My younger brother, Mark Garufi, was in Winter Park, CO throughout the week on business. On Friday afternoon, he finally visited me to spend one day and a half with me in Buena Vista.

On Friday evening, our first order of business was to go for a scenic drive to Cottonwood Pass. My brother is a much more sophisticated photographer than I am, and he snapped countless photos at the divide.

TOP: Jones Mountain (alt. 13,104 feet) stands as the tallest on the right.

BOTTOM: Turner Peak (alt. 13,232 feet) peaks its summit behind the large hill in the center.

Mark and I dined at the Eddyline Cafe in the South Main Development in Buena Vista. We ate there twice and we both highly recommend the food and microbrews.

I snapped a snazzy photo of Mark with his pizza with green chili and also captured a good one of both of our pizzas and the six beer sampler. All of their microbrews are excellent and way better than the liquified cardboard corporate crap commonly sold at lower class bars.

And on a lighter note, here are my pages about pizza:

Before dining, we paid a visit to the base of the Arkansas River. Another playhole was recently created for kayakers to do there thing. I tweeted the bottom photo with Mark onto my Twitter profile that evening. :)

The next morning, Mark and I whitewater rafted through the Royal Gorge. What fun!

Special thanks to Allen O., our entertaining and experienced raft guide, and River Runners our outfitter. I do recommend them: www.whitewater.net.

After rafting, we took it easy in the afternoon. Then I took Mark for a short drive in my 1964 Cadillac. Mark took so many photos of "Elma" ... that's my car's name. ;)

One more frivilous photo. On our way back from rafting the Royal Gorge, we stopped at Fiesta Mexicana in Salida for lunch. For dessert, we had this amazing deep fried cheesecake. Sigh! :p)