The Estes Park Aerial Tramway took us 900 feet up Prospect Mountain and provided spectacular views along the way and at the top. A cement walkway wound around the store at the summit revealing a panorama of mountains high above the timberline. Longs Peak appeared majestically along the shoulder of Prospect Mountain and we lingeredContinue reading “Ups and Downs”
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Snow Far, Snow Good
I love snow when it is far away in places such as, I don’t know, maybe Idaho. There it will provide a frozen reservoir of water until the summer is in full swing and the land needs it in liquid form. Yes, this is the good kind of snow, the kind that is far, farContinue reading “Snow Far, Snow Good”
Tetons from Above
Our recent flight home from Oregon took us just south of the Tetons. It seemed strange to look down on this mountain range (uppermost ridge on the photo) from above after having looked up to it from the ground so many times when we lived in Wyoming. Tremendous forces acted over eons of time toContinue reading “Tetons from Above”
Smoke of a Distant Fire
When I first saw this, I thought: How lovely the morning mist in the mountain valleys. Then it dreadfully dawned on me that this was smoke from raging forest fires, not a thing of beauty. Indeed, smoke billowing from active fires are visible on the lower left of the image. Others are visible on closeContinue reading “Smoke of a Distant Fire”
Platte
The Platte is a curious river washing over the gravelly remnants of the ancestral Rocky Mountains. Native Americans once camped and hunted along its waters, and later, European emigrants to Oregon, California, and Utah passed along the banks of this “Great Platte River Road.” The river was often described as “too thick to drink andContinue reading “Platte”
Hello Little Bro
Earth’s little brother was grinning in the evening sky two nights ago, and I just had to look at it through my telescope. Then it seemed that photos of it would be nice, so I held my iPhone camera to the eyepiece and got these shots of the southern moon. Craters, valleys, mountains and plainsContinue reading “Hello Little Bro”
Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings 