Children seem to be able to make fun out of almost anything as Maddison Krizman of Grand Junction demonstrates as she dances around a post in downtown Grand Junction Wednesday. It also helped that she and her family were on the way to the candy store.

Derek Winstanley of Fruita hands off to James Lewis of in the 4x200 relay.

A photographer, bottom left, gets close to a waterfall in Big Dominguez Canyon in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area southwest of Grand Junction. The area encompasses 209,610 acres managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Mesa, Delta and Montrose counties. It’s not uncommon to see desert bighorn sheep in the conservation area.

Dave Stewart from Breckenridge fly fishing on the Blue River in the Blue River State Wildlife Area near Silverthorne, Colorado.

Fruita Pitcher Doran Wood struck out ten in a 4-1 victory over Central Tuesday.

Kord Raley of the Grand Junction Facilities, Utilities & Street Systems Department torches vegetation during a controlled burn in a detention pond east of the Fifth Street bridge Thursday. Workers have been using fire to clear growth in detention ponds and drainage ditches around the city this week. They expect to be finished with the fiery annual spring chore today.

Fonda Lobach, third from left, of Fruita holds a sign against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act while she listens to a speaker during an Americans for Prosperity rally against the act Tuesday at the old Mesa County Courthouse.

Street musicians Cortney Sugg of Hawaii and Travis Johnson of Grand Junction entertain passersby in the 500 block of Main Street. Cortney arrived in town via Telluride recently and took advantage of the nice weather to make some money.

The setting sun sets the clouds on fire over the 10th green on the Redlands Mesa Golf Course with Colorado National Monument in the background.

Framed by the golden blooms of forsythia, a pair of students head back to the dorm at Colorado Mesa University around lunchtime Tuesday.

Grand Junction’s Anna Wedekin, right, gets past the defense of Fruita Monument’s Holli Heath, 8, and Clay Campbell, 5, to pitch the ball into the net past goalkeeper Courtney Petek during the first half of the Tigers’ victory Tuesday night over the Wildcats at Walker Field.

Flowers in bloom in a planter box along Main Street at 5th Street.

Colorado Mesa’s Lisa Pille hits this pitch for a home run on Sunday during the second inning of the Mavericks’ victory over Colorado Christian at Bergman Field.

Two bucks hide behind a pile of dirt in an open lot near Leroux Creek

Daffodills are blooming in downtown Grand Junction, a sure sign of spring even though Monday had snow, rain and sunshine, sometimes all at once.

“Mike the Headless Chicken,” a sculpture by artist Lyle Nichols, is one of the featured art pieces in downtown Fruita. “People are not getting properly educated about the importance of shopping small businesses,” said Carla Griffin, owner of Turn the Page Used Bookstore, 119 E. Aspen Ave. “People are not aware of what’s down here.”

Colorado Mesa diver Amanda Jennings hits the water during a dive recently at El Pomar Natatorium. The Mavericks’ men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams qualified the most participants for the NCAA Division II National Championships this season in the program’s six-year history.

Against a backdrop of the Grand Valley, a tired John Ruby of Ft. Collins hikes the last few feet up Serpent’s Trail on the Colorado National Monument with his 4-year-old son Bennett on his back. The Ruby family is taking a Western Colorado vacation during spring break.

Palisade’s Micah Galvan releases the disc on Saturday during the Mickey Dunn Invitational Track Meet at Stocker Stadium.

To the delight of visitors, Leslie Spring Kittel, second from right, tests the bouquet of a red wine as she portrays the Roman goddess Edesia while wandering through the crowd of several hundred attendees at Palisade’s Edesia festival held Sunday at the Wine Country Inn.

CMU student Megan Poole feeds her dogs oranges on a walk in Lincoln Park. Poole was between classes and gave her dogs a walk since the weather is so mild. Temperatures in the valley are forecast to reach the 60s by Saturday with lots of sunshine.

The Womens race of the Maverick Classic Downtown Criterium.

Fruita Monument’s Archer Maddox picks up a loose ball Tuesday night in the Wildcats’ 10-5 victory over Grand Junction at Walker Field.

Spring breaker Liam Kincaid of Fruita gets close to the top of the climbing wall in the Fruita Rec Center pool Friday.

Kay Hancock has had a longtime interest in clocks, including this clock that survived intact the journey west in a covered wagon.

Workers with GeoStabilization, Inc., drop a 15-foot slab of Entrada sandstone that had cracked above the west portal of Rimrock Drive’s west tunnel in the Colorado National Monument.

A farmer sets a hay field ablaze near 21 Road outside of Fruita. The burning allows for the new grass shoots to get a good start.

Photo by Katherine Lopez.

Weion Pretorius, right, of the Grand Gents carries the ball while dodging a tackle attempt by Josh Bohney of the Littleton Eagles during the first half of Saturday’s game at Dixon Field.

Colorado School of Mines’ Matthew Pullos leaps to avoid the tag but Colorado Mesa’s Braden Box gets him in the hip for the out Saturday to end the top of the fifth inning during the Mavs’ game at Canyon View Park.

Frank Birgfeld places a wreath Thursday evening in Wells Gulch, where the remains of his daughter, Paige, were found on Tuesday.

Charles Meens from Grand Junction balancing on a slack line, anchored between two trees at Lincoln Park.

A construction worker pulls a plastic cover across a large, open window on the the top floor of Colorado Mesa University’s new residence hall located at Twelvth Street and Orchard Avenue in advance of an approaching storm.

John Mok-Lamme talks about plans to turn a foreclosed house into a shelter for homeless teens. The upstairs and basement will be renovated into gender-specific bedrooms, and the main floor will be a common area.

More than 75 volunteers cleaned up the longtime homeless camp at the confluence of the Gunnison and Colorado Rivers Saturday. Tons of stuff from pallets to stereos was removed. A fence will be built along the railroad tracks to discourage trespass.