David A Sercel
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Hi, I just got back from a week in Colorado for my sister's wedding. I was born there but my family moved to Tennessee when I was about five, and my sister moved back a few years ago.
We stayed for a few days after the wedding so that we could do some sightseeing, here are some of the pictures from the trip:
This is Mt. Sopris, elevation of around 12,000 feet. We stayed with some friends of ours who live at the base of it on the right hand side.
We were going to climb it, however, as you can see in the next picture, when we had hiked about four miles up a snow storm parked itself around the top half of the mountain (although the rest of the sky cleard out nicely) so we were unable to:
These next few are of the Thomas Lakes which are located about four miles up Mt. Sopris, and were as far as we went.
And these are a few shots from the hike back down when it cleared up:
Hays Creek Falls:
Bear Creek Falls:
A miscellaneous waterfall:
Next are some shots from the hills at the base of Mt. Sopris, just a couple minute hike from where we were staying:
This next photo is looking down on the Crystal River Valley (it was taken from right above the house where I was born):
This one was taken from the bottom of the Crystal River Valley looking up it. The mountain you can see in the distance is Chair Mountain:
This is a shot of the Crystal River near the town of Marble:
Beaver Lake (I don't know what the name of the mountain is):
We also went up to the Maroon Bells (which since the gate at the bottom was closed to car traffic ended up being a twelve mile hike).
Here are some shot from the hike up to the Bells:
(You can see Pyramid Peak, which is off to the left of the Bells, through the trees in this one)
And here is a close-up of Pyramid Peak:
And here are a couple shots of the Maroon Bells:
It clouded up while were were actually at the top where the best view is, but on the way back down it cleared up so I was able to get some good shots from a distance.
And finally, this is a shot of some Aspen trees (I can't remember the exact location):
We stayed for a few days after the wedding so that we could do some sightseeing, here are some of the pictures from the trip:
This is Mt. Sopris, elevation of around 12,000 feet. We stayed with some friends of ours who live at the base of it on the right hand side.
We were going to climb it, however, as you can see in the next picture, when we had hiked about four miles up a snow storm parked itself around the top half of the mountain (although the rest of the sky cleard out nicely) so we were unable to:
These next few are of the Thomas Lakes which are located about four miles up Mt. Sopris, and were as far as we went.
And these are a few shots from the hike back down when it cleared up:
Hays Creek Falls:
Bear Creek Falls:
A miscellaneous waterfall:
Next are some shots from the hills at the base of Mt. Sopris, just a couple minute hike from where we were staying:
This next photo is looking down on the Crystal River Valley (it was taken from right above the house where I was born):
This one was taken from the bottom of the Crystal River Valley looking up it. The mountain you can see in the distance is Chair Mountain:
This is a shot of the Crystal River near the town of Marble:
Beaver Lake (I don't know what the name of the mountain is):
We also went up to the Maroon Bells (which since the gate at the bottom was closed to car traffic ended up being a twelve mile hike).
Here are some shot from the hike up to the Bells:
(You can see Pyramid Peak, which is off to the left of the Bells, through the trees in this one)
And here is a close-up of Pyramid Peak:
And here are a couple shots of the Maroon Bells:
It clouded up while were were actually at the top where the best view is, but on the way back down it cleared up so I was able to get some good shots from a distance.
And finally, this is a shot of some Aspen trees (I can't remember the exact location):
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