Rocky Mountain National Park

August 16-17, 2000

On the afternoon of August 16, 2000 I drove from the Denver area taking the scenic route to Estes Park, Colorado, just outside Rocky Mountain National Park. Early the next morning I drove into the park in the dark and spent about four hours in one of the most beautiful places in the world. Then I hustled off to the Denver International Airport for the long journey back to civilization.

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(14K) 648 x 426	This was the reason I got up at 5:00AM on Thursday (8/17/00) and drove into Rocky Mountain National Park in the dark. I took this picture at Rainbow Curve on Trail Ridge Road just after sunrise on a cloudy morning.	(34K) 640 x 402	It was hard to set up the camera and navigate through the rocks to get into this position. I ate breakfast not far from here. It was still early in the morning and somewhat dark and misty.
(30K) 640 x 421	I am above the tree line not far from Ute Trail where it crosses Trail Ridge Road.	(28K) 425 x 640	Buffalo Rock!
(33K) 640 x 423	Nature has a marvelous success at creating unusual shapes.	(33K) 640 x 423	The background for this page is a section of the sky from the photograph to the left.
(47K) 496 x 640	Dwarf evergreen shrubs.	(24K) 640 x 419	The clouds played hide-and-seek with me all morning.
(50K) 522 x 640	As I was driving to the Park on 8/16/00 I came across some freshly fallen hail.	(46K) 402 x 640	Trees in a meadow covered with hail.