1 Denver. Cool shops.
2 Denver, Larimer Square.
3 Colorado Statehouse
4 On the famous mile-high step of the Colorado State House
5 ONE MILE ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
6 5280 feet
7 Colorado Statehouse
8 Central Denver
9 Another view of the Colorado State House
10 Central Denver
11 US Mint, Denver
12 Downtown Denver
13 Central Denver - The Tattered Cover Book Store. Coziest bookstore I've ever seen.
14 Another view of Denver architecture
15 Denver museum
16 On the road up to Nederland, lovely stream running alongside the road
17 Nederland - reservoir
18 View of Colorado mountains from Nederland (above Boulder)
19 Rocky Mountains from Nederland, Colorado
20 Blackhawk, Colorado
21 Blackhawk, Colorado
22 Blackhawk, Colorado
23 Blackhawk, Colorado, old ghost/mining town now converted to a gambling mecca
24 Blackhawk, Colorado
25 Blackhawk, Colorado
26 Blackhawk, Colorado
27 Trees (Aspens?) in Colorado. We came to call this "tree porn" as everyone everywhere was stopping for a photo.
28 More trees in Colorado
29 More trees in Colorado
30 At the top of Mt. Evans in the Rocky Mountains, the highest point you can drive to in North America at 14,264 feet. Not a lot of spare oxygen around.
31 Atop Mount Evans, Colorado
32 View from Mt. Evans Colorado (14,000 feet), above the treeline
33 Mt. Evans Colorado (14,000 feet), above the treeline
34 Gnarly. Bristlecone pine trees atop Mt. Evans, Colorado
35 Bristlecone pine trees atop Mt. Evans, Colorado
36 Bristlecone pine trees atop Mt. Evans, Colorado
37 Bristlecone pine trees atop Mt. Evans, Colorado
38 Bristlecone pine trees atop Mt. Evans, Colorado
39 Bristlecone pine trees atop Mt. Evans, Colorado
40 Bristlecone pine trees atop Mt. Evans, Colorado
41 Bristlecone pine trees atop Mt. Evans, Colorado
42 More Tree Porn. Take me home country roads!
43 More Tree Porn. Take me home country roads!
44 Rocky Mountains, Colorado
45 Old style train in Idaho Springs, Colorado
46 Mmmm, proper chicken wings. Idaho Springs, Colorado
47 Old gold mine. Idaho Springs, Colorado
48 More trees
49 Trees in the Rockies
50 V in the trees in the Rockies
51 People taking pictures of trees. Rocky Mountains, CO outside Nederland.
52 People taking pictures of trees. (V's cousin Steve)
53 People taking pictures of trees. (Karl)
54 People taking pictures of trees.
55 People taking pictures of trees.
56 Tree porn
57 People taking pictures of trees.
58 People taking pictures of trees.
59 Ahhh trees
60 Hking to 10,000 feet
61 Hiking to 10,000 feet
62 Great tree
63 At 10,000 feet
64 At 10,000 feet
65 At 10,000 feet
66 At 10,000 feet
67 More from our hike
68 More from our hike
69 More from our hike
70 More from our hike
71 More from our hike
72 More from our hike
73 More from our hike
74 More from our hike
75 More from our hike
76 Steve and Karl
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78 Inside the Railcar cafe in Nederland
79 "Down" in Boulder, Pearl Street (pedestrian mall)
80 "Down" in Boulder, Pearl Street (pedestrian mall)
81 "Down" in Boulder, Pearl Street (pedestrian mall)
82 In Steve's house in Nederland
83 In Steve's house in Nederland
84 The Railcar cafe in Nederland
85 View of the Colorado plains from above Boulder (en route to Ward)
86 Ruins in Ward, Colorado
87 Ruins in Ward, Colorado
88 Ruins in Ward, Colorado
89 Ruins in Ward, Colorado
90 Ruins in Ward, Colorado
91 Ruins in Ward, Colorado
92 Ward, Colorado
93 Ward, Colorado
94 Ward, Colorado
95 Ward, Colorado
96 Friendly visitor outside Steve's house
97 Steve's house in Nederland
98 Steve's house in Nederland
99 Inside Steve's Nederland house (our "hotel")
100 Inside Steve's Nederland house (our "hotel")
101 Take me home, country roads!
102 En route from Nederland to Leadville, Colorado, somewhere near Aspen
103 Leadville, Colorado
104 Leadville, Colorado
105 At the Golden Burro Cafe, Leadville, CO
106 At the Golden Burro Cafe, Leadville, CO
107 At the Golden Burro Cafe, Leadville, CO
108 View from Leadville, CO
109 The Golden Burro Cafe, Leadville, CO
110 Endless roads...on the way to St. Elmo CO
111 ...on the way to St. Elmo CO
112 ...on the way to St. Elmo CO
113 Chipmunk Crossing (!), St. Elmo, CO
114 Chipmunk Crossing (!), St. Elmo, CO
115 St. Elmo, CO
116 Intruder in the Chipmunk Crossing, St. Elmo, CO
117 Chipmunk Crossing, St. Elmo, CO
118 St. Elmo, CO
119 St. Elmo, CO
120 St. Elmo, CO
121 St. Elmo, CO
122 En route from St. Elmo to Durango
123 En route from St. Elmo to Durango
124 En route from St. Elmo to Durango -- Runaway Truck Lane (!?!)
125 En route from St. Elmo to Durango -- great lookout
126 Our hotel room at the General Palmer hotel in Durango, CO
127 Our hotel room at the General Palmer hotel in Durango, CO
128 Our hotel room at the General Palmer hotel in Durango, CO
129 Narrow gauge rail in Durango
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131 Shops in Durango
132 Lovely cafe in Durango
133 Morgan Stanley in Durango
134 Dems in Durango
135 The Strater Hotel, Durango. No vacancy!
136 The General Palmer Hotel, our home in Durango
137 Leaving Durango, some amazing mountain views
138 En route to Four Corners
139 En route to Four Corners
140 En route to Four Corners
141 Four Corners--Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah...take a step and take your pick.
142 A perfect twat in four states, simultaneously
143 Lovely in three states
144 Lovely in three states
145 Interstate commerce
146 Four corners
147 Four corners
148 Somewhere in Arizona...
149 Raising Arizona...
150 Somewhere in Arizona...
151 Somewhere in Arizona...
152 Gallup, New Mexico
153 Gallup, New Mexico
154 Gallup, New Mexico
155 Gallup, New Mexico
156 Gallup, New Mexico
157 Gallup, New Mexico
158 Gallup, New Mexico
159 Gallup, New Mexico
160 Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico
161 Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico
162 Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico
163 Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico
164 Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico
165 En route from Zuni to Albuquerque
166 En route from Zuni to Albuquerque
167 En route from Zuni to Albuquerque
168 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
169 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
170 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
171 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
172 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
173 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
174 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
175 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
176 Chicken fried steak at the Route 66 diner!
177 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
178 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
179 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
180 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
181 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
182 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
183 66 Diner, Route 66, New Mexico
184 Albuquerque
185 Albuquerque
186 Albuquerque
187 Albuquerque
188 Our first meal in Santa Fe, just after picking up our marriage license
189 Taos, NM
190 Our room at the historic Taos Inn
191 In the lounge of The Taos Inn
192 In the lounge of The Taos Inn
193 In the lounge of The Taos Inn
194 In the lounge of The Taos Inn
195 In the lounge of The Taos Inn
196 In the lounge of The Taos Inn
197 In the lounge of The Taos Inn
198 In the lounge of The Taos Inn
199 In the lounge of The Taos Inn
200 In the lounge of The Taos Inn
201 In the lounge of The Taos Inn
202 In the lounge of The Taos Inn
203 With Standing Deer in the lounge of The Taos Inn
204 With Standing Deer in the lounge of The Taos Inn
205 With Standing Deer in the lounge of The Taos Inn
206 With Standing Deer in the lounge of The Taos Inn
207 With Standing Deer in the lounge of The Taos Inn
208 Nice cup of coffee in Taos
209 Taos central square
210 Taos central square
211 The Taos Inn, our home in Taos
212 The Rio Grande canyon, en route to Ojo Caliente
213 The Rio Grande canyon, en route to Ojo Caliente
214 The Rio Grande canyon, on the way back from Ojo Caliente--this time we drive down into it, instead of across it from above
215 The Rio Grande canyon, on the way back from Ojo Caliente--this time we drive down into it, instead of across it from above
216 The Rio Grande canyon, on the way back from Ojo Caliente--this time we drive down into it, instead of across it from above
217 The Historic Taos Inn
218 At The Alley Cantina in Taos
219 At The Alley Cantina in Taos
220 At The Alley Cantina in Taos
221 At The Alley Cantina in Taos
222 Back in Santa Fe. Tortilla Flat in name, but not the one we met at in any other way!
223 Our lovely room at Inn on the Mountaintop in Santa Fe.
224 Our lovely room at Inn on the Mountaintop in Santa Fe.
225 Our lovely room at Inn on the Mountaintop in Santa Fe.
226 Our lovely room at Inn on the Mountaintop in Santa Fe.
227 View from our lovely room at Inn on the Mountaintop in Santa Fe.
228 View from our lovely room at Inn on the Mountaintop in Santa Fe.
229 Our lovely room at Inn on the Mountaintop in Santa Fe.
230 Our lovely room at Inn on the Mountaintop in Santa Fe.
231 Our lovely room at Inn on the Mountaintop in Santa Fe.
232 Our lovely room at Inn on the Mountaintop in Santa Fe.
233 On the mountaintop in Santa Fe
234 On the mountaintop in Santa Fe
235 On the mountaintop in Santa Fe
236 On the mountaintop in Santa Fe
237 On the mountaintop in Santa Fe
238 JUST HOW MANY KINDS OF WHIPPED CREAM DO YOU NEED?!
239 Steeling the nerves before the Big Event at The Ore House on the Plaza in Santa Fe
240 Steeling the nerves before the Big Event at the Ore House
241 At the Ore House
242 At the Ore House
243 The Big Event...at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery (sculpture garden) in Santa Fe
244 The Big Event...at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery (sculpture garden) in Santa Fe
245 The Big Event...at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery (sculpture garden) in Santa Fe
246 The Big Event...at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery (sculpture garden) in Santa Fe
247 The Big Event...at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery (sculpture garden) in Santa Fe
248 The Big Event...at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery (sculpture garden) in Santa Fe
249 The Big Event...at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery (sculpture garden) in Santa Fe
250 The Big Event...at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery (sculpture garden) in Santa Fe
251 The Big Event...at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery (sculpture garden) in Santa Fe
252 Show off
253 Ain't she lovely?
254 The Big Event...at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery (sculpture garden) in Santa Fe
255 The Big Event...at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery (sculpture garden) in Santa Fe
256 The Big Event...at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery (sculpture garden) in Santa Fe
257 The Big Event...at the Nedra Mateucci Gallery (sculpture garden) in Santa Fe
258 With our lovely minister, Irene Swain
259 With our lovely minister, Irene Swain
260 With our lovely minister, Irene Swain
261 With our lovely minister, Irene Swain
262 Getting the witness signatures
263 Getting the witness signatures
264 ..after the trauma!
265 ..after the trauma!
266 ..after the trauma!
267 ..after the trauma!
268 ..after the trauma!
269 Married life...off to a good start
270 Married life...off to a good start
271 Our flowers, courtesy of our caretaker
272 Our flowers, courtesy of our caretaker
273 View from our room on the mountaintop
274 View from our room on the mountaintop
275 We woke up on the 14th to...snow! No flying lesson today then...
276 ...instead, a marathon drive from Santa Fe to Texas...with lunch back at the 66 Diner in Albuquerque
277 Back at the 66 Diner in Albuquerque
278 mmm...the mini sundae!
279 mmm...the mini sundae!
280 mmm...the mini sundae!
281 Back at the 66 Diner in Albuquerque
282 mmm...the mini sundae!
283
284 fueling up
285
286 En route to El Paso
287 En route to El Paso
288 En route to El Paso
289 En route to El Paso
290 En route to El Paso
291 En route to El Paso
292 Is the Elephant Butte the truth, or is it one of the consequences??
293 ...on the road again...
294 ...on the road again...
295 Moon over the mountains just north of the Texas border
296 Moon over the mountains just north of the Texas border
297 Entering El Paso
298 At the Texas Roadhouse in El Paso
299 At the Texas Roadhouse in El Paso
300 One of our typical Comfort Inn rooms, this time in El Paso
301 Drive in Starbucks, El Paso
302 Drive in Starbucks, El Paso
303 Drive in Starbucks, El Paso, the ultimate in laziness
304 In El Paso
305 El Paso
306 Back in New Mexico, on the way to Silver City via Deming
307 Back in New Mexico, on the way to Silver City via Deming
308 Silver City, CO
309 Silver City, CO
310 Silver City, CO
311 Silver City, CO
312 Silver City, CO
313 A great cafe in Silver City, CO
314 City Hall, Silver City, CO
315 One of those cool windmills you see in the back country
316 The Very Large Array. It's Bigger Than Average.
317 The Very Large Array. It's Bigger Than Average.
318 The Very Large Array. It's Bigger Than Average.
319 The Very Large Array. It's Bigger Than Average.
320 The Very Large Array. It's Bigger Than Average.
321 OMG we're back in Albuquerque at the 66 Diner AGAIN. We must have crossed the Rio Grand 12 times by now.
322 OMG we're back in Albuquerque at the 66 Diner AGAIN. Do we love this place or WHAT?
323 The one hot-air balloon we saw during the hot-air balloon festival.
324 Back to Santa Fe
325 My first flight lesson
326 My first flight lesson
327 My first flight lesson
328 My first flight lesson
329 My first flight lesson
330 My first flight lesson
331 My first flight lesson
332 My first flight lesson
333 My lovely passenger!
334
335 These things come with instructions?
336 Did you bring the keys? I thought you had the keys!
337 Just like driving a car. Except entirely different. Like the fact that you steer with your feet.
338 Left! LEFT!
339 Up up and away...
340 Take-off
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351 Hey I can drive this thing with one hand behind my . . . DOH!
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359 I wonder if you can get Seinfeld on this thing...
360 I'm still alive!
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365 In Santa Fe, Adobe can hear you scream.
366 You want adobe french fries with that?
367 At the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Santa Fe
368 At the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Santa Fe
369 At the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Santa Fe
370
371 Cowboy Boots!!!
372 Our reliable chariot
373 Camel head rock (en passant)
374 Camel head rock (en passant)
375 In the colorful Chama valley
376 In the colorful Chama valley
377 In the colorful Chama valley
378 In the colorful Chama valley
379 In the colorful Chama valley
380 In the colorful Chama valley
381 In the colorful Chama valley
382 In the colorful Chama valley
383 In the colorful Chama valley
384 In the colorful Chama valley
385 Are those rocks actually red, white, and blue?
386 Are those rocks actually red, white, and blue?
387 In the colorful Chama valley
388 In the colorful Chama valley
389 In the colorful Chama valley
390 In the colorful Chama valley
391 In the colorful Chama valley
392 In the colorful Chama valley
393 Not a great photo, but Colorado Springs is quite a picturesque little town
394 Colorado City
395 Manitou Springs
396 Manitou Springs
397 Manitou Springs
398 Manitou Springs
399 Manitou Springs
400 Manitou Springs
401 Manitou Springs
402 Manitou Springs
403 Manitou Springs. Couldn't agree more.
404 Manitou Springs
405 View of Pike's Peak in Manitou Springs
406 Yes that's Pike's Peak!
407 The horror, the horror!
408 Elk
409 The Royal Gorge bridge, the highest suspension bridge, in the world I guess
410 The Royal Gorge bridge
411 The Royal Gorge bridge. And a gorgeous girl, and a royal pain.
412 The Royal Gorge bridge
413 The Royal Gorge bridge
414 The Royal Gorge bridge
415 The Royal Gorge bridge
416 Gorge-ous
417 Gorge-ous
418 The Royal Gorge bridge
419 The Royal Gorge bridge
420 The Royal Gorge bridge
421 Last drink in Denver!
422 Buh-bye Denver!
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