Vacation pictures - Colorado

A small selection of the hundreds of photos I took on our recent family trip to Colorado. Click the pictures for a larger view. Enjoy!


Hallett Peak above Nympth Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park


One of several species of trout in Emerald Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park


Lightening-struck tree, RMNP


Marmot, RMNP


Chipmunk, RMNP


View from Sprague Lake, RMNP


Trees and sky above my writing spot along Glacier Creek, RMNP


Cloud formations above a ridge along Trail Ridge Road, RMNP


Moose, Kawuneeche Valley, RMNP


Mule deer, Kawuneeche Valley, RMNP


Elk, Trail Ridge Road just after sunset, RMNP


Tree bark (pine?), RMNP


An August full moon, Estes Park, Colorado


Garden of the Gods, near Colorado Springs


Kiva, Manitou Cliff Dwellings


Medicinal wildflower, Manitou Cliff Dwellings


Pike's Peak, the morning we drove to the top


My personal NatGeo moment! It took me half an hour and several tries to catch this mama bird feeding her chick as it stuck its head out of a hole in the chimney of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument visitor center.


Loading 7 people in the phone-booth-sized elevator for the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine tour in Cripple Creek. Note the sign!


Wildflower outside the Garden of the Gods visitor center.


View through the windows of the magnificent Air Force Academy chapel.