Last week we ventured up to Antonito, Colorado where we boarded the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. Antonito is located in south central Colorado and the train departs the depot there and then meanders along the New Mexico border to Osier, which is not much more than another depot strictly for the C & T Railroad. Geographically, the trip begins in the San Luis valley and climbs through the southern portion of the San Juan mountains, so we were hoping to see some fall foliage with the aspen trees in the higher elevations. The colors were probably a week to another 10 days from peaking, but we did see some color. We were joined by a couple of goobers that I work with, and since we all had work shifts to cover during the weekend we had to make the trip on a weekday. It actually turned out to be really nice because it wasn’t as crowded as it would have been during a weekend. Here are a few of the shots I took from the coal-burning, steam-powered train. This link will take you to a two page collection of all the images I took.

Watching Aggie football is one of my favorite pastimes, and we were graced with their presence here in Albuquerque on Saturday as they played the UNM Lobos. Margie and I had heard over a year and a half ago about this game, so we were eagerly awaiting for this opportunity since neither of us had seen a live game in at least 4 years. The Ags had only played UNM once before back in the 1920s, so this was certainly a rare but welcome occasion for us. We started out the day at noon, tailgating with the ABQ Alumni club where we were able to squeeze in a little pre-game yell practice with who else…the yell leaders. I think this moment (captured in the picture below) may have been the highlight of the day for Margie.

There were a lot of old Ags there, one of which was sporting his aggie maroon Corvette.

On to the game. We had purchased tickets with the Alumni group and we ended up on the west side of the stadium near the south end zone. So, all remaining pictures were taken from this vantage point, and I made good use of my telephoto lens. I was really surprised how close I was able to zoom in on some of the plays, especially those near the south end zone. I really didn’t even need to crop that many of the images. I burned up about 2 gigs on my memory card, but here’s just a few of my favorites. Click on any of the pictures orclick here to see a gallery of about 40 of the “better” pics.

Mike Goodson sheds a tackle

Jerrod Johnson picking a target from the pocket

Terrence McCoy gets ready to make a grab