Grand Mesa Colorado and Heritage Village

We took a road trip to visit the area and saw such beautiful scenery.  At a neat little village we were entertained by one of our WIN group on the piano, watch the video.  At the doll museum I saw several dolls just like the ones my dad sent to me from other countries of the world when he was there.  I have a large collection from places he was and also ones from where I have been.

Autumn colors in the Quacking Aspens 

 How about some entertainment?  She plays great!!

These are Bar I Silos

My best friend found one of the  hornet nests in the eave of there home in Idaho!  Can you imagine how many would be in it?

This is Greek male doll in his countries formal dress.

A Catholic Nun

A Spanish dancer.

Flaming Gorge Utah

People often ask me what my favorite state or area is while I have been a travel nurse.  I can't really answer that because each state and place is so uniquely different and beautiful.  Just enjoy these photos and see for yourself.

The left side of the gorge

Oops, it's just me

Larger view of the left side of the gorge.  It is over 700 feet down.

This is the side as it flows to the right.

Ogdan Utah, our early neighbors

Okay, so it is more dinosaurs and fossils but they are different and amazing.

Xiphactinus the "Bulldog Fish"

Stingray

A fish that I did not get the name of.

Dinosaur eggs

Petrified Oak Tree

This skull was longer than my arm.

Dinosaur foot print

Hadrosaur, amazing skeletal fossil

Alligator

Brazilian Agate

Ancient Lion

Get a load of these Mammoth teeth

Oregon Waterfalls

Oregon has many very beautiful Waterfalls and I was able to get to see a number of them.  All but one required a bit of a hike but that was okay.  A few years ago while I was working a contract in Salem Oregon I made a rode trip to see the Multnomah Falls, as my luck would have it, it was closed for rebuilding the walking bridge.  Well, at last I got to see it!  Check it further down below.

Latourell Falls

Isn't the formation of the rock amazing.  Try enlarging it to really see the shape.

Shepperds Dell Falls

Bridal Veil Falls

Multnomah Falls with the bridge wwaaaayyyy up there!

Can you believe people standing on the very old wooden bridge over the falls?

This is Mt. Hood as seen as we drove along to the different falls.

Lewis & Clark Reenactment

In several of the interpretive centers we saw reenactments of how the Corp of Discovery members managed daily their lives.

We got lessons on how the muzzle loader works.

Camp tent

It is loud and has a flame at the end of the barrel

A demonstration of melting lead and making lead balls for ammunition

These are the front and back of one of the three sizes of medallions used for trading with the Indians.

Wet leather is tanned using a post and stretching and pulling the leather over it until it is dry.

Ocean water is boiled away to get the left over salt.

Another corp members tent.

The boiled water is poured into this sieve and the salt is left.

Then the salt is left out to dry.

The ranger showed us how a tee pee is put up and some of us helped put it up.

Well, at least it is still standing!

Here's the gang.