Deeper Into the Rockies

A dirt road is not the interstate. You can't pretend you are on the autobahn with the countryside flashing past at 150kph. You've left the fast lane, speed is an impossibility. Relax, take your shoes off, roll down the windows and sniff the perfumes offered by the crisp, country air.

Tiny strata... in the rock...

A nice valley down there. The paved road runs along the left side of it... the dirt road isjust a few hundred feet below me.

Dry Weathering

In the high, dry Rockies, some wood develops golden tones as it ages.

The road goes on and on. At the base of those mountains in the distance is a town called Buena Vista... That's where I'm headed today. Those clouds let out a nice rain that night.

Posted

They posted a sign, but for the life of me I can't make out what it says.

The boulders over here seem to erode into stacks of pancakes.

While the day before the boulders were plutonic solids that tumbled down hills. Here it is more level and the great stones seem to have no choice but to slump in place as they are beaten my the eons.

Angry Chipmunk

I was not alone in those woods. My presence angered one of the local chipmunks who proceeded to make it quite clear that all of these rocks I was photographing were their rocks and next time I have better ask permission first.

Stumpwood

Another example of how some wood develops beautiful colors in the high & dry Rockies. This is an upended stump with the roots sticking into the air.


A Drive About
The Windmills of Colorado
Aug 17, 2016
"The Windmills of Colorado" sounds poetic doesn't it? There are a whole lot more windmills in the Midwest since the last time I wandered through the area, Two of these pictures were taken from the ground... the rest from the air.
A Colorado Crawl
Aug 27, 2016
From Limon, Colorado I headed west. Back across the plains, through the forests of Ponderosa Pine. There was a bit of business to conduct in Castle Rock and then onward to the West. A dirt road "short cut" surpriosed me with this formation... Upended strata , almiost free standing!
  Deeper Into the Rockies
A Layover Day in Buena Vista
Sep 03, 2016
Sometimes it's good to stop. All of those places you've been driving through... Well. People live there... Yes, they spend weeks at a time in one place... Years even, I hear tell. So if you want to feel like a real local, you have to spend at least a day in one place. I decided to settle down in Buena Vista it seemed like a nice place to call home.
Up a Winding Road and Crossing the Divide
Sep 03, 2016
I crossed the Continental Divide just to the northwest of Fitzpatrick Peak on a little dirt track called forest road 267 that runs between St. Elmo & Tincup, Colorado.
Out of Gunnerson, CO
Sep 04, 2016
After leaving Gunnerson, Colorado I took a detour through the San Juan National Forest.
Monticello, Utah
Sep 05, 2016
I headed west into Manti-La Sal National Forest, there was a long, twisty route that was just about what I was looking for. Manti-La Sal National Forest, is a well-kept secret and the locals want to keep it that way. It offeres a wide variety of terrain from jush forests to arid canyon lands. One ot the swell bits is the Dark Canyon Wilderness, still a largely unexplored area.
A Utah Loop
Sep 05, 2016
The Distance from Blanding, Utah to Bluff Utah is only about 25 miles but if you plan carefully you can make it in 200. I had planned carefully... I had planned to be responsible, put in a day and and drive from Blanding to Torrey. After all The previous day I had driven 120 miles and landed 21 miles from my starting point... I needed to make "progress" gol darn it! and 175 miles farther down the road was furthering my cause. I was less than two blocks down the road when I saw a sign that read "Mexican Hat 50 miles."
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