October 31, 2016 - Happy Halloween

October 30, 2016 - Aspens and clouds.

October 29, 2016 - A gallery of Whitetail Deer from last week.

 

October 28, 2016 - Some of the aspens out front.

October 27, 2016 - A view of the walk home yesterday morning with the Wolf Mountains on the horizon.

October 26, 2016 - World Series. Go Cubs.

October 25, 2016 - Sunrise on the face of the mountain with an October moonset.

October 24, 2016 - A five-point whitetail buck at a rub in the cover along the creek just before sundown.  All the stars had to align in space and time for this photo.  The light and the pose were perfect.

October 23, 2016 - The Grandfathers out back this morning.

October 22, 2016 - Whitetail does and fawns moving along Wolf Creek at dusk.

October 21, 2016 - Graham Hill and Wolf Creek before dawn from Hiking House.

October 20, 2016 - The Aspens this morning.

October 19, 2016 - A Whitetail doe in the brush at sunrise.

October 18, 2016 - Teller Mesa on the horizon looking west from Hiking House this morning.

Bob Dylan - Nobel Prize for Literature, October 2016

October 16, 2016 - Yesterday morning was the beginning of deer season.  We had ten minutes of sun just at daybreak, then overcast.

October 15, 2016 - Down the Santa Fe Trail southwest from La Junta to Trinidad.

 

A trail marker and the high desert country of southeastern Colorado.

Looking southwest, Cholla Cactus with the Spanish Peaks on the horizon.

Looking northeast back toward Bent's Fort and the broken country of "The Cedars".

October 13, 2016 - Last photos from the visit to Bent's Fort.

Perimeter security around the stock corrals - prickly pear cactus.
Window to the courtyard and a Mexican saddle.
A bull boat made of buffalo hide and willows.
The fort from the southeast bastion.

 

 

October 12, 2016 - More photos from Ben'ts Fort.

The trade room.
The alley behind the blacksmith's shop.
Fitzpatrick's quarters.
Plaza.

October 10, 2016 - Two whitetail bucks last week at the trailcam.  The wind blew the top out of a big old cottonwood at the creek crossing.

October 9, 2016 - White gate, autumn cottonwoods, and willows.

October 8, 2016 - The old crabapple tree and morning fog along the draw at the upper bridge.

October 7, 2016 - A Mule Deer buck in the fog above Beckton Hill.

October 6, 2016 - A sliver of sun out back on Doubledare this morning at dawn.

October 5, 2016 - A bull elk and his harem in the PK mountain pasture yesterday afternoon.

October 4, 2016 - Grey skies and low clouds on the face of the mountains this morning.

October 3, 2016 - They say we have five days of grey wet weather on the horizon.  I hope they are right about the wet.

October 2, 2016 - The cottonwoods at the Duck Pond this morning.

October 1, 2016 - A golden eagle in the snag at the top of Graham Hill.  67. 

September 30, 2016 - Bird Season.

September 29, 2016 - Night visitors at the trailcam last week; a small black bear and a cow moose.