Rusty and Wooden Items Along the Trail at Fountain Creek Nature Trail
I am always intrigued by rusty items I find on trails. This trail had some very wonderful rusty things, including some that were still in use. There were many valve wheels that were related to what I believe was an irrigation ditch that was on one side of the trail. I have no idea what […]
Geese at the Fountain Creek Nature Center Wetlands
There were geese and other water fowl engaged in many activities on both of my hikes at the Fountain Creek Nature Center Trails. On the first stroll they kept flying over us. I was able to get one good picture of them flying. I am still learning this camera and should have had it on […]
Reflections Upon Fountain Valley Nature Center Trail
I actually hiked the same trails twice in a week. I had never been to the Fountain Creek Nature Center and the trails that go into the wetlands and also wind along Fountain Creek in Fountain, Colorado. The first time on Saturday was just a “stroll” with the Deja Vu Singles group. That was fun […]
Winter Flora Along Trails at Calhan Paint Mines in Colorado
We walked among a very dry landscape at the close of winter and the beginning of Spring. Its stark beauty is quite different from what we would have seen in the summer at the Calhan Paint Mines. Some trails led off onto the prairie, others took us above the formations and the final part of […]
These Colorful Rock Formations Look Like What?
As always, I got lost in taking pictures at the Calhan Paint Mines and my hiking partner passed me by. So did another hiker. As I came around the bend I heard my hiking partner laughing with this gentleman hiker. She had thought I was right behind her and had pointed to a rock exclaiming, […]
Paths Into Colorful Formations at the Paint Mines Park
As we walked across the prairie, the path started to climb upwards. The large rock at the top had a big smile on his dinosaur face, and we were soon to discover why. He had a magnificent view of the largest area of the Paint Mine formations that visitors get to view from above, the […]
White Chalk Formations with their Yucca Companions
It was hard to fathom how beautiful pure white formations could be unless you are walking among or above them. We hiked for a long stretch of Prairie, then looked down to see these are views that resembled looking into White Sands in New Mexico, but much harder lines and more colors intermingled in the […]
Calhan Paint Mines Offers Wonderful Formations
There is a rich diversity of life out on the Colorado prairie that is rarely seen by visitors, as the mountains are the biggest draw. The Calhan Paint Mines is an archeological district on the plains of Colorado that has a very diverse ecological system that includes prairie, wetlands and badlands filled with fantastic formations. […]
Hiking in the Colorful Paint Mines in Calhan Colorado
Now for a completely different type of hike out on the Colorado Prairie. One has to drive about an 45 minutes out from the edge of Colorado Springs to get to Calhan where the Paint Mines Interpretive Park is located. This is one of the most spirit renewing hikes I have ever taken. I was […]
Brave Birds Among the Ancient Cedars in Garden of the Gods
This hike had many interesting facets to it, not an ordinary Garden of the Gods hike. When we stopped for a lunch break on the way back down, there were some very brave birds. I often leave some nuts or dried fruit for creatures to find when we are gone. I placed a few pistachios […]