Cee’s Which Way Challenge – View from the Trail

We had so much fun with this challenge last week that we decided to go ahead and do it again. There is a tremendous amount of diversity when hiking the trails of Colorado. All of these photos were taken on the same hike in Beaver Creek in September of 2010. It was a beautiful day and the scenery was truly spectacular.

Open Meadow
Starting the Ascent
Deep in the Woods
Down to the Pine Trees
Golden Views

 

Daily Post Photo Challenge – Look Up

Living in Colorado, we spend a fair amount of our time looking up, watching for birds, keeping an eye out for thunderstorms, and occasionally looking out for tornadoes. So, it isn’t unusual for us to also take pictures looking up towards the magnificently blue skies.  For this week’s photo challenge, look up, we chose some pictures of Aspen trees in the mountains from last September.  The golden leaves truly stand-out against the blue background.

Aspen Leaves and Blue Skies
Taken from Another Angle
Another Aspen

 

Hiking in the Rockies

One of our favorite hobbies is to get out into nature and to go on a hike. If we could, we would probably go hiking every weekend, but unfortunately life doesn’t always cooperate. Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is all about Walking, Indoors and Outdoors, so we thought we’d take everyone on a hike with us. We’ve put together a series of photos from a recent hike that shows the various transitions of the trail as it wound its way into the mountains.  If you use your imagination, you can feel the mountain breeze, hear the chirping of the birds, and smell the trees and wildflowers.  So, come along with us as we walk along a single trail in the Colorado Rockies.

Start of the Trail
It Started Out Wide and Open
Nature is Beautiful in its Simplicity
Then We Go Deeper into the Woods
We Start Working Our Way Back Down
Pine Trees and Blue Skies
We’re Almost at the End