Dewey Bridge - After the Fire on 4-6-08

Yesterday we took a drive in the jeep. We took the top down and had a great time and incredible views. We drove into Arches and took a back road out. Then after getting gas in Moab and chocolate malts at Milt's (they were fabulous) we drove out to Dewey Bridge. It burned last Sunday evening. This was on the National Historic Register. Apparently a 7-year old was playing with matches at the campground some ways from the bridge. But the fire traveled along the bank of the Colorado River and burned the old wooden bridge. Here are some pictures as it looks now.
At this time, there are no plans to retore it again. But I'm hoping they will. It was a beautiful white wooden bridge. You can read about the fire in the Moab Times Independent newspaper. They have color photos on line of the fire.
Flickr didn't upload the images as I had put them in so they are out of order. This, of course, is Delicate Arch. Took this from a 4-wheel drive road just past the viewing area. (We were here long before we drove out to Dewey Bridge.)
Now, back to Dewey Bridge.
This plant is called Loco Weed. But isn't it pretty? This was in Arches also, but it is all along the River Road. Looks nice, but sure don't want it in my yard!

As usual, more photos of the bridge and Arches in our Arches folder and Dewey Bridge folder.

Updated Last Day in Hawaii

I finally got around to uploading some of our pictures from our last day in Hawaii. Click here to see the updated posting. To see our set of pictures from Hawaii click here.

Sunrise & Sunset in Castle Valley

A couple of days ago, Rick got up early and thought it looked like a terrific sunrise. He drove over to Castle Rock and took a few photos. Here is what he saw.
It didn't develop as great as he thought it might, but still was something with all the clouds.
Yesterday morning, we woke up to some snow but by 10-11 am, it was gone. Had a nice day until evening and then it clouded up again. The light was very unusual. We never got any rain, only a few sprinkles but the clouds were amazing. This one, Rick used the sunset setting on his camera.
But these last two are natural. It was really nice to be on our porch and see this. This is Castle Rock, of course.

This is Porcupine Rim (behind our house). But this was taken from the porch. As you can see, we have great VIEWS in all directions. What an amazing place to live. We love it here!

There are more pictures on our flickr. Be sure to check them out also.

Out for a Sunday Drive - Jeep Style

We had to wait for the floor in the garage to dry (72 hours) so we decided to take a Sunday drive in the jeep. First time Eileen got to be in the front seat. She didn't want too much of a challenge (she's a bit of a chicken) so we drove out to the River Road and decided to try some of the dirt roads off it to see what Castle Rock would look like from that angle. Here we are at the end of the road. We had to cross a dry stream bed about 8-10 times to get here, once even driving in the stream bed. But the views were great!

This is just one of the many of these plants out there.
Clouds were starting to come in and the sky wasn't the greatest, but we had fun anyway. We took the windows out of the front and got blown really good, but boy can you see out then.

One the way down, stopped to take this shot of the River Road and the Colorado River.

After supper we were sitting on the porch and decided to take another short drive. We took Castle Valley Drive out to where it turns into a gravel road. We drove on to Round Mountain and then followed one of the several roads back to the LaSal Loop Road and then home. We had a great day. Can't wait to do it again. Didn't take any photos as it was after sunset down in the valley.