Leaves

Fall comes in many colors, the color white will be quick to follow, when it gets here we will be gone as we are leaving next week.

Red Berries

Berries come in many colors. I wish I new more about them, (some are good to eat) I will not eat anything I am not sure of.

Berries

We have had a lot of berries this & yes one campground that we are taking care of had a bear. The man came out of his tent & ran him off.

Around The Bend

Do you ever wonder just what is around the bend in the road? You know in this case it has something to do with Fall Colors.

Think about it; what is around the bend in the road? Do not let your dreams die just because the stock market is still down, because you are not as young as you were, hey you will not be younger tomorrow. Remember when your dreams die you are DEAD, you may still be walking around but you are dead.

If life was a book and you did not travel you would only read one page.

Getting Ready To Move

I will hook the cable to the dock to lift & move it. The weight of just what I will lift will be around 3,000 lbs.

All The Ford Wants

The dock is all this Ford can take. This Ford has been hard to start for a year, Saturday the starter made it last start. They came and carried it off today (they are going to fix it). All we use it for is moving the dock, but that must be done.

Moved

As you can see we have moved the Dock. The Dock has wheels on the rear & we move it up as Ruedi fills & then we move it down as they drain it. It is moved about once a day.

New Home

We will be making our shortest move 1/2 mile. Why you ask. We will have FHU & this is where we have to carry our Golf Cart to plug it in. I will do a little trimming of the trees before we move in. After today we will take care of three CG. The campers are getting much fewer & the rest of the camp-host have left, (we were ask to stay till the 20th.)

How Low Can It Go?

They let The Ruedi Reservoir get very low in the fall. They have two reasons; one is for the snow melt in the spring, and the second is to keep The Frying Pan River in top shape. The river is a big part of this area,s economy. The fishing here is some of the best in the state.

Wilma & I will only be here around three more weeks. Then on the road again; to Texas then to Kentucky.

Setting Up For The Shrimp Boil

We are getting ready, there will be a Golf Cart if anyone need the rest-room. Hey we are getting old .

One For Shrimp & One For Sausage

Cooks Are Busy

In Goes The Shrimp

These were some of the biggest shrimp I have ever seen. One of the cooks, Rick he has the white hair & his wife the other cook Vicki who has on the blue sweater, had a friend get them from the gulf.

Ready For Food

If you want to get people my age to stop & listen just say food.

Dumping the Food

Food

This is one of the two tables after the first of two dumping.

Food Gone

It is time to clean-up & go home. Wilma & I are home so we will just help clean-up. It was BYOB. We brought water & Coke.

I Just Like This

She Picked Her Job

One Last Time?

Everything Must Be Cleaned

This job is not above my pay scale.

Sometime.................

When it gets hard & dry you must get close to the problem.

WD40

I have a new use for WD40. Its works; I have not tried it at home.

The Berries are ripe.......The Bears are coming

I hope to get a picture of a bear this year, as there are a some in our area.

Local Fox

We have a local Fox that is very good at hunting small rodents (mice).

The Point

In the upper left hand corner you see The Point. Quite a few people will go there by boat to camp on the week-end. The Point is about 15 feet wide. You can hike out to it from one of the campgrounds , which is what we did. We found a fire ring, but to our surprise almost no litter.

View from End of Trail

Wilma & I have planed to make this hike for a long time, this seem like the right time. I am glad we did not try it by our selves. (We would have made it)

The Hikers

This is at the 1/2 way point, we did not look as good when we finished. The hike was only two miles, but some of it was not easy. Darlene & Tim kept a close eye on me and Wilma. They were afraid we would fall in the lake. Some of the trail was washed out, but we made it.

Hagerman Pass

Yes we are above the snow, no we did not get in it.

Two Way Road

This is a two way road.

Hight Flowers

The higher you get the flowers are still there only smaller.

A Good Use For Old Railroads

Many old Railroads are use to carry water in CO.

Fryingpan-Arkansas

Anyone for Sailing

If you want a larger picture just click on it, then use your back button to return. This past weekend we had races on Ruedi they were on both Saturday & Sunday. They run from 11:00AM till about 3:00PM.

These are race boats who will win?

40 Model Ford

When I saw this my thoughts ran back to my father. He had a 40 model Ford which he though a lot of.

Gold-wing & 40 model Ford

This is a first for me. I have never seen one of these before, have talked to people that have.

Rocky Fork

This is the area just below the Ruedi Dam, great fishing.

Gold Medal Water

Click on the picture to bring it closer & then just use your back button. I did not know the Frying Pan river was famous all over the world (where you have trout fish men), till I got here & people could not believe I had never heard of it. If you have never heard of it do not tell anyone.

Men Fishing

Can you see the four men fishing, you will find a lot of people fishing along the Frying Pan River.

People Fishing

This is just a little way down from the Dam.

Power Plant

This is the power plant it is very small as power plants go.

Spillway

I have never seen one so narrow & steep as this one about 15 ft wide.

Ruedi Dam

Of course this is from the back side. There is a road on top, but it is gated & locked.

Independence

To make this larger just click on the picture & then use your back-button.

A town named Independence

The people who lived here had to be tough.

Independence Pass

I have wanted many years to make this pass & it was worth making. If you have not made it, you need to.

From Top

Tank & I took a walk up on top and took this picture.

We Made It

The truck is on top.

Looking For A Pot Of Gold

Did not find the Gold but found something better.

Signs

I have posted some signs we see each time we make the trip to Besalt. Well one of the signs is not on the way to town, you figure-out which one. I will post more signs later, I find them to be interesting. Next time another subject.