Not Lost, Just Bewildered - Photos Down the Road

We have traveled a bunch of miles down the road.  Internet has been sketchy in the mountains and we get tired so much quicker than we used to.  We have to have more rest stops and naps.  Wow, doesn't seem possible.  We used to have energy .. where did it go?

My title for this blog post is from a story Gene tells where Davy Crockett is asked if he was ever lost.  He replied that he had never been lost, but was bewildered once for three days.  It seems I usually get us off on one wrong road.  We have done well this trip but I thought you might have thought we were lost after the long dry spell between posts.

I will put in a few photos to guide you along our route.  We were in Albuquerque to visit with family and celebrate the August birthdays.

We left Albuquerque and headed north with a destination of Miles City, Montana to visit a cousin of mine, Helen.

On the way to Socorro I took my obligatory photo of the Ladrones.  I cannot pass those mountains by.

I also try to get a photo of the longhorns at San Acacia.  I can never get a good close up and I don’t think to ask Gene to stop in time.  Al was driving though so I didn’t think to ask again.

This is Highway 25 back into Albuquerque in the neat sunlight.

 When we went to Grants I didn’t post this of some horses.  I take lots of photos of horses and usually there are so many backsides in the photos, this one is better.

I have posted many pictures along the road from Albuquerque north, but wanted to share one of the hippy houses.  I mentioned before they were made of rocks, bottles, and junk and half underground.  Now they sell for big bucks.  Who knew?


You can see some of my photos of northern New Mexico from the last few years on my Picasa page.  Link to the right.

From Alamosa we went to Fairplay, Colorado for the night.  This is the road into Fairplay.  We were on the paved road. 

This lake is between Fairplay and Breckenridge.

Here is a scene after we left Breckenridge, Colorado.

We visited my cousins in Colorado.  This is Rex, Kris, Carol and John.  We had a good time.  The house is made from hay bales and Kris has soooo many antiques and interesting “stuff”.  Love to see it all.  They are a great bunch, we should see them more often.

This is a territorial prison as you arrive in Laramie, Wyoming.  It is a combination museum and welcome center. 

We stopped in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to get together with an artist friend from wetcanvas.com in the Southwest forum.  I have been chatting and corresponding with Ron Swearingen for a few years now.  He is a great artist, drawing and pastels, and very warm and generous in posts.

We got to meet his lovely wife and son and daughter.  It was a great afternoon with such a nice family.  We had lunch and visited the Train Museum.  He gave us a beautiful pastel southwest painting.  I will get his permission to post it later.  That will be a very special addition to our walls in Bastrop.

From Cheyenne we came to Casper.  We took a rest day here.  We washed clothes, washed the car and relaxed.  We needed that.

I visited by phone with another blogging buddy, Ginny Butcher.  We have been blogging friends for a while, too.  She was out of town in Douglas, Wyoming, for the State Fair.  We tried to get a room there and all the hotels were full.  As we got to the edge of town we could see why.

Along the way  coming to Cheyenne we saw a huge iron cowboy on a horse, a jack rabbit and this dinosaur.  This is the only photo that was not so blurry.  Interesting in the wide open plains to have something to watch for.  We will see what we spy tomorrow.

I hope to post again soon .. stay in touch.  We will be in Miles City, Montana, a couple of days and then to Trego, Montana, for the art workshop.  That will be fun and  I hope to learn a few new things.