During September I took some video clips of different events but did not have time to put them in my posts. Here are 4 short movies depicting events and outings from that time.

The first (1 minute) is a view of fall colors taken from The Lot on September 12th.

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This next clip (3:10) is of the delivery of 15 tons of gravel for the lower end of The Lot’s driveway. This occurred on September 24 and was the last major project for the year.

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These next two clips are from ATV trips. The first, North Twin Cone Peak, (1:06) is silent as the wind noise over the microphone rendered the audio track unusable. It is a visual record that I was there (elevation of 12,600 feet) but otherwise is not significant.

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This last clip, the longest of these 4 at 6:22, is of scenery (mostly mine tailings and mountains) along Forest Road 290 near the old mining town of Montezuma. Again, it is mostly a record of “I’ve been there” rather than any cinematic masterpiece. The second half of the clip was taken from Handcart Gulch, the trail leading up to Webster Pass, also in the Montezuma area. This part of the clip has a bit more color and a couple of Jeeps in it.

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These short takes are, as I mentioned earlier, more for documentation than entertainment, but I hope you enjoy some parts of them.

Finally, one photo of all the firewood cut up and stacked along our De Beque driveway before Kathy and Doug come and start taking it away. Kathy uses the wood to heat her 1-car garage, converted to rescue cat house, in the winter.

All firewood has been cut

All firewood has been cut

(The cat in the background is Sunny, one of our indoor-outdoor cats.)

That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!

Pam’s Two Cents Worth:

I looked back at the summer calendar – Fields and (less frequently) myself + the dogs were at Sanderling eight straight weekends from late August through early October. Which is what happens when there’s a late, wet spring and all the projects push forward to the end of the season.  Accomplished this summer: retaining wall and gravel work on the driveway, clearance of the future carport area, down and standing wood removal (includes larger trees) in The Nook, septic pumping system operational, components purchased for the cistern system.

Happy Trails.