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1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Septober in the Rockies

Well we reluctantly head out from the greatest B&B in Redmond, sneak through Idaho, Utah and half of Wyoming and end up with the Hatches in Estes Park, Colorado.  Nice timing and weather all the way. Hardly a cloud in the perfect blue skies and almost no wind. 

 
The John Day National Monument had some interesting variety in terrain.


Wyoming, while not offering the most exciting scenery, was untypically calm and mild.  The wind farm had a good day for maintenance.



 Our camp site along side the Hatches in the Elk Meadow RV park in Estes Park, CO
 The Site of the Long Lake flood of 1982.  A miners earthen dam broke up near the tree line (up in the upper left of the bottom photo) and the wall of water scoured out a path to the meadow in the top photo.  It went on to cause great destruction down stream and a few deaths before it reached the plains below.
 The view from the tree line shows the alluvial plain below the last gorge on the left then the meadow which is just above Estes Park.  Teri and I were still new to Colorado when it happened and I remember many comparisons to the Big Thompson flood a few years earlier.


 Got a few more days here and then off to the badlands.  Might even harass some fish tomorrow. 

Be careful out there.

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