Monthly Archives: July 2003

It’s so warm this afternoon that even this little fellow is taking a rest!

The ranch appears to doze in the warm afternoon sun…

Pagosa Springs is an interesting little town…with a decided western flavor. And the green chili chicken burritos at the Elk Horn Café are just possibly the best in the world!  

It’s rained the past several days. When we went out for our evening stroll, mist was hanging down in the hollows of the hills, and the air was cool and smelled of fresh earth and sweet pine scent carried in … Continue reading →

This pretty little spot is within hiking distance from the ranch.

Today we moved ‘hearth and home’ over the pass and into our same little summer spot in Pagosa Springs. It must be ‘pot luck heaven’ here at the ranch. We arrived just in time for Jan’s ‘Pot ‘O Gumbo’, large … Continue reading →

Freemons is right smack in the middle of nowhere. It’s one of these little places that has been lost in time. But what it lacks in ‘ambiance’ it makes up for with a huge, juicy, onion grilled, hamburger…that makes the … Continue reading →

You don’t travel very far in this part of CO before the urge to stop the car and get out and just drink in your surroundings hits you!  

Nothing thrills me as much as the abundant wildlife we see here in Colorado.

This awesome canyon is so deep, so sheer, and so narrow that very little sunlight can penetrate it. (Hence its name) I was fascinated to learn that there is NO sign of human occupation in the gorge…not even by the … Continue reading →