On our recent trip to Colorado to see family after Christmas we took a southern route through the Oklahoma panhandle and New Mexico to avoid some snowy weather. Tell you what the panhandle has some big skies and great vistas. Heather took over the driving for a while so I took some pics with my phone.
Sorry for the internal reflections!!
We drove by this train in the late afternoon. I loved the late afternoon light on the boxcars. The line was at least a mile long.
And a little bit later we got a good sunset.
And a great reverse sunset looking east via the mirror.
I just love it when Heather drives. I get to take photos and I also regale here with fascinating (to me) information via Wikipedia on all the small towns we go through. I don’t know why but she always turns up the volume on the radio when I am trying to give her a good tidbit of information. She keeps saying stuff like “I don’t care.” Oh well. Not much she can do about it since she is driving, right?
I’m linking with Skywatch Friday.
Great photos! That last one is beautifully composed and the sunset and sky makes it stunning.
Bello cielos. Te mando un beso.
Gorgeous captures including the 1st one!
Loved your story about what you do as a passenger!
…you avoided the snow and had some gorgeous skies to enjoy.
I’m used to mountains and trees but this is uniquely breathtaking to see such wide open skies.
The train shot is awesome.
Lucky you to have both a driver and a captive audience. Really beautiful photos. Love that reverse sunset!!
Beautiful photos. Is it normal not to have any snow at this time of year?
You did get some good shots, even better is the one in the side vision mirror.
Lovely sky in the mirror
Sounds like a fun road trip! Love the photos and beautiful skies.
Take care, have a great day!
Love the picture in the side mirror.
Great photos!
My favorite is the line of boxcars.
Road trips are so much fun for all the sightseeing.
Great skies over endless flat land, as a child of mountains cannot imagine that…
By the way: I want to document the whole year in everyday skies.
Have a good and healthy year
That is a lot of sky, isn’t it? The lighting on the boxcars was especially nice.
Wonderfully creative series of sky photos! Wow!
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Fun pictures. Great sky.
It’s amazing how good your photos are from inside the car. Great sunset.
I enjoyed the photos, especially the train picture.
I used to sometimes carpool with a guy on history tours, and he knew all about which Civil War officers went to school with who and what their position in the class was. On occasion, his teenage son would go with us, and obviously he had heard all the stories before, so when his dad started repeating them, he would turn up the radio.
Safe travels.
Amazing sky views.
Safe travel , Greetings
Nice photo of driving towards the sunset. Heather’s a captive audience when she drives, but you like for her to drive. Hmmm… well, I guess it saves her from hearing you say, “Take a picture of that!” all the time.