October 21-24, 2026 Fort Bridger, Wyoming to Snowville, Utah to Buhl, Idaho

High of 67 and low of 37 this morning.

Sunrise at Saratoga Lake. We got diesel in Rawlins. $1 a mile, thanks war in Iran.

We camped at Fort Bridger RV park. Lovely quiet place. Only one other spot filled. They are closing Nov 1. Jim Bridger, mountain man.

The aspens are turning around town.

One of two groups of deer in the campground. Gibbous moon.

Sunset. 

Welcome to Utah. We fueled up at the Maverick at $6.19 a gallon. We are parked at the Hitching post in Snowville, Utah. 

Latest masterpiece.  It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread, glass, quartz and metal beads and the center is a piece of dichroic glass I fused. It is 6 x 3 inches.  We had heavy rain overnight. Welcome to Idaho in the rain.

We are camped at Banbury hot springs for two nights. The hot spring pool was heavenly.

Me floating around in the hot spring pool. The lifeguard would be pretty worthless, his head is on backwards and he is not watching the pool, plus I am pretty sure he can't swim. 

The outlet from the hot spring pool. The campground is on the Snake river. They rent kayaks and have this cool dock to make it easier to get out of your boat. 

Lots of kayaks and these two part kayaks, I am hoping they fit together. Would have been a little more inviting if it were warmer than mid 40's. The Snake river from the property. 

Tent sites and back of RV sites. A kayaker at dusk. 

The dock at dusk and a view from one of the campsites at dusk. 

October 8-20, 2026 Fort Collins, Colorado to Saratoga, Wyoming

 80's and sunny. Love Indian Summer.

John and I walked around FoCo fall fest in downtown.  John and I at the photo booth at the fest. 

Dog piles on top, for wire wrapping and centers for baskets. The fall colors are lovely along the river. 

The fall colors are lovely along the river. 

Fall colors along the bike path. Bright cottonwood ,

The Poudre river.  My garden has gone nuts. I have been harvesting. I had 6 big basil plants and 4 big tomato plants.The netted plant is one of the basil. 

Huge pile of harvested basil leaves, a small part of our tomato harvest this year, 4 kinds of oregano and rosemary. John cooked up some squash that volunteered in the front yard. I made 24 packed cups of basil into pesto. Yum Yum.

The bus is parked in front of the house, we are loading up. The waterpark with fall colors on my bike ride.

Bike trail with fall colors. Autumn cottonwood. 

Jewels I beveled and polished for wire wrapping. We are on the road again! The bus at Saratoga Lake outside of Saratoga, Wyo.

Saratoga free hot springs. Very nice. We had dinner at the Snowy Range Brewery. 

Born and Raised in Wyoming, bear crossing, diesel is $6.48 a gallon and a buck wandering around in downtown Saratoga, Wyoming.  Sunset over the lake. 

September 26- October 7, 2026 Fort Collins, Colorado

 High of 84 and sunny.

I stopped on my bike ride to take a photo of the nice light on this lake and there was a rainbow. I went to this lake to get a rainbow shot, but it was gone and got this nice rain shower shot. 

Rainbow again. Then it started to rain on me. 

Rain on McMurry Pond. Another rainbow in the rainshower 

Screech Owl on the bike path. I knew they nested in this area, but had never seen any. A young woman pointed it out to me. Sunset on the same rainshower.

Cool clouds.

We had dinner at Rare for John's birthday. Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado mural downtown.

Two nice sunsets. 

We have way too much kale in the garden, so I made some baked kale chips. They are yummy and use up a lot of kale. Another raven masterpiece finished for the upcoming Echter's show. 12 x 8 inches, slumped onto a wave mold. 

I had Dr appointments in Denver. I stayed with my friend Katy who had broken her leg. She had an appointment the same day and the same clinic, so I drove. Then we had lunch at our other friend Katie's house. Sunset back in Fort Collins on my bike ride. The trees are starting to turn fall colors here now. 

Two more sunsets.