Wildlife Migration
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008‘Tis the Season’ for the wildlife to migrate to their winter range lands. Dalton and I have been waiting for the elk to move from the Flat Tops Wilderness down to the private ranch where we have licenses for our last attempt for bagging an elk. Our question has been, “Where’s the Elk?” They seem [...]
Mt. Zirkel Wilderness, Colorado
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Mt. Zirkel Wilderness is one of the five Colorado wilderness areas and covers approximately 160,000 acres in the Routt National Forest. This rugged area is characterized by beautiful broad valleys and numerous alpine lakes and cirques. Mt. Zirkel’s high country offers a 60-mile loop hike through its unspoiled alpine terrain and runs along the Continental [...]
Discovering Northern Routt County, Colorado
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Routt County was created out of the western portion of Grand County in 1877 and named in honor of John Long Routt, the last territorial and first state governor of Colorado. Last weekend Dalton and I decided to take a long drive throughout the northern part of Routt County for a look see enabling us [...]
Colorado Calling…Can you hear me now?
Monday, October 13th, 2008How many bars do you have???
Hunting Season begins August 30
Thursday, August 21st, 2008Colorado’s 2008 Hunting Season opens August 30 for archery. I previously couldn’t wait for hunting season to begin, wanting to bring down a big bull elk even knowing the odds were against me. Now, after a summer of photographing the wildlife of mule deer, elks, moose, I’m apprehensive. I can’t help but think of [...]
Wildlife Watch
Friday, July 25th, 2008What the freak is that?
WHAT the freak is that?
WHAT THE FREAK IS THAT?
This handsome buck mule deer posed quietly and without moving a muscle as he tried to guess our identity. I’d never seen a deer stay so long trying to figure out what we were. It’s our estimation he must have been 2 [...]
Watching Wildlife
Monday, July 21st, 2008Colorado is one state you will always have the ability to enjoy watching wildlife. It doesn’t take the average person very long to locate any deer, antelope, or elk. Just drive along any county road late in the evening and look for the right elements, water, food, and shelter and you’ll find them. Of [...]
Hiking Rabbit Ear’s Pass
Saturday, July 19th, 2008You often hear the phrase, ‘A picture is worth a thousand words,’ and also the phrase, ‘The picture does not do it justice.’ Both those phrases comply with hiking Rabbit Ear’s. I could never in a million years express the view from the top of Rabbit Ear’s, nor do any of the pictures I [...]
Passing Through Meeker
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008Meeker, Colorado is home to only 2200 people, but they have got to be some of the luckiest. I found Meeker not so meek. To me, it was quaint, with an old western feel. It is also close to the entrance to the western side of the Flat Top Wilderness Area and houses some [...]
The Longest Hike I’ve ever had…
Sunday, June 8th, 2008I’m beginning to feel like my youngest son, who’s an MP in the Army. I keep telling myself this is not PT, as he calls ‘his long hikes’. On Saturday, Dalton and I decided to take another hike. We went to the Routt National Forest near Kremmling. For the most part, we were on [...]
