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I’m a Brit who unexpectedly emigrated to the USA in 2008, and this is my photo journal.

It’s an eclectic mix of things; there’s no guiding theme or topic. It is whatever catches my attention, what I’ve been thinking, doing, or piques my interest. Currently that’s mainly backpacking and clearing some of the backlog on my ‘honey-do’ list.

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Memories

A dozen pictures, picked at random from my favorite memories. You can see my portfolio here.

‘Spring Hollow’ a great secluded spot

‘Spring Hollow’ a great secluded spot — Getting here across all the large boulders and down the steep hollow sides can be a bit sketchy, but worth the effort.

Glorious colors

Glorious colors — Early morning sunshine on the aspens at Little Maud Campground, White River National Forest, Basalt, Colorado. Day 4 – Road Trip October 2025. Copyright © 2025 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

Font and Flag

Font and Flag Sometimes while I’m working I spot a picture that I want to take for myself, this is the second of the two pictures I took while documenting the area confirmation service at St. James’ here in Springfield.
Photograph of a colorful Mardi Gras mask

Mardi Gras Mask

Mardi Gras Mask — I happened to be at church when the St Mary’s Guild Mardi Gras Lunch was being held, so I took a few pictures. +2

Family Christmas – 2019

Family Christmas – 2019 – Family picture after Christmas lunch with Betsy and Matt. 2

Old Tools

Old Tools. Detail from inside the tool chest.

Gary taking in the view (and enjoying a beer)

Gary taking in the view (and enjoying a beer) – Table Rock Lake at Piney Creek Wilderness. I wasn’t going to let the weight stop me, I carried in a beer to enjoy down by the lake. Piney Creek – Day One.
Eastney gas Engine House Composite image

Can you see what I did there?

Can you see what I did there? – Eastney Gas Engine House C1978 & 2014. In June 2014 we visited Eastney Beam Engine House,and I was surprised to find the Gas Engine House Open. I’ve not been in there in thirty years.

Recent Posts

  • Ginger’s Flowers

    Ginger’s Flowers. Copyright © 2026 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Ginger loves to sit here in the sun in the winter. I liked the light on flowers and thought I’d try to capture it. Unfortunately, the battery was dead on my camera, so, I used my cell phone instead. The odd colored highlights are caused by the crystals we hang in the Sparkle Zone’s windows.

    Ginger’s Flowers. Copyright © 2026 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Cascade Campground

    Cascade Campground. Day 7 – Road Trip October 2025. Copyright © 2025 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    The final leg of my hike back to my campsite. As it was still early, I then drove to St. Elmo, a Ghost town ten or so miles away. The unpaved roads were in the process of being regraded, and they’d been dumping and wetting topsoil on the road, making it sticky, slippery, and muddy.

  • Approaching Cascade Campground

    Approaching Cascade Campground. Day 7 – Road Trip October 2025. Copyright © 2025 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
    Approaching Cascade Campground. Day 7 – Road Trip October 2025. Copyright © 2025 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Trail Sign, the western end of Narrow Gauge Trail #1432

    Trail sign, the western end of Narrow Gauge Trail #1432. Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Trail. Day 7 – Road Trip October 2025. Copyright © 2025 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    With my short road hike and excursion up a brief bit of Section 14 of the Colorado Trail, I managed six and a half miles for my second hike.

  • The western end of Narrow Gauge Trail #1432

    Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Trail. Day 7 – Road Trip October 2025. Copyright © 2025 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Chalk Creek Cascade

    Chalk Creek Cascade. Day 7 – Road Trip October 2025. Copyright © 2025 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    This is just the start. The cascade runs for a tad under half a mile and drops over 250 ft. The Cascade campground is just around the corner on the left.

  • This trail is really easy going

    Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Trail — Heading west. Day 7 – Road Trip October 2025. Copyright © 2025 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Mt. Princeton from the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Trail

    Mt. Princeton — from the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Trail. Day 7 – Road Trip October 2025. Copyright © 2025 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Looking west up Chalk Creek Canyon. Mt. Princeton on the right

    Looking west up Chalk Creek Canyon. Mt. Princeton on the right. View from the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Trail. Day 7 – Road Trip October 2025. Copyright © 2025 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • View from the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Trail — Looking northwest

    View from the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Trail — Looking northwest. Day 7 – Road Trip October 2025. Copyright © 2025 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
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