I thought I would post a few photos from our morning walk. I am going to think of all our beetle-killed pines as just changing color for the season. If I think of it that way they don’t look quite so bad.
Bella liked the boggy area of our beaver pond (of course).
The aspen trees in the bottom of our woods are thick and lush. Some of them are so big we can’t get our arms around them.
The little aspens on our “avalanche slope” (as we like to call the huge hill that collects snow in the winter) are changing.
Alex trotting up the road on the last leg of the walk.
Alex and Bella on the road at our driveway. Not sure if you can see them in this photo, but the dark trees on the mountain across the way are all beetle-killed. It has really spread since last year. In my blog header you can see the same mountain as it was two years ago.
Bella says “are we there yet, wherever the heck we are going?” I’m a good traveler, mom!
After a relatively short day yesterday we arrived in Laramie about 12:30. We did our mega grocery shopping, getting groceries for meals for a week, then headed straight for the cabin. The drive in, on washboarded dirt roads, is pretty scenic. Lots of antelope and weird sandstone ridges and formations.
The western sky welcomed us with a pretty show of clouds. You don’t get skies like this in New Jersey!
The dogs and cats immediately knew where we were when we pulled into the driveway. They haven’t forgotten. After unloading all the groceries and all the things we had brought with us, we set to the task of putting it all away. Quite the chore but it has to be done first.
It was sad to see that the beetle kill is extensive in our pine forest. So many more trees have succumbed to the those beetle devils that are decimating the forests of Colorado. I’ll have photos later on.
The dogs enjoyed a walk to the bottom of our road before dinner. Here are Hailey and Bella.
We all need to adjust to the change in altitude. From nearly sea level to 8,600 feet above is quite a bit of change.
Here are Sam and eBay on top of the kitchen cabinets trying to decide which one is trespassing on the other’s territory. I think eBay had it staked out first.
And, our full moon last night, rising up over the trees.
It’s good to finally be here. It feels like home.
