Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

Phantom Canyon Road

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Roger

I drove Phantom Canyon Road on a Wednesday morning back in May, 2012. In 4½ hours on that trip, I saw maybe 15 cars. I wanted my wife to see it, so we drove it again on Memorial Day Sunday. … Continue reading →

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Vindicator Valley Trail

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Roger

Gold was (and still is) found in the mountains around Victor, Colorado. The remains of several mines, built in the 1890’s and worked into the 1940’s, can be seen on the hillsides. A two-mile loop trail passes the Vindicator Mine … Continue reading →

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Morning on the Santa Fe

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Roger

On the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend, I woke up at 5:30. My air mattress, which I’ve been sleeping on for six months now, has given up the ghost and I was, for all intents and purposes, sleeping on the … Continue reading →

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Virga

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Roger

Virga is rain hanging like a curtain under a cloud that evaporates before reaching the ground. We see it a lot in Colorado. This was one of the most extreme examples.

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Bird #479 — Townsend’s Warbler

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Roger

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikos, home or habitat) townsendi (named for John Townsend, American naturalist and collector) Sunday, May 21, 2017 — 9:40 am Fountain Creek Regional Park — Fountain, Colorado I’m still getting use to birding in my … Continue reading →

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