Today marks the 6th anniversary of All the Pages (are my days).
It's been fun and exciting to have been involved in something that started out as perhaps another techno-fad and which has now turned into a mainstream activity.
One type of blogging that I've enjoyed over the years is travel blogging. I've sort of gotten away from doing that as often as in the past, and am attempting to be more active this time out.
Here's to many more years of All the Pages!
On Sunday we continued west, passing through Pagosa Springs and Durango before taking a left at Cortez.
In Pagosa Springs we found a bakery that had a cinammon roll I'm going to try and recreate when I get home. The dough wasn't overly sweet and had a taste like Sally Lund bread. The old Chuckwagon restaurant in Lindsborg used to serve dinner rolls that were similar to those found in Pagosa Springs, though smaller and with a more "normal" bread taste, not the richness of Sally Lund.
After leaving Cortez we passed through Four Corners, where we did a little shopping at the trading posts that surround the monument marking the intersection of 4 states. We then spent the late afternoon north of Kayenta, Arizona, photographing and exploring Monument Valley.
Monday morning we passed through the Grand Canyon on our way down to interstate 40. We made it to Barstow before stopping for the day and arrived in Palo Alto on Tuesday afternoon.
On both Saturday, Sunday and Monday the air was hazy, reducing photo quality, but I managed to take a few images worth sharing. The first few pictures are from central Colorado, followed by some images taken around Monument Valley and finishing with the Grand Canyon. No surprise, there are even more pictures on Flickr:
central Colorado, Monument Valley, and the Grand Canyon.
After an early start, we stopped for the night at Monte Vista, Colorado. The Best Western here is named Movie Manor, and most rooms have great views of the adjacent drive-in; speakers and volume controls are present in the rooms. It was kind of fun watching Nic Cage, Jon Voigt and many others in a made for the drive-in action/comedy adventure movie, National Treasure.
Below are some of the photos taken today, with additional ones visible at our Flickr Eastern Colorado set.
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A look at this video of El camino del Rey in Spain is both fascinating and a bit scarey; for good reason, as there have been fatal accidents in this area. Still, from the safety of your computer, it's well worth watching this dare-devil hike this most dangerous trail. His head-mounted cam provides a quite interesting perspective.
We went to the McPherson Gem and Mineral show today and picked up a few interesting pieces. They had a pretty good selection of dealers, and only one had prices that were out of line.
Among the treasures found today was some never seen before Turritella agate from Wyoming. The agate is in the form of thin slabs, maybe 1/4 inch thick, and contain slices of sea shell fossils. Their flat nature lent the slabs to being "copied" on my flat-bed scanner.
Sheryl found a very interesting geode that had nice color and looked a bit like the classic Mandelbrot fractal shape. It was only 3 bucks, though it could use a little more polish; you can barely see the cut marks if you look at the piece just right.
Show below are 3 photos of the geode, and 4 of the Turritella agate. The geode is a bit under 2 inches in size and the agate about 4x4.5 inches.
You can visit Flickr and see more of each specimen, as well as larger versions, in our Mineral and Fossil set.
Back in January of 2007, I posted an image of a junco that I had taken in our back yard. Earlier this year, Carol, a student at Johnson State College, sketched a great image of a junco based on my photo. She was kind enough to share it with me, and with her permission, I'm sharing it with you. Enjoy!
Here's a fascinating time-lapse picture of the night sky, taken in Toronto last month.
There's also a wonderful video showing the image as it's built up over time, starting with a dark sky and then filling in with the plane, helicopter and star trails. You can click the image to see a larger version, which was taken by wvs and shared via the same Creative Commons license I utilize for most of my images.
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