January 2014
Many Views of Pikes Peak from the Garden of the Gods
Beautiful Blue Sky Day at the Garden of the Gods! A little windy at times, but mostly just gorgeous weather for a hike on the Palmer Trail. I so needed a hike in the sunshine and this was a perfect day for that. A friend wants a picture of Pikes Peak on her web site […]
Rocky Faces in Red Rock Canyon
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Hogback Trail at Red Rocks Canyon
This week’s hike needed to fit in some time and distance parameters. It needed to be close to Manitou, as I had much to do today. And I was looking for one that would not have as much appeal in the summer as it would as a winter hike. I came up with a perfect […]
Subtle Colors of Winter Contrasted by White Snowy Landscape
Just enough snow on the trail that went through the Valley Below Pulpit Rock make it an interesting winter scene. I enjoyed seeing the contrast of white against many other beautiful pieces of nature we encountered on this peaceful trail. Subdued colors stood out vibrantly against the pure white snow. I found myself fascinated by […]
Icy Creek in the Pulpit Rock Valley
I love being around water on hikes, even if it is mostly frozen. When we decided that the trail we were on in the valley below Pulpit Rock wasn’t going to head back to the parking area, we noticed that there was creek deep in the valley below where we were walking. I took some […]
Quick Walk with My Greek Friend
The sun was out, after a brief wild windy and snowy weather moment today. First thing in the morning, I had been taking photos of my masks for my ETSY FantaFaces site on my outdoor photo studio area. I had just gotten everything inside when I heard this howling wind start. I turned around and […]