Pics from driving out, Flatiron Mtns.

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The trip out. Quiet, uneventful, full of lovely sunlight.

Looking back just outside of Salina, Kansas (middle of the state):


Stopped for lunch at a rest area around Hays, KS. The intrepid getaway vehicle:


The clouds were really neat looking:


Let's play "Name That Cloud"
Turtle turtle!


"I'm thinkin' Chili's"


Pigs might not fly, but elephants do


Soon after crossing into Colorado (missed the leaving/welcome signs), there started to appear...SNOW?!


First clear look at the Rockies:


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Driving up to Boulder on Saturday was much less sunny:


Green Mountain, not so green this day:




Despite the lack of sun, the rockhound in me was having a field-day:


It was raining rather heavily so we postponed our trip to Estes Park and detoured to Ft. Collins where we stopped here:



They are very environmentally conscious here and encourage everyone to ride bikes to work:


They're also very dog friendly and let me bring Sawyer in. Pictures of him in the Dog Pics section.

Free tasting in the tap room:


Fat Tire has many siblings these days:


Took a side jaunt into the town square of Ft. Collins where there is some interesting art:


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Be sure to get a pint of your favorite at the Walnut Brewery and try a bowl of their French onion soup made with Devils Thumb Stout.

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Lovely shots Zoom !!! With you on the clouds !!! In the 1st ,the bottom one was a flying Pap !!!

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It's Sexual Violence Awareness Month and the square was strung with personalized t-shirts from survivors. There was also a bear playing with a fish:


An oddly eerie girl swinging from...thin air...


Prairie dogs!


The library on the CU-Boulder campus:


Very pretty campus with what I'm sure is a great view of the Flatirons when they're not shrouded in mist:






Flatiron Mountains:


Partway up:




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Looking out over Boulder:






Up on one of the peaks:




Polished root:


Neat outcropping. You can really see the upthrust lines:




I was really happy the hanging clouds came out




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Tenacious Tree:


Dew-drenched spider web:


Red rock outcropping:


I really need to get photoshop on this laptop. The sky was such a milky white that it blew out the highlights, which sucked because it looked really look otherwise. So I had to make things a bit darker than I wanted to compensate.


Can't remember the actual name, we just always called it "Indian Shampoo"




I want to marry whoever owns this ranch:






Huge herd of elk cows taken from the car. They were spread out over a very wide range, this was just the clearest of the shots:


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Sunset back in Denver. Excuse the spots, I didn't realize my lens was that dirty.


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[Buddy'sParents]

Very nice pictures! What a great area!

[dr2little]

Beautiful shots Zoom. Love the clouds especially. Maybe I missed it but what camera/lens were you using?