Photo Friday: More Snow Melt
Here is the photo: “Now that’s a…river?” “Waterfall.” “Mostly. I bet it’s cold.” *Tries it* “Oh yes. It’s cold!” This was taken in Rocky Mountain National Park, July...
Photo Friday: A Stream By Any Other Name
Here is the photo: Here was the conversation (mostly paraphrased from memory): “There’s a stream!” “Stream or creek?” “Creek?” “Crick?” “Babbling brook.” “Brook.” “Tributary.” This was taken in Rocky Mountain National Park, July...
Photo Friday: Down The Tree
Do you have any idea how hard it is to take a photo pointing down a tree trunk? Ok – I’ll admit it – this tree was actually at an angle to the path I was walking! It was a trip, but very cool. This was taken in Rocky Mountain...
Photo Friday: I Am A Leaf On The Wind
You know me – I can’t resist a close up. Aspen Leaves. This was taken in Rocky Mountain National Park, July...
Photo Friday: Rocky Mountain National Park 1
I thought I’d start us out with a nice shot pretty close to the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. I was -thrilled- to see so much green up there compared to a couple years back when the beetle damage was so rampant and you could see these...
Photo Friday: Portrait in Stupidity
On a recent trip to Estes Park / Rocky Mountain National Park / Trail Ridge Road, I was able to indulge in one of my favorite pastimes – photographing Colorado. I’m gonna be sharing those photos with you in the weeks to come, but before I...
Photo Friday: Extreme Closeup
I think we’ve established that I can be distracted by shiny things. This photo is proof of that: I noticed how cool/weird this looked and ended up taking a ton of close-up pictures of this and some of the other branches. Part of it was the...
Photo Tuesday: Space Cacti
I kept noticing these strange looking cacti everywhere I went up in the mountains this summer. I don’t remember seeing them before. They were on the side of the road, along trails, pretty much everywhere I looked. I thought it odd, so I...
Photo Tuesday: Echo Lake
On a rainy, cloudy, cold day, I made the trip up I70 to Mount Evans, one of the 54 ‘fourteeners’ or mountains above 14k feet in Colorado. Nestled in the trees at 10,600 ft is Echo Lake, probably one of the most photographed spots in...
Photo Tuesday: The Stanley Hotel
Probably one of the most infamous places in Colorado, the Stanley Hotel has played host to foreign kings and Hollywood royalty, but is perhaps best known as the inspiration for the fictional Overlook Hotel in Stephen King’s novel The...
Photo Tuesday: Flowers
I’ve been trying to stretch my photo prowess and take different kinds of pictures, including closeups. In today’s pic, I was trying to capture the brilliant purple of these flowers. I didn’t get it exactly the way I wanted it...
Photo Tuesday: Da Bird
Estes Park Colorado (7,522 ft) has been a favorite of mine for years now. It’s a little destination town that acts as a gateway for several other places, including the Rocky Mountain National Park and Trail Ridge Road. Trail Ridge is the...