Bye to company and watching the golden leaves blow

Company has come and gone and sadly no success with elk hunting. They just weren't around, at least on the hunting ground. But great success with more fall photo treks. Paul, Sherry, and I went to Mill Creek and a couple days later went up Carbon Creek. Every day makes a huge difference as more blows away. Snap while you can...

Up Carbon

And a big word of the day is cattle. The ranchers are pulling them down from the high country and moving them to new pastures for the winter. Everywhere you turn there they are.

traffic jam

And this one was pretty amusing. Man out walking his dog and the cows who are following. Herding themselves.

And Crested Butte it is.

Back into Crested Butte for a little shopping (of course Camp 4 Coffee was on the list) and lunch at Secret Stash. No Mark sadly on these excursions, work calls had priority.

A last night dinner of Shrimp Paesano. Can you believe it - a first for Paul and Sherry! Excellent to have them join the club.

In a hurried rush to get some treks in before we leave for Florida, Mark and I decided to visit the Almont Triangle after a long hiatus. Giant vistas in every direction. The Rock handling it all well as usual. We've gotten a lot of use out of that jeep, that was purchase in Florida I might add.

I've got one more fall photo extravaganza trek, this time to Owl Pass, to post. A teaser for next time. Now starts the weird and wonderful winter preparedness list. Though it's not quite down to freezing yet and nary a snowflake in sight, we've still got to do it as we'll be gone for most of the winter.