Cheyenne Canyon

Over the July 4th weekend I went for a little hike in North Cheyenne Canyon, a city park.

I liked this tree root growing out of the mountainside.

Of course I had my furry friends with me - here's little Laika ready to climb some stairs. They get so excited when they see me getting my hiking stuff ready!

Camera Critters

Pets Forever

Saturday's Critters

Shadow Shot Sunday

Cheyenne Canyon - More Photos

Here are some last shots from Cheyenne Canyon. Can you see the rock climbers in this first shot? They're exactly in the middle of the photo, one left of center, one just right of center.

I thought the shadows in this came out well in B&W.

And one last shot of the trail.

Our World Tuesday

Rocks, Trees & Blue Skies

Some of you got a sneak preview of this post, as I thought it was scheduled for Wednesday evening but instead went up on Monday morning. It's my Skywatch Friday post for the week.

Cheyenne Canyon and Blue Skies

Here are some photos taken in a recent hike in Cheyenne Canyon, another city park in Colorado Springs.

As the name implies, it's in a canyon and the rocks tower overhead.

Even the huge pine trees look small.

It's been damaged by flash flooding a couple of times recently but they've repaired it each time.

I love having city parks like this within easy driving distance - I can feel as if I'm in the wilderness without leaving the city! And it's my entry for Our World Tuesday and Blue Monday.

Greenwood Park Path

I'm going to spend the next couple of weeks exploring the ghost town of Greenwood Park, just outside Colorado Springs. We'll start with the trail to get there, which starts in Cheyenne Canyon. This trail isn't always obvious, and I don't think I'd have found the "town" without GPS coordinates and a navigation unit. It wasn't great weather when we started hiking.

 I'm always intrigued by fallen timber.

 And larger fallen timber - I was a little nervous walking under this tree.

As you can see, the weather cleared up. Next week we'll start to see some ruins... In the meantime visit Scenic Sunday for more scenic photos.

Scenic Sunday - Daniels Pass

Here are a few pictures from a hike over Daniels Pass (starting in North Cheyenne Canyon) last fall. I intended to go further and reach an abandoned settlement, but I had the dog with me and the trail become too challenging for him (in fact the trail basically vanished) so I didn't make it that far. Just trees and rocks, but I think they're scenic.

North Cheyenne Cañon

It's almost hiking season again, so I took the kids on a short hike in the not-snowy part of Cheyenne Canyon this morning. The light was flat so the pictures weren't great, but it was nevertheless very enjoyable.

I found the following interesting, halfway up a mountainside. It's a backhoe, apparently being used to repair the trail.