Sunday, August 9, 2026

Moving again

 

 

Hot weather, but that’s not going to change anytime soon.  Waved goodbye to Becky and Brian and headed east and south.

2026 Summer Trip Map link

 

John Martin Reservoir State Park.  We got a really good campsite right on the pond below the dam.  No close neighbors.

 

 

 

Hot when we got here, triple digits, but it cooled off to comfortable early in the evening.

 

 

Saturday, August 8, 2026

Boulder foothills

 

 

It has been over a month of rehab (taking it easy) on my hamstring, and it should be okay now, so I decided to give it a test drive on the trails behind Flagstaff.

 

It was a good walk with uphills, downhills, and even a little bit of climbing to overlooks.

 

 

 

 

 

A little bit of a road out.

 

Not like anything I ever get to hike on the South Texas coastal plain.  It was a happy walk, very familiar terrain, and no complaints from the hamstring.

 

Friday, August 7, 2026

Lunch

 

With some of the crew at the Denver Office.

 

We didn’t plan ahead very well, just spur of the moment, so most people were off working on jobs.  Becky drove us in to the new office.  First time we’ve seen it.  Nice.

 

Got Ian, Jessica, Tymla, Warren, Ken and David.  (David is not pictured, he’s the one who took the photo.)  That guy with his back to us is Conner.  Interning.  Altogether with the Denver Office and the Albuquerque Office there are 30 of us now.

 

 

Help.  I can’t stop taking pictures of sunsets!

 

  

Thursday, August 6, 2026

Red-breasted Nuthatch

 

 

 

 

Not sure he knows which way is up!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Bushtits

 

 

Marauding bushtits!

 

One or two or three show up.

 

 

Then a few more.

 

Burrowing into the suet.

 

Until it’s like a plague of locusts!

 

Then, one after another, they all leave together.

 

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Colorado rain

 

 

 

Sunshine, shadows, and raindrops.

 

 

Monday, August 3, 2026