ColoradoGuy Festival: Roadtrip to Aspen, Colorado! - September 3, 2004
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Although we began in Manitou Springs, my pictorial begins in Hartsel ... in the heart of the region known as South Park! That's Nick in front of the South Park General Store! :) |
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Bernie sits frighteningly on the shoulder as he photographs a mountain east of Trout Creek Pass. |
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At a lookout near Buena Vista with Mount Princeton in the background. I love that shot of Bernie! ;)
Here are my other pictorials from the Arkansas Valley:
St. Elmo Ghost Town
Fall Colors
Cottonwood Pass
Buena Vista Traffic Light
Bike: Salida & Buena Vista |
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Special thanks to Kansas Kelly's "banana mobile" for being such a fun car. Kelly generously cleaned my kitchen two days earlier too! In the right photo, I kind of lost my emotional balance and started pounding on the car for no reason. :( |
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I really need to get back to the Twin Lakes region and do a full-blown pictorial of the area. ;) |
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We pulled over at the La Plata Peak Trailhead and walked around for a bit.
It sure was beautiful, but man oh man, we were about two to three weeks
early from seeing these aspens turn gold! :) |
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A couple of photos at another lookout point. Real nice! ;) |
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This is my favorite photo of the entire
pictorial!
Bernie, Nick and Kansas Kelly are such great friends. (You can see my page that has a collection of all people that have been with me at Independence Pass here! |
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There's quite a few fascinating ponds near the top, which must be spring fed from the ground, I would think. |
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A few interesting shots!
In the bottom photo, I was really freezing from the cold wind. :P |
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Heading down the western side of Independence Pass, there's a few somewhat narrow spots like this one. Look at that truck coming at us! :O |
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For me, this was the most special moment
of the trip!
Heading closer towards Aspen, we drove through a large
aspen grove and pulled
over to take photos. People, this was such an amazing place. After
initally taking all sorts of photos, I think all of us just sat
amidst the towering white trees for maybe 10 minutes without
saying a word. It was THAT serene! :) |
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It was a magical aspen grove!
I got nice shots of all four of us while there! |
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It was a tad too early for capturing fall colors, but there were a few plants and trees turning early. |
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Two more nice aspen shots! |
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When we arrived in Aspen, I was quite burnt out with taking photos.
Thus, I only two shots in Aspen: a rainbow and Nick eating pizza. |
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Oh and lastly, since Nick is British and
was visiting my country, I made sure that he enjoyed
good food and real beer every night.
(And that meant local Colorado
microbrews and none of the large corporate liquid cardboard beer!) Nick
appreciated the New York style pizza! :) |
