Marmot

A Yellow Belly Marmot pauses before disappearing into his underground home. I have never seen a Marmot in our area. This one was in Utah. They are big for a rodent, about the size of a large cat and very shy around people, always on the lookout for a place to hide.

Road Trip...Behind The Gifford House

Fruita, Utah

Capital Reef National Park

Road Trip....Inside The Gifford House

Inside the Gifford House at Fruita, Utah is a store where they sell fresh home baked pies and bread and many other tasty things to enjoy. Most of the house is a museum with some of the old furniture that would have been used when it was a home. 

Road Trip....The Gifford Homestead

The Gifford farm lies in the heart of the Fruita Valley and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The original home was built in 1908 by Calvin Pendleton. In 1916 the home belonged to the Jorgen Jorgenson family who lived there until 1928. The Gifford family occupied the home for 41 years, 1928 to 1969. The farm is in a beautiful green canyon with orchards of peaches, apples and cherries. Dewey Gifford sold the farm to the National Park Service in 1969 and it is now part of Capital Reef National Park in Utah. This is a beautiful park and I will be posting more and hopefully better pictures from here later. This is where I found the horse that I posted on May 21.

Wednesday Window....With Reflection

Road Trip....Mexican Hat

There is a little town in south east Utah called "Mexican Hat" 

This is how it got that name. 

Road Trip....Far Away Horses

I became quite enamored with this beautiful line back dun, Quarter Horse that I met on our recent road trip. I will be posting more about the place where I found him later on.