Colleen, Author at silvervagabonds.com

Kimball Art Center, Watercolor Class

Post author:Colleen
Post published:July 7, 2021
Post category:Artwork Photos

Today we beat the heat by attending an in person class at the Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah. (Park City was the venue of the 2002 Winter Olympics.) While we were in Moab, we were investigating the possibilities in the Heber Valley. Carol found this art class: Painting Zion with Cindy Briggs.http://CindyBriggs.comThis class peaked our interest since we were just at Zion National Park last month. Our class was well organized and our project for the day was a mountain scene from Zion. We started with basic shapes of shadows, methodically moving from shape to shape. Cindy, our…

Flaming Gorge Overnight

Post author:Colleen
Post published:July 3, 2021
Post category:Adventure Exploring Videos Wildlife

Every now and then we find a remote area that may be best explored without the Airstream. This week we took an overnight side trip to Flaming Gorge on the Wyoming, Utah border. From Heber City we drove West on I-80. Our campground was on the Southwest side of Lake Flaming Gorge. Several Antelope meandered through the campground, amazing! Once set up we toured and explored to find Red Canyon and Flaming Gorge Dam. This area is known for spectacular trout fishing…we were not prepared, I left all the fly fishing equipment at the Airstream; really dumb move. We…

The Bonneville Salt Flats

Post author:Colleen
Post published:June 28, 2021
Post category:Adventure Drone Exploring Videos

We explored the Bonneville Salt Flats and the Bonneville Speedway. Both of the above are on “salt flats” in western Utah. Here is a link to more about Bonneville Salt Flats .This is not a commercial tourist area, it is in fact all on Bureau of Land Management Public land. Access is from the rest stop on I-80 West or from Exit 4 you can enter from the Speedway entrance. The flats are about 12 miles long…it is an amazing area. The Speedway is an especially smooth flat area approx. 10 miles long where speed trials are conducted and is well known…

Delicate Arch Watercolor, by Colleen

Post author:Colleen
Post published:June 26, 2021
Post category:Artwork

We spent a morning in Arches National Park before we left Moab, UT. We hiked to some arches but did not hike to Delicate Arch because of the heat and crowds. You can see the Arch from a distance with a scope or binoculars. Here is my rendition!

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