Colorado is simply stunning

Today we followed Scenic Route 112 , beginning on the High Plains of eastern Colorado, through the San Isabel National Forest and crossing the 9,000 foot Cuchara Pass.  Sunshine, sunshine...par for the course in these parts.  Route 112 is the Highway of Legends, a 120 mile round trip circling the Spanish Peaks, and the dikes which surround them (remnants of ancient volcanoes).  Interesting geology, beautiful vistas, charming adobes, timberframe homes, and ranches of cattle and ponies at the foot of peaks.  STUNNNN...ing!  Alas, both camera batteries died, so we'll take clips from our video.

Y'all come back now, ya hear?

"Going Mobile" (that would be by, The Who)

After a fun afternoon watching the Super Bowl, we went mobile early Mon. morning.  We are tumbleweeds today; open for whatever experience presents itself as we steadily move towards Denver.  Hwy. 40 East, lots of billboards (they're outlawed in Alaska), Mexican imports, cowboy and Indian souvenirs (how did we turn the native Americans & their culture into commodities?).  Hwy. 84 North:  snow on red clay, black cows roam, hills and mesas, thick juniper bushes; towns called Tecolotitio, Tucumcari (thank you, Linda Rondstadt), and Apache Springs.  A long and winding road, raven on a fencepost, abandoned cars, old pueblos, an empty roundpen, a house made of earth stone, sprigs of yellow grass arching out of the snow, the tops of mesas shrouded in fog, small birds scatter, boulders appear and disappear, everything turning....unfolding.