Although we had a plan for today, we didn't complete it. My bad. We left Montrose at 8 AM and 63 degrees. The temps today ranged from 56 to 69, but it always felt good, even in shorts and short sleeves. We hovered most of the day between 9,000 and 11,300 ft. elevation, where the air is dry and pure and it doesn’t feel cold. The plan for today was to take the scenic route south of Black Canyon and up to Aspen, spend a little time there, then continue...

We left Grand Junction this morning at 8:45 and 72 degrees and headed south to Montrose, CO. From there we took the road into Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. It was about a two hour drive and took us through many small and towns along the way. Some were quite run down and the properties around the homes that we saw were cluttered and unattended to. And I joked that they were in need of an HOA. (My friends in Florida will understand this.) We passe...

We were up early this morning and after packing the car and getting on the road, we landed in Zion at 8 AM and 70 degrees. Since we were at the bottom of a canyon, evidence of the sun was limited and many of my photos today showed canyon walls in darkness. However, some of those that I chose to download have some interesting shadows in them. I hope you will agree.We began the drive through the 12 miles that would take us to the other side of the park and out to...

5/28/12 – We woke up this morning to clear sunny skies and 34 degrees. A beautiful day. And I am thinking, this has to be the last cold day of this trip. Tomorrow we are going to be down from the mountains. I must add, however, that 34 degrees in Colorado is not nearly as cold as 50 degrees in Florida. Seems like what they say about dry heat not being as hot as humid heat is also true about the cold. A dry cold is not nearly as cold as a humid cold, which c...

5/27/12 – They say that things happen in threes. I hope they are right, because after three days of driving in whiteout conditions on roads we don't know, we deserve a break. Hasn’t anyone noticed that our license plate says FLORIDA on it?We left Salt Lake City at 8:30 AM headed for Steamboat Springs, CO. The temperature was a chilling 39 degrees and I was expecting that it would rise. It didn’t. The mountains that I had hoped to photograph ...