Always plenty of elk... https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C Sign in to see full entry.
On the western edge of the Rockies, the Gunnison River flows through a high canyon of ancient rock. Geologists love the place particularly. (FYI: Never let the geologist drive!) Charlie and I drove through this less-known National Park that is just a few miles east of Montrose CO on Hwy 347. It... Sign in to see full entry.
On one of the road trips between Colorado and Washington State, we drove through this colorful patch of geology, prairie, riverside, and trees. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWbUdSd Sign in to see full entry.
Today's photo offering is a memory of a certain cloud. I was driving Charlie to college, the last day of a 2-3 day trip from Olympia, WA to Colorado Springs. As we traveled along I-70 from Utah, and coming out of the canyon east of Glenwood Springs, we spotted a bright cloud over the mountains to... Sign in to see full entry.
https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C This evening's sky show over Colorado Springs Sign in to see full entry.
I was 17, and my parents and sister Julie and I had been on a road trip around the US for several weeks. We'd gone down the Appalachians to the Great Smokeys, and on to New Orleans, then west to San Antonio, Texas where we finally escaped the hideous humidity that had made the South a misery. We had... Sign in to see full entry.
Goldiec was wondering about the hail-guards in my garden, so I took a couple of photos, then added a few more of the on-coming storm clouds, the first thunderstorms of the season! https://flic.kr/p/2kYxQDY Sign in to see full entry.
https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C We had both a full moon on Monday night, and clear skies! The moon is predictable, but clear skies lately over Colorado Springs have not been available. Sign in to see full entry.
More flowers, anyone? Most of these are those I've spotted and spent a little time with in my driving trips through the American west. There are a few simply irresistable cone flowers--echinaceas, I think--from my summer deck garden, too. I wonder if I can find more of them this year.... Sign in to see full entry.
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