Attentive horses in Richland County

On a tour of the company's operations in Montana, I was warmly greeted by a pair of locals.

Fall colors near Eldora

A trailhead north of the Eldora ski area near Nederland, CO, as summer slips away.

A Champion

Early 1950s Studebaker Champion, looking mint, on display at the Larimer Street car show in Denver last weekend.

Park residents

Watching over his herd, a bull elk seems ok with just hanging at Rocky Mountain National Park over Labor Day weekend.

Sea level plus 2.3 miles

A marker near the Chapin Pass visitors center at the top of Rocky Mountain National Park. This was taken yesterday on a tour I was hosting for out of town friends.

Library in Lewistown

One of the more than 1,600 public libraries across the US built with money from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, the Lewistown, MT, library was built in 1905 and added to in 1960 and 1990.

Rocky Mountain water

In the lobby of the Hotel Boulderado you can drink right from the glacier. They should bottle it.

Mountain kids

While we were touring the summit at Mt. Evans, a family of mountain goats strolled up looking for a snack. Four adult goats and these two kids held the interest of all.

Short video of our trip to Mt. Evans to celebrate two famly birthdays.

Grilleworks

Amongst the entrants at a Classic Car Show in Nederland on July 4th was this 1939 Chevy, gleaming in the mid-day sun.

Friday at the chewing gum building

Before boarding the boat for our river tour of Chicago architecture, I snapped this of the Wrigley Building on Michigan Avenue.

Stay off the Off-Airport sign

Mid-afternoon at Denver International Airport waiting for the shuttle bus.

Church spire in downtown Denver

The church steeple is dwarfed by the Wells Fargo Center, also known around Denver as the Cash Register Building. See the previous post for a clue.

Avenue Grill sunset

One of my favorite restaurants in Denver is on East 17th Ave.

Fountain at US Capitol

The fountain at the Capitol Reflecting Pool just before it began to rain.

Glass cactus

Went for a tour of Chihuly: The Nature of Glass" at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix a few weeks ago.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Scottsdale, AZ, complex

At Wright's Taliesin West, recognized among the world's great masterpieces of architecture. This was taken by Devera on a tour while I was golfing.

One lap of the Rockies

The story was posted to the motorcycle group website a couple weeks ago. That's Old Faithful erupting on cue. The trip was a blast.

One lap of the Rockies

We came, we saw, we uplinked

Outside the new White Sox - Dodgers spring training complex in Glendale, AZ

Ducks on Sloans Lake, revised

A trimmed version of the previous but rendered in higher quality.