October 2008
Photos for October 1, 2008
Daily Press reader Chuck Mack recently took a drive down State Highway 40 to the road that goes out to Elkhead Dam and on to California Park. There, he and his wife saw a show of colors that made them stop and take pictures. "The autumn colors seemed to be poking along not in any hurry to change. Then all of a sudden like an explosion everything burst forth and the mountain sides are absolutely breathtaking," Chuck Mack said.
Daily Press reader Chuck Mack recently took a drive down State Highway 40 to the road that goes out to Elkhead Dam and on to California Park. There, he and his wife saw a show of colors that made them stop and take pictures. "The autumn colors seemed to be poking along not in any hurry to change. Then all of a sudden like an explosion everything burst forth and the mountain sides are absolutely breathtaking," Chuck Mack said.
Daily Press reader Chuck Mack captured this rainbow made of brush on a recent drive through Moffat County.
The fall colors were just beginning to appear when Daily Press reader Chuck Mack snapped this picture nearly two weeks ago on Ripple Creek Pass.
This showing of fall leaves changing color was captured by Craig Daily Press reader Fred Gerber, of Craig, on a recent trip to Black Mountain.
Deer - like the one pictured here last winter - were hard to come by this bow-hunting season. According to local hunters, Mother Nature is to blame for the lower-than-normal prized kills seen throughout Moffat County.
Kathy Simpson, math and biology instructor at Colorado Northwest Community College, will be taking a group of students to Bruges and Amsterdam March 13 to 23. Deadline for the trip, including a $600 deposit, is Oct.15.
Volunteers work at Duffy Mountain on Sept. 27, as part of National Public Lands Day. Started in 1994 with 700 volunteers, more than 120,000 volunteers were expected to help maintain public lands in 1,600 locations in every state in 2008. The local event was coordinated by Gina Robison at the Bureau of Land Management's Little Snake River office. Twenty-eight people came out on a sunny Saturday to help.
Volunteers work on building an interpretive trail along the west side of Duffy Mountain on Sept. 27, as part of National Public Lands Day. National Public Lands Day is the nations' largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve America's public lands.
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Do you seek medical care from The Memorial Hospital in Craig or Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs?
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