Parachute

Freaky Finds of a Litter Picker

 in Colorado / Inspiration  tagged bullet hole / Litter picking / Parachute / strange finds by

I often applaud people who post photos of the litter they’ve gathered while walking. I’ve never taken pics of my hauls, until last week when I came across a head. What mystery writer could pass up a decapitated cranium?Today, I asked my walking friend to take some shots of another favorite find. It was hanging on a road sign along a country road near Parachute, Colorado, and I didn’t want to make off with it before the owner had a chance to reclaim it, so I watched it for a couple days. My plan was to wash it and donate […]

Newfangled Park

 in Colorado  tagged Battlement Mesa / Colorado / community park / hand pump / Parachute / sluice box fountain / travel by

The promised grand opening didn’t seem promising.  We couldn’t see a park from, the road was still under construction, and who ever heard of an Old West park?  But the road opened, the planners did a bang up job on the play town, and there’s a hand pump feeding a waterfall of sluice boxes.  I can’t wait to thrill a grandkid!