Been absent a few days ...

After a quiet couple of days at home, we went on a Galloping Goose chase Friday. Goose #5, normally penned at Dolores, CO, was taken to Durango for Railfest 2008, where it was scheduled to depart at 9 a.m. Friday to make the run to Silverton.

We'd seen that Goose in Dolores, ridden it a few yards during Escalante Days, but this was  the opportunity to see it perform "in the wild!" So, we chased it to Silverton, where it was to spend two nights and return to Durango Sunday.

We lost a good number of our pictures through a computer glitch (lessons learned!), but here are two of the Goose arriving in Silverton and the Goose disgorging its passengers.

As long as we were as far as Silverton, we decided to continue on the San Juan Scenic Byway and go through Ouray and Ridgway and past Silverton on our way home. Hence, the overlook view of Ouray and the late afternoon shot of Sheep Mountain across the meadows of Lizard Head Pass.

And today (this afternoon, noon to 5 p.m.). we participated in the Mesa Verde Wine and Cheese Festival in Cortez. Sandy (inventive and innovative creature that she is) put together a very suitable set of booth furnishings from yard sales and we exhibited! Didn't sell a lot of stuff, but it was fun talking about our photos with people and getting feedback. 

And we're both tired, so I'll call it a night. tv