Three Lakes Trail, Colorado - Saturday Snapshots

I'm looking through old photo albums again and came across these pictures from Colorado. In August, 1989, my son and I spent a week camping with my parents near Crested Butte/Gunnison, CO, and one of our day trips was to Lost Lake Slough. Here are pictures from that excursion. (Click on photos to enlarge.)

"Easy" is a relative term.
(Note the switchbacks in red.)

Wildflowers blooming along the shores of
Lost Lake Slough

Aspen lined portions of the trail

Other areas were shaded by evergreens

Occasionally we'd come to a clearing and get a glimpse of
Lost Lake Slough below

We stopped for a rest at Dollar Lake,
then began our trek back to the slough

Someday I'll post about the time my mom and I got lost and encountered a bear on this trail. But that's another story!

To see a brochure (PDF file) about this trail from the U.S. Forest Service (including directions), click HERE.

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Boats and Floats - Saturday Snapshots

I love boats! The feel of the wind in my hair, the misty spray, the sparkling water. In celebration of things that float, today's Saturday Snapshot post features watercraft--from primitive to luxurious.
(Click on photos to enlarge.)

My son and I on a wild ride down the Taylor River,
Colorado. Great fun! (A long time ago.)
I'm the one wearing the yellow life jacket.

My son made this raft and poled it around
Lake Irwin, Colorado. I'm not sure how seaworthy
it was, but he didn't fall in! (Also long ago. He's 40 now.)

Punting on the Cam River,
Cambridge, England.
Same idea as my son's raft, but oh, so civilized.

Sailboat -- Quiet, tranquil, lovely.
Santa Barbara, California

Battleship Texas, dry docked at the
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic
Site, LaPorte, Texas

The Statendam, Holland America cruise of
Alaska's Inside Passage 

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Not the Marrying Kind - Teaser Tuesday

   When I started reading NOT THE MARRYING KIND, I assumed the character who wasn't interested in getting married would be the hero. Wrong! The heroine is the one who doesn't want a spouse. 
   Cole's characters are not stereotypical. Although Kat Phillips is a determined young woman, she isn't your usual headstrong female who rushes from calamity to calamity because of her impulsiveness. And Joshua, the hero, doesn't instantly fall in love with Kat and rush in to save the day. Both characters have believable conflicts - internal and external - that they have to overcome.

Christina's next book - KEEPING FAITH - is scheduled for release by Secret Cravings Publishing on July 1. I'm looking forward to reading it.

Teaser (from 51% on my Kindle):
Kat Phillips was anything but stupid. Trusting, yes. Stupid, no. She loved her father and didn't believe him capable of duplicity.

Genre: Historical Western Romance
Length: 283 Pages
Amazon Link: Not The Marrying Kind
Other Books by Christina Cole: Amazon Author Page

Synopsis:
     Kat Phillips is not the marrying kind. She can’t cook, keep house, or sew a stitch. When her father takes sick and decides to sell the Rocking P ranch, Kat must either follow his wishes and marry the lackluster minister in town or find a husband for herself. 
     Joshua Barron comes to the Colorado Territory to make a new start. Nothing means more to him than freedom. He arrives at the cabin where he’ll be staying with his reclusive, crazy-as-a-coot cousin, and realizes Cody desperately needs a wife. His thoughts go at once to the long-legged redhead he met in the foothills. 
     When Kat realizes the handsome stranger is looking for a wife, she’s determined to prove she’s got all the skills required to please a man...even if she has to lie to do it. She has no idea that Joshua is involved in a few lies of his own.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away -- you don't want to ruin the book for others)
• Share the title and author too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers
• Leave a comment on MizB's Teaser Tuesday post (HERE) and include your link so everyone can find your post.

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