With this tumultuous economic news, we can either bury our head in the sand -- or head for the mountains to see some fall color. We did the latter. Pix taken on 9/23-24/08.

We had planned 10 days in the Rockies (even planning to attempt a rendezvous with fellow tlb forumer 'food' at the Brown Burro or another mountain cafe), but it got cut short to only 3 days by our host's family emergency in Texas. But still got some great shots of the quakin' aspens turning every shade of gold.

Pics are from Mosquito Pass, the old North London mine, the Four Mile/Horseshoe Mtn. area, and the blazin' Weston Pass area. We only did a few short hikes -- just enough to beg for more. I forgot all about my WaMu stock. (Just kiddin'.)