Colorado Colors

Okay. As a person living in Farmington, NM, there is one thing that you MUST have. No, it is not a snow shovel although after last winter that was not a bad idea. No, it is not a pair of shades eventhough it tends to be very sunny. No, it is not a hazmat suit regardless of the nuclear waste stored underground in many places here. What you MUST have periodically are trips. So, as usual, a couple of weeks ago we took our trip, which turned out to be very, very pretty.

In typical Jakino fashion, we headed north to the ski area just outside of Purgatory...not the real hell but the name of the mountain! : )

It was very, very pretty since it was the end of September and leading into October. Generally the colors start chaning in October, but we got a big

treat...the trees were already starting their metamorphosis! It was gorgeous and now that we have an operational camera, we were able to takes lots and lots of pics. Here are a few of them:

Now, one thing to notice is the pic with all the clouds.

Hmm... wonder what that means?? Yes, you got it!! We went and stayed a night in the lodge and were there for the first snow of the season!! Obviously it was not enough snow to grab poles and skis out of storage, but it was the first nonetheless and too cool!!

Anyway, the unfortunate thing was that in less than four days, all of the leaves had already dropped. :( When they start to make changes, it does not take long for the changes to become absolute until next spring!! Bye-bye colorful leaves...and hello lots of snow!!

Here are a few more pretty pics from our driving around the area:

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