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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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 the Williams Lake [...]

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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 I [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Gorgeous Sunset On The 29th

A panorama This cloud to the south really caught my attention  

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Sunset On The 19th

After the sunset I walked back into the driveway and the raindrops earlier had made interesting patterns in the dirt on the back window of the car.

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Another Gorgeous Sunset

A couple panoramas    

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