The Sneffels Range near the Dallas Divide with fall colors in full swing. The Sneffels Range is a branch of the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. The best views of the range are off of Highway 62 between Ridgway and Placerville. Much of the land on the south side of this road is owned by the Double RL Ranch. RL is short for the famous clothes designer Ralph Lauren. Several public dirt roads pass through the ranch heading toward mountain range. They include routes 5, 7 and 9. Be respectful of private property. Parking along the edge of the road and photographing wasn’t a problem for me, but on each of these roads, you generally won’t reach the Forest Service boundary until the end.
A field of American flags flying on a warm summer day in West Jordan, Utah. This was a celebration of VE-day (Victory in Europe Day during World War 2 (WWII). But it could just as easily have been from Memorial Day or Veterans Day. A common sight across the United States on those special days when we honor the sacrifice of military veterans during their service in war and peace.
A sign at the Hoover Dam on the border of Arizona and Nevada, acknowledging the nearly 5 years it took the Bureau of Reclamation to construct the dam between its ground breaking in 1931 and its dedication in 1935. Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. When full it is the largest dam by volume in the United States. The dam is currently at the center of concerns about drought and climate change in the desert southwest as the in flow of water from the Colorado River decreases and the volume of water in the dam drops, impacting both power generation, and a water source relied upon for agriculture and domestic consumption by more than 40 million Americans.
