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Rex Booth

Sherry & John D

Here is a nice '57 210 6 cylinder- Four door Post - Turquoise similar to the one Sherry's grand parents owned. Check out the pictures!

https://www.exoticcartrader.com/listing/1957-chevrolet-belair-1?utm_term=&utm_campaign=PMax:+Smart+Shopping+Campaign+-+V1&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&item_id={item_id}&gad_source=1

Cal Turley

I have 2 different ones to tell about.Warren Vick owned the most cherry 1957 Chevy I have ever seen. He was a mechanic at the local Chevy dealership here in Roswell and the President of the Dusters Car club. Black 1957 2 door hardtop,white tuck and roll upholstery, 4 speed on the floor, 283 cubic inch and fuel injected. On today's market I think it would be valued between $200,000 and $ 250,000.The other was owned by Charlie McClain. Red and white 4 door hardtop top. 283 engine with a 3 speed on the column.

Cal Turley

Hey Fred,

I think I have figured out how your alien has been traveling around. My wife took this photo in our backyard five nights ago. The picture shows two objects that sure look like UFO's to me... 👽  

Cal Turley

The Twilight Zone....

Rex Booth

Some living around Gallup and Four Corners say the 'being' can change into different animals similar to a werewolf...

John Doyal

Rex, on a serious side prayers for Lynn Allensworth.  Her sons have moved her to an assisted living in Denver and they are the only ones she will call or talk to on the phone.                                                                                        The 57 is fine except for those ugly white walls, have never thought they looked good on any car.  Bill and I were roommates at NM state our senior year and the 57 was still his dads and when his dad needed the car Bill was looking for a ride also.

Fred Miller

Rex, the skinwalkers' base seems to be a 500+ acre ranch in southern Utah.  Numerous UFO sightings, cattle mutilations, and other unexplained sightings and activities going on there.

It is now known as Skinwalker Ranch...

And Lynn is in my prayers also.

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

My Prayers go out to Lynn and her Family.
These decisions are really hard on the family too.
My family and I have gone trough situations like
this with other family members and it isn't easy!
As many of us know! Prayers!


 
 

Charline Lake

So sorry to hear about Lynn.  

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

Rex Booth

I really enjoy all the colors during Fall

Do you have pictures of colorful fall trees in your area?

Mike Curtis

Discussions on the turning of the leaves reminds me of fishing (I know I'm weird that way).  I know over the past there have been discussions on fishing elsewhere like Alaska, etc.  To that I would remind all that we have some pretty good fishing in New Mexico as well!  That's a Rainbow trout that measured 30 inches. Just one of several that have come from the Pecos River lately.  The weather is great, the fishin is fine, wet lines to all.

Rex Booth

Mike

Wow!! Nice picture of that Monster 30 incher!  Bet it was good eating. Did you fish the Pecos River north or south of the town of Pecos?  Pretty country from Pecos to Glorieta!

Here's a picture of Johnny Allensworth after catching his 24 inch rainbow at Grindstone Lake in Ruidoso 10-23-19.

Patrick Riley

Fall color photos? Yep, fall is just starting to arrive in Colorado. While not nearly as vivid as Rex's background tree photo, the foilage around us is starting to change to shades of red, orange, and yellow; but is not in its full glory yet.

The photo below is from my lower middle home office window taken this morning. Our home is on the south side of Ute Pass, a valley that originally hosted an unpaved road crossing the Rocky Mountains west of Colorado Springs.

The Waldo Canyon fire ~14 years ago burned most of the trees on the other side of our valley (our side, on Pikes Peak's foothills, was fortunately untouched ... it is still heavily forested).

The foliage in the burn area across from us is slowly growing back but with, thus far, few pines, spruces, and firs (which don't change colors). Since the fire, it's grown back with mostly scrub oak (which does succumb to fall and drop their leaves) ... it's not particularly cool in the summer but does dress up nicely for fall! You can also see the aspen trees in the foreground; they're barely starting to change.

The peak across Ute Pass from us reaches 9,760 feet in elevation; our home is at 7,680 feet. The peak is 2.9 miles north and east of us as the crow flies. The valley and road below us is the lowest point around us at 6,165 feet in elevation. Pikes Peak is immediately behind us and reaches 14,115 feet in height.

Mike Curtis

Hey Rex;

In the day I have fished the Pecos from near its headwaters in the Pecos Wilderness down to where it crosses I-25 .  There is a lot of really good fishing on the Pecos.  These days with my health starting to go I pretty much limit my fishing to Monestary Lake.  The size of fish in the photo is rare but not unusual - that's about the third one this year in that size catagory.  My friend caught that one near Torrero.  While most are stockers (10" to 14") a lot are in the 16" to 20" catagory (they are stocking that size now).  Looks like the fishing is pretty good in Ruidoso as well.  Goes to show that New Mexico has a lot of supprises for the outdoor type.

Rex Booth

Pat,

Nice picture and view of your fall colored trees!  Your elevation and statistics of your area are most interesting. Do you have a picture of Pikes Peak you could post?

Rex Booth

Mike,

I see the in the NM stocking report that last Friday Monestery Lake got 1000 Triploid trout. Do the locals hang out waiting for the stock truck to unload?  The locals at Lake Van in Dexter at times are casting their hooks close to the truck while it empties its tank!  

Keep those cards and letters coming right on in! Fish pictures and good stories too!

Patrick Riley

Rex, I do have a good photo of Pikes Peak but not, unfortunately, a photo I took ... see below.

Pikes Peak (snow-capped) is in the background (14,115 ft.); in the foreground is Garden of the Gods; between the two, the lower ridgeline you see (ranging up to 9,760 ft.) makes up the north side of Ute Pass where our home is located (on the other side situated on Pikes Peak's foothills).

Factoid (courtesy Pikes Peak Cog Railway guide ... see below): Pikes Peak ("America's Mountain") is the most-viewed mountain in America and the second-most-viewed mountain in the world ... Mount Fuji in Japan is the most viewed.

Pikes Peak is named after American General Zebulon Pike. In early November 1806, Pike and his team sighted and tried to climb to the summit of the peak later named after him. They made it as far as Mt. Rosa (11,504 ft.), located southeast of Pikes Peak, before giving up the ascent in waist-deep snow. They had already gone almost two days without food. On returning, Zebulon stated, "That mountain will never be summitted."

This proved to be less than prophetic as today, you can drive to the top (19 miles and 156 turns) or take the Swiss-built Cog Railway (pictured above) to the summit. Look at the "cogs" in the center of the track where a gear-like mechanism on the train engages and hauls the train up slopes too steep for traditional locomotive drive wheels to function.

Rex Booth

Pat, 

Great picture of Pikes Peak!  The cog railway is a very interesting mechanical system. I understand the first railway to Pikes Peak was built in 1891 and powered by steam locomotives. Thanks for the pictures of the Swiss-built Cog Railway!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikes_Peak_Cog_Railway

Patrick Riley

Rex, the Cog Railway here (https://www.cograilway.com/) is owned and operated by the Broadmoor Hotel (https://www.broadmoor.com/). The Broadmoor is an ultra-plush destination resort ... highly recommended if it's within your budget. They also own a spa, two golf courses, a tennis and pickleball complex, a zip line (https://www.broadmoor.com/adventures/soaring-adventure), mountain resort accommodations (https://www.broadmoor.com/cloud-camp), a fly-fishing experience, white-water rafting trips (https://www.broadmoor.com/adventures/white-water-rafting), a "wild west" experience (https://www.broadmoor.com/adventures/wild-west-experience), a falconry experience (https://www.broadmoor.com/adventures/falconry), and more.

Cog railways are not common. They say all of the other cog railways in the world are in Switzerland, and the Pikes Peak Cog is the highest elevation of them all. Might be true ... might not be.

Fred Miller

Pat, Colorado is God's country.  It is so beautihul...

When I was going to Univ. of Colo.,  some of us would drive up to Estes Park on weekends.  One of our stops was the Stanley Hotel.  This was before a certain book was written by a famous author. This was the hotel where Stephen King and his wife, Tabitha, stayed one night.  And from the stories of the hauntings in the hotel, Stephen King got his idea for his book.  

The link below explains some of the spookiness of the hotel.

https://kdvr.com/news/local/what-makes-the-stanley-hotel-one-of-the-spookiest-hotels-in-the-nation/

Rex Booth

Pat

Nice! I see it took you some seat time to list all the Broadmoor links and various amenities.  I looked at their zip lines. They have 10 zip lines from around 600-1000 feet length and anothter at 1800 feet in length.  Pretty cool.  About 10 years ago at one of our Gathings in Ruidoso, Saundra & Cal Whiteside and I went zip lining at Sierra Blanca. They had three zip lines which started at the peak 12,000 ft. Each zip line decended about 2000 ft. each cascading down the mountain and ending at the ski resort 6000 ft.   Was exciting and fun! 

I would love to do the zip line at Broadmoor!

Patrick Riley

Fred, was the Stanley Steamer auto still in the lobby of the Stanley Hotel on your visit? Cool to see and, I understand, one of the fastest early motorcars on the road in its day!

The founder of the car company also built the hotel.

Rex Booth

Fred,

The Stanley  Hotel is quite the cat's meow for this October month. There are several haunted presentations including and an "underground" magic show.

"Spirited" Rooms -  Stanley Hotel features a variety of rooms with "high paranormal" activity including the famous Stephen King Suite 217. The Ghost Hunters' favorite room 401, as well as 407, and 428. 

Stanley Hotel - "Hidden beneath the original "Carriage house is a hidden underground theatre where great magicians perform"!!

Get the "Spirit" and check it out!!

https://www.stanleyhotel.com/

Rex Booth

Pat,

In the Stanley Steamer car picture you posted, I noticed in the picture element you use storage at AWS.  Curious, which S3 tier and rate do you subscribe? I find the tiers a bit confusing.