Monday, October 14, 2013

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Dayphoto

I am so disappointed!!!! We had a stunning rainbow last night right in our front corn field.

I took the photos —PERFECT!

I down loaded them and LOST THEM…sob! sob!

Only this pale other end survived…

I guess this is better than nothing. But if you could have seen the other….

WOW!

After a ~~few~~ couple more stops we headed back.

Our trip back was fast…we decided that we would just hit the interstate and head home as fast as we could go.

On thing about the interstate — it’s boring! Miles and miles of the above.

Since Terry worked as a Line Foreman for our REA for 37 years we always look at electric poles, sub stations, transfer stations, you name it…stuff no one else sees but really does exists.

These wires are created special for areas that the wind whips through so power isn’t lost. Or at least they hope it isn’t lost.

I-80 is an major road from one coast to the other…therefore, we met lots and lots of semi’s.

We spent the night in Kearney, Nebraska. One thing about about Nebraska there is lots, and lots of history in this state.

It was good to see Denver again!

When we started out of Denver we could see storms ahead of us.

It was raining and snowing up to the tunnel and then at the tunnel the sun was shining (go figure)

The other side of the tunnel was wet and nasty.

Glenwood Canyon was still beautiful but wet.

Boy, was it nice to get home again.

Your friend in Colorado,

Linda

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Dayphoto

We took a flying trip to Norfolk, Nebraska as Terry needed some combine parts and a bracket for the suitcase weights for one of the tractors. Since we were both ready for a short trip off we went.

The desert between us and Grand Junction is extremely green. ( You can see Wild Horse Mesa in the background — it is the last green bowl shaped mesa just before the blue sharp lines of Grand Mesa)

We have had and are still having lots and lots of rain. Very nice for making the world fresh and lovely.

We got to Grand Junction as morning was coming into full-light. This is a very quick photo of the Book-cliffs which surround Grand Junction on one side.

Glenwood Canyon was beautiful waking up to a day of full-speed-ahead traffic.

Driving through the Johnson side of the Eisenhower tunnel.

We live 5 hours from Denver. At this point we are about two hours away. This a horrible mess come ski-season. The traffic slows to a 30 m.p.h. or LESS crawl on Sunday afternoon as people try to come back from a weekend of skiing.

Taking the back roads and staying off the Inter State

This CAN BE a bleak trip, but we enjoy the farms and ranches.

It was sugar beet harvest

And soybean and

corn harvest.

All the way from Colorado to Norfolk.

We cheered and clapped and gave everyone two thumbs up for being able to get their crops in.

That night we stayed in Ogalla, Nebraska —

Getting up early the next morning we we found lots of salvage yards

along our route.

Just what we were looking for!

Continued tomorrow….

Your friend on a California Mesa Farm,

Linda

The Next Night

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Dayphoto

The next night found us in Denver. Terry had a meeting he had to go to and I thought I would enjoy having a break.

First Independence Pass then a canyon of very tall buildings… skyscrapers they are called (as all of you know).

We had a room fairly close to the 16th Street Mall so we were able to walk over there.

Now DO NOT laugh at me, but I get lost in places like that….all the buildings look the same, there are vehicles EVERYWHERE, and tons of people from all walks of life.

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I had it in my head that I would walk around and take some pretty cool city shots…I didn’t make it. Two blocks to the mall, one block one way and then one block the other way is about all I could do or I would have been hopelessly turned around and not able to get back to the hotel.

I admire all of you who live and work and can function in large and giant cities.

We had snow on the passes, but not too bad.

I’m just glad we are home. (I don’t get lost in land around here or on the forest areas…just in concrete jungles, I guess.—I know, rather sad.)

Linda

At Least it isn’t Denver

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Dayphoto

Shannon’s truck broke just as she got to work in Grand Junction yesterday. Since she would get off around 6:30 that evening we left around 4:00 p.m. to go get her.

Thank Heavens! it was in the Target parking lot. Shannon works at Cost Cutters in the busiest mall in Grand Junction.

Why Thank Heavens! she was able to park the truck close to her work — where she pushed the truck into place wasn’t hard for Terry and I to pull her out of — AND the parking lot had lights! Lots and Lots of Lights!

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Terry had to winch by hand, because we do not have an electric winch and I had to steer not hard but scary for me the truck onto the trailer. By the time Shannon got off work the only thing left was to do was chain the truck down and come home.

We ate supper at 8:00 that evening. Long day, but not as long as if she still lived in Denver.

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