Day Whatever: I totally lost count

Here's Pelham, almost all the way sewn up!  I did him on double cords since it is my FAVORITE and it was a really good time. 

This picture does not adequately describe the way in which the sun absolutely blinds me if I forget and try to walk home from the studio in like the 5-7 pm window.  it is AWFUL.  I guess really it's just funny to be in a place where I guess main street runs EXACTLY east-west and there is nothing there to block the blinding sun.  Um anyway, i get the feeling as i write this that it is probably the kind of thing that is only interesting to me, also it means that i just need to remember to bring stupid sunglasses with me to class.  Problem:potentially solved. 

So, sewing class ended on Tuesday, and next class doesn't start til next Monday, so yesterday and the rest of the week are just empty and clear for me to have fun and do what i want.  Mostly that has consisted of finding places to read my book and going to the studio and washing the other volume of Pelham, but this afternoon I decided that maybe i needed to get out of town for a bit, so I took Chester out for a little exercise.  Since I drove in originally from the west, and I've driven over the pass to the north, and there are sheer unbroken mountains to the east, I decided to go south!  I crossed Lizard Head Pass, which is about 10,000 ft elevation, and then went on for about 60 miles to see the next two towns on the map, Rico and Dolores. It was a really fun drive!  I took a lot of pictures out the car window, here are some that worked out ok.

That is Lizard Head Peak. Totally wacky, right?  It looks fake!

this is after a while after you leave the San Juan National Forest and are cruising through a beautiful valley with the Dolores River always alongside.

This is the retirement estate I picked out for Dad and Mom.  Not pictured: falling-down old timber out-buildings EVERYWHERE.