February 22, 2026

Church this morning. God is so good.  It is a pleasure to worship Him. If He never does another thing for me in this life (which is impossibly out of character for Him), He is still worthy of worship. 

This afternoon I went to check out my tramping grounds up by Sandy Wash. the road was muddy so I didn’t even leave the main road. I don’t like walking in mud. So I came back and walked my 4.5 miles at the river. Lots of people. Ouray ice climber from 2005  

 February 21, 2026

Today we got the itch to go somewhere. The clouds cleared, so we went up to Pitkin. We hadn’t been up there for awhile. We hoped to see critters but only saw a few deer. Surprisingly this week of storms didn’t leave much snow in that country at all. The hills around Blue Mesa are still mostly bare. The road was snow packed and slushy in shady spots near Pitkin. I only shot a couple video clips, no photos. This is Blue Mesa in December 2005. It sure doesn’t look that way this year. 

 February 20, 2026

Today was a real mix of weather. We woke up to a skiff of snow with more anticipated. It was quite cold. Late morning a blizzard came through for about thirty minutes. It turned everything white. After a couple hours it had mostly melted. The wind still blew a bit. I took a couple mile walk around home. My face nearly froze withe that breeze. During the day we put the back panel on the Defender and cut up all the cardboard for recycle. This evening we went to Pahgre’s for supper with Landon and Shelly. It was their birthday gift to Joann.  Another archive photo today. A snowy San Juan shot from 2005.