A trip above the timber line

This will be on canvas before I return to Texas

So much to paint and so little time to do it.

Old abandoned miner houses

Yes there are plenty of snow scenes to sketch 

I love this mountain scene here. Looking at this and listening to the wind in the Pines,,,can I say more

That would be an altitude of 12,000 feet or more. Yes I decided to get some good painting ideas above the timberline. I found out that the best pictures were found below the timberline but I trudged onward until I reach that altitude. 
The views were unbelievable. This is the first time I had ventured off this high since I sold my jeep. Believe it or not the temps stayed in the lower 50 up until I reached 12,000 feet. You know what that means. The big thaw is about to happen and when it does the rivers and creeks are going to swell out of their banks. 
The Rio Grand is already running high and fast. This extra snow melt will really have it churning!
When I returned I helped Sherri finish her puzzle of Crater Lake. It was a nice looking puzzle...could have framed it and hung it on the wall. The center has tons of puzzles and I am sure that we will work many more in the months ahead.
We got some more folks in too. Some of the RVers that come year after year are starting to return for the summer. Soon the park will be full and we will hear all the 4 wheelers loading up for fun on the mountain roads. 
Rick and Becky are getting acclimated to the altitude slowly but surely. Soon we will be taking them up in the mountains to see the views and fish the lakes...

Somewhere in Time