From Trucking to farming

Well, things have certainly changed around here. In the last year, I went from trucking the country to raising Alpacas. What fun it's been! 

We'll see where this chapter in my life takes me. :)

Pebble Beach 2011 Concours d'Elegance

As you might expect, I was at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance last year. I love this event. This is the car show that brings out celebrities. And at $250 per person, your average Joe is NOT in attendance here. First off, let me say, the road to get to Pebble Beach is a very narrow nerve-racking one, if you're driving a big semi-truck.

See what I mean.

Once you get to the Pebble Beach Golf Course, you'll notice a statue, along with the beautiful ocean background.

Backside.

I took a short walk into town and found myself staring at The Lodge Hotel. Very lovely, especially when you walk through the lobby and take a look at the ocean

Take a look for yourself, it's a beautiful ocean view.

Across from the hotel is a shopping area.

These shops are not only across from the hotel, but there's a green between the shops and the hotel. FOUR. 

I wondered if there was anything in these shops within my price range.

Less expensive, but still out of my price.

No price, probably best not to ask.

Colorado Trip across 70

Traveling across the Rocky Mountains along interstate 70 is awe-inspiring.

Did you know. The Rocky Mountains stretch for 3,000 miles, from Canada all the way down into New Mexico.

The highest peak is Mount Elbert at 14,440 feet, in Colorado.

It's very hard to get a feeling of great altitude, when your already at 5,000 to 6,000 feet above sea level, while traveling across the mountain range.

The Rocky Mountains are an important habitat for all sorts of wildife, including Big Horn Sheep. Check out the ones I saw eating grass at the side of the road.

The Rocky Mountains form the Continental Divide, separating rivers draining to the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, from those draining to the Pacific.

 

Driving across the Rocky Mountains can be a bit tricky during the winter months.

 

And what's one of the main attractions of Colorado... skiing!

Check out some Rocky Mountain National Park webcams at: http://rockymountainnationalpark.com/pages/webcams.html

From Mountain Tops to Desert Floors (What a Day)

California, one of my favorite places to travel, is a beautiful state. Coming south on interstate 15, the trip down the mountain from Hesperia, CA to San Bernardino, CA is a steep drop. And right now there is snow on the distant tops, making the view even more spectacular.

Once you you get down the steepest part, there are these big plates of solid rock, pushing up from the ground.

Once down the mountain, near San Bernardino, sometimes you can see the mountains in the far distance. And some times you can't. But this day, you not only could see the mountains, but there were clouds hanging low.

Through out parts of California the horizon seems so vast, and can make you feel so minuscle. The shape of the mountains are attention grabbing, to say the least.

Then there is Pisgah Volcano, a young volcanic cinder cone, rising above a lava plain in the Mojave Desert, between Barstow and Needles, California. There may have been activity at this site as recent as 2,000 years ago, though more likely 20,000 to 50,000 years ago. It is too young for the commonly used potassium-argon dating technique, which is usable on specimens over 100,000 years old. Although I have to say, the volcano doesn't look like much more than a black colored hill.

As the sun went down, it brought a beautiful pink tone to the sky. I have to say.... what a way to end the day.