CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.

 Yesterday afternoon I decided to go looking for some geocaches.  The weather didn't look threatening but it wasn't long before it was.  It rained off and on but I didn't get too wet.   We had some heavy rain last evening which translated into snow in the higher areas.

We've been playing cards and sharing meals with various friends most days since arriving.  We have anywhere from four to eight of us at a time.  It has been great catching up with all our friends and making a few more new ones.

A long distance shot of the Bookcliffs which are across I-70 from Grand Junction and Clifton, CO.

A long distance shot of the Bookcliffs which are across I-70 from Grand Junction and Clifton, CO.

A long distance shot of the Bookcliffs which are across I-70 from Grand Junction and Clifton, CO.

Still a bit of colour in spots.

Lots of colourful lichen on exposed rocks.  I see a dog's head on the right.

This storm system was to my south and I did get damp from it when I walked away from the road for a cache.

This system was to my north walloping Grand Mesa.  It dumped a fair bit of snow up there.

This morning we got to see what the Bookcliffs received last night.

West fork of the Cimarron River.

East Fork of the Cimarron River.

As we dropped down to lower elevation there were some ranches including this old house.

 

ROAD TRIP TO OWL CREEK PASS. PART ONE.

 On Wednesday we invited our friends Jim and Judy to join us on a little road trip.  We headed east through Delta and Montrose to Ridgeway.  After poking around a few back streets, we backtracked a couple of miles then turned onto Owl Creek Pass Road.   There was fabulous scenery along the way and we enjoyed sitting outside in the sun at about 8,000 feet elevation for lunch.

We lucked out with a few ground squirrels that posed for us but we didn't see any big game.  With hunting season about to reopen in a couple days, I guess they were already hunkered down out of sight.  It was about 350 kms round trip and we made it home just at dark.

We were driving through Delta when Jim mentioned that he'd like to see this historic site.  A couple minutes later we saw a sign for it so here we are.

Jim, Judy and Aileen.

A quiet back street in Delta, CO.

Owl Creek Pass Road.

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel.

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel.

This guy poked his head out of a cattle guard.

We thought this was a bird at first way up in the top of a dead tree.

A wasp nest in a scrub oak tree.  You could see daylight through it.

Lots of interesting rocks in the Rocky Mtns.

We had lunch near where a hunting camp was set up.

The hillside is covered in scrub oak.