Dark clouds behind Mt Moran and the sun coming up in the east made for a beautiful morning on oxbow bend in GTNP.
Tag: mountains
Summer Morning Song
With Wrens and Robins singing in the trees and Chipping Sparrows chipping we were treated to a wonderful summer morning.
Mt Zirkel Wilderness
Elephants on Parade
Shortly after the snow melts and the boggy grassy areas are still wet the Elephant Head Lousewort Flowers (Pedicularis Groenlandica) come into full bloom. Their blooms always seem short lived but this year we were lucky enough to stumble across fields full of them in their prime on a recent hike in the Colorado high country.
Elephants on Parade in the Mt Zirkel Wilderness, CO.
Fishing hole
Usually you like to keep the location of a good fishing hole to yourself. In this case it looks like the word got out. Pelicans, Cormorants, a Blue Heron, Western Grebe were all present and the Tern you can’t forget the Tern. When the fishing is good you gotta get fishing.
Stormy Monday
Spring storms seem to be prevalent this week as ominous clouds build over the ever arid landscape of the high desert plateau of western Colorado. A stormy Monday might not be such a bad thing for a landscape in search of a drink.
On the banks of the green
On the banks of the Green River looking back at time.
The fresh green of spring heralds another year has passed while the rocks have a greater story to tell.
Canyon of Color
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone on a quiet fall afternoon.
Enough color for a lifetime or at least a lifetime of viewing.
