Yep it is a thing here in Colorado - leaf peeping. The last three days, his Lordship and I spent in the mountains checking out the fall color show. We drove over the Cottonwood Pass, down the Taylor River Road, north to Crested Butte and then over the magnificent Kebler Pass.
The Kebler pass between Crested Butte and Paonia has one of Colorado's largest aspen groves. The grove, which has over 45,000 trees sharing a single root system, covers over 100 acres.
We camped at the stunning Lost Lake Campground.
The next day, our travels took us down Hwy 152 to the North Rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. It was lovely and peaceful, in contrast to the Kebler the day before which was crawling with humans.
We continued down 152 to the Curecanti National Recreation Area
We even met a little doggo who was getting ready for the spooky season.
The forecast was sketchy so we spent the night in Gunnison in a hotel room. Good thing too because the next day, we encountered this:
making the drive over the Cottonwood Pass a little rough. We survived without rolling the truck, and enjoyed the fall color, now combined with beautiful snow covered peaks.
making the drive over the Cottonwood Pass a little rough. We survived without rolling the truck, and enjoyed the fall color, now combined with beautiful snow covered peaks.
I borrowed one pictures for Thursday trees and ... SNOW?! SNOOOOOW? It was 87 in St. Louis today. I thought winter was cancelled this year.
ReplyDeleteHa - winter is never cancelled in the Colorado Mountains. However with climate change they are not as cold as they once were.
DeleteNow those are mountains! Dog is reminiscent of Gonk from the 1988 Elvira movie!
ReplyDeleteSo spectacularly beautiful! How lucky you are to live where you do. Too bad about the snow but, you know . . . mountains.
ReplyDeleteIt always snows here in October and sometimes in June and September because you know mountains.
DeleteBeautiful! Unfortunately, here in the midwest, due to excessive rain during the summer and drought for the past month, I don't think our leaves are going to be very pretty.
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