When I got home from work, Tellico was sitting in one of our windows like our cats usually do, so I thought I would take a photo of her through the screen. It came out interesting, and I like her eyes in this photo.
After lunch, I stopped by West Lake State Wildlife Area to shoot some photos of the ducks. I came across an all white duck that would not stop quacking the whole time I was there, and I managed to get a photo of him in action.
After taking a bunch of photos on my lunch I set down on a bench outside of the Mesa County Courthouse and these spouts were sticking out of the brick wall next to me. I took one shot because it looked interesting at the time, and it ends up that I like this photo better than the one’s I had taken earlier.
We were up early this morning to catch the sunrise in Little Ruin Canyon so that I could try and get a good photo of the Twin Towers. These towers intrigued me last night, but the light on them wasn’t that great before sunset. Notice the small, square opening in the rock beneath the tower on the right.
This is one of the coolest ruins I have come across, so I just had to post a photo of it that was also taken this morning shortly after sunrise. This dwelling was built right inside an eroded boulder on the canyon floor.
Before heading home, we stopped at the Lowry Pueblo in the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument and went inside to get a look at the partially restored kiva. I really liked the orange glow of the sunlight reflecting off of the walls.
We ended off our day hiking Little Ruin Canyon at Hovenweep National Monument for the sunset. I like the color reflection off of the Hovenweep Castle in this photo.
This was the first ruin site in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument that we stopped and hiked to. I really liked the ruins at this site, and enjoyed my time exploring the area. Here’s a photo of the round tower up close with a nice sky behind.
Another stop we made in Hovenweep today was to the Holly Unit. I really like how Holly Tower (referred to as Boulder House in the park literature) was built on the boulder in the middle of the canyon over 800 years ago and still stands in good shape to this day. Behind Holly Tower is the Holly Great House perched on the opposite rim of the canyon.