Our travels through Colorado

We did A LOT in Colorado so this is LONG with lots
of witty remarks and amazing photos.
More or less.
😎

PUEBLO

We camped at the Haggards Rv park which is a lovely camp

on the highway in between all the cool things.

 They also have a horse which the cleverly leave a brush

so you can brush the horse.

He has the shiniest coat ever.

PIKE'S PEAK

 The roads twist and turn

 with amazing views.

 And the weather can turn on a dime.

The elevation at the tippy top of the peak is 14,115.

We made it to 12,943

 and a beautiful scene it was.

I was trying to get an angle - which I didn't do very well

but imagine with me - you can see the "road" where we are

and then it drops off to down there which is really out there.

So....think 12,000 feet down.

You have to be there.

We did not make it up to the 14k because we were not

doing well at 12k.

Plus you had to get on a bus for the ride to the top

and we didn't want to do that. 

So.....bucket list if you are in the area.

GARDEN OF THE GODS

 I didn't know until we entered the park that it's all about rocks.

Really cool rocks.

One that looks like a Renaissance painter.

ROYAL GORGE

 Is long and deep and some fun stuff going on.

You can fling your body off.

You can fling your body over on a zip line.

You can walk the bridge.

And they have a train.

CRIPPLE CREEK

 Establish in 1892 as a mining town - gambling took hold.
 Sadly the Main Street was barren but cool looking.

And then we turned a corner and a big horn sheep

made his appearance.

He was soooo cool.

I have lots more photos.

Also a deer in the middle of the town over just
hanging around while we were getting coffee and snacks
at the Human Bean.
Clever eh?
Good coffee and they give you a chocolate covered coffee bean.
It's great for that alone.

BAYFIELD

Chimney Rock - it is a National Monument that closed
at 4 pm everyday.
Didn't make it but the view on the outside is amazing.

 Cousin Maureen bought a new house and it is lovely.
She houses hummingbirds - I have a bazillion pix of the little devils.
They are wild - mean too.
Very territorial.

She also has 2 horses, a cat, and a dog.

And the family.
As you can see we had a blast.
Just getting this photo was a remarkable achievement.

It took us a day to get from Pueblo to Bayfield and

now we are at the Riverside RV park - which is a beautiful camp.

It has water features everywhere, lots of blooming flowers and

a path that takes you around the back and through the park

Great for morning walks.

TN - I keep forgeting about journaling spots

It worked for around the page but not so much

on the Labor day one but since its

mostly family - they should be known.

Riiiighhht!

 Using fun die cuts and premades.

 Pink Fresh boy-love the paper but its

not as bright and colorful as their other lines.

The camera paper has been in my stash forever

and I believe it might be Studio Calico.

You can check out the behind the scenes post here

to get all the deets on herding squirrels.

LOL.

The wedding service - vows

It's a bit battered and beaten - the beach was windy

and it was in a page protector, and I

decided to save it as is as a reminder of the wind.

It was also sunny and pretty too but that didn't beat up

my papers.

So I took one of my favorite photos of them and

added it to the service, as well as the date, with my date stamp.

 I had also decorated the back side so everyone wouldn't see

a plain white back, because we couldn't have that LOL.

I added the photo of the family using the same colors and

materials on both.

I thought this would make a nice addition to my scrapbook

and of course there'll be more wedding pix, and

I'll also add it the mini album I'm going to make for

my neice. 

Studio Calico.

Our Annual St. Patty's day

Our annual St. Patrick's Day festivities were a lot of fun

having been joined by peeps from the Murphy Clan.

 The food was delish and the company was awesome.

It's so neat to hear stories of the Murphy's

from back in the day,

 This is a really old line from Reminesce and I did

fussy cut all of those the clovers.

 Love how it turned out. 

And there is a thank you card is tucked into

a glassine envelope behind the photo.

It was a fun day.

Our Easter on a PL Page

We had a wonderful day hanging and dining with family and friends.

The weather was delightful resulting in dining 

on the lanai and a fun egg hunt

resulting in lots of prizes for hunters.

However, they did miss an egg. LOL.

Gladys and I found it the next day.

And I already had the page made and didn't 

want to change the photos.

Tim Holtz words, Pink Fresh, Cosmo Cricket tiny words

Studio Calico PL cards.

Different/Not Different

in a layout/design perspective but once it was completed

it looks like all my other pages.

 Shocking right?

I actually follow a bunch of designers that make beautiful

pages that are really really different from my pages.

I admire those that a. rock the mixed media, b. rock the minimalist look

with few well placed embellishments c. rock the layering.

 However, I do love the outcome.

Studio Calico mostly.

Family photo that is so adorable. 

Love August and I'm betting she was the best behaved too.

Oversized photo

This photo needed to be 8x10 more or less.

I wasn't going to back it but the photo paper I printed

it on was so flimsy and it needed some stiffness.

I was also out of my mind with printers this day.

My HP-8250 that I've had for a lot of years bit

the dust by spewing ink that couldn't be cleaned up.

Then for some reason my remaining

printer took FOREVER to print - because the lid

was up (which it wasn't), then I needed to change the ink

(which I did) and then it couldn't "see" it.

(which it finally found it).

SIGH.

Because of the "white space" at the bottom

I kept most all the embellies there.

 I did get a bit over the top with words but

they worked.

Added this at the top because there were "legs" there.

Soooo. Now there aren't.

We take this photo annually and it's mostly family

and some friends.

The dynamics seem to be changing each year, people come and go.

And it was windy.

Really really windy - if you noticed.

I actually tossed mist on the photo.  *gasp*

I love doing pages like this - and need to do more.

If I could find 12x12 photo paper I'd be doing that too.

RV scrapping the next round of pages

This book is getting wild. I have 3 inch binder

rings and they need to be bigger.

Do them make them bigger?

Inquiring minds.

Anyway, since I'm sorely lacking in the photo taking

I've collected some ephemera - not much

but it does help.

The pocket is from WRMK on the road I think.

Those cards have come in mighty handy.

(Thanks Holli)!

 These two pages actually correspond.

Gasp*faint*thud.

 Of course ZZ made it in and to keep the tickets,

I jacked this pocket page from my pal

Connie over at Crafty Goodies - 

check her's out here.

 Getting together with friends is fun.

Yay! A photo!

 And then there's our annual Labor Day

picnic photo.

So glad Kevin is there every year to document it.

Circumstances and people change.

Some have left and others have arrived.

The ebb and flow of life.

We'll be headed out Thursday, headed home

the long way.

It has been interesting "living" in an RV for

a month in one spot.

I smell a page coming up....

Boca Grande field trip - Sunday drive

Got a page going on - didn't have time to

glue it all down.

So for your viewing pleasure.......

Going to date myself here but do you remember

Sunday drives as a kid?

Hated them - then.

Love them - now.

And everyone should start doing them again.

 Boca Grande is a great place to hang - there is a 

lovely beach but you have to watch out for the currents.

 Got a couple of posers hanging out - eagle eyed bird guarding the lighthouse

and the BIL, SIL came along for the ride.

Nothing better than family.

 Inside the far structure is a museum chockful of stuff,

but naturally the item that caught my eye was

a scrapbook of the history of Boca Grande.

It is beautiful and well documented and chockful of amazing photos

and information.

 Boca Grande was noted for housing the Calusa Indians and their fishing villages,

the discovery and mining of phosphate that was barged down to the inlet

for world wide shipment. The tarpon fishing is world renown and as well as one

of the best places for shelling.

The old phosphate dock.

 A view from behind includes the fresh water cisterns as Boca Grande

is a barrier island and that was hard to come by back in the day.

The second lighthouse reassembled in 1927 and relit in 1932 - 

works in conjuction as range lights with the pass lighthouse that was

first lit in 1890 - restored in 1985 and relit in 1986.

When sailors saw the 2 lights line up they knew to turn in the pass.

How cool is that.

In a nut shell.

You may see this in a page.

Just sayin....