Quick Trip To Indiana To Honor Uncle Jack

 Off we go, an early mornin' start.

 But firstest, some Starbucks coffee.

 Sometime we gots to check out this museum near Kearney, NE.

 Nebraska cornfield.

 Somebody openeded up the faucets in Dee Moineses!

 Iowa!

 The relatives. It's been years. Some of 'em I got to meet for the first time, at least as adults!

 Kendallville, IN has a beautiful park on a lake. My home town. A great town to bicycle in.

 The funeral procession stopped by Jack's home for one last time.

 Jack 'n Eleanor's home has some fine woods out back.

 Smile! It was great to see the folks.

 A final look at Kendallville as we headed back home.

A tourist train in South Milford, IN.

Mount'ns and Deserts

Early summer, time for some mount'ns and desert!

First stop, a couple nites in Colorady Springs.

The quats are happy!

Campin' along the Arkansas River, near Cotopaxi, Colorady.

Next up, Durango!

Morning along the Animas River.

A warm spring near the campground.

Shiprock, just across the border in New Mexico, located on Navaho lands.

Mount'n vistas outside of Silverton.

That's Silverton down theah.

A saloon 'n eatery.

No gender issues in Colorady bathrooms.

Modren Colorady transportation!

I wouldn't mind making this mine mine!

Campin' in far northeast Azirona.

Someone's fixing up a classic GMC motoryhome.

Crazy shops, tee pees, olde cars 'n trucks, 'n critters along olde Route 66.

The colorful desert.

Petrified Forest National Park.

Yep. It do rain in the desert southwest.

And it rains in Colorady.