![Hot air balloon soars above the snow-covered Rocky Mountains Hot air balloon soars above the snow-covered Rocky Mountains](https://photos.smugmug.com/Tonys-Takes/n-hsSJf/2022/04-02-2022-St-Vrain-Osprey-Great-Blue-Heron-Balloon/i-Q62mhzQ/0/c13c84e1/X4/20220402%2008-08-44%200160-X4.jpg)
Another one of those beautiful, “This is Colorado” scenes that we oftentimes take for granted here. Sitting at St. Vrain State Park this past Saturday, I could see this balloon rising into the calm, cool morning air far off in the distance. It was initially too far away but eventually it drifted east allowing for a nice capture. Yeah, we live in a pretty cool place.