A few weeks ago I traveled to the southwestern part of Colorado for the fall foliage. My intent was to spend a week there taking as many photos as I could. I ended up taking about 300 photos.

While I was there, I rode the Durango/Silverton Fall Photographer's Special train. I met a couple my age from Denver. He's a photographer and she's a defense attorney. They asked if I was married? I told them Lori's story and the fact that this was my first trip alone. They were very kind and understanding. We talked the whole trip, which took all day. Those two really made my trip to Colorado bearable and I thanked them when we parted ways.

Every year they host the Ouray Jeep Jamboree in August. It's an outing that happens over a long weekend where participants go 4-wheeling together. They invited me up next August.. I may just take them up on it.

On my trip I carried Lori's picture in my wallet. I guess in a way I wasn't really alone, but I sure wish she'd been there in person. That's her photo on the right. It was taken back in 2001 at the Grand Canyon. We'd never been there. We hiked a little ways down the Bright Angel trail and this shot was taken on the way back up while she caught her breath. That's why she looks a little tired. We hiked the equivalent of down, then up a 110 story building that morning. The visit to the Grand Canyon was one of the few trips we were able to take while we were together.

The weather turned bad the day before I was scheduled to leave Durango, so I came home a day early. The photos I took will become part of my collection that I'll be selling on my soon-to-be webstore.