Stan and Pat had come up for the weekend, Labor Day, although that's inconsequential to us. I had been wanting to take them on a partial tour into the mountains behind us. This seemed to be as good a time as any although there was a bit more traffic. We probably passed 6-7 trucks on those graded roads.



Funny thing about these mountains of the Medicine Bow National Forest is when you get up into them they disappear.Mostly the top is a vast open area punctuated with craggy rocks supporting craggier pines.



The ultimate destination of the excursion was the Grange Hall which we wanted to show Pat. This location was closer than Main Street for the country folk up here.


Sign at the crossroads where the Grange sits

Grange Hall of Albany County

From the windows

Reflection after a day on the dusty trail

Text © 2007 Mona E. Dunn