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Ready for a Red Rocks Hike Tomorrow

By Manitou Julia on Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 | No Comments

It seems like forever since I have been out in Nature. Winter is such a cruel season for my spirits. Usually it isn’t so harsh and has more sunshine than this one. Yet we could be experiencing what the Southern and Eastern states are enduring without being prepared for icy weather. The power outages and […]

Alien Clouds Over Red Rocks Canyon Hike in 2011

By Manitou Julia on Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 | No Comments

My next hike will be on Thursday in Red Rocks Canyon. In the dry season, I like to hike in a river bed that takes one away from the highway noise and I can find an all encompassing peace in solitude away from other hikers. “I go to Nature to be soothed and healed and […]

Made Made Items Along Cheyenne Mountain State Park Trails

By Manitou Julia on Saturday, February 1st, 2014 | No Comments

Fences, Barbed Wire and a Huge Tire Created Points of Interest Along These Trails I have rarely photographed barb wire, but last summer, I was intrigued by the colors and twisted forms I saw along a trail. And when I saw these twisted pieces of barbed wire next to this colorful fence post, I just […]

Rocky Faces in Red Rock Canyon

By Manitou Julia on Monday, January 20th, 2014 | No Comments

Rocks everywhere create images in my minds eyes. On this hike, not so many, but a few stared down upon us or looked upon things only they could see. My hiking companion was sure she saw a bird on the rocks above us. What I saw through the lens of the camera was a series […]

Red Rock Canyon was a Quarry and Landfill

By Manitou Julia on Sunday, January 19th, 2014 | No Comments

Red Rock Canyon has a history of not always being a place where Nature was preserved. A large section of it was a quarry that had huge equipment removing rocks from it central core. This is a picture of the quarry as viewed from the Lions Trail. On one of my hikes this year, I […]

Rock Formations on Hogback Trail in Red Rocks Canyon

By Manitou Julia on Saturday, January 18th, 2014 | No Comments

I am always fascinated by the different colors of rocks that are found on my hikes. The Hogback Trail in Red Rocks Canyon starts with tan or slightly yellowish and rust colored rocks. Then one looks into the lower trails of Red Rock Canyon on the connecting Lions Trail and can see the Red Rocks […]

Spaceship Cloud and a Bird

By Manitou Julia on Friday, January 17th, 2014 | No Comments

Cloudy sky had some really beautiful cloud formations today. Most were around the sun, not a good way to shoot photos. Though I may have to find some of the cloud photos I took on a different hike a couple of years ago in this park that were really intriguing. But I did keep looking […]

Maps of the Many Trails in Red Rock Canyon

By Manitou Julia on Thursday, January 16th, 2014 | No Comments

Red Rock Canyon Park has a great variety of trails and connects to other trails in the area. I have found myself in Red Rocks Canyon when hiking from a couple of trail heads in Crystal Hills and from Section 16. And I have found myself on those trails when starting at one of the […]

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