Colorado Road Trippin…

Various scenes through the upper elevations of springtime Colorado. Watch in HiDef at Full Screen.

Mount Sneffels Wilderness At Uncompaghre National Forest

That’s a mouthful. A flyover of the scenic area in Colorado showcase springtime and snow-covered peaks. Watch in HiDef @ full screen.

 

Companion Video To Spring Aspens

Springtime Aspens

Aspens in the upper reaches of Colorado’s mountains take their time in sprouting their colorful leaves. The bright green is almost as attractive as the autumn leaves. These were shot about 3 weeks ago.

 

A forest of aspens start to sprout their leaves during spring in Colorado

 

 

 

 

Via Drone

 

 

McClure Pass And Vicinity

Colorado State Highway 133 winds its way north of Paonia and up into McClure Pass(8,775 feet). Signs of Spring were emerging as the Aspens were sprouting its bright green leaves and the vineyards of Paonia were becoming verdant.

Snow lingers well into the spring at McClure Pass Colorado

 

The vineyards of Paonia provide the  foreground for Jumbo Mountain.

 

 

Aspen tree leaves are starting to sprout in the White River National Forest mountains of Colorado.

 

Snowmelt produces raging waterfalls.

Desert Flora

With an abundance of moisture this spring in the desert southwest, flora was blooming all over the place!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Look At Kaibab National Forest

Spring has sprung and the Kaibab National Forest in Northern Arizona is coming alive.

 

 

View looking towards the Grand Canyon

 

From my favorite campsite.

Back In Business

My camera took another hit a few weeks ago due to an accident but now it is better.  You may remember a few years ago that this same camera accidentally fell into a creek high in the Sierras and took some time to heal after Canon said it was totaled. This time I spilled a soft drink on the camera which was sitting on my vehicle’s passenger seat but I quickly dried it off,  but some damage was done. It was a coke(No more cokes) and they contain a lot of syrup which got into some of the dials and switches on the camera.  After a few days, I couldn’t move a few. I gambled with some WD-40 and after a few weeks of drying out, the camera is in fine running order. For my next camera, I will purchase accidental damage insurance which is available.   So I took some photos out in my backyard of Zion National Park which turned out just fine!

 

Dark clouds pass through Zion Canyon at Zion National Park, Utah

 

Coastal Pastures

Winter rains produced vibrant greens and yellows, the predominate colors along California’s Pacific Ocean Coastline.

 

The Pacific Coast Highway winds its way through farmland along California's Pacific Ocean Coastline near San Simeon.

 

Mustard grass is in full bloom along Highway 46 at Coastal California

 

A fence dissects a pasture along the California Pacific Ocean Coast near San Simeon

 

Cattle graze in a pasture along California's Pacific Ocean Coast near San Simeon.

 

Spring rains have brought green grasses to the pastures along California's Pacific Ocean Coastline near Moro Bay
Moro Bay in the background

 

 

Coastal Flora

It’s spring and the flowers were blooming along California’s Pacific Ocean Coastline. Flowers include California Poppies, California Morning Glory, Daisies, flowering Ice Plant and Lupine.

 

Flowers grow along California's Pacific ocean Coast at Sand Dollar Beach.

 

Flowers grow along California's Pacific Ocean Coast at Sand Dollar Beach.

 

Flowers grow along California's Pacific Ocean Coast south of Big Sur.

 

Flowers grow along California's Pacific Ocean Coast at Sand Dollar Beach.

 

Flowers grow along California's Pacific Ocean Coast at Sand Dollar Beach.

 

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Flowers grow along California's Pacific Ocean Coast at Sand Dollar Beach.