Winter Beauties

We got our first big snow of the season over this last weekend.  Though it's freezing cold...I have to admit it is quite breath taking.

Took this photo this morning.  You can see the rays of sun coming out of the opening in the clouds.  Beautiful!

Fall Canyon Beauties

Took a drive up the canyon this week to see all the beautiful colors of Fall.  So absolutely gorgeous!

Fall Beauties

Took a drive up a near by canyon to see the leaves changing for the season.  They are beautiful.  Though the picture I am posting does in no way do the beauty of the canyon any justice, you can see some of the beautiful reds popping out from behind the trees that are on the right hand bank of the river.  Also, notice the clarity of the water.  It was so clear and still flowing heavily, though the water level has gone down greatly since Spring.

Cave Beauties

Took a drive to a really cool cave today.  This is a stop along the path to get to the entrance of the cave.

The above photo was taken inside the cave on the tour.  It was a fun tour that gave a lot of great history on how it was found as well as all of the cool structures that are inside. 

There are several steps that must be taken (some can be seen in the photo above), both going up and down along the path.  They are slick and some are really bumpy.  It is nice that they have hand railings for tourists to hold onto while on the tour.

It was a lot of fun to take the tour, but man...are my legs sore.  There are a few very steep inclines and declines that must be walked within the cave (stairs) with a total of over 1000 in all.  I sure got my workout today, but it was worth it!

Fourth of July beauties

     There are a lot of little towns around that have their own fireworks shows.  This little diddy is the finale of the show we watched on the Fourth of July this year.  It was an awesome show, and it was a great way to end the holiday weekend.

Water Beauty

Took a drive with the family the other day and saw this on the way home.  Can't complain about rain or snow when the end results look like this.  Beautiful!

Snow-capped beauty

This photo was taken a couple of weeks ago.  We sure needed the rain, and you can see just how beautiful the rain has helped make the valley.  It sure does go well with those gorgeous snow-capped mountains in the background.