Bierocks? Runzas? Fall Colors!!

Maurene's son and wife came visiting a couple of weeks ago.  She made Bierocks.  Kara wanted to learn how so Sunday was set as Bierock day.
They prepared to make a lot of them.  Notice the three bags of bread dough that is just about ready to explode?

Deb, Linda and I (Charlene and Carol wandered in and out) went to kibitz and watch.   As we visited someone said their family called them runzas and BINGO I remembered Adeline talking about them.  Deb's MIL just calls them cabbage rolls.
Whatever - they invited us all to have dinner.  (OF COURSE we didn't turn it down!)  Here are about 1/2 of them ready to go into plastic bags.  Yum!  Thanks Maurene.  Several of us could see adding just a hint of green chile to the recipe.  :)

We are working hard on Kara/Leo's bucket list.  Next was the tripup the Monticello Box Canyon to view the fall colors.  Ken decided he could go so we loaded up Jan/Ray in with us.  Leo/Kara went with Maurene/Bill; Kathy/Doug in their jeep with Newell/Linda and Cincinnati Jim/Claire with them.
A nice slow easy trip up the canyon crossing the creek (no monsoon now) 100+ times or so.  We brought up the rear and I stayed way back to stay out of the dust.

Monticello from the just before the pavement ends.

Kara/Maurene not getting out at the first stop.  They haven't been up before.

I always have to take this picture.

Head'em up and move'em out! 

We're burning daylight!!!

Doug/Bill stand in from of a tree backdrop.  They are just starting to change at Monticello.

New Mexico rock formations are intriguing.  This one just juts out of the hill - no other rocks around.

More trees that are just loosing their green and a bald knob in the background.

Linda and Claire give up leaf watching to look for rocks.  Yes we are a muti task kind of group.

Two or three miles up we see the Salt Cedar turning orange.  For a garbage tree they sure are pretty when the orange comes out in them.

A lone guy continues to scarf up the meager grass and pays our little caravan no attention.  The grass in NM is VERY high in protein and nutrients but still it takes acres per cow than cows per acre I grew up with in Eastern Oregon.

Leo playing in the water. Remember what your mother told you about that, Leo??? hmmmm?

Still no vibrant yellow/oranges yet.

Follow the leader.

Someone thought these were baby buffalo balls but I don't think so as the vines are too tiny to handle a 2" sphere.

We stopped at the corrals and Leo brought Kara some "sticks" for a project she is doing.  Isn't that Ssswwweeettt?

Jan, Kathy and Maurene the dog exciter.

They HAVE to let us drive up the road (crossing the creek repeadedly!!)as it is a county/state road.  But do NOT go away from the road.  There was a lot more signage this year reiterating that fact.

The rock with the hole in it is always a favorite.  

The sign across the road says "Main Road" with an arrow point up the creek.

The channel has changed so much there spot isn't as pretty as in the past but I took a pic anyway.

A few more colors are appearing.
















    LUNCH!!! 


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         POTTY!!!

More color changes.

(sorry for the big break - sometimes I really HATE Blogger!!!)

More water, of course!

More rocks!

And here is the actual box!! Woohooo!

Here is Ray taking Jan's pictures at the head of the box.  Now we hot footed it to Winston for an ice cream bar.  ONE of these days we're going to simply turn around and go back down just to see different scenery,