San Juan Mountains of Colorado
I spent a few days in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado recently. I love the area because lakes abound as do wildflowers. I started my trip in American Basin…
Crested Butte Wildflowers 2023
I took a quick trip to Crested Butte to check out the wildflowers this year. The flowers weren't as ever-present as they have been in the past but in areas…
Moab Wildflowers 2023
The winter rains in the west brought some pretty wildflowers this spring to the Moab, UT area. I visited Arches and Canyonlands along with Grandstaff Canyon on this trip. Mountain…
California Wildflowers 2023
I did a quick trip out to California to check out the remnants of the 2023 wildflower season. I was not disappointed. Both Carrizo Plain National Monument and Mt. Figueroa…
Arizona Wildlfowers 2023
I flew to Arizona to check out the wildflowers for a short trip this week. I saw a few great shows of wildflowers but it took some driving to find…
Utah Fall Color
Since the color in Colorado was a bit muted this year, I drove over to Utah to check out fall color there. I'm glad I did. It was much more…
Maroon Bells Fall Foliage
I reserved a parking space at the Maroon Bells to park at Maroon Lake. Unfortunately, two circumstances made photography challenging. One, the fall is a week late this year due…
Dream Lake Loop
I hiked a loop from Bear Lake parking lot in Rocky Mountain National Park yesterday. I photographed the sunrise at Dream Lake and then ventured over the hill to Lake…
Ptarmigan Lake
My son and I backpacked to Ptarmigan Lake near Cottonwood Pass last week. The lake is above treelike in a small valley in the Collegiate Peaks wilderness. The hike itself…
Silver Dollar Lake Wildflowers
It is wildflower time in Colorado. The peak is just about past but there is still time to get out and enjoy the flowers. I did a short hike to…