Well, today is Super Bowl Sunday, neither Pam or I are too excited about it. We just hope it’s a good game (with excellent commercials!) Most of the pre-game pundits have picked Baltimore to win, but the ’49ers are closer to home for us so we will be rooting for them.
A recent post by Pam’s sister Becky was a trip down memory lane. It got me to thinking abut digital photography. Going back, it looks like I bought my first digital (a whopping 1.2 mega-pixles!) back in 1999. Boy, has that technology advanced! I don’t have many decent digital images from that time, and those I do have need to be run through an editing program to see if they can be improved. Still, this one caught my eye:
Caitlin and Felicity, March 2000
Becky’s daughter Caitlin and our daughter Felicity show off their (temporary) tats. Taken in March of 2000. I have no idea why Felicity’s arm turned out that color. Too much flash, I guess!
Little new since my last post. The weather got warm enough to melt a lot of our snow, with standing water that now has nowhere to go. The high temps are all below freezing so it’s back to “normal” winter weather.
I took another snowmobile trip yesterday, this time to a place called Stevens Gulch. It was a nice, bright day in the high country. Early morning frost had covered the tree branches and turned them into ice-covered art:
Ice-covered branches are winter’s art.
Here is a landscape shot of a similar scene:
Winter landscape in ice.
The Stevens Gulch trail offers some excellent views of the Elk Mountain range. I enjoy this route and the scenery along the way. Here is a shot of me pulled up along the trail’s edge and using a tripod to get into the picture:
Elk Mountains from Stevens Gulch Trail
I had parked at the Visitor’s Center on Grand Mesa. Here is a shot of the car and sled as I’m getting ready to return home at the end of the day. At this point I had ridden 102 miles and the gas gauge showed 1/4 of a tank left. I still have to put the tie-downs and cover on the sled before I head for home.
Car, trailer, and snowmobile.
There were dozens of other snowmobilers out, along with some cross-country skiers and snowshoers. (No fat tire bikes this time!)
And for Becky: Yes, grip and thumb warmers are now standard on all snowmobiles and have been for some time. They are independently adjustable – grips on one switch and thumb warmer on another – and the heat is very welcome on cold rides!
That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!
Hi Jer,
Well that pic was certainly a blast from the past! I wonder if that was taken when Caitlin visited you all in Whitewater?
Your winter pics are lovely – I do see and appreciate the beauty in snow and ice, but still cannot say I enjoy it.
Grip and thumb warmers – what an excellent improvement. Like I said, I suffered from “frozen thumb syndrome” a time or two, so really think this is cool.
Pam said you actually saw some robins?
love the tattoo picture!
how fun 🙂
yes…the digital quality has come quite a way!
pictures are beautiful as always–you even carry a tripod–very impressive!
love the blue sled against the snow
we used to snowmobile a ton growing up
i miss it
though dad was the only one to have a thumb warmer
do they make reverse on those things yet?