Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Thursday, July 22, 2004


This is the last of the photos for the day.... just a smattering of some of the beauty. Later I'll send photos of the trip home, the Mesas, plains, and sunsets. Rain and storms... barbed wire and soft clouds.

Photo descriptions:
1. Horses abound here. Many people bring their own equines, or rent for the day. There are even campsite just for horse owners.

2. Gorgeous wildflowers are abundant. The colors so bright they seem unreal.

3.
Rocky cliffs provide shadow and landscape for the walls of this valley. Shrubs grasp where they can.

4.
The water is shallow here in the mountains, but the rocks and logs make for beautiful falls.

5.
Tiny bees, ladybugs, and other beauties light on flowers to partake in the feast of pollen.

6.
It is hard to catch a photo of these fragile butterflies, they light so fast and are gone before I can blink!

7.
Wide creeks and tiny streams weave their way down the mountainside.

8. Flower buttons and long grasses make the area lush and peaceful.

9. So many trails, and horses... it is like the old west everywhere.