Mountaintop marmot hanging out
One for Marmot Monday. Certainly summertime temperatures at 14,000 feet of 42 degrees are mild compared to what these guys endure in the winter. Nevertheless, they do seem to enjoy…
Stunning cliffs and mountains from 12,000 feet
Yeah, don’t get too close to that edge. While the view is beautiful, the fall is a killer. ;-) From our recent trip to Gunnison National Forest, this mountaintop stop…
Hummingbird goes for the backyard flowers
Activity in my backyard has been kind of slow for hummingbirds this year. However, one has recently discovered that our zauschneria has bloomed and it has started hanging out a…
Fledgling bald eagle hangs out near the road
This is not something bald eagles will usually do – hanging out on the ground and near a busy road. However, the young ones haven’t learned their lessons entirely yet…
Union Pacific’s Big Boy to ride the rails again
Sadly, I will miss today and this weekend’s show of this monstrous locomotive as it travels from #Cheyenne to #Denver and back but have a big smile thinking of the…
Speed goat bucks on the run
It had been quite a while since I saw any of the pronghorn herd that hangs out north of Denver International Airport. One recent morning, I happened across a bachelor…