Breakfast!
As Steve was off fishing the KBarT again on the White River, I decided to visit a park.
There are many beautiful parks in the Western United States. How many have you seen? I have been to all of the listed ones except for Grand Canyon.
The entrance to the park. Come along with me to see the park.
Map so you can see where I traveled.
You can see clearly here the levels of rock. Would you believe that 90 million years ago this area was covered by water? Now instead of a parking lot it is a lunch lot! Doesn’t that sound like a song?
Independence Monument and how it was made.
Yes, there were people climbing this today!
Not for me!
Some of the wildlife in the park.
Information on the Redlands Fault.
Redlands Fault view.
Rockslide.
The view of the valley below.
It was cool to drive through a tunnel.
I was so excited to see a group of Bighorn Sheep!
Look at the guy on the rock wall in the second picture!
Another handsome guy!
Look at the wind erosion!
Below is Ute Canyon, a water carved landscape.
The views were amazing.
This area was shaped by earthquakes and erosion.
The summer wild flowers were in bloom.
You need to be tough to try to grow here.
The famous balanced rock.
I did another good deed today. These two tired hikers were walking along the road looking for a ride to the next parking area. They were hiking since 8 a.m. and it was 2 p.m. when I stopped to give them a ride. I am glad that they were not axe murderers. They were from Switzerland and were visiting our National Parks. I think I saved them another two hour hike. It was 82 degrees and very hot out!
On the way back I stopped at the Marijuana dispensary in De Beque to check it out. I didn’t buy anything, nor did I ask any questions. That’s for someone else to do!
Then it was back to High Lonsome to get ready for dinner.
Steve caught many fish during the day.
These are all different fish too!
Thursday evening dinner. The guys were all here again. They were from an architectural firm and a mechanical engineering firm. They design about 70% of all the sports arenas and stadiums. Can you imagine doing this if you were a sports nut? Remember how sad I was yesterday about my new friends leaving? Well being surrounded by 15 guys, sure did put a smile on my face!
Another picture of my new male friends, just because!
We had assorted smoked meats as an hors d’oeuvres.
Fresh biscuits.
Salad.
Dinner was fried chicken.
With lots of golden mashed potatoes.
Big bowls of broccoli.
Dessert was chocolate lava cake that was not dry! I can’t stand it when the cake is over cooked and the inside is not oozing out like lava! Tomorrow is our next adventure. Grand Mesa and then a wedding in Beaver Creek.
Would you have picked up the hitch hikers?
What questions would you have asked at the dispensary?
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