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 a recent trip up Guanella Pass...
The way we read things isn’t always the way an author intended. Take, for example, this sign from Red Rocks Park, elevation 6,400 ft. It makes me wonder – when is the rattlesnakes area open…?...
Idaho Springs Colorado is a little town nestled in the Clear Creek Vally about thirty miles West of Denver on I70. At an elevation of 7, 526 feet, it can get pretty cold there in the winter (I went white water rafting there a couple summers...
I don’t know what these are. I only know that they caught my eye and I had to get close and snap a photo. I saw these on a trail. The tree was covered in them. Are they buds? Are they berries? I don’t know. All I knew for sure...
Last weekend, I had the chance to hang out with Karen & Curtis, who were in town for Thanksgiving. Karen is Karen Burnham of SF Signal, Spiral Galaxy & Locus fame. She’s been coming on the SF Signal podcast since the beginning...
A Faerie Ring (or Fairy Ring if you prefer) is typically a naturally forming ring of mushrooms. Most of the time, folk stories tell us that these are the places where the Fey come or can be seen, sometimes dancing and playing. Even better, we...
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