Last Chance for Fall Colors

the last day I could really get out to the high country was the 12th  We had gotten a bit more snow so I decided to go back to the Blanco Basin Road because I thought it would be so amazing back there with snow on the mountains.  The sky was clear and pure blue [...]

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Sunset Over Chimney Rock

The Sunset on the 10th was beautiful

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Return to the Upper Piedra

I went back to the Upper Piedra on the 9th figuring the colors should be more advanced and they were.
Pagosa Peak on the way up along Piedra Road

There was a little coyote in the field

 
Williams Lake
 
I took the forest service road into the Weminuche Valley past [...]

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McManus Road to Piedra Falls – Liquid Gold

On the 8th I went up McManus road then drove part way up a forest service road off the end of that, then returned and went out to Piedra Falls.
 
There was a group of very orange trees that were so beautiful against the blue sky.
 
 
It was getting late as [...]

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First Snow

On the we had a couple days of rain and it was supposed to be snow in the high country so when I got up on the 6th to blue skies I headed to the edge of the hill to see if the mountains were clouded in and if they had snow on them.  They [...]

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Blanco Basin Road

October 3rd I headed up Blanco basin road for some reason in the six years I have lived here I have never been up this road.  I leads up behind square to a major mountain you see from all over town to this gorgeous secret little valley.  The valley is all privately owned but surrounded [...]

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Headed Up Wolf Creek Pass

On October 2nd I headed up Wolf Creek Pass, it was mostly cloudy again and I was beginning to wonder if I was ever going to get a blue sky day.

Here is a close up of one of the hills
The Bootjack
 
Treasure falls was almost non existent we haven’t had much rain the last few [...]

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First Day In The High Country

on the 30th of September I headed out to the high country to see how the aspen were coming along.  I went north of town to the upper Piedra and Williams Lake.  It was mostly cloudy but still beautiful.
These were pretty much the first aspen I came upon

Here you can see how many are still [...]

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More Oak Are Lighting Up

These are from walks around the neighborhood hood on September 26th and 29th.
Here is one of the bigger oak in the area

These grasses had turned orange and the sun was hitting them and lighting them up.

  
 
 

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Leaves Starting to Turn

September 22nd: When I went to town I noticed a few bright red oak on the hillside of the little canyon I have to drive through so when I got home I took my camera on a walk on and some leaves were turning yellow and some red, but most are still green.
Here is the [...]

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