Pueblo, Co. to Boulder, Co.

My stay at a RV park last hight (as usual) had a few drawbacks.  First my camper does not mask out noises very well or at all.  Due to that it was late until I was able to get to sleep (about 1:00 AM).
Enough of my complaining about things I can not control.
I spent a few hours touring at Royal Gorge Bridge and then headed to Boulder. Co. to have dinner with friends.  We are thinking about driving down to Denver to see an exhibit of glass by Chihuly, who is a famous glass artist originally from the northwest.
I will leave you with a picture of the Royal Gorge Bridge.  Day three and still having a good time!!!

A hint, if you want to enlarge any of the pictures on this blog, just double click on them.  Then click again and they will return to thier former size

Day two

Today was a drive from Winslow, Az. to Pueblo, Colorado (area).   I decided that I wanted to see the Royal Gorge Bridge which is west of Pueblo by about 25 miles.  I go here after dark and will see it tommorow before heading to visit friends in Boulder, Co.
The only good picture I got on todays drive was a big white cloud that was hanging on top of a mountain next to the road.  Sorry it is not that exciting but I should have something else tommorow

Another travel pictures

One more view of the desert.

I may have to creat a seperate post for each picture.  I hope to stop by "Royal Gorge Bridge & Park" (which is west of Pueblo, Colorado) on the way up toward Boulder, Co.

Santa Barbara to Winslow, Az.

The first let of my travels got me 600 miles down the road.  It was hot but thank goodness for Air conditioning.  I left S B at 5:30 A M (which is unreasonalbe for a retired person) so I could beat the commuter traffic coming into Los Angles - which I did.
I feels good to be on the road again and I celebrated by getting a room here in Winslow for the night.

This is view of the desert with some nice clouds.  I tried to post another picture but for some reason it is not working.
I will create another post with a second view of the "wild west".

On the road again

At long last I am going to resume my blog for an upcomming road trip.  I plan to hit the road on about Sept. 12 and will be traveling for about two months.  Plans are to make a clockwise tour of the US with a side trip over to Nova Scotia and down the east coast then back across the south.  My trusty camper & I have no set schedule so this will be a supprise as to where / what I do.

A big home project that I completed in the spring of 2014 is a cactus garden in part of my back yard.  It measures about 35` x 25` and has over 50 different plants.  It is a good thing since we are in a drought situation this year.
Been hiking in the Sierras and still bicycle riding (1,500 miles this year).   Got up into the northwest / into Canada. 
Of course still doing small jobs for regular costomers and having a good retirement.

It has been a long time since I have posted anything due to a busy retirement.  I should be up and posting starting about the end of August.  I will be hiking in the Sierras before that so I will not have the connection to blog.  After that I should have some new pictures to share. 
I was back east for a month helping family with a wall building project.  Also too many projects for others (what I use to call "side work" but since I do not have a regular job, I have to call them projects) causing people to comment that I am unclear on the concept of retirement.  I guess they are right but I have to keep busy somehow. 
I hope to be taking a "road trip" with my camper this fall and will have lots to share. 

 

 

 

Above is the "old wood" wall that we replaced around the pool at my family`s house.  Below is the after picture to compair.  It was about 400+ blocks and was completed in the heat & humitidy just to make it more fun.

Enough for now and thanks for checking the blog every once in a "long" while.

Fall Drive - 5

For those of you who are following this disjointed travel log, all I can say is thanks for waiting.  I have been a little distracted and as you noticed, have not been keeping up with my blog.
I will add a few more pictures from my fall drive which went up through the eastern Sierras / into Nevada (to visit my brother) / over to Great Basin N. P (still in Nevada on the east side) and then down to Zion N. P. for some hiking.

This is Saddleback Lake (elevation 10,066`) which is just off the east road into Yosemite N. P.  I decided to camp here one night and hike around the lake (the big one) - this is taken from the far end of the lake.  The smaller lake at the left is Hummingbird Lake.

Above is a wierd shot I noticed while standing on a sloping granite rock which is why it is so distored.  Whatever!

The next day I took a hike (in Yosemite) starting at Tenaya Lake ( elev. 8,150`) up to Sunrise Lakes (elev. 9,427` pictured here).  It was about a 10 mile round trip and the day was perfect.

This hike started at Virginia Lake (just north of Mono Lake and yes we are still in California).  My starting point is below just out of sight and I am looking east and my trail (seen on the left) leading up to this overlook.

This is Blue Lake which is the last lake I passed on my way back down.

I could not resist this shot of a large rock that someone had painted  up Lundy Canyon- it is about 7` tall.

 This is a shed in the RV park in Lee Vining where I stayed before heading into Nevada.  I took this one is for Mary to give her ideas for "yard art".
That enough for now.......