Sloans Lake Vista

This view of Foothills and Mt. Evans greet Gordy and I on our morning walk. Chilly, clear day on tap.

Gordy leads the way

Gordy blazes the trail for Robert, who was visiting for the weekend. A vigorous hike on another perfect autumn afternoon at South Valley Park in Ken Caryl.

South Valley Park at Ken Caryl

Late summer hike through South Valley Park on one of the last warm days of the season.

Dakota sandstone outcroppings are from the same geologic formation as those at nearby Red Rocks Amphitheater.

Collbran vista

Vista looking north from Collbran, CO.
Warm summer afternoon enjoying a snack and the wonderful view.

Sunset clouds reflected in Sloans Lake

A walk around Sloans Lake provided this view of downtown Denver at sunset.

Gordy at apple blossom time

During a tour of the backyard apple grove, Gordy stops to provide his take on global politics.

Look Sharp in a Caddy

Another from my visit to the Fourney Museum in Denver in February. 

This beautiful 1960 Cadillac Eldorado featured the following as standard equipment: power brakes, power steering, automatic transmission, dual back-up lamps, windshield wipers, two-speed wipers, wheel discs, outside rearview mirror, vanity mirror, oil filter, power windows, six-way power seats, heater, fog lamps, Eldorado engine, remote control trunk lock, radio with antenna and rear speaker, power vent windows, air suspension, electric door locks, license frames, and five whitewall tires. Technical highlights were finned rear drums and an X-frame construction.

See the model year listing for this car on Wikipedia.

1936 Cord Model 810

One of many rare and beautiful cars from the pre-WWII collection in the Fourney Museum of Transportation, in Denver. On display are a nice selection of Honda motorcycles from the 1960s and 1970s, several Volkswagen "bugs" and Karmen Ghia models and, among the train collection, the "Big Boy" locomotive, one of the largest railroad engines ever built.

Red Rocks Amphitheater as seen from Mt. Falcon Park near Morrison, CO.

Winter afternoon shade

Near the end of a bright, sunny and very cold day in January, the sun sets over the mountains to the southwest as seen from Sloans Lake.

Sloans Lake Flyway

Produced this seasonal greeting card from an photo I took at Sloans Lake last year.

Mt. Evans snow capped

Two days of cold, snowy weather and Mt. Evans is fully capped.

Sundial landmark in Denver

This sundial, familiar to Denver residents, is located in Cranmer Park, in the Hilltop neighborhood four blocks east of Colorado Blvd. The sundial pole, or gronom, points at polar north and the stone is perpendicular, making it parallel to the equator. 

Our tour guide at Rifle Falls

For our first visit to Rifle Falls in western Colorado, Gordy agreed to be out tour guide for the day.

Watching the Dragon Boat races

Overcast skies didn't keep the crowds away from this year's Colorado Dragon Boat races. What remains of the old main building at St. Anthony Hospital is in the background, about half way through its demolition.

Highway to the mountains

Memorial Day 2013 motorcycle ride along CO 14, the Poudre Canyon Highway, toward Walden. This is the approach to Sheep Mountain in Larimer County, not far from the Wyoming state line.

Rest stop at Walden, CO

Memorial Day weekend, I went for a ride across northern Colorado and saw this: bright yellow Union Pacific caboose on display at the rest stop a few miles east of the Park Range mountains.

Temple in Paia, Maui

Interesting temple on Balwin Avenue in Paia, on Maui, HI.

Waves crashing

At the Keanae District, a peninsula along the northeast coast of Maui, Hawaii. We found this while on the "Road to Hana."

Harvester and drill rig

This ancient International Harvester combine harvester sits abandoned in a field near Mandaree, on the Ft. Berthold Indian Reservation in western North Dakota. Oil rig in the background is drilling into the Bakken.