Papers and elements from the kit Such a Boy by Mandy King.
To create the background paper, I applied several filters to the large photo. Photo masks from the kit Photo Alterations, Vol. 1, by Kris Myers. Tag and stitching from the collab kit Tree Hugger by the Digiridoo Scraps designers.Journaling: After spending the night at a campground in Montrose, Colorado, we toured the Black Canyon National Park our on way to Moab. The park contains 12 miles of canyon of the Gunnison river. The Gunnison River drops an average of 43 feet per mile through the entire canyon, making it one of the steepest mountain descents in North America. The Black Canyon is so named on account of its steepness which makes it difficult for sunlight to penetrate very far down the canyon. As a result the canyon walls are most often shadowed, causing the rocky walls to appear black. At its narrowest point the canyon is only 40 feet across at the river. The Painted Wall on the north side of the canyon is the highest sheer cliff in Colorado at 2250 feet.
Named for a 19th century botanist, scrub oak is common in the Southwest. The trees rise in clumps from a common underground stem system. Acorns were an important food supply to the local indians.
Background paper from the kit My Dad, My Hero by Jaya Prem Designs. Book, notebook paper and measuring tape from the kit Old School by the Digital Scrapbooking Studio designers. Greenery from the kit Poetry of the Sea by Marie H. Designs. Sunflower, staples and letter F from the kit Harvest Road by Shabby Miss Jen. Tape from the kit Happy Go Lucky by Shabby Princess. Yellow button (recolored) from the kit Fire It Up by Double Dutch Designs. Pine cone and black button from the kit Autumn Bounty by Vonnie's Digiworld.Journaling: As a kid, I was always fascinated with fireflies but didn’t actually get to see them until we moved to Missouri in 1993. That was the beginning of something magical...having them in our yard every year, and riding the motorcycle around Lake Jacomo, where Michael would turn off the motor, and we’d sit on the bike in the dark woods surrounded by thousands of those small, blinking green lights.
Stitching from the kit Party Time by Pure Creativity Designs. Hanging tag from the kit My Little Bug by Double Dutch Designs. Tag and stitching elements from the collab kit Tree Hugger by the Digiridoo Scraps designers.Journaling: This morning we drove to Cripple Creek, CO, to ride the narrow gauge railroad there. The remnant of an ancient volcano can be seen in this photo, looking south over the town. The volcano left rich veins of gold, and prospecting began in this valley. The town is a former gold-mining camp located 44 miles southwest of Colorado Springs. The mining district formed on April 5, 1891. In 71 years of operation, the district produced more than 21 million ounces of gold, worth $8 billion in 1995.
Known as the “World’s Greatest Gold Camp,” Cripple Creek eclipsed all other districts in the United States. At its peak, around 1900, nearly 500 mines tapped the gold ore, and over a dozen thriving communities dotted the hills. Three railroads transported the gold to distant mills, and two electric trolleys networked the mines. The underground mines are exhausted, and since 1962 they have been dormant, but open-pit mining has operated since 1994 in the district along Highway 67 between Cripple Creek and Victor.
Paper and notebook paper from the collab kit Old School by the Digital Scrapbooking Studio designers. Tag and stitching elements from the collab kit Tree Hugger by the Digiridoo Scraps designers.Journaling: We rode another narrow gauge RR today that runs between Cripple Creek and Victor, CO, on a rebuilt section of the Florence and Cripple Creek Railway, built because of the Cripple Creek gold rush of 1890. Although the original track was laid to 3 feet, the current RR is laid to 2 feet and began operating in 1967. The track goes south of Cripple Creek, CO, over a rebuilt trestle, past historic mines, and ends near the abandoned Anaconda mine. The return trip to Cripple Creek completes a total of four miles.
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