As I go through my images from our recent vacation to Colorado, I’m going to try and do short posts – mostly in order I hope – with a few photos from each of the places we visited. I’ll also try to add a little commentary along the way. Eventually these will all end up in a gallery on my website.
Our first night in Colorado was in Manitou Springs, just west of Colorado Springs. So from the Denver airport we headed south with the idea of seeing what we saw along the way. Garden of the Gods was on our list of places to visit, weather and time permitting.
As it turned out we had time, but we almost didn’t have the weather. It was threatening rain from the time we pulled into the parking lot, sprinkled a few times on the trails then really let go about the time we were leaving. Good timing! It would have been pretty toasty there if we didn’t have the clouds, and good photos might have been a little tougher to come by.
A good way to start the vacation, in my opinion. Love these images as they do depict the red colors of the area. The lush green helps with it.
I agree, Monte. It was quite a surreal place, and the colors were especially striking. Nothing like that here in NC, that’s for sure!
Excellent, Tom. I’m not seeing any colors, or should I say “colours” like that around these parts. Lots of greens, though. I find that, from time to time, I really do like being around the browns and oranges of the southwest, though you’re not quite that far west.
As for the rain – remember: bad weather makes for good pictures!!! 😀
Bad weather might make for good photos, but it also tends to make for grumpy travel companions! 🙂 Although neither of us minds a little drizzle, we were very glad to be sitting in a restaurant drinking wine when the gullywasher came through.