Adventuring: A Travelblogue with Photos

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Friday, September 11, 2026

Another Colorado sunset!

https://flic.kr/p/2sAnUNA Another gorgeous evening! Today I drove Charlie up to his LARP in the mountains near Bailey. We took the route from Colorado Springs up through Woodland Park then north on hwy 67, a twisty windy road through rocky cliffs, mountains and forest. The sky was full of clouds... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Evening storm over Colorado

More from Colorado Springs as the summer makes room for autumn. https://flic.kr/p/2szRxLk Click to the left to share tonight's sky! Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Flying high!

https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C I've been collecting clouds and skies lately. Clouds lately seem more interesting and strange more frequently than they used to. Something to do with higher humidity high up where the jets fly. Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 17, 2025

Winter in the San Rafael Swell

Yesterday Charlie and his friends drove this route on their way home from their LARPing in southern Utah. The San Rafael Swell is a landscape where in ages past there was an upswelling of the earth, pushing up through layers of ancient sedimentary rocks and cracking the upper layers around it into... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Travelers in the sky!

https://flic.kr/p/2rEUPkb This evening for the first time in a while there were some beautiful con-trails across the western sky. High winds aloft disperse them into interesting textures as the sun descending changes their colors until finally they are shadows of those travelers. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 20, 2025

The Ramparts Range Road

It connects Colorado Springs from the Garden of the Gods up through and around Waldo Canyon, to Woodland Park. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBPzSu Waldo Canyon was swept by wildfire the year I moved into the Springs. There's an album of the fire photos I took at that time, too. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWqxpeY Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 19, 2025

Colorado Spring in spring

https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ A visitor in the morning, storm in the afternoon, and this year's deck garden started! Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

gardening in Colorado Springs

https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Here's the beginning of this year's garden! Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Homeward bound

We bypassed Sedona and the Oak Creek road on the way north, figuring on saving the time for a visit to Meteor Crater just east of Flagstaff. That, however, was a disappointment: the site is commercialized and charges $30 per person to actually view the crater. Half that, I'd have paid. But this was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 26, 2024

Rampart Ridge Road and Waldo Canyon

It was a perfect day for it, bright sunlight casting vivid shadows. I've wanted to make this drive ever since it re-opened a few months ago. It's pretty rough in some areas, and it might have been better in the truck, but my little Dentra managed it! It was a surprise to discover that the road winds... Sign in to see full entry.

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Celebrating travel! If you think the world is too big, or the language barriers too high, come along with me, as I bumble my way here and there... The world really is an accessible place-- not as expensive to explore as one might imagine, nor are the language barriers as high, nor the mood of people beyond our borders unwelcoming... ***If you want good prints of any of my photos, email me and I will let you know how to get them. Please respect my copyright on these, they are my retirement account!

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