The first evening's event of the Artposium took place in Hotchkiss, at the Creamery Arts Center, which is worth going out of the way to see. Jack Roberts spent his weekend at home producing some of his wonderful black-and-white photographic prints that are going on display at the Creamery this week. It's precision work: he's able to do two or three prints a day, and his goal by the time the exhibit goes up is ten.
Because I was headed for Hotchkiss, the western portion of the West Elk Loop Scenic Byway was the most direct route to my destination. I went back the same way, although in both directions I didn't have time to wander and explore. When I was westbound, I needed to be at the reception before it ended, and when I was eastbound I wanted to be home before I was too tired to be driving. Because I left about 4 p.m. and it's about a seven-hour drive, figuring in brief stretch-the-legs breaks, that didn't leave any time for side trips. . . . I'll have to go back again.
My mother did a bunch of her growing up in Glenwood Springs, and when I was young my grandparents still lived there. I have vivid and treasured memories of the area, although I haven't spent much time there (or driven the roads I took this weekend) since I was quite small. So I wanted to look around, even if just in passing.
Delta County
At the west end of my travels, Delta County offers dramatic views full of contrasts. I took this photo as I was traveling back down to Cedaredge from Red Mesa Grange, where we spent the morning cooking with Howard Dubrovsky.
The area is geologically fascinating. It also demonstrates the effects of water on a landscape. This is a closer view of the area shown above.
I found it impossible to take photographs that adequately capture the scope or the layering of the mesas, although that didn't keep me from trying.
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