days of driving

i'm back from colorado. i didn't get to do nearly what i wanted while i was out west. but here's a few pictures of colorado from the drive home.

cheesy through the windshield picture. but the fog looked really cool.

headwaters of the rio grande. with aspen trees. and some fir trees.

reprise of the rio grande headwaters. this time zoomed in. rio grand pyramid is the peak in the background.

next summer. for real. 14 308 feet. 9th highest peak in the lower 48. 6th highest in colorado. highest in the san juan range. uncompahgre.

overall i have to say i am a bit disappointed with my vacation. i didn't get to go fossil hunting and i didn't get to climb any 14ers in colorado. i did get to go fishing a couple of times, and i also got to drive through some country i hadn't seen before. up through lake city and up to crested butte and then through gunnison and canon city was really beautiful. if i could find a job there i think i'd move somewhere like that. pueblo and kansas i hadn't seen before...but seeing them doesn't get to be on the list of trip highlights. talk about a lot of nothing. next big trip should be out to lake powell in november...and i'm thinking of going to see have heart's last show in boston in about a month. i could pay quinn and courtney a visit while i'm up there.

williams creek

uncle vee and i went to williams creek reservoir this evening. the fishing wasn't any good but it's still one of my favorite places. i forgot my camera though, so no pictures. it is a beautiful place...and there are some old growth ponderosa pines there...4ish feet at the base. i love trees like that. back when i lived out here i climbed one at the williams creek campground that was about 120 feet tall and 5 feet at the base. maybe the coolest tree i ever climbed. sadly i forgot my camera that day too. i left it in my car at the shop so it spent the day there instead of documenting large trees. oh well...worse things have happened.

echo canyon

did a little fishing tonight with vee...we only caught one that we kept, a little rainbow trout. we caught a bunch of little (shorter than 5 inches) largemouth bass and a couple of bluegill and pumpkin seed, but it was still fun.

this is a picture of echo canyon reservior. not very big. southern san juan mountains in the background.