Slow Shutters

 ND filter fun...

Apparently the Gorge Railroad is closed and the trees are all burned (not this one):

River trail:

This goose was very cooperative while the waterfall behind him (her?) was the experiment:

Who's that ghost?

 The river rapids not very rapid:

No filter fun:

Cabezon

On a recent trip to find shark's teeth (we found lots), we passed through snow and blue sky.

Cabezon in the distance.

Huerfano, Coming and Going

The road to Colorado is getting well-worn, but there is usually at least something worth clicking.

Obligatory centered road towards mountains the road won't reach.

Every time we approach Walsenberg, I'm intrigued by this old building - it reminds me of the old Wintucket pumping station somehow. Maybe it's also full of dead birds. Maybe a dad takes his daughter in to the dark, crumbling building to marvel at the mysterious machinery. In any case, I had the time and an interesting sky to stop for.

Wintucket pumping station a few years ago (no idea why they've left it standing):

Taos

Experimenting with panoramas at Taos Plateau:

Roadside Attractions v.2 (Detours)

On a recent drive to Colorado, we found some curious sights...

Detour #1: La Veda, CO. A town where the deer:person ratio is apparently 20:1.

Detour #2: For some reason, both times that we have decided to drive through Alamosa, we encounter unusual and neat events.  The last time, a holiday parade. This weekend, it was ice sculptures and an ice bonfire (pallets stacked inside a huge ice cube):

The Mad Hatter:

The White Rabbit:

Ice Bonfire:

Sunrise. Sunset.

The sun rising outside my classroom window last week:

The Sangre de Cristo Range demonstrating its apt name:

 A well-worn theme...tree, light, dark:

Snow Day...

Kicking myself for not going back out last night in the snow to get the white-coated trees, I went exploring early this morning instead and found mostly shapes:

  

Same raven tree, coming back in the other direction a few minutes more into sunrise...

 Somewhere just down from the ski hill:

 And this guy (or girl), strolling down Diamond Drive...