With the city of Grand Junction providing a backdrop, a pair of bicyclists ride up Little Park Road toward the Bangs Canyon parking area on a recent sunny morning.

Antonio Ortiz from Grand Junction, makes a catch during a passing drill at the Denver Broncos/Gatorade Junior Football camp at Canyon View Park Friday afternoon.

Tanner Hall from Palisade makes a diving catch during a drill at the Denver Broncos/Gatorade Junior Football camp at Canyon View Park Friday afternoon. About 100 kids with the Mesa County Junior Football Association took part in the one day camp. Kids got free t-shirts and lots of Gatorade.

Delta graduate Austin Watson is making the most of his summer baseball experience with the Gene Taylor’s American Legion baseball team despite having to drive from Delta for his games. Watson hit an RBI double in the team’s 6-5 win Friday over the Monarch/Brighton MoDogs.

Elise Lind and David Lehmann are back in Grand Junction after touring with Ride the Rockies and riding their bikes back to town from Salida where the tour ended.

Tate Hegstrom, left, returns the ball as his mixed doubles partner Jamie Johnson moves in for support during Mesa County Junior Tennis League play at Mesa State’s Elliott Tennis Center Thursday.

Grand Junction Parks and Recreation Department personnel clear freshly cut tree limbs from city land at the north end of 26 3/4 Road as they build a trail.

Division of Wildlife officer Kevin Wright examines a bear trap set last fall in Aspen. Bear conflicts arise when high-country food sources are scarce and bears start breaking into garbage cans and sometime homes seeking food.

A pair of Osprey have built a nest on top of a electric transmission line near 32 1/2 Road. One of the Osprey delivers dinner to the other. One of the birds stays with the nest all the time indicating that the pair are tending eggs.

Roy Dimanlig, right, of Parker pedals to the finish line in first place during Sunday’s state championship qualifying races at the BMX track at the Mesa County Fairgounds.

Roy Dimanlig, 46, and his son Victor, 10, both of Parker, competed Sunday at the State BMX Qualifying races at the Mesa County Fairgrounds.

Brothers Reo, left, and Logan Wilde of Pocatello, Idaho, take aim at a target 60 yards away during the morning’s round of the championship freestyle unlimited men’s competition at the Big Sky Open archery tournament held Sunday at the Double Tree Hotel.