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Monthly Archives: October 2014

Day 289

Thursday, October 16, 2014

We spent a couple days in Moab, Utah, at Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, while on our way back from Albuquerque.  A high cloud cover moved in and the lighting was horrible.  Almost all of the sky was washed out, and I don’t want to photoshop one in. This is the Sun trying to creep […]

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Day 288

Monday, October 13, 2014

Today’s Guest Blogger is the Dailylife Wife, with a lovely bunch of water and leaves photos from the Durango-Silverton Highway! * * * * * ~Curtis in Colorado! {!-{>

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Day 287

Monday, October 13, 2014

More of the D&SNGRR 486:  What can I say, I like trains! (The photos in this post are the Dailylife Wife’s photos!) * ~Curtis in Colorado! {!-{>

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Day 286

Monday, October 13, 2014

After leaving Silverton we saw a lot of the fall colors in full regalia. (This page is a mix of the Dailylife Wife’s photos and mine…) * We ate lunch at a nice Irish Pub in downtown Durango.  Photos of the pub, as well as Durango, are on the memory card in my cellphone.  The […]

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Day 285

Sunday, October 12, 2014

After leaving Silverton we crossed: This is a six photo panorama from the view point on the pass.  It is the scenic 270 degrees or so of the view. (Click to enlarge; BACK to return!) ~Curtis in Colorado! {!-{>

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Day 284: Silverton!

Sunday, October 12, 2014

The northern terminus of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Downtown Silverton. (This page is a mix of the Dailylife Wife’s photos and mine…) One of the fun looking places there.  Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to try it out… Driving up to the end of town, I found a sort-of-underground house. Interesting. What […]

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Day 283: The Road to Silverton!

Sunday, October 12, 2014

It was rainy and cold in Grand Junction in the morning, so we skipped the Colorado National Monument…a spectacular and potentially slippery place without guard rails…eventually we approached Ouray, Colorado. (This page is a mix of the Dailylife Wife’s photos and mine…) Scenic attractions along the road over the top to Silverton…An Arch to drive […]

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Day 282 (updated)

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Everything is out of order because I wanted to get some of the Balloon photos up.  This is the trip from Montpelier, ID, where the Milky Way photos were taken, to Grand Junction, CO, the second day of our trip. This part of Wyoming (the South West Corner) sure seems to have a lot of […]

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Day 281

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

We visited Canyonlands National Park here in Moab, Utah.  This is the Island in the Sky District reached by paved road from just north of Moab.  The light was terrible, so all of the skies look…lackluster… Interesting flowers still blooming in October. The Green River Overlook, a four photo panorama. A sign to identify things […]

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Day 280

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

The lunar eclipse made it to Moab!  It was cloudy in the evening and the moonrise was almost nonexistent…but I had to get up about 4:40 this morning and I found the eclipse trying to hide behind some more clouds… (1/4s f/4.5 ISO6400 200mm -1/2 stop Canon 7D) (1/2s f/8.0 ISO320 300mm 7D) (0.3s f/8.0 […]

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