City of Rocks

Guess where Oscar & I were yesterday . . .
Oscar thought it was amusing that, just like Florida, you could buy a bag of the state's favorite produce at gas stations near the border. Except instead of a 20 lb bag of oranges, there were 50 lb bags of taters!

We spent the night at a unique state park called the City of Rocks. It is found along a pass the 49ers used to get to the California gold rush. Desolate and beautiful at the same time . . . Here's the Wonder Egg working its way into the park.

Oscar thought the campsite view out our back window was awesome . . .

After hearing a pack of coyotes howling to each other from many different directions, he insisted on going on "patrol" to keep us safe. Here he is on sentry duty . . .

Oscar insisted on remaining on sentry duty all night and when the sun came up this morning, he took this cool picture of the Wonder Egg nestled amongs the rocks. (What a great dog!)

Needless to say, Oscar slept all day today during our journey to Oregon.

Ohio Pass - Colorado

Greetings from Helper, Utah - a tiny town near a steep portion of railroad track where the "helper engines" were put on trains to assist them in the climb over the mountains.

A few days ago I took a scenic drive up the Ohio Pass in Colorado to see the magnificent colors on display. What a delight for the eyes! Here are some of the day's photos for your viewing pleasure . . . ENJOY!!








Tonight . . . Idaho!

Todays visual displays

As Oscar & I departed the Great Sand Dune National Park, we stopped to look back and take this picture. Out of the middle of nowhere, a 700 ft tall sand dune rises above the floor of the plateau between two mountain ranges. It speaks to eras gone by when this was an ocean . . . unreal!


Then as we crossed the 11332 ft Monarch Pass we were blessed with this splendid display of color from the Aspens on the mountainside.

We have arrived at our initial destination in Gunnison Colorado where I shall try my hand at fly fishing for a week . . . I'll return to the trailer each evening with wonderful stories to share with Oscar and I'm sure his eyes will roll into the back of his head as he says "Yeah, sure Pete, tell me again how big it was?" (He's such a sceptic.)

Colorado!

Well . . . here we are in Colorado! "Colorful Colorado" Oscar wondered why they call it that?


He didn't have long to wait . . . seems that rainbows are everywhere out here. WOW!
Look how pretty the sky is from our campsite. :)

Oscar meets the wave . . .

So here we are, near Truth or Consequences, NM at Elephant Butte Lake State Park, where stegomastodons roamed the earth over 100 million years ago. Oscar said he'd like to go to the water's edge. Welllllllll . . . Oscar was surprised as the water came ashore in aggressive waves that scared him. Then he thought they simply wanted to play with him, so he took a flying leap and attacked a wave and was totally amazed that he was . . . WET! . . . Gahst!!!! After being whacked by the next wave, Oscar had enough and abandoned ship to the safety of dry land.

Life is tough when you're a foo foo dog . . .