Three Days in Colorado: slide show

Denver suburbs

Floodplain, sagebrush, spruces, and eternal snow
Rt. 24 -- where it crosses the Arkansas River

Sage leaves
Artemisia tridentata (big sagebrush)

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Sagebrush slope
Artemisia tridentata (big sagebrush)
Rt. 82 near Twin Lakes

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The three dents
Artemisia tridentata (big sagebrush)

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Rocky sagebrush slope
Artemisia tridentata (big sagebrush)
Rt. 24 opposite Twin Lakes

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Sage at a mountain riverside
Artemisia tridentata (big sagebrush)

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Spruces descending toward sagebrush
Rt. 24 opposite Twin Lakes

Twin Lakes: sagebrush on the lake shore

Twin Lakes: ponderosa pine mixing with sagebrush

Mountain slopes coming closer
Rt. 91 near intersection with Rt. 70 at Copper Mountain

Steep slopes along Rt. 70
between Copper Mountain and Dillon Reservoir

View of slope with tunnel
Rt. 70 east of Idaho Springs

Tunnel
Rt. 70 east of Idaho Springs

In the tunnel
Rt. 70 between Graymont and Dillon

Rt. 70 storming mountain slopes near Silver Plume

A highway view
Rt. 70 east of Idaho Springs

Disgrace to the landscape
Rt. 91 southwest of Climax

Dying forest
Rt. 91

Spruces killed by unknown agent
Picea engelmannii (Engelmann's spruce)
Rt. 91

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Crime and Punishment
Rt. 70

Mining ghost town
Rt. 82 at Independence

We could even add to these artifacts...
Rt. 82 at Independence

Ghost interpreter on site!
Rt. 82 at Independence

View near Independence Pass
Rt. 82

Slopes near Independence Pass
Rt. 82. Our car is at about 11,000 ft

Spruce forest along Rt. 82

Spruces climbing into tundra
Rt. 82 near Independence Pass

Mountain tundra at Independence Pass, the Continental Divide
12,000 ft

First glimpses of aspens
Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)
Rt. 82 approaching Aspen

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On the way back: warning to truckers
Rt. 70 approaching Denver

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