The Alley Stats

 Current Stats

Today: Oct 25 (Happy Birthday Debbie!)
Day 40 at the Alley
Outside 36.5 (.5 credit Clay)  
Rain: 4
Wind: 4 (Oct)
breeze: 6 
Begin: Sept 16
Time: 7:00 a.m. (In case I have to change something - like the bleeding wind I had to add yesterday,  This way I know if my projection was spot on or not.)

Monticello Box Canyon Part II

 Now where was I?  Oh yes - another tree.  Notice the house on the hill - they have solar so can only watch TV OR Wash clothes OR dry clothes......I bet this tree has lots of stories to tell about monsoon season.

How many colors can you see here? 

This is at the top of my favorite list.  I take its picture every year.  It still sits majestically in front of all the live trees.  

uhhhh Newell?  That isn't a very big rooster tail.  Maybe we should name is a quail tail???

And once again Marilyn the gate keeper does her job well!

Just about out of the Box.  Water gauge is just to the right of the jeep.

No one seems to be using this parking spot today.

The Box from the other direction.

And we finally get lunch.  Wait! How many guys does it take to check out a jeep?  Count them: FIVE

 All lunched out.  If it wasn't for Newell holding up his Jeep I don't think it could stand on its own.

What do you do after a strenuous day jeeping?  Drink beer.  Look at that grin on Archie's face....it must be beerthirty.

Smile Ki - it'll make me wonder what you're up to.

 Hey!  It's not Margarita Thursday you guys can't play pool

So Newell you got stripes or solids? 



What a great day it was in the neighborhood.  Hope your neighborhood is just as wonderful as ours here in NM.

Monticello Box Canyon Part I

Wagonmaster Loren

The Alley is growing.  Linda/Newell and Dave/Deb got here a few days ago.  Good to see everyone and catch up on the summer.   Loren did a recon on the Monticello Box Canyon 10 days ago.  The colors were just beginning to turn then.  Martha, Wyn/Ki and Ken had never been all the way through the Box so we scheduled the trip for Martha's day off - Friday.  It was a glorious day.  Ki drove our pickup with Wyn, Wylie and me bringing up the rear.  We laughed about crossing the creek 100+ times (Cliffie's BIL counted a few years ago) and the fact it is a county/state road.  But I don't think the newbies really GOT it until they SAW it.  I wasn't going to take very many pictures but found myself oooooing and ahhhhhing once again.  I focus on new things every time.  It's also funny that Linda and I were in different cars yet we took many similar pictures. 

Cute little house- pumphouse? phonehouse? electric house?  Who know!

Monticello home

This huge root system is just one of many up from Monticello

I love this door into the backyard.

We stopped at the old schoolhouse.  We all got out to view the old building.  I took Wylie for a walk and saw a..........................................ssnnna

Loren and Linda

 Yes that little bitty thing was the snake.  We settled into a little BSing before realizing we were burning daylight.

Wyn, Linda and Marilyn

Ki and Loren

 We moved on and immediately found more gates and doors.

This warning sign makes you wonder just where ARE you going?

So many colors/shades on the same tree.

What stories the trees could tell.  There are so many huge trunks on this drive.

Old buildings.  They were built to last in this unforgiving climate.

And then there are the oranges.  They seem to be JUST coming out.

The limbs are even big on this tree.

Then we see the rock formations.

Can you find the house?

There has been rain this fall, the hillside still has a green sheen.

I LOVE this tree.

Following the Wagon Master.......

Then all of a sudden you see a cactus - still alive having survived the cold in the winter.

More colors popping out.

More rock formations

What is it with always looking down when out of
a vehicle?  hmmmm?

Let's climb the hill and go through the tunnel in the bottom formation.

Going............

................coming

I couldn't see in back of us so would hang my hand out and snap.  Most of them came out pretty good.

My MOST favorite picture of the day!

The highway sign is still there but the picnic area isn't.

So many colors.

Finally found some purple.

My second favorite pic of the day.

OK I have tried all day to get this published.  I have lost 1/2 of it twice now.  Hope this one works.