Anyone Game? 2 Castles and a Road Trip TR! Last Day and TR Wrap Up! #2796; 10/01

[zanzibar138]

What a great drive so far! Can't wait to see what your walk was like

 

[mvf-m11c]

Very nice scenic shots during the drive. Very nice update.

 

[tiggrbaby]

What a lovely drive!

 

[LegoMom3]

What stunning countryside...... Thank you for sharing those vistas with us!

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[Paula Sedley-Burke]

I did read Enid Blighton! Loved it! The famous five and and Noddy were my favourites apart from the references to certain black dolls...oh dear that is offensive in modern times. As such it has been removed from our schools.

Oh how I love Aspens and the bark isn't it just beautiful. Those mountains are the Rockies? Oh you should see it with the snow it's just glorious. Aspen, Brekenridge etc.

Great drive. How nice X and Y are showing you all around. That is more like the cabin I had in mind!

Oh my gosh those people getting ready for hunting. How I have always wanted to do that! I would have begged to tag along! Most places here you can't hunt and quite rightly they have banned fox hunting because it was so cruel.

 

[dgbg100106]

paula, I have hunted my whole life... It was just something I grew up doing in Texas and Alabama....

Up here in Maryland it is widespread but we don't anymore, I just don't have the time anymore.

PIO-The pictures are gorgeous, thanks for sharing them... That burrito would have been my choice also...

 

[Pluto0809]

Beautiful pictures although I'm not liking the snow pictures right now! I'm not sure how much they've put on the international news but we got two inches of snow here in Atlanta on Tuesday and it shut down the whole city. It started at 9 am and by noon, everyone was trying to get home from work or school. Took me 2 1/2 hours to drive the 12 miles home from work. I was one of the lucky ones because I actually made it home. Many people slept in their cars overnight and a lot of school kids got stuck at school overnight!

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

paula, I have hunted my whole life... It was just something I grew up doing in Texas and Alabama.... Up here in Maryland it is widespread but we don't anymore, I just don't have the time anymore. PIO-The pictures are gorgeous, thanks for sharing them... That burrito would have been my choice also...

oh you lucky thing! I am very envious. I just love shooting and hunting just really appeals to me.

 

[dolphingirl47]

Breakfast looks lovely. The scenery is so beautiful. I love the mellow colours.

Corinna

 

[Aussie Wendy]

A gorgeous drive and that pic with the gateposts, snow capped mountains and all -I agree with you - that is just the image I have in my mind of Colorado too! Beautiful photos - can't wait to see the ones from the walk.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Fun, ain't it? Hehehehee...

That shot through the ranch gate- nice!



Jud

Thanks. Yes, it was a fun drive.

What a great drive so far! Can't wait to see what your walk was like

The drive was more scenic.

Very nice scenic shots during the drive. Very nice update.

Thanks Bret.

What a lovely drive!

It was. It certainly gave me a taste of what Colorado could be like and it left me wanting to see more.

What stunning countryside...... Thank you for sharing those vistas with us!

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Glad you enjoyed it.

I did read Enid Blighton! Loved it! The famous five and and Noddy were my favourites apart from the references to certain black dolls...oh dear that is offensive in modern times. As such it has been removed from our schools.

Oh how I love Aspens and the bark isn't it just beautiful. Those mountains are the Rockies? Oh you should see it with the snow it's just glorious. Aspen, Brekenridge etc.

Great drive. How nice X and Y are showing you all around. That is more like the cabin I had in mind!

Oh my gosh those people getting ready for hunting. How I have always wanted to do that! I would have begged to tag along! Most places here you can't hunt and quite rightly they have banned fox hunting because it was so cruel.

Paula - I think it must be an English thing. Seems like there aren't that many Enid Blyton readers here except maybe you and me (or at least you and I are the only two willing to admit to it). Yup. Famous Five, Secret Seven and Mallory Towers and St Clare's fan here. I think my mother bought me the entire EB collection. I seem to recall we had a lot of books. Sadly, we got rid of it all when we moved to Australia.

I've never been hunting. I have friends that go wild boar hunting in Oz; and it seems to be very much a 'boy' thing here.

 

[PrincessInOz]

paula, I have hunted my whole life... It was just something I grew up doing in Texas and Alabama....

Up here in Maryland it is widespread but we don't anymore, I just don't have the time anymore.

PIO-The pictures are gorgeous, thanks for sharing them... That burrito would have been my choice also...

Oooh! Maybe you can take me hunting some time so that I can find out what the attraction is. It seems to be a big business in Colorado. We saw a number of establishments that would skin and butcher your kills. Given how many there were, there must be a lot of volume to make it worth while.

Beautiful pictures although I'm not liking the snow pictures right now! I'm not sure how much they've put on the international news but we got two inches of snow here in Atlanta on Tuesday and it shut down the whole city. It started at 9 am and by noon, everyone was trying to get home from work or school. Took me 2 1/2 hours to drive the 12 miles home from work. I was one of the lucky ones because I actually made it home. Many people slept in their cars overnight and a lot of school kids got stuck at school overnight!

Yes, the Polar Vortex is news here too. We're experiencing very hot weather in comparison. Hot, hot and hot. And it's unseasonably cold in south-east Asia as well. It's a pretty strange set of world weather right now.

Stay safe and I hope that the snow lets up.

Breakfast looks lovely. The scenery is so beautiful. I love the mellow colours.

Corinna

After the 50 shades of Red in Arizona, the mellow blues, greens and whites of Colorado were such a colour contrast.

A gorgeous drive and that pic with the gateposts, snow capped mountains and all -I agree with you - that is just the image I have in my mind of Colorado too! Beautiful photos - can't wait to see the ones from the walk.

Thanks. The walk was nice but the drive pictures were much more scenic.

 

[wiigirl]

Great update!

 

[dolphingirl47]

Paula - I think it must be an English thing. Seems like there aren't that many Enid Blyton readers here except maybe you and me (or at least you and I are the only two willing to admit to it). Yup. Famous Five, Secret Seven and Mallory Towers and St Clare's fan here. I think my mother bought me the entire EB collection. I seem to recall we had a lot of books. Sadly, we got rid of it all when we moved to Australia.

I happily admit to being an Enid Blyton reader. I just never had heard about the book your referred to. Now Famous Five, Secret Seven, Mallory Towers and St Clare's is a different story. I loved those as a child and have reread the Mallory Towers and St Clare's books as an adult and still loved them.

Corinna

 

[rentayenta]

Your photos are beautiful and almost make me enjoy living in the land of snow capped mountains.


Serious hunters call it: huntin' or hu-tin'. Utah hunters are all about dropping letters.

 

[zanzibar138]

Paula - I think it must be an English thing. Seems like there aren't that many Enid Blyton readers here except maybe you and me (or at least you and I are the only two willing to admit to it). Yup. Famous Five, Secret Seven and Mallory Towers and St Clare's fan here. I think my mother bought me the entire EB collection. I seem to recall we had a lot of books. Sadly, we got rid of it all when we moved to Australia.

Another Enid Blyton fan here! Forgot to comment about that before, but I am very familiar with the wisha-wisha of the Enchanted Woods - those were my favourite books as a kid! I also loved Noddy and Mr Pinkwhistle

 

[PrincessInOz]

Great update!

Thanks.

I happily admit to being an Enid Blyton reader. I just never had heard about the book your referred to. Now Famous Five, Secret Seven, Mallory Towers and St Clare's is a different story. I loved those as a child and have reread the Mallory Towers and St Clare's books as an adult and still loved them.

Corinna

Definitely an Aussie/English thing!


Jo, Bessie and Fran; and cousin Dick? The Faraway Tree in the Enchanted Wood has different lands that come to the very top. I'm pretty sure you may have read them.

Your photos are beautiful and almost make me enjoy living in the land of snow capped mountains.


Serious hunters call it: huntin' or hu-tin'. Utah hunters are all about dropping letters.

Thanks. I hope you are keeping warm!

I love learning about local venacular! Thanks. I'll have to remember to drop my letters when in Utah.

Another Enid Blyton fan here! Forgot to comment about that before, but I am very familiar with the wisha-wisha of the Enchanted Woods - those were my favourite books as a kid! I also loved Noddy and Mr Pinkwhistle

Mr Pinkwhistle!! Gosh! I haven't read him in ages!!!

 

[franandaj]

Just chiming in that the scenery is beautiful! That "cabin", I'd call it more of a shack! in it's heyday it was probably quaint. I'd rather stay with X and Y!

Loved the shot of the "gate" to the farm and the sweeping vistas. At least your wide angle lens didn't break!

 

[PrincessInOz]

Just chiming in that the scenery is beautiful! That "cabin", I'd call it more of a shack! in it's heyday it was probably quaint. I'd rather stay with X and Y!

Loved the shot of the "gate" to the farm and the sweeping vistas. At least your wide angle lens didn't break!

I'm happy to stay with X and Y too.

Yes, I was pretty fortunate to have a number of lenses in my bag as back-up. And I was pretty pleased in the end to have had the opportunity to learn to shoot better with them.

 

[Aussie Wendy]

Me too and my DD inherited a love of Enid Blyton especially the Faraway Tree - I immediately thought of it when you said Wisha Wisha. My favourite Enid Blyton series however, was the Five Findouters and Dog-not as popular as the Famous Five and the "of Adventure" series. I also still love Arthur Ransome and a less well known author Malcolm Saville whose books are mostly set in Rye or in Shropshire. I wasn't into the school series as much. Around the time I was 8 or 9 I made up a whole mystery with clues to follow for my best friend and he believed it - it was great fun. Hiding the clues beforehand in various parts of our locality in London was not the most sensible thing I have ever done though-my adult self shudders at where I ventured by myself at such a young age! (old WWII fortifications, oak trees by the canal, parks, alleys).