May 28, 2026

This morning we had eye checkup appts. All is good. Thank the Lord. This afternoon I headed up on the Uncompahgre for a hike. Joann was busy picking up her sister at the airport. I walked some closed logging roads off the Divide Road. I was going to go up Hwy 90 but it was very mucky with mag chloride. So I switched and went up Dave Wood. They were grading up there too…apparently they’re going to mag it AGAIN soon. I sure don’t like that corrosive concoction. Plus it has been proven that it gets into the water and even affects fisheries. It amazes me that they allow that on national forest lands???  Anyway I walked about 3.5 miles. I saw a couple elk and some turkeys. I heard my first Hermit Thrush of the year. Their song is my favorite bird song. It was pretty warm but some clouds and breeze made it ok. This evening the wind was blowing enough to keep the skeeters at bay, so we walked a couple miles. It was a great day. Nikon Z50II

 May 24, 2026

Another good day at church.  I love worshipping the Lord!  It was a warm day - low 80's.  This evening we headed up on Waterdog and Kinikin.  Nothing up there - not even a deer.  We then headed on up to P77 again.  We only saw one little buck up there.  We saw a vulture, which was pretty unusual.  We ran into Ryan on his way up.  He told us later that he saw quite a few elk and a couple new calves.  One calf appeared to have been hit by a car.  That's not a surprise as the Big Cimarron road has become a zoo with people driving fast on it.  It's especially busy this Memorial Day weekend.  We didn't even go on that road as we knew it would be no fun.  Why do people fly through God's creation?  Why go to the mountains if you're just going to race to your selfie spot and then race back.  Slow down and enjoy it.  Nikon Z50 II

 May 22, 2026

Just messed around home today and headed up P77 this evening.  We saw a lot of elk and deer.  Some of the cows are looking like they are going to have calves any day now.  One cow was quite the trouble-maker.  She was nipping at the others a lot.  It was quite cool up there, only around 50.  That obviously helped to get the critters moving early.  Thank you Lord for another great day in your creation.  NikonZ50 II & Nikon P950 straight out of camera.