(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) Last week I posted an image of the Maroon Bells Mountains and Maroon Lake. There is a nice trail from the lake that loops up towards the peaks and back called the Maroon-Snowmass Trail. It’s surrounded by beautiful wildflowers. Along the trail is a narrow wooden … Read More
Aspen Leaves
(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) One of the many beautiful sights in Colorado were the Aspen trees, especially their leaves. We were on a drive up to Rocky Mountain National Park with Cathleen’s cousin Bob and we stopped at a look out. While the scene of the valley below surrounded by … Read More
Carbondale House
(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) One of the most beautiful sites on our Colorado trip was opening the front door, walking into the living room of Gary and Lori’s home in Carbondale and seeing Mount Sopris framed by the large picture window in the living room. I just stopped and stared … Read More
The Maroon Bells
(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) The Maroon Bells are two peaks located in the Elk Mountains. They’re named Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, and they’re separated by about one-third of a mile. They’re in Colorado, 10 miles from Aspen, and both peaks are “fourteeners” (mountains that exceed 14,000 feet). Colorado … Read More
Ashcroft Hotel (Ghost Town)
(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) Ashcroft, a Ghost Town, is 10 miles south of Aspen, Colorado and was originally known as Castle Forks City in 1880. It was a silver mining town and was renamed Ashcroft in 1882. By 1885, the town was the home to about 3,500 residents, six hotels … Read More