
Cool Water Ranch, Colorado

Lemon Reservoir, Colorado

Out for a hike!, in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado.

Picture perfect view

Middle Mountain Road

Middle Mountain Road

5844 View from Route 501 of the Pine River Valley as I drive the car back to the Pine River Campground

Ready to Fly

View from the Deck

5834 View from our campsite at the Pine River Campground of Peak 9777

Lemon Reservoir in Durango, Colorado, 2 days ago. There is no snow and it is February. Looks drought could be on the horizon.

Beauty Everywhere

Fall Colors in Colorado

3534 Clouds building up over Thunder Mountain on the Vallecito Creek Trail

3471 A meadow, Irving Peak, and Peak 13179 from the Vallecito Creek Trail

5527 We continue descending through high meadows on the Emerald Lake Trail

Mountain Star-Light

3625 The afternoon thunderheads are building above Thunder Mountain on the Vallecito Creek Trail

Sheep on a country road

2902 Vallecito Creek

5961 Vallecito Reservoir in the morning as we drive back home

Los Pinos River: North of Bayfield, Colorado (CO)

5796 Peak 9777 from the Pine River Trail looking out over the big meadow of the Granite Peak Ranch

3347 Irving Peak (elevation 13218 feet) from the Vallecito Creek Trail

2789 Irving Peak in the distance as we hike up the Vallecito Creek Trail

2646 The Vallecito Creek Trailhead and wilderness entry register

5778 Hiking the Pine River Trail along the border of the Granite Peak Ranch

3320 Tall pines and aspens, with Irving Peak in the distance, on the Vallecito Creek Trail

3091 Peaks 11695 and 9894 from the meadow near our campsite on the Vallecito Creek Trail

5811 Grassy meadow under tall pines from the Pine River Trail at the Granite Peak Ranch

2756 Looking southwest toward West Mountain as we climb higher on the Vallecito Creek Trail

3605 Zoomed-in shot of Grizzly Peak (13760 feet) of the Needle Mountains from the Vallecito Creek Trail

3213 The Second Bridge on the Vallecito Creek Trail

3289 Tall pines and high clouds on the Vallecito Creek Trail

3531 Vallecito Creek

Lakeside Campfire

3233 The Second Bridge on the Vallecito Creek Trail

3399 Irving Peak from the Vallecito Creek Trail

5714 We took a lunch break along the Pine River (Los Pinos River)

Lakeside Campfire

Piedra Overlook

2969 First Bridge on the Vallecito Creek Trail

2979 First Bridge on the Vallecito Creek Trail

Along the Shore

3642 The Fourth Bridge on the Vallecito Creek Trail which actually is part of the Johnson Creek Trail

3445 Vicki took a picture of me as I was getting ready to ford Vallecito Creek

Beaver Meadows

Along the Shore

Along the Shore

2818 Looking downstream on Vallecito Creek