After the ranger talk, I headed outside the city to the Guadalupe Mountains. The club had arranged for a portion of the park to be open that is typically difficult to visit. Before we get there, let's look at the approach and the imposing El Capitan mountain. I had just obtained a new cell phone and people had told me that it wouldn't get very good photos. However, my image of El Capitan is amazing. Or perhaps the mountain just doesn't take a bad picture! I did visit the visitor center and then returned to the scenic pull-off to grab this shot. It was worth it!
These were 2 very simple pages to put together. On the left, I combined 2 papers: the background paper from Scrapbook Customs with the state image and name of the park and the overlay that I purchased at the Lancaster Scrapbook convention. Those 2 created the perfect backdrop for my photo of the entrance sign and the park brochure. Now I did wonder about putting the name of the park on the page 3 times, but I suppose it is a variety of ways to display it and I am leaving it that way. On the right, I started with a Fast-to-Fabulous from an earlier travel pack. It has a nice large opening in the middle and just a hint of borders. That was a great place for me to put a journal box and my excellent picture of El Capitan. The border on the right is from the Eastern National scrapbook kit and while it is greener than the trip to Guadalupe, it is not all incorrect! They were paved roads on the way, but JUST.
My other stop in the park was at the Frijole ranch--a historic homestead turned into a museum. The club had arranged for rangers to staff a table for questions but the tour was self-guided. This ranch is not frequently opened so I'm grateful that we were able to visit when we did. I know I need to return to the park and do some trails but I won't have to worry about seeing the ranch again. There is a small trail leading away from the ranch which has great flowers but I didn't have time to see much of it.
The papers on this layout are from the BoBunny line called Paparazzi. It has a great historic feel to it. I picked it up at a yardsale. An entire Iris case for just $5--including the case! The only downside is there is a heavy perfume smell to the case. The case included papers as well as a 6x6 decorative mat tablet and that's what I used on the bottom left and top right to highlight a few photos. The camera die cut is also from that pack. A title bar from one of the pages highlighted the top left page. Another quick layout!
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