Creatures
Becky Elder Keeps the Carnivale Parade Characters In Line
Every Parade needs someone to keep it moving, but not have the participants not on top of each other. Becky has done this for many years. And on this cold and snowy day, Carnivale Parade participants wanted to get moving as fast as possible once the parade began. But that means they get bunched up and […]
Very Short Hike at Memorial Park in Manitou Springs
I was planning on refilling my bottles at 7-Minute Spring, so parked across the street from Manitou Springs Memorial Park. I had seen lots of heavy equipment working at that park when I headed off to my meeting, and wondered what they were doing. While I filled my bottles, I watched the equipment, which […]
Concrete Couches Along the Fountain Creek Walk
Concrete couches added to the sights seen on this creek walk. These are different than some of their other couch projects, as they incorporated large rocks that were found along the Fountain Creek trail near The Fields Park in Manitou Springs into the couches. Concrete Couch is a non-profit that does many things. It did […]
Feeling Squirrely as Dark Clouds Moved In
The day started sunny and sort of warm. The squirrels were feeling playful in the trees outside my house. And I felt a bit squirrely myself. Having to deal with my health challenge making appointments made it hard to feel excited about the day. I wanted to head outside, but couldn’t leave the phone until […]
Rocky Gateway Embedded with Sparkling Stones
Trying to recapture the feeling of peace found yesterday. Looking around my home at all the crystals that abide here, brought back the thoughts of sparking stoned embedded in the red boulders along the Crystal Valley Cemetery section of the Intermann Trail. I brought home a couple that were loose on the trail to add […]
Icy Intermann Trail with Friends on a Sunny Day
Took a walk/hike yesterday with my Greek friend. Not sure if it counted as a hike for this week. When we got to the beginning of a trail that is the start of more trails, we couldn’t hike on it. Didn’t look like even deer had traveled on it since the last snow. So we […]
Cheyenne Mountain Inside and Out
Cheyenne Mountain is a very unusual Mountain. It is a very functional mountain for our area and the country. As one would expect in a State Park, it is the natural habitat for many forms of wildlife. The ruggedness of it protects them in many ways. Yet, one would never guess by looking at if […]
Rocky Faces Among the Scent of Oak Leaves
Scrub Oak Thickly Grew Along Some of the Trails. There were places along in Cheyenne Mountain Park that Scrub Oak was a dominant factor of how it looked. In some areas, the leaves were still hanging onto the branches. And in others the ground was covered with gorgeous variations of browns. As I was walking […]
Trail Markers and Maps at Cheyenne Mountain State Park
This has to be one of the best marked trails I have ever hiked upon. At the Visitor Center, we had picked up a copy of the Trails Map to carry with us. We had no idea how well marked the trails would be and didn’t want to chance getting lost or too far away […]
Stark Beauty Against a Blue Sky in the Garden of the Gods
White branches and a very blue sky make for a beautiful sight on a winter day. I especially like the way the sunlight intensifies the tiny ends of the branches to make them look like they are reaching for something. Or just expressing joy of feeling its warmth. In the winter and I find bare […]