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Guadalupe and Back to Colorado!

July 30, 2009  /
Guadalupe and Back to Colorado!
After not getting much sleep I left the motel at 5:20am and decided to try my luck for sunrise in Texas. I drove around 55miles to the entrance of Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Apparently this area is the highest elevation in the state of...

Afternoon with Sitting Bull

July 29, 2009  /
Afternoon with Sitting Bull
After visiting Carlsbad Caverns earlier in the day I went to explore Sitting Bull Falls. My father and brother joined me on what I thought to be a short drive but turned into a lengthy 30mile drive on winding dirt roads. The temperature was 100F...

Carlsbad Caverns

July 29, 2009  /
Carlsbad Caverns
After grabbing a continental breakfast at the motel we headed to Carlsbad Caverns. The night before we visited the amphitheater to watch the nightly bat flight but unfortunately the severe thunderstorms in the area canceled any plans of that. So...

New Mexico Trip

July 28, 2009  /
New Mexico Trip
Fort Union National Monument, Dilia – NM Yesterday my family decided to head to Carlsbad, NM for a couple of days to visit the caverns. My plan was to leave at 4:30am and meet up with them in Carlsbad. While driving down there I saw a sign for...

Red Rocks

July 27, 2009  /
Red Rocks
It has been more than a month since my father and I went out to photograph. On this morning we decided to go somewhere close and ended up at Red Rocks. The light was quite harsh and with little to no clouds, rather boring. But it was good to get...

Started out W but ended up NE

July 26, 2009  /
Started out W but ended up NE
CO – Peetz NE – Gurley, Sydney, Bridgeport, Courthouse & Jail Rock, Chimney Rock, Scotts Bluff National Monument For the first time in quite awhile I decided to wake up for a sunrise shoot. After waking up at around 5:15 and leaving out the door...

Arvada Storm

July 21, 2009  /
Arvada Storm
On the night of the 20th we had a powerful storm roll through our neighborhood. Our power was out for more than 24hours. Below of some photos of the damage at my house and other areas.

Hoodoos and Such

July 20, 2009  /
Hoodoos and Such
Having the itch to get out and about again I decided late this morning to visit Paint Mines. I’ve been here about 3 different times but today I took a new route to Calhan by ways of Kiowa. After hiking around the park the weather was turning...

Down in Pueblo

July 18, 2009  /
Down in Pueblo
I went with my friend down to Pueblo for the weekend to explore and relax. We started our first day out at the reservoir which was near where we were staying. After looking for fossils along the shoreline we took a drive around town and ended up...