January 31, 2026

Another warm sunshine day. High in the mid to upper 40’s. This afternoon I did my miles at the river again. Wow it was full of people and dogs. Lots of fishermen too. Absolutely no birds except at the pond. I’m going to have to change to early morning walking down there. It’s just too busy to be peaceful and birdy. 

 January 30, 2026

Today we did some bush trimming in the yard. This afternoon I did the river ramble. It was pretty warm in the low 40’s.  A bald eagle spooked right above the trail from a big cottonwood. I couldn’t see it due to branches until it flew, so I didn’t get a photo. The weather guru says we are again going into a high pressure Rex Block. That means more dry and above normal temps. It will stay put until something very strong comes along to move it or break it up. Sounds like that means the creator to me. I only took a few videos at the river so here’s a photo from September 2018. I called this young bull in to about 15 yards. He never did see or smell me and just kept on feeding on up the mountainside. Panasonic GH4

 January 29, 2026

It was a nice sunshine day in the upper 30s. We decided to head up Gunnison way. We stopped at Mickey D’s for the two cheeseburger meal which we share. Then we moseyed on up to Parlin and turned toward Pitkin. Part way up we did our usual right turn on the cutoff back to the highway. We usually see elk on that road, but not today. In fact the only wildlife we saw were at the cliff spot by Blue Mesa. We couldn’t stop to get photos. Up there it was only in the low 20s. We then took the cutoff over to the Cochetopa Rd. Nobody on that road at all. The recent snow was sure pretty. Surprisingly Blue Mesa was not even half frozen. It likely won’t freeze over this year. That’s pretty rare. Anyway it was a great day and God is GOOD!