Sunday, June 29, 2025


And then we drove on into Colorado


Buffalo Pass Campground - Saguache, CO

A Chipmunk



The two of us


Flowers


Our Campsite at Buffalo Pass


In the Hammock - Mike is in the reflection


Rio Grande National Forest


Mike Relaxing


On the road to Gunnison, CO


Curecanti Reservoir, CO





Welcoming Committee - Ridgway State Park


San Juan Mountains and the Ridgway Reservoir


Uncompahgre River


Mike and the Uncompahgre


Red Dahlias


Chipmunks by the fire ring


White Bleeding Heart


Sunset at Ridgway State Park


Full Moon as seen through layers of thin clouds


Ridgway State Park


The Road to the Top of The Pines


Mike at the Top of The Pines


Mountain Bluebird


Tiny Flowers


Stealth Chipmunk


Sneffels Range


Blue Lupine buds


Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on Lilacs


Blue Rocky Mountain Columbine


The road towards Ouray, CO


Main Street, Ouray, CO





Rainbows 





Ridgway State Park


Yellow Salsify


Dolores River at Mavreeso Campground





Spreading Joy Throughout the Southwest



Thursday, June 26, 2025


Michael will have another cancer surgery on July 29th. This surgery will be less invasive and of a much shorter duration than the one he had last year. The recovery time should be much shorter as well. Since he has been feeling pretty good both physically and emotionally, we set off an another adventure. We took a two week camping road trip to northern New Mexico, southwestern Colorado, and northern Arizona. We took so many photos, we have decided to share them in three separate blog posts. One for each state that we visited. We are starting off with photos from northern New Mexico.





Cochiti Lake Campground


Cholla





Dandelion seed fluff


Unknown plant


San Tomas Church in Abiquiu


A Window in Abiquiu


Near Ghost Ranch


Heron Lake


Brazos Cliffs





Osprey at Heron Lake


Mountain Bluebird


Vado Lake


Chama





The latest scans show only a small amount of remaining cancer. The doctors just want to watch it for now.   So, we went on a short camping t...