Friday, July 09, 2010

road trip to Greeley, CO - day 1

These pictures are of the Salt River Canyon...  I had no idea it was so PRETTY!!

two views of the Salt River....

some beautiful cliffs along the way... 
just beautiful country....  I will figure out the settings on my camera, but these pictures are totally unedited... I'm sure if they were edited, they'd look better, but I'm pooped. 
a close up of the river... 

more cliff detail...
the pictures don't do it justice.... 
and into NM I saw this pair of Elk...  I quickly found a way to pull over and grabbed a few shots of them...

and some cool flowering plant I saw while photographing the Elk.

the beautiful colorful NM mountains... 
a Natural Arch.... awesome :)
the mountains to the north of the arch
the arch again


The Element and the arch... proof we were there ;-)
and it dawned on me, I didn't take a "packed car" shot...  here we are from the back....
and from the drivers side. 
I will probably load a little differently in the morning....

speaking of...  it's late and the dogs are dreaming.  I'm jealous. 

For those who travel - the Motel 6 in Bernalillo, NM gets a thumbs up!! :)