Monday, February 18, 2013

Boulder, Colorado back to Maryland


Boulder, Colorado (map wp55)
back to
Tilghman, Maryland (map wp88)



Usually a stop in Boulder, Colorado to visit our friends Bill & Pearl is a stop to look forward to. Not this time. We have lost count of how many times we have been here. suffice to say that the area is known well enough that we stopped needing a map to get around a long long time ago.

Bill, at 87, was not in a good way when we arrived & he was in a hospice when we got there. This is a man who went downhill skiing right up till last year, 2011. If only the rest of us could stay so healthy so long. He hung on for about a week after we got there & passed the night Jenny & Jason arrived, unfortunately as we were on our way to the hospice after picking them up from the airport.

Another member of 'The Greatest Generation' is no longer with us.

Though the reason for Jenny & Jasons visit was somber it was good to see them in the middle of a long trip & they both got a chance to do a little of that favourite Bermuda pastime, shopping.

A thunderstorm rolls in from over the mountains

St Vrain State Park, Longmont, CO


There is something different about a high altitude
thunderstorm to a sea level one. Much more noise.
The rumble goes on & on




 One unexpected stop was Rocky Mountain National Park & a day doing the
15 mile Fall River Rd which is all gravel, one way, parts no more than 10' wide
& limited to vehicles no longer than 22' i.e. our truck.



Huge rock slide


Above the tree line Rocky Mtn NP





Safety barriers! We don't need no safety barriers








A second time at this bluegrass festival high in the mountains
at Westcliff, CO.




The winner of the ugly boat competition, Land between the Lakes, TN


Boat porn: A line of Sabres at the Maine builders boat show, Rockland, ME



Rockland, ME




Did you ever wonder what becomes of old buses?


Norwich, CT: The Podunk Bluegrass Festival


Best part of this festival was the jamming in the car park after the show.


The right outfield never sounded so good



A New Hampshire barn















This one was a surprise. The entrance to this commercial CG looked like a bit of a dump.  The stream side sites were among the most beautiful that we have seen in any National or State Park









The resident dropped food clean up squad.