Monday, August 31, 2015
Great Sand Dunes
The main purpose of our little road trip was to visit Colorado's Great Sand Dunes National Park, less than 3 hours from where we live.
It's an impressive stretch of sand dunes as high as 750 feet (230 meters). The tiny dots near the top in the next photo are people.
They seem to stretch forever and are near high mountain peaks.
I love the light and shadow from the intermittent clouds as we climbed up the dunes.
You are allowed to hike into the dunes but it's very tiring.
It is usually windy in this park - this shot shows the sand blowing off the top of a dune.
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Zapata Falls Skylight
Within the almost-cave of Zapata Falls is a skylight. I couldn't decide which of these photos I liked best so I decided to post them all for Skywatch Friday. I love the way the water droplets play with the sunshine.
Monday, August 24, 2015
Zapata Falls
The stream I showed you last week led to Zapata Falls, a waterfall almost enclosed within a cave.
It was definitely worth the short hike to see this unusual natural formation.
Friday, August 21, 2015
1978 NYC
Here's a view you sadly can't see any more, from the Empire State Building back in 1978, when I first visited New York City.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Rainbow
For Skywatch Friday, here's a recent photo of a rainbow. It's actually a double but the second one is very faint.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Quiet Stream
The first stop on our little road trip was a stream and waterfall. To get there we hiked up a trail to a stream.
Then we hiked along the stream bed.
It was very pretty and peaceful.
Come back next week to see the waterfall, or visit Our World Tuesday for more photos from around our world.
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