Mountain View

I am a month behind with photos - again.  We have been in San Antonio for the past month where we have lots of friends and lots of things to do.  It is fun being in a city again for a while.  We leave for Alabama in about a month.

Anyway, here are some Mountain View photos mostly taken during Beanfest weekend, the last full weekend in October.

I haven't done a scrapbook page in a long time but photos people who stare at, photograph, and talk to Galen when he plays his washtub bass downtown called out for a scrapbook page.  This is a small sampling of his "fans".

The weather for Beanfest was quite nice - just the right temp for ice cream and this is the ice cream line.  The end of the line is the green roof on the left.

The outhouse races at Beanfest.

This is not a Beanfest photo but it was taken in Mountain View.  It is of Galen playing his new bohdran (Irish drum) at a Celtic jam.

The Gathering

This is the last year of the Gathering in its present form but it will still be good without all the structure it has now - will be more of a gathering.  Since Ozark RV Park (in Mountain View, AR) is already booked solid for that week next year, it appears others agree.

A few photos:

A butterfly on our RV.

The setting for the Gathering.

One of the Gathering concerts.

Duane Porterfield playing a box dulcimer.

Pool Photos

Karen and Ibbe at the pool.  Ibbe is Jen and Ken's so cute and very sweet Great Pyrenees puppy.

Galen, KD, and Karen in the hot springs pool.

Three unrelated photos

This caboose is the drive through at the state bank in La Junta, CO.

The churches in Alamosa band together to provide snacks, information, hospitality, and strong backs for moving students into the dorm. 

Chimney Sweep preparing to clean out the chimney of our new house.  He spent a very short time on the roof but about an hour inside the house.  New roof tomorrow!  Making progress.

Nature photos

More pretty sunsets.

Medano Creek is still running strong at the Great Sand Dunes NP.  This is very strange for late August.

This cloud looks like a flying saucer.  And very recently what might be a crop circle was found in the area.

An exclamation point cloud.

Cabin and critters

Jen and Ken have been living in their cabin for almost a year.  This is a view of it from the side and back.  The geese and chickens and ducks are new additions to the family.

View from the side.  The little RV is being used as a chicken coop.

View from the back.

View from the front.

Karen and curious chicken.

KD holding a chicken.  They were both nervous so we were lucky to get this photo.

Colorado 285

We picked KD up in Denver for a visit and took the wonderfully scenic Rt. 285 back to Alamosa.

We stopped at a pull off to take a few photos.

Wish I could remember what was so funny.

More composed.  :-)

This storm never caught up to us.