A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF NOTCHTOP MOUNTAIN Size:16x24 METAL PRINT along with tall cup plants

along with tall cup plants yet to bloom on this Illinois Prairie

Made up of buttes

I was excited that I was able to get some photographs of the coyote here and glad that I came out despite the gloomy weather

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The forecast this July morning was to be mostly clear with a few clouds

A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF NOTCHTOP MOUNTAIN Size:16x24 METAL PRINT along with tall cup plantsIt was a cool August summer morning when I arrived at the trailhead to Bierstadt Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I started up the steep trail at 5: 15 am to catch the sunrise at the lake and the Continental Divide. It would take me just under an hour to reach the lake. There are numerous switchbacks leading up the mountain through some stands of aspen trees. After about 20 minutes, I no longer needed my headlamp to guide my way up the mountain.