During a recent visit to my brother and family in Fort Collins, Colorado, we took a short drive to the mountains of Estes Park and Rocky National Park for some nature sight-seeing. Colorado is a beautiful state…and I begin to understand why he has not returned to Canada, perhaps it wasn’t me. In Colorado, you never have far to go to be surrounded by nature. And with breath taking views from mountain tops…it doesn’t get much better than that. Awesome!
It is obvious why this Alpine Sunflower is dubbed “Oldman of the Mountain” (Hymenoxys Grandiflora)
The use of a macro lens picks up the tiny hairs on the stem of this Storksbill (Erodium Cicutarium) early in the morning in Estes Park, Colorado
A close-up of a new, pink cone of the Subalpine Larch (Larix Lyalli) at Lily Lake, Colorado
Trees grow wherever they can find the tiniest hold, like this one in Estes Park, Colorado
The beautiful distinct bark of an aspen grove near Lily Lake, Colorado
This squirrel was looking for left over remnants of food high up on the mountain at Lily Lake
Elk is a common sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park
An elk grazes in the grass with the mountains of Rocky Mountain National Park looming behind
The view of Estes Park from the mountain at Lily Lake
Despite it being the middle of the summer, the snow still has it’s hold at these altitudes
A rock field at Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
A spectacular sky above the mountains of the Colorado Rockies
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