park lodge tomorrow for our five-day R&R and spiritual regeneration. We spent today traversing the Rocky Mountains. It was an interesting trip down mainly two lane roads for over two hundred miles. We crossed the continental divide at Wolf’s Pass. It was 56 degrees there and … Continue reading Colorado On-The-Road Day 3 Cortez Colorado
We spent the last two days eating up blacktop. Traveled about 1200 miles and we are now in Pueblo Colorado. Â We don’t usually like to travel via interstates but since we decided to get here as fast as possible that was the only way to do it. Â I mentioned before that I have a new car for the first time in twenty years. Â It is … Continue reading On-The-Road Colorado Day 2
Mesa Verde National Park Yes, starting today my wife and I are on the road again. This time we will be traveling by car to the great State of Colorado. The majority of our time will be spent at Mesa Verde National Park so expect many photos in the next few weeks. We will be staying at the park lodge for six days of R&R, … Continue reading On The Road Again…..
Mesa Verde is one of my favorite places to visit. It has a truly spiritual feeling to it. We plan on going back either this year or next. Continue reading Mesa Verde, CO – 2009
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