Below are some of the highlights of our recent trip to Colorado. We flew into Denver and rented a car for two weeks and 3,000 miles (with a excursion into New Mexico). We visited four national parks, one national monument, a city park, and other scenic places.
Hallett Peak and Flattop Mountain rise above Dream Lake
Rocky Mountain National Park
Tyndall Creek Cascade
Resting Elk
Bighorn Sheep
Mama and Baby Moose
Rocky Mountain National Park
The South Gateway Rock, Gray Rock, Cathedral Spires and Three Graces, and the Sleeping Giant, from the west side of the park
Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods as the sun breaks through the clouds
The water in the creek moves in a pulsating rhythm known as surge flow, as the sand forms small dams that periodically give way, causing the water to flow in waves.
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Creede, Colorado
Creede, Colorado
Ridgway, Colorado
Bisti Badlands
Bisti Badlands
Bisti Badlands
Shiprock Pinnacle
Mesa Verde National Park
Long House
Mesa Verde National Park
Cliff Palace and canyon
Mesa Verde National Park
Daises and the Dolores River
Wildflowers on Last Dollar Road
Painted Wall View, South Rim, looking northwest
from Devil's Lookout Trail, South Rim
Kneeling Camel View, North Rim, looking south
Columbine on Land's End Road, near the Grand Mesa Scenic Byway
Monoliths in Monument Canyon from the Window Rock Trail
Independence Monument from Grand View, with the Book Cliffs in the distance
