CLOSE TO NATURE #2

 You are absolutely right about too many gory details with animal husbandry so here are some photos of the countryside where we camped with the YSA.

 If you didn't know it you would think this is somewhere in the mountains of Utah or Colorado.

 Potty time is the first order of business in the morning when camping and the walk to the "place" is lovely.(The "place" is not).  Just as the sun is coming over the mountain to dry the dew off the petals of delicate field flowers, and with camera in one hand and toilet paper in the other, I go in search of something beautiful to photograph.

 I think we would consider these daisies weeds in our gardens at home but they are perfect in this setting.

 You would expect a tiny fairy to tumble out of one of these sweet purple bells.

 I would love seeing this vista out my window. Living in UB means I see buildings instead of trees.

 

 Purple is the theme of the mountain meadows this year.

Beautiful time of the year and so short lived.

This is the beginning of the long road home.  It will take about 7 hours of driving, much of it on the freeway (that means there is no paved road) to get back to the city, but I'm in no hurry to leave this beautiful, quiet place.

Wow!  One afternoon it rained and at dusk this is what we saw.

Now we didn't just fall off the last hay wagon.  We now have "camping experience".  This time we had an air mattress under us that stayed inflated.  The only problem was leaving the big double sleeping bag home and bringing the little single one instead...maybe next time we will get it "all" right.