Thursday, September 06, 2007

durango

great hike with dianne and joe.
a few photos from here in durango. we're just hanging round here this week then heading out to utah and the desert next week for some good slot canyoning and biking.

Lazy mornings on the deck. Tim built a great house up on missionary ridge, the last house abutting forest service lands with an awesome deck. We've paid a price tho for these lazy mornings - we've gotten caught everyday in the afternoon heat lighting storms.
lunch spot while mtn biking the colorado trail.
kayaking the Animas River right through town. water level is super low, but still I got dumped here in smelter rapid and couldn't hit my roll - very humbling. This just ain't like the Chena river that flows through fairbanks - (and durango-ites are too serious to stop at all the bars!) You can see the slalom gates they drop for races in the spring with much higher water levels.

1 comment:

patcaribou said...

hi julie

nice photos

your first photo looks like aspen trees. are they contending w/ leaf miners there too? just curious..