Our Epic Adventure part 1 Cayon Land.

 After driving 1000 miles to the Springs our adventure begins

First stop.  Canyon Lands National Park in Utah.  This will be our base camp for the next three nights.

 Our camp was just about 1/4 mile from a deep canyon so we scouted the area

You won't catch me getting too close to the edge.

and meet the neighbors before we head back to camp.

The first of two dozen plus cribbage games.

 It's over a twelve mile round trip hike to the Druid Arch and back.

We were happy to beat the heat in this slot caynon.  Two thumbs up.

 Things heated up down in the dried stream beds

 and shade was tough to find.

Just a little further

pretty major scramble up a major rock face to reach the Arch.

 Sometimes going down is tougher than the climb up.

 No more shade in the slot, thumbs up?

But all smiles

 Burgers back at camp.  Sitting by the fire feels pretty good.

We saw over 5 species of lizards  and  Beau caught this one for a moment.

Maybe a 12 mile hike was alittle more than I barganed for on the first day.

Tomorrow we hit the Fiery Furnace at Arches National Park.

2018 -2019 SCHOOL YEAR IN THE BOOKS

 The teacher

 Students

 Explorers

 Gardeners

 Athletes

 Not the school Nurse

 Two busses at the DBQ farmaer's market.

Stickers

Before and After

 Before and after

To be continued.......

North and South

 Started out in dbq this am with a fox and some quail.  It's been a great week for birds.

 The back yard just keeps getting better and better.  Under blue bird skys

 Back home the birds have been awesome northern orioles, grosbeaks and several different types of wood peckers

I spotted a cayote in the timber and I followed him to some schrooms

I've been know to jump a fence now and then but today I'm going under.

And a rooster stopped by for breakfast  

TRIPLE THREATS.

 The double rainbow after some threatening weather rolled through

 along with St Francis marks the pot of gold 

 or just a few more grays

storms a brewin

 oyster mushrooms are just starting too

Jack is up and in the pulpit

 just a little tooth pick, spike

School was let out early after our second or third bomb threat this year so what do ya do on a friday? 

 I hit a few streams and caught this brook and a nice brown.

The weather is threating too.  4 - 6 inches of snow predicted this weekend.  What?

Yep  snow.

 Coffee and desert on the patio 

 Avery's Dicycle

 She wouldn't leave.

 and daylight is burning

starting a few projects