When you get up into the mountains, eventually, you’ll have to go. If you’re in the park system, they provide toilets here and there for you. Usually, they are a toilet above a hole in the ground, but they have…
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Photo Friday: Random Waterfall 2
If you’re driving around in the Rocky Mountains on a warm day when the snow is melting fast, you will probably come across a random waterfall or 2 in your travels. I was lucky enough to find this one on…
Photo Friday: Battleship Down
Today’s photo comes from Red Rock’s National Park. To my eye, it looked like a battleship sinking. What do you think? ~P
Photo Friday: Burning Skies
On the way back from a Pikes Peak trip, the sunset was mind blowing. You had dark storm clouds overhead but the sun heading behind the mountains, creating this vision of a sky burning brightly as if on fire. This…
Photo Friday: The Pony Express
Imagine a time when, to get a simple letter from one side of the country to the other, meant using a series of horse riders in a two thousand mile relay race. In a nutshell, that was The Pony Express.…
Photo Friday: Royal Gorge
My trip to Royal Gorge, Colorado, marks the only time that I can remember being affected by height. Royal Gorge is essentially a gorge with this massive bridge crossing it: I’ve never really had a problem with heights before. Maybe…
Photo Friday: Random Waterfall
Pike’s Peak National Park – Random Waterfall: When the snow melts, you get a lot of these cropping up. This one was cool because you could easily get to it. We even drank the water. 🙂 ~P
Photo Friday: Whirled Peas
In Estes Park, Colorado, there is a river walk that includes a tunnel. The entrance and exit of this tunnel are lined with ceramic tiles decorated by local school children. This one is particularly amusing: As you can see, the…
Photo Friday: Treebeard?
No, sorry – that’s not Treebeard. What that is, I can’t say. Other than weird. Pucker up? I snapped this photo at a tourist attraction in Manitou Springs, Colorado – the Cliff Dwellings. Cool place. Weird tree. The sign hanging…
Photo Friday: Undah de Sea
Okay, so, maybe not really under the sea seeing as how this was taken at a lake up in the Rocky Mountains – but with all that seaweed, how could I not go there? I did not get wet trying…