As we drove west across Kansas, heading to Colorado after visiting my husband’s father, I found myself entranced by the minimalism of the flat horizon, unbroken except for occasional barn or silo. I think I could spend days exploring that landscape. All the photos were taken with my iPhone and edited in Snapseed. The last image was taken using the Slow Shutter app.
The last stop on our 11 day journey was a beautiful lodge along the Colorado River outside Moab, Utah. Watching the ever changing reflections and shadows of the red cliffs at sunset is an experience we’ll never forget.
Linking up with Friday Finds today- because this view (and this part of Utah!) was the best find I’ve had in a long time!
We have just returned from our 11 day road trip, during which we managed to drive through 7 states: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Utah. Another relevant stat: we have only been home 5 days in October so far. I am pretty tired, even though I did none of the driving.
I didn’t think that I would do a ton of photography this trip, except for some family photos in Kansas and some shots of the fall foliage in Vail- and random shots along the way. Although I was very busy and actually had two days where the camera was not brought out (almost unheard of in my life), I had some fantastic photo ops- including during an unplanned brief sojourn in Utah! I have lots of photos to cull and edit, and you will be seeing many of them over the next week or so.
That’s Arches National Park in the photo- and no, that’s not our car. 🙂
Another photo from our weekend in Vail- textured with Kim Klassen’s kk_chill for Texture Tuesday.
I’ve been taking a lot of photos- but we’re having so much fun that it’s hard to find time to post photos. Here’s a couple from beautiful Vail, where we’ve been living it up and, unfortunately, getting used to a luxurious lifestyle. Back to reality as we head home!
Here are a couple shots of Vail Village, where you feel like you are in the alps:
View from one of at least two covered bridges crossing Gore Creek in the village.
The village in the golden hour
My friend, Debbie, has so much cool stuff at her house! Last week I photographed some of her art work and managed to sneak in a few shots of some of her garage sale treasures. So far. there has been not much time for photography during our Kansas trip, so here are three I took last week of Debbie’s antique trunk..
On our way to Kansas, we made a point to stop at Grants, New Mexico to see La Ventana Natural Arch, the second largest in New Mexico. After a scenic 18 mile drive off the main highway, we came upon the arch and took a short walk to get as close to it as we could. Rain threatened most of the drive there, but the sun stayed out long enough for us to see the arch and some of the beautiful views of the sandstone cliffs and El Malpais Lava Field.
Texas scenes shot from the car window with my iPhone.
Edited in the phone with the Snapseed app and textured with Kim Klassen’s kk_chill for Texture Tuesday. Snapseed’s HDR filter was used on the truck photo.
We are on a road trip to visit with my husband’s father in Kansas and then on to Vail, Colorado to attend the wedding of the son of a dear friend. Lots of driving- and we will end up in a beautiful place with close friends!
Being Eagles fans (their Hell Freezes Over concert was one of my favorite concerts ever!), we HAD to stop at Winslow, Arizona to stand on the famous corner featured in Take It Easy. It cracked me up that, when I posted an iPhone shot of the corner on Facebook and Instagram, most of the comments consisted of quotes from the song lyrics!
On our visits to Mammoth Hot Springs at Yellowstone, I’m always captivated by the architecture of the buildings on Officers’ Row, especially the roofs. Here are a few photos I managed to take on this last visit.
All were edited with Kim Klassen’s kk_chill texture; the top photo also has a layer of kk_forreal.
Linking up with Friday Finds.
Homework time
Making a Halloween picture
Making pancakes
Playing in Miles’s room
Gramma, there’s an elk out my window!
Textures: kk_chill and kk_linda
Linking up with Texture Tuesday.
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