I made it back from Montana and Colorado
By The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
Walnut Creek, California
August 20, 2018 2:04pm CST
Just a quick note to let everyone know I made it back from Montana and Colorado. I worked on the cabin in Montana, and visited a former kid client and her mom in Colorado. It was a great time.
The entire Western United States, from California to Oregon to Montana to Utah, was covered in haze from the wildfires burning in the West. I did not see true blue sky until I reached Colorado.
I'll probably be a "cereal poster" over the next few days, as I have several pictures I want to share. I'll start with one of what may have been the church in Gilt Edge, a ghost town near my cabin that was active around 1900.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
20 Aug 18
I am assuming the photo above is of said "possible" church?
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@BarBaraPrz (47308)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Aug 18
@TheHorse Did you explore that property? There may have been a graveyard there if it was a church. Even without stone monuments the ground would be sunken in a tell-tale pattern.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
20 Aug 18
@TheHorse If the cross was put in later, maybe it was there to mark where the church once was.
It's just sad that, if so, it is now just that little bit.
I love to look at older buildings, even the run down ones. I hate when I see them run down, knowing something could be done about it.
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@celticeagle (166911)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Aug 18
Very interesting picture. Hope you enjoyed yourself and all was well at your cabin.
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@celticeagle (166911)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Aug 18
@TheHorse .....It could be the cover of a ghost stories or old west one. I like the first.
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@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Aug 18
The picture could be interpreted in many ways, couldn't it? That's why I had to take it. The version you see is cropped. But I cropped it down further to eliminate the sky and make it even more intimate. I have kept both versions. Which do you think is more evocative?
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@BarBaraPrz (47308)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Aug 18
And I just got back from a weekend in Hamilton. 
Very evocative photo.
Very evocative photo.1 person likes this
@BarBaraPrz (47308)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Aug 18
@TheHorse Visited with a friend and went to a festival.
Everybody's having festivals this time of year. I spent the weekend in Hamilton and I could have gone to the Greek Festival, or the Cactus Festival, but opted...
@cintol (11261)
• United States
20 Aug 18
I love old buildings like that, did you take a metal detector around out there, no telling what you might have found. Glad your travels were safe, where in Colorado did you go? I miss it, I am heading back that way for a visit in a couple of weeks.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Aug 18
You did overall enjoy your trip into the wild west?
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Aug 18
@TheHorse Just getting away from it all in remote area is a lovely break.
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@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Aug 18
@JohnRoberts It is. But I admit that I enjoy it more when I have things to get done...at my own pace.
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@snowy22315 (180663)
• United States
21 Aug 18
Nothing wrong with being a "cereal poster" just don't forget the Kelloggs lol.
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@ptrikha_2 (46947)
• India
26 Aug 18
Do these areas in Western US are getting any rains. It must be very tough for the people there?
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 Aug 18
Glad you are back, love the photo.
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)
• West Haven, Connecticut
21 Aug 18
Thats a eerie picture lol, I plan on going to Colorado this winter to visit my best friend! Hope you were able to get what you wanted done with your cabin
