March 31, 2023

Exhilaration Road Hike

Just stretching the legs in the low country. I sure love the SX70 for fast/far hiking photography.  Canon SX70

“The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see.”

— Albert Einstein

 March 25, 2023

Desert Hike

Today I went over west of Delta and did some hiking in the Cottonwood Canyon area.  I usually hike down into the bottom, but not today.  I found some really interesting rock rectangular blocks.  Many looked almost like they had been cut that way.  There were a few signs of spring coming to the desert too. I noticed from the canyon rim that a grand old ponderosa in the bottom had died. I sat to eat lunch under it several times. Another pine beetle victim.  It was a very cool day and fairly breezy.  Hiking is always good....to me!

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”

— Aristotle

 March 20, 2023

Kinnikin

This was just an evening ride up on Kinnikin to see if there were any critters.  Only a few were out.  The calf elk appeared to be sickly and could not get up.  I suspect it will be coyote food by morning.  SonyRX10IV

“All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.”

— Marie Curie

 March 18, 2023

Ouray

Today we took Sharon and went up Ouray way.  We stopped at Ridgway and hiked a bit and then went on up as far as Bear Creek Falls.  We spotted a couple bighorn sheep on the mountain side while at the falls. The last photo is Mt. Ridgway - I've been up there.  SonyRX10IV

“Dear old world… you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.”

— L.M. Montgomery

 March 14, 2023

Escalante Wildlife Refuge

It's heron nesting time.  We rarely catch it before the refuge closes on March 15.  But, this year we did.  They are fun to watch.  It's amazing how those big birds can balance on the very small dead cottonwood branches.  I also saw on Ebird that there were some trumpeter swans at Sweitzer's Lake so we stopped there.  Sure enough - it appeared to be a female and her young.  It's rare they're in these parts.  Canon70D

“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.”

— Henry David Thoreau

 March 13, 2023

Gunnison

Today we went up Gunnison way and ended up at Pitkin again.  We also wandered up to Taylor Park. The hi-light of the trip was a group of mountain sheep on the rocks near the highway.  The younger ones were very curious, but seemed to think the rocks mostly hid them.  Canon 70D

“Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson