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March 2010

Storm over Old Colorado

March 30, 2010

Old Colorado City, Colorado Springs, August 22, 2004

Old Colorado City, Colorado Springs, August 22, 2004

There was some sort of festival in progress, including vintage cars, the day that we visited Old Colorado City, along with dark skies and a storm brewing up over by Pikes Peak.

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Gallery: Cripple Creek, Old Colorado City, Manitou Springs, etc. – August 22, 24, & 27, 2004

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Garden of the Gods

March 28, 2010

Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 2004-2

Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 2004

Our second stop of our 2004 Colorado Springs trip was Colorado Springs, where we had a reservation in a hotel.  One of the first places we wanted to visit was Garden of the Gods, a free Colorado Springs city park.  We liked it so much that we returned the next day to finish see the park.  It has several trails as well as a nice auto tour

My first visit here, which I don’t really remember, was in 1957, when I went to Colorado with my grandparents and uncle.  I was 5 years old.

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Gallery: Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs – August 22 & 23, 2004

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The Iceland volcano

March 27, 2010

I’ve been fascinated with volcanoes for a long time and, whenever, there’s a new eruption somewhere, I start looking for images and news on it. The newest eruption, located in Iceland, has fortunately not posed a significant danger. There have been some interesting raw footage available online. Here is the most recent that I’ve found:

The eruption is between between two glaciers, Eyjafjallajoekull and Myrdalsjoekull, and 3,600 feet above sea level. Since it’s not directly affecting either glacier there is little likelihood of flooding as long as the erupting fissure did not extend beneath the glacier. The area, called Fimmvorduhals, lies on a popular walking path over a mountain pass.

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Sunflowers in Kansas

March 26, 2010

Sunflowers in field across from Frontier Park, Hays, Kansas, 8-21-2004

Sunflowers in field across from Frontier Park, Hays, Kansas.

In 2004, we took a short trip to Colorado, where we had rented a small A-frame cabin near Cripple Creek for a week.  We took two days to get there.  Our first stop was in Hays, Kansas, on August 21.

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Gallery: On the Road, August 2004

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Canton Lake, Oklahoma, August 29, 2009

Canton Lake’s Sandy Cove Recreation Area was our first camping stop on our 4 week western trip in 2009.  It was an early enough stop for some leisurely relaxation.  It also provided a wonderful setting for a glorious sunset – and plenty of photos!

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Gallery: Canton Lake – August 29, 2009

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Chipmunk

March 22, 2010

Chipmunk, Fern Falls Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, September 6, 2009

Fern Falls Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, September 6, 2009

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Gallery: Fern Lake Trail – September 6, 2009

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