a few more

The veiw is the GORE Range from a vantage pull out on Trail Ridge road- beautiful Colorado blue sky

Craggy peaks taken from Fall river dirt road nearing summit and Trail Ridge.

the Little Soul that could made it up hills and down in the valleies just fine thank you very much a fun but dusty drive

Early fall leaves- aspens and cool nights - there were only a very few spots where the change was occuring and visible just a couple more weeks and it will be gold allover.

Here it is Colorado shivering golden fall.

reprise

The north faces still have a few visible snow spots- and we saw lots of preparation for the snow season, road markers were up everywhere and all the paving on the park roads was just about done, the last little bit was on the summit at trail ridge road. It was quite chilly at the summit about 55 degrees and windy but the sun was shining. It was a grand day for an adventure in the park with great company.

fire and Ice, smoke and snow

A friend and I went to Rocky Mountain National Park for a little R & R yesterday, while there we took some photos into the canyon below fall river road near the summit and you can see the smoke from the boulder canyon fire

- it was strange and looked like fog, a stranger stopped with us on the pull out and asked if it was fog or mist and we told them about the fire burning below.

There is so much damage everywhere from the pine beetle that the forests are like tinder boxes ready to go in a moment. The fire has not caused us to shut down at work but there is so much haze everywhere.

Last Night

We went to the Rockies game and saw great fireworks again this year. The post yesterday had last years photos in them. What a blast a full house and of course the Rockies won and had a sweep on the homestand this time. They beat the Mets 17 to 6 what a game. The Mets scored early on but the Rockies came back hard with a ton of hits and runs.

the game time was 6:05 and we got home about 11:30 pm what a blast. The fireworks were fantastic and great music and fans were let on the field, so here are some shots from Coors Field.

Hh and I were first up in our row, we sat up high but this is also the best vantage for the fireworks.

it was quite warm in the afternoon sun, but the evening progressed and right before the fireworks we actually had a rain shower. I can't say enough about the quality of spending our 4th of july here at the stadium, there was a jet fly by and lots of patriotic songs and good spirits. What a nice time to be together.

Happy birthday America

Thank you American Service men and Women for letting me live in a country that is free.
Where American is Baseball and Apple-pie and Mom.
from a site called info please - where you can read the entire document

The Declaration of Independence
On April 12, 1776, the legislature of North Carolina authorized its delegates to the Continental Congress to join with others in a declaration of separation from Great Britain; the first colony to instruct its delegates to take the actual initiative was Virginia on May 15. On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia offered a resolution to the Congress to the effect “that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States. . . .” A committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman was organized to “prepare a declaration to the effect of the said first resolution.” The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. Most delegates signed the Declaration August 2, but George Wythe (Va.) signed August 27; Richard Henry Lee (Va.), Elbridge Gerry (Mass.), and Oliver Wolcott (Conn.) in September; Matthew Thornton (N.H.), not a delegate until September, in November; and Thomas McKean (Del.), although present on July 4, not until 1781 by special permission, having served in the army in the interim.

the fireworks were awesome and the rockies won