Oct 14
My Oct 3rd blog post incorrectly identified this area as Red Mountain Ghost Town. Although this area was part of the Red Mountain Mining complex, it is actually an abandoned mining camp that was inhabited up until the early 70s. The camp is located just off the road at Red Mountain Pass above Ouray. To give the image an aged feel, I added 3 textures.
Oct 13
When I saw the first grass ring, it reminded me of the rings we sometimes see in our desert. Old fire rings will cause plants to concentrate around the rocks forming the ring. Because the rings we saw in the Great Sand Dunes were so numerous and so close together, I suspected something else must be causing it to grow this way so I asked the ranger about them. I learned the grass is Ring Muhly which grows in a tight ring forming a well, of sorts, in the middle to catch rainwater. Pretty amazing survival tactic! CLICK HERE to read about it and see more plants from that area.
Oct 12
Finding a restaurant with really healthy food can be a challenge on the road so we typically never eat out. Occasionally, though, we find exceptions such as The Bean Coffehouse and Eatery in Gunnison, Colorado. Delicious and definitely worth a stop whether you’re health conscious or not!
DroidX shot of The Bean through Chris’ Mountain Bike
Oct 9
These Aspen tree abstracts were created by moving my camera during the exposure.
Oct 7
This great shaped barn was made of red metal. I would have loved some close-ups of the texture, seams, nail heads, etc. but unfortunately it was on private property. I applied a couple of textures to give it a kind of postcard look.
Oct 5
Oct 3
Red Mountain Mining Town was once home to 10,000 people. There are still many buildings and remnants of mining left behind. These particular buildings were on the other side of the street from the mine and are being maintained by historians in Ouray, CO.
Update: These buildings are not the town but are in an abandoned Mining Camp at Red Mountain Pass. See Oct 14 post.
Oct 2
I would venture to guess that Last Dollar Road is the most photographed road in Colorado! It’s absolutely breathtaking in the fall but also excellent in Summer because of Wildflowers. I couldn’t find the origin of the name but I seem to remember it had something to do with a miner. Back in the 1800s, Last Dollar Road was a trail used by Basque sheep herders. You can still see evidence of their carvings in the aspen trees.
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