On the way to the Alpine Visitors Center atop the Rocky Mountain National Park. We topped out at 12,202. Temp in the 50's. Windy.  Wind Chill.  Teeth chattering cold. Broke out our coats so they could hug their masters. Bill survives altitude sickness attack. Revives at 9000 feet.

3/4 mile hike around Lilly Lake.

One mile hike around Sprague Lake.

Called split rock by Republicans and cracked rock by Democrats.  Official name decision remains blocked in committee.

Alpine Falls. 1.7 mile round trip hike. Lost wives. Found wives. Rule: When hiking with wives hold hands stay together. End of our hikes in the Rocky Mountain National Park.

Make America Great Again! Holtzwarth dude ranch in the Rocky Mountain National Park-circa 1920. 10 miles from the headwaters of the Colorado River. 450 miles to the Gulf of California.

Like it use to be....

Grand Junction Colorado street art. This is one happy ant.

I never met a pig I didn't like-especially for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Dan said. Is this Napoleon, Squealer or Snowball? Are these intelligent animals called Swine, hogs, or pigs? Duroc breed right? So many questions so little time. Unfortunately it is not an acorn eating Iberian.

Colorado National Monument, Red Rock Canyon. Views from the 23 mile rim drive are in the slide show below. Do you see Trump?

Roadside view of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in southern Colorado. Below are pictures from the south rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

Views from our drive from Montrose Colorado to Bloomfield NM with stops through Red Mountain Mining District, Ridgeway, Ouray, and Silverton.

Could that be the fabled river of gold?

Silverton, Colorado. Et ora pro nobis...

And, Et fumus Marijuana...

Roadway to Chaco Culture National Historical Site. Road repair using a 7 bottom plow. Slideshow of Pueblo Bonito,  Fajada Butte, Wetherell grave site and hiking trail to the Pueblo Alto Complex below.

We drove from Bloomfield NM to Alamosa CO. This is one of the roadside views along the way.

Grand Dunes National Park. Transverse dunes. The other three types are star, barchan, & reversing. How far up the dunes did Dan and Bill hike?

Roadside view of Pikes Peak.

19 mile drive from base to summit. 7400 foot elevation gain. One half tank of gas-at minimum. Cold. Very cold. 29 degrees cold plus wind chill. Random oxygen molecules hard to find. Beautiful view. See slide show below.

Royal Gorge Railway ride near Colorado Springs. Shown here, Railroad Bill and friends.

Chapel standing majestically at the Airforce Academy. Interestingly Protestants worship upstairs. Catholics, Buddists, Muslims and Jewish worshippers are downstairs. A few pictures of the chapel follow.

Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. See the kissing camels?

Here we are in Florissant Colorado visiting petrified redwood trees and assorted fossils. Which one below is the tsetse fly? Gone but not forgotten. Now inhabits the Sahara and mid-continent Africa.

I am afraid your standard locomotive won't fit on our narrow gauge tracks going over the gorge bridge. Uh huh. Uh huh.  Well let me put it to you this way in the form of a question: you got a lot of insurance on yourself so your wife and kids will be OK after your violent passing? Click....Hello? Hello?

Narrow gauge and standard gauge for those who need a little help visualizing the difference.

Hey girls,  Dan and Bill are in Denver. Heh! Heh! Which saloon you suggest? Uh huh...Okay, let's meet for a long lunch at the One Legged Miner!

BILL!! Noooooo! Bill demonstrates one of the many outhouse tipping techniques he teaches in his three semester hour open air course, "Outhouse Tipping 101." Cow tipping is a separate 300 level course.

My best friend Dan. A man of many colors.

Almost home. Dancing on tufts of clouds. Dreams reach new heights. Cloud hopping to new adventures.