Monthly Archives: September 2004

The only thing that disappointed me about our Rocky Mountain stay was the fact we didn’t see any Bighorn Sheep…the living symbol of the area and the thing I always associate with it. And then…as we were leaving, there on … Continue reading →

There was a calf with a broken leg that was desperately trying to keep up with the rest of the elk herd and this coyote was patiently following it. A park ranger said “This is hard to watch but remember…the … Continue reading →

This beautiful little church is on Highway 7 outside of Estes Park, Colorado. The whole area up here is ‘church like’ to me. All of it makes my soul sing…

Bull Elk are a bit ‘testy’ this time of the year. Of course if I didn’t get a chance to sleep for 2 months I’d be testy too! I didn’t think I looked like a rival but he was ‘stalking’ … Continue reading →

The bugling of a bull elk gives me goose bumps. It’s such a primal call in nature. And the meadows and forests are ringing with the force of those bellows. There are 3000 elk in the area and they are … Continue reading →

We went from falling to sleep listening to the traffic the day before, to being sung to sleep by coyotes last night and being awakened this morning by the bugling of a bull elk! Estes Park is a beautiful little … Continue reading →

Polish off your guitar Willie and start sing’n…We’re “On the Road Again”. It’s always such a pull between wanting to stay in our beautiful summer spot with all our friends around us and getting out where I can let the … Continue reading →

Years ago Sandy Brown found our web-site and wrote to me. Somehow, something ‘clicked’ and we have been writing to each other through the years. Sandy, with her practical advice and poetic sou,l has ‘picked me up and brushed me … Continue reading →

We took a little drive today…A last glimpse of Colorado beauty. Soon we’ll be ‘on the road again’.

Fall is fast approaching and Mother Nature is beginning, with exhilarating abandon, to paint Colorado yellow. We walked around Shaw Lake today and admired her handiwork. We got back to Bruce Spruce Ranch just in time for a ‘potato roast’. … Continue reading →