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Dick's Colorado Photos |
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New photos added here November 18, 2024 |
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| View from Pike's Peak | Scrambling around the peak |
Dick & Mikie above 14,000 feet |
Lake below the peak |
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| Bridge
over Royal Gorge, 1000 feet above the Arkansas River |
Rafters on the Arkansas River, seen from the Royal Gorge excursion train |
Old mining equipment along the river |
Sculpture inside the Pepsi Center, |
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State Capitol (with real gold on the dome) |
Looking west at Denver from Cherry Creek State Park |
West exit, Eisenhower Tunnel on I-70 |
View from the tunnel |
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Snow on the ridge above the tunnel |
Along the road to Sylvan Lake State Park | Meadow near Sylvan Lake | Another meadow view |
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| Sylvan Lake, Colorado | Another lake view | Camping at Sylvan Lake | Flowers in the park |
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| Cliffs above the lake |
Sandstone outcroppings above the valley |
Ranch on the road to Sylvan Lake |
Looking north on road from Sylvan Lake to Eagle CO |
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| Another view north | Aspens along the creek | Near Sylvan Lake |
A fresh bowl of snow
in Denver, |
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| The Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs | In the garden | Pike's Peak from Garden of the Gods | Another view of the peak |
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| Plug Hat Butte in Dinosaur National Monument |
A canyon scene above the butte |
The
canyons of Dinosaur National Monument |
Echo Park,
where the Yampa joins the Green River |
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| Close up in Echo Park | Scene
along Harper's Corner Road in the monument |
Twisted juniper | Talk about a remote road! |
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| Rock
formation by the trail to the Gates of Lodore |
The
Green River above the Gates of Lodore |
Red cliffs above the Green River |
Where
the Green River enters the Gates of Lodore |
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| Rock formations on Colorado 64 northwest of Rangely |
The White River near Rangely | Eroded cliff in Four Mile Draw | Cliffs
in the Canyon Pintado Historic District south of Rangely, CO |
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| A lance painted on the rock | Grasses and scrub brush | Abandoned ranch along CO 64 | Yampa River Valley along US Highway 40 |
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| Storm in Rocky Mountain National Park |
The Rockies above Granby Lake |
Still more of those Rocky Mountains | Storm above Granby Lake |
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| Adams
Falls rushes toward Grand Lake in Colorado |
Homesteader's
cabin in Kawuneeche Valley |
On
the road through Rocky Mountain National Park |
A
large piñon tree in Dinosaur National Monument |
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| A dramatic view in the park | Mountains and tundra above the tree line |
Park on the east side of the Rockies |
Down
in the "low" country around 7,000 feet |
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| High
meadow in Rocky Mountain National Park |
The rocky tundra above tree line |
One
of a hundred species that survive in the high country |
Storm over the Rockies |
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| Kawuneeche Valley in Rockey Mountain National Park | |||
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| Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods | |||
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| Manitou Cliff Dwellings | |||
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| In the Garden of the Gods |
Unique formations in the Garden |
The kissing camels | Climber on the rock |
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| Green
bushes contrast nicely with the red sandstone |
Manitou Cliff Dwellings | Snowy Rockies north of US 50 | Canyon and river,
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park |
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| Down in the canyon | View from Gunnison Overlook near the visitor center |
Painted Wall, the highest cliff in Colorado |
A side canyon at the Painted Wall vista point |
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| Panoramic view from US 50 southwest of Colorado Springs | |||
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| The San Juan Mountains from Highway 347 between Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and US 50 | |||
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| The road to Pike's Peak (Nancy Teets photo) | Sandstone formation near Cortez | View
from the Durango to Silverton Railroad (Teri Liddle photo) |
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State of Colorado State Parks Wikipedia Article Sylvan Lake State Park |
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