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Originally uploaded by bmwrider.
The flowers are great here and so many different ones.
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Talia at yankee boy.
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Originally uploaded by bmwrider.
Talia at Yankee Boy Basin in Ouray, Colorado just after a summer rain storm.
The rest of the story
All the jeeps were rented out in Ouray! Se we signed up on a 4 wheel drive tour to Yankee Boy Basin. The first part of the day was not as planned, but I have high hopes this will be better. Colorado West Jeep Tours picked us up at the hotel and we were off for the tour. Warren was our driver and he had a great attitude and sense of humor.
As we headed up the mountain the colors started to come out. The flowers were quite spectacular! Wow! The colors were very nice indeed. As we passed old mines and mine towns you got a sense of what it was like for those early miners trying to find their fortune. The rain started to come down and we put on our rain coats and continued up the mountain. The rain stopped after about 30 minutes, and the colors were so vibrant and rich. I love being in the mountains after a rain. We took a few more photos and it was time to head back to town. I will be back up there all day tomorrow with the other photographers from Arkansas. I’ll post some pics later.
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As we headed up the mountain the colors started to come out. The flowers were quite spectacular! Wow! The colors were very nice indeed. As we passed old mines and mine towns you got a sense of what it was like for those early miners trying to find their fortune. The rain started to come down and we put on our rain coats and continued up the mountain. The rain stopped after about 30 minutes, and the colors were so vibrant and rich. I love being in the mountains after a rain. We took a few more photos and it was time to head back to town. I will be back up there all day tomorrow with the other photographers from Arkansas. I’ll post some pics later.
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Ouray, Colorado
7-21-05
Up early and drove up to a camp ground that overlooks the town. Great view, but not much in the way of photography. The town is in a valley and the sun does not hit the area till around 8:30, but it is a nice view. We photographed the town and then went down the road. We stopped and walked down a trail that lead to the base of a waterfall. We saw a mule deer on the trail and watched him for a while. Becky found a flower to photograph and we headed back to the car to go get a bite to eat for breakfast.
After an expensive breakfast, we headed out of town to one of the local mines near town. We thought our car would make it up the road to the mine, but the road got rough and we turned around while we still could and headed back to town to rent a Jeep. Back in town all the Jeep’s were rented out, so we are going on a Jeep tour later today. I’ll post again later to tell you how that went.
....to be continued
Up early and drove up to a camp ground that overlooks the town. Great view, but not much in the way of photography. The town is in a valley and the sun does not hit the area till around 8:30, but it is a nice view. We photographed the town and then went down the road. We stopped and walked down a trail that lead to the base of a waterfall. We saw a mule deer on the trail and watched him for a while. Becky found a flower to photograph and we headed back to the car to go get a bite to eat for breakfast.
After an expensive breakfast, we headed out of town to one of the local mines near town. We thought our car would make it up the road to the mine, but the road got rough and we turned around while we still could and headed back to town to rent a Jeep. Back in town all the Jeep’s were rented out, so we are going on a Jeep tour later today. I’ll post again later to tell you how that went.
....to be continued
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Day 2
7-20-05
Up early to get ready to head to the sand dunes. Had to hit Wal-Mart to get some last minute items before we travel. We left Alamosa around 7:30 am to head to the sand dunes and play in the sand. The temp was nice and cool, just perfect weather to play in the sand. There were several people out on the dunes, but not as many as I had seen in past trips. We brought along a boogie board to play in the sand with, but it was not as fun as we thought it would be. It was not as slick as it needed to be, so it did not glide through the sand as we were hoping. After about two hours of playing in the sand, the sand was getting very hot. We headed back to the car because the sand was burning our feet.
The road from the sand dunes is long a straight with not much to see. We did see some UFO road side park that some one set up in their backyard. Did not take any pics because we were in a hurry to get to our next destination, Ouray. We ran into some delays due to road construction, but it was not that bad. We stopped at Montrose for some more last minute stuff at Wal-Mart again! Oh well. On te way out of town I stopped at a RV campground to hit a geocache and it was a big one. This one had lots of travel bugs as well as good quality treasures inside. I’ll post a pic of the site.
Headed on down the road and stopped to take a few pics along the lake. About 30 miles from Ouray, we stopped at a state park to look for a geocache and to take a few pics of some flowers and an Indian teepee. No luck at the geocache, it was a 50 cal ammo box, but I could not find it. We headed down the road to get to our hotel and check in and see what was in town. Small town that reminded me a lot of Moab, Utah. Lots of gift shops and places to eat all around town.
After checking in we headed to town to get an extension cord for the laptop. The hotel only had one outlet, and it was about 15 feet away from the wobbly table in our room. The wireless internet works! That is a good thing. We hope to get up early tomorrow and see if we can find a place to photograph for the day.
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Up early to get ready to head to the sand dunes. Had to hit Wal-Mart to get some last minute items before we travel. We left Alamosa around 7:30 am to head to the sand dunes and play in the sand. The temp was nice and cool, just perfect weather to play in the sand. There were several people out on the dunes, but not as many as I had seen in past trips. We brought along a boogie board to play in the sand with, but it was not as fun as we thought it would be. It was not as slick as it needed to be, so it did not glide through the sand as we were hoping. After about two hours of playing in the sand, the sand was getting very hot. We headed back to the car because the sand was burning our feet.
The road from the sand dunes is long a straight with not much to see. We did see some UFO road side park that some one set up in their backyard. Did not take any pics because we were in a hurry to get to our next destination, Ouray. We ran into some delays due to road construction, but it was not that bad. We stopped at Montrose for some more last minute stuff at Wal-Mart again! Oh well. On te way out of town I stopped at a RV campground to hit a geocache and it was a big one. This one had lots of travel bugs as well as good quality treasures inside. I’ll post a pic of the site.
Headed on down the road and stopped to take a few pics along the lake. About 30 miles from Ouray, we stopped at a state park to look for a geocache and to take a few pics of some flowers and an Indian teepee. No luck at the geocache, it was a 50 cal ammo box, but I could not find it. We headed down the road to get to our hotel and check in and see what was in town. Small town that reminded me a lot of Moab, Utah. Lots of gift shops and places to eat all around town.
After checking in we headed to town to get an extension cord for the laptop. The hotel only had one outlet, and it was about 15 feet away from the wobbly table in our room. The wireless internet works! That is a good thing. We hope to get up early tomorrow and see if we can find a place to photograph for the day.
-mark
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Me at the Sand Dunes NP.
Me at the Sand Dunes NP.
Originally uploaded by bmwrider.
Stike a pose at the sandunes. Meather was great and the sand is soo cool!
Day one of Vacation
Day one of our vacation.
We were off and on the road at 10:00 pm last night. We originally planned to leave at midnight, but everyone was wired and ready to go, so out the door we went. As soon as every one was settled, I broke out the IPOD with my 1265 tunes on it and was ready to try out my new device that hooks to the IPOD and transmits to the radio. There are 4 stations to choose from and I found te one that worked and we were jamm’n.
We made great time and we were in OK city before I knew it. The girls were all out and asleep, so it was me and my IPOD for about 6 or 7 hours. Not much traffic, so we were able to make good time. At 6:00 am this morning is was getting very tired and it was time for Becky to drive for a while. I crawled in the back of the van and was asleep in minutes. Several hours later I woke up and we were headed out of Texas and going into New Mexico.
We were way ahead of schedule and decided that we would be in Raton by 11:00, so we canceled our hotel there and decided to get a hotel in Alamosa. While in route to Raton, I found Mountain View cache ad dropped off one of my travel bugs "babe te bat". Another hour down the road I grabbed another cache at the New Mexico State Police Station. There were some travel bugs as well as lots of stuff for kids to pick. I dropped off Pignewton’s two travel bugs "Poot te Poodle", and "Fuzzy the Bengal Kitten". Now these two travel bugs don’t get along and fought the whole way. Now maybe the police can watch them.
Up the road in Trinidad we grabbed a bite to eat as well as well as take some photos of some virtual cache’s I was needing. Found an old drive-in movie theater which was working a few years back, but is no longer in service. Took a few photos and found this cool round house and photographed it. Trinidad is a cool neat little town to visit and some neat old buildings to photograph. I wish I had more time to visit.
Made it to Alamosa and found a Super 8 Motel with wireless internet, wooohoo! This is what I look for when I travel. The staff here is great and my daughter is enjoying the pool. I hade to go to the lobby to get my wireless signal to work, but I am cool with it. Will upload some pics as soon as I get a chance.
-mark
We were off and on the road at 10:00 pm last night. We originally planned to leave at midnight, but everyone was wired and ready to go, so out the door we went. As soon as every one was settled, I broke out the IPOD with my 1265 tunes on it and was ready to try out my new device that hooks to the IPOD and transmits to the radio. There are 4 stations to choose from and I found te one that worked and we were jamm’n.
We made great time and we were in OK city before I knew it. The girls were all out and asleep, so it was me and my IPOD for about 6 or 7 hours. Not much traffic, so we were able to make good time. At 6:00 am this morning is was getting very tired and it was time for Becky to drive for a while. I crawled in the back of the van and was asleep in minutes. Several hours later I woke up and we were headed out of Texas and going into New Mexico.
We were way ahead of schedule and decided that we would be in Raton by 11:00, so we canceled our hotel there and decided to get a hotel in Alamosa. While in route to Raton, I found Mountain View cache ad dropped off one of my travel bugs "babe te bat". Another hour down the road I grabbed another cache at the New Mexico State Police Station. There were some travel bugs as well as lots of stuff for kids to pick. I dropped off Pignewton’s two travel bugs "Poot te Poodle", and "Fuzzy the Bengal Kitten". Now these two travel bugs don’t get along and fought the whole way. Now maybe the police can watch them.
Up the road in Trinidad we grabbed a bite to eat as well as well as take some photos of some virtual cache’s I was needing. Found an old drive-in movie theater which was working a few years back, but is no longer in service. Took a few photos and found this cool round house and photographed it. Trinidad is a cool neat little town to visit and some neat old buildings to photograph. I wish I had more time to visit.
Made it to Alamosa and found a Super 8 Motel with wireless internet, wooohoo! This is what I look for when I travel. The staff here is great and my daughter is enjoying the pool. I hade to go to the lobby to get my wireless signal to work, but I am cool with it. Will upload some pics as soon as I get a chance.
-mark
Monday, July 18, 2005
Ready for Colorado
I am so ready for a vacation! We will be meeting up with a few other photographers in Ouray, Colorado for some great photography. I will post pics daily as I can from the hotel we are staying at. They say we have internet, but not sure if it is ineach room or other location.
Will be doing some geocaching along the way as well as some photography along the way. Have some travel bugs to release in thewild this trip. Will update tomorrow.
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Will be doing some geocaching along the way as well as some photography along the way. Have some travel bugs to release in thewild this trip. Will update tomorrow.
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