A Trip Through the Colorado Highlands

[Phil]

Thanks for sharing these photos. Really awesom scenery.

[brandycr]

Wonderful pictures thanks for sharing.

[MacSimoin]

Livingston,

Thanks for the walk down memory lane. I lived in Denver for a little over a year when I was a kid and fortunately my family and I visited some of these places, not to mention many, many more. I can still recall the wonderful experiences I had during my brief time there as a child (skiing, hiking, camping, fishing, kayaking, panning for gold, etc, etc), and hopefully I'll be able to visit with my wife and daughter some day.

While most people think of the Rocky Mountains when they think of Colorado they don't realize that (to the east of the range) almost half of the state is wide open plains that seem to go on forever. It's there that I remember watching a herd of bison roaming free...an incredible site to behold, especially when it's been estimated that the population of the bison would have once filled the state of Montana!

Thanks again for posting the photos...it does my heart good to see pics of our country's own "Highlands" (I think our Colorado Xmarkers will agree with that bias).

Cheers.

[gangreenfootball]

Thanks for the pictures truly beautiful

[Livingston]

That really takes me back. I was stationed at Ft Cartoon on 1975-78, and went to all those places many times. But I kept waiting for a shot of the kissing camels at the GOG. I assume they are still there? I mean, they already lasted over 250,000,000 years, so what's another 30?

Turpin, if you look real close at the top of the red formation in the third pic you will see them....

[mudd]

I've had the privilege of visiting some of the places there, the Rockies are really spectacular, a lot higher than anything we have here.

Thanks for sharing the photos, here's one of mine:

Hey Graham! I've been on top of that mountain behind you. Small world.