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!