Trail Ridge Road

Last Saturday we drove up to Estes Park and Trail Ridge Road (the part that was still open, anyway). No, this isn't the road.

A huge herd of Elksen were out; this is probably a 1/4 of them. (And yes, they are elksen. It's a special breed of elk that only I can identify.)

There were some great views.

But... we quickly got tired of the scenery and built a snowman.

Let that be a lesson to you to always keep vegetable trays in your cars. You never know when you're going to need tomato snowman eyeballs.

From there, it only got crazier.
I'll spare you from the rest.

MORE!

Click HERE for some sorta-scenic shots of the only reason Wyoming is still a state.

Even more should be coming soon on Steve's blog.

Easter Sunrise Service

I'm hoping for a sunset service next year.

Cold Crooners:
(I don't think anyone knew they were being filmed :-)

When we first arrived, Andrew was sitting in the top of this tree to make sure no cayoots were lurking around the area:

All clear!
Mr. Langemann entertained the children with a Canadian fable titled "The Day it was Warm."

Joe was fascinated and has decided to move to Canadia.

The Canadian version of "Joe H. The Stick":

New Camera

I had been wanting to buy my own camera for a while now, but instead I'll be contributing towards a new one for the family.

Me and my wonderful butter-fingers dropped our family camera about a month ago. It had been dropped many times before from far greater heights (and no, not always by me :-P). However, on this particular drop, it didn't "stick the landing."

So, I could either buy a the exact same one on eBay for $20, or UPGRADE! Thankfully, my dad consented to the latter.

After doing some research (although probably not as much as I should have done :-P), I talked my dad into a 12x optical zoom, 8mp Canon PowerShot S5 IS. We should receive it in a week or so...and I think I'm going to invest in a neck strap. ;-)

Opacity

This is one of my favorite websites: http://www.opacity.us

Beautiful photography of abandoned facilities, often updated with new galleries. (Beautiful in my opinion - most of you will probably find it creepy. :-P) There are also some nice desktop backgrounds in the "Extras" section at the top of the page.

Just thought some of you might enjoy it. :-)