"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost
Peeking out the window at dawn yesterday I saw the sunrise and ran for the camera. A bit later we bicycled in near-70 degree weather on our 17-yr old bikes, vintage but not yet antique (the bikes, we are definitely vintage). Today, St. Paddy's Day, bigger in the U.S. than Ireland I hear, because we … Continue reading Colorado. It’s almost spring.
[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Gallery/multiple photos: Click any photo to enlarge. See photo info lower right corner.] Click to see more:
[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever, Winter Activities] [Photos are in gallery mode which will provide camera 'Exif' info for those interested. Click on any photo to enlarge and view full caption data. Photo info is in lower right corner, as is 'View full size'. View full and zoom again for extra detail. (I … Continue reading Colorado Winter Activities 2014 Part III
[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever, Winter Activities] [Photos are grouped in galleries which will provide 'Exif' info for those interested. Click on any photo to enlarge and view group in a slide show. Photo info is in lower right corner, as is 'View full size'. View full and zoom again for extra detail. … Continue reading Colorado Winter Activities 2014 Part I
[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Photos are grouped in galleries which will provide 'Exif' info for those interested. Click on any photo to enlarge and view group in a slide show. Photo info is in lower right corner, as is 'View full size'. View full and zoom again for extra detail. Click X … Continue reading Breckenridge Snow Sculptures January 2014 (TWISTED!)
[Categories: Skiing, Winter Sports] Thursday 30 January was the best powder skiing day I have had in a very, very long time. I skied at Copper Mt. that day. It was a black-and-white day. Very little color. The snow hung heavily on the tall lodgepole pine, covering the dark green needles until they almost looked … Continue reading Powwderrrr (skiing, that is)
[CATEGORIES: Photography, Travel Photography.] Indian Summer? What's up with that? First we had Summit County Early Autumn, then Mid-Late Autumn, Farewell to Autumn, and Autumn is Gone. Didn't I mention we often get pleasant weather during the 1st week or two in October? Sorry about that. Not so pleasant late last week, but beautiful blue … Continue reading Summit County INDIAN SUMMER
[CATEGORIES: Travel, Photography.] Evernote web clips of Copper Mountain ski area cameras: It is early yet for winter skiing but it won't be long.
[CATEGORIES: Photography, Travel Photography.] Photography 101 Forever, of course. If you have hung in there for my Summit County Autumn series, THANK YOU! I will give you a break after this post. In the future I'll try to post better photos, should I take any, and less of my poorer photos (I have plenty of … Continue reading Summit County FAREWELL TO AUTUMN, parting shotz
[CATEGORIES: Photography, Travel Photography.] [Click on pictures to enlarge. Click on enlargement to get realllllly big. Find your way back to this page somehow. 🙂 ] PHOTOGRAPHY 101 FOREVER, of course. Following is a bit of miscellany taken between the autumn color shots during the last month. DOG: Exposure experiment: Just dog: DOVE and DOF … Continue reading Dog, Dove, and Depth of Field (Caw! Caw!) (Tesla)
[CATEGORIES: Photography, Travel Photography.] [Click on pictures to enlarge. Click on enlargement to get realllllly big. Find your way back to this page somehow. 🙂 ]Yes it is barely a week since I posted about early autumn in Colorado but things change fast here. My guess is a decent Colorado autumn averages about 2 weeks, though … Continue reading Summit County Mid-Late Autumn – Photography 101 forever
[CATEGORIES: Photography, Travel Photography.] [Click on pictures to enlarge. Click on enlargement to get realllllly big. Find your way back to this page somehow. 🙂 ] We had a good snowfall, Sunday the 22nd I think it was. Areas above treeline (about 11,000') remain covered. F-stop is the focal length of the camera lens divided … Continue reading Summit County Early Autumn – Photography 101 forever
[CATEGORIES: Photography, Recreation, Travel.] Contrary to published reports, not all of Colorado is under water this mid-September 2013. It does seem like the state has either been on fire or flooded all summer. We just do that so people don't think it is too nice here. These pictures were taken between 9 and 12 September, … Continue reading Summit County September
[POW: Ski culture vernacular for powder snow. This isn't about gun control.] It SHOULD have been a powder day. Snowfalls have been better recently: There was a brief but fierce blizzard in Summit County yesterday (Mon. 4Mar2013) with 2 major pile-ups on I-70 just a couple of miles from here, one with 25 cars and … Continue reading FRESH POW, Powder Skiing, Copper Mountain Colorado, 05Mar2013
(Click on a photo to enlarge in a separate window, use your browser Back button or function to return to this page.) Breckenridge Snow Sculptures, January 2012 (Seems like we always view the sculptures on a sunny day!) Breckenridge Snow Sculptures, January 2011
I'm on a roll. I posted to the blog twice in one day 6 Feb, skied a few hours that afternoon, and I'm catching up on Season 1 of Walking Dead that I've DVR'd. (Today, 7 Feb, was the BEST day of this ski season. 5-6 inches of powder. It shows how starved for soft … Continue reading Copper Mountain & Winter Park Skiing Update, Ski Apps and Run Tracking, 29 Jan-7 Feb 2013
Copper Mountain had 11 inches of snow in the last week. FINALLY! Another 12-24 inches and the resort could open more than what seems like 15% of the entire ski area at present. The 11" on top of the excellent man-made snow provided some pleasant skiing yesterday. It was what I call 'soft-pack', a few … Continue reading Copper Mountain Colorado Skiing Update 12/12/12
If it wasn't for snowmaking there wouldn't be any skiing at all yet this 2012-2013 ski season. But there is snowmaking. A friend gave me a free pass to Arapahoe Basin Ski Area and I used it on 31 October, Halloween Day. It was my earliest start in a very very long time. (Click on … Continue reading Early Season Skiing, Arapahoe Basin and Copper Mountain, Summit County Colorado
It's the end of autumn in Summit County, Colorado. Here is a belated entry to the Where's My Backpack non-sweepstakes. Winter is coming and soon there will be snow in them thar' hills. (Click on photos to enlarge and use your browser back button to return to this page.) I have sent the SX200 off … Continue reading Travel Theme: Foliage
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