Looking back ten years to May 2012 05-23-22

Late May 2012 I started a long trip to Kalispell, Montana, to take a workshop with Ruth McDowell.   I had driven up there sever years previously for the same purpose, but this time I picked up a friend from the east at the Las Vegas airport and we stopped many places along the way to the quilt shop in Kalispell.  It was a great trip through wide open country almost the entire way.  

First day on the road - I-15 north of Barstow where the north and south bound lanes are wide apart.  The desert sometimes seems unending. The smogless blue sky stretches from horizon to horizon.

Further north the highway winds through Virgin River Canyon.  Glimpses of the river deep in the shadows of these great grey walls. 

We stopped at Zion Nat'l Park, but it was blazing hot and we stayed in the air conditioned car.

 

Miles and miles of open country - meadows, mountains, piles of clouds. 

We spent some time driving around Butte, Montana, with old mining shafts and many explanatory signs about the gold and silver mining in the past. 

To be continued.............

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