Usually a daily account of a pet-sitter's life, taking care of various pets in various houses. Also contains commentaries on local Colorado wildlife, weather, local happenings, and national/international animal events - and my occasional trips and travels. Since October 2016, political and historical comments...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Photo Album - Colorado, Florida & Virginia
Snow covered Flatirons on the west side of Boulder - 2005
Rainbow over the Boulder Flatirons - 2005
An intrepid solo rock climber on the first Flatiron - 2008
Boulder from he summit of the first Flatiron; the buildings in the middle are the UC campus - 2006
Looking east on the Pearl Street Mall; a few blocks from my apartment and all types of shops! Boulder - 2004
Autumn colors in Boulder - 2007
Baseline Reservoir, Boulder, and the Flatirons - 2007
Elk bedding down on the golf course in Estes Park, CO - 2007
Lake Estes park in Estes Park, CO - 2008
The Niwot Inn, a Bed and Breakfast, in downtown Niwot, CO - 2006
Chaos Canyon Cascades in Rocky Mountain National Park, Lake Haiyaha hike - 2008
Purgatory, a Durango Mountain resort in western Colorado - 2007
View of the Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park, CO - 2008
This is Sunday Silence, who won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, and finished second in the Belmont. I had the great pleasure of cheering him and jockey Jerry Bailey to victory in the Breeder's Cup Classic at Hollywood Park in Florida.
I'd recognize this sign anywhere! We visited NAS Jax on at least a once-a-month basis for over 20 years.... Jacksonville, FL
Blue Angels at NAS Jax - Dad was their head mechanic when he was stationed in Pensacola...
The Bahia Mar Marina in Fort Lauderdale, where Travis McGee tied up The Busted Flush at spot F-13 for many, many years
Two of the glass-bottomed boats at Silver Springs; Mom and Dad loved to go there and just watch the visitors. It's where I had my first taste of rattlesnake and alligator.
A 'gator seen thru a glass-bottomed boat at Silver Springs. This is where the Johnny Weismueller Tarzan movies were filmed.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland
Arial view of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia. No matter how many hundreds of times I've crossed it, I still try to duck when entering one of the tunnels!
Norfolk, VA seen from Portsmouth, VA - I was born in Norfolk, on the way from Oceana to the Portsmouth Naval Hospital.
The Raleigh Tavern, established in 1717, in Williamsburg
Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg; established in the 17th century, it is still a functioning Episcopal parish.
The Williamsburg Militia Fife and Drum Corps
Saddlemaker and apprentice in Williamsburg
The Stone House at Manassas (or, at Bull Run, for you Yanks) - Prince William County, VA
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