But the destination was the fire lookout on the summit of Moose Mountain - far right. This was taken from the false summit.

An early fall sunset over one of the ponds on Golden Ponds Park in Longmont, Colorado

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

- B+W Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Ballhead & Tripod

Boulder County, Colorado

A farmland golden hour scene I came across on a bike ride east of town while toting my a6000 in my jersey.

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Mount Evans is a 14,271 foot (4,350 m) peak in Clear Creek County, Colorado. It dominates the Denver area skyline and can be seen from over 100 miles (160 km) away. Echo Lake is a clear alpine lake which sits at the base of the mountain. It was formed by glaciers about 10,000 years ago. It is 40 miles from Denver but is part of Denver's unique mountain park system.

The area was designated as a historic site by the American Physical Society in 2017, commemorating the many cosmic-ray physics experiments conducted on the mountain between 1935 and 1960.

A dramatic sky at sunset over Boulder, Colorado as seen from Colliers Hill in Erie, Colorado.

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

- B+W Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

Sunset From Colliers Hill In Erie, Colorado

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

- B+W Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

The flames from the Colwood and Lefthand Canyon fires have moved away but the smoke remains in the Front Range.

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

- B+W Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Tripod * Ballhead

A foggy sunrise in the hills and open range area around the Dickerson Ditch along Cherryvale Road in Boulder, Colorado

- Sony A7RIII

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm Art

- Tiffen Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ball head

Sunset over the Front Range and Rocky Mountains at Colliers Hill in Erie, Colorado.

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 70mm - 200mm

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

An early fall sunset at Golden Pond #2 from Golden Ponds Park in Longmont, Colorado

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

- B+W Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Ballhead & Tripod

This landscape was taken from Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat, near Boulder Colorado. It is a reclaimed gravel/sand pit resulting in a series of adjacent small lakes, with their banks forested and replanted with native species.

Here, we see the Front Range, foothills, and the snow-capped Rocky Mountains.

Walden Ponds was named for Walden "Wally" Toevs, a Boulder County Commissioner from 1972 to 1980, who was instrumental behind the development of this area. But I don't think that Henry David Thoreau would mind the naming of this wonderful reclaimed natural area : )

Million Dollar Highway, San Juan Mountains, Colorado

A sunset landscape of the Front Range and the Rocky Mountains from Colliers Hill in Erie, Colorado.

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 70mm - 200mm

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

Another colorful sunset over the Front Range & Rocky Mountains from Colliers Hill in Erie, CO

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

- B+W Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

A Sunset landscape with a passing thunderstorm over the Front Range and Rocky Mountains from Colliers Hill in Erie, Colorado

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

- B+W Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

A sunrise landscape from a rock outcropping along the Reerless Fault in the old Marshall Coal Mine area along Cherryvale Road in Boulder, Colorado,

- Sony A7RIII

- Sigma 24mm-70mm Art

- Tiffen Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

A warm sunset landscape over the Front Range and the Rocky Mountains near Boulder, Colorado

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

Garden of the Gods is a public park in Colorado Springs, Colorado, US. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971. The red rock formations were created millions of years ago during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line. The outstanding geologic features of the park are the ancient sedimentary beds of deep-red, pink and white sandstones, conglomerates and limestone that were deposited horizontally, but have now been tilted vertically and faulted into "fins" by the immense forces caused by the uplift of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif.

A foggy morning along the Eagle Trail in Boulder, Colorado right before the snow started to fall.

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm-70mm

- B+W Circular Polarizer

Another sunset over the Front Range and Rocky Mountains from Colliers Hill in Erie, Colorado.

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

- B+W Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

This perennial native wildflower, Prickly Poppy, has petals that "flop around" in the breeze. They were seen in several natural areas (i.e. not infested with subdivisions of houses, strip malls, etc) around Denver, Colorado

Their name "Prickly Poppy" refers to its stems and leaves that resemble those of a thistle. In fact, if the flowers were not present, they would be easily mistaken for a thistle.

A sunset landscape of the Front Range and the Rocky Mountains from Colliers Hill in Erie, Colorado

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 70mm - 200mm

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

Sunset over the Rocky Mountain Front Range along abandoned railroad tracks in Erie, Colorado.

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

-B+W Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Ballhead & Tripod

Massive boulders and even more massive outcroppings were scattered about the foothills at Red Rocks Park, Morrison, Colorado. The highlighted dead tree in the left foreground was about 10-15 feet tall.

A black & White view of frozen North St Vrain Creek from a hike along the Button Rock Dam - Sleepy Lion Trail.

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

- B+W Circular Polarizer

Sunset over the Front Range Mountains and open range land near the Lefthand Trail in Boulder, Colorado

- Sony A7RIII

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm Art

- Tiffen Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

A view of the wild fire raging in the Front Range today (10-17-2020) from Colliers Hill in Erie, Colorado

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

- B+W Circular Polarizer

A beautiful sunset over the Front Range & Rocky Mountains from Colliers Hill in Erie, CO

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

- B+W Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

This picture was taken at Red Rocks Park, into the sun, with a thick haze in the background.

The railing in the lower left corner gives scale to the picture. Morrison is the city in the midfield valley; and the Denver skyline is in the blue haze of the background, about 9-10 miles away ("as the crow flies") .

Wildflower fields near Washington Gulch in Crested Butte, Colorado

The sunrise over the hills and open range lands along Cherryvale Road i Boulder, CO

- Sony A7RIII

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm Art

- Tiffen Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

The path starts out in the right direction, but it would be a long walk to the Rocky Mountains hahaha. First you would pass the dark peaks in the background, "The Front Range", then the snow-capped peaks behind are about 65 miles from this walkway.

Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America. The ultra-prominent 14,115-foot (4,302.31 m) "fourteener" is located in Pike National Forest, 12.0 miles (19.3 km) west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike, who was unable to reach the summit. The summit is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude. The red rock formations are part of Garden of the Gods, a public park located in Colorado Springs. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971.

The sun setting over the Front Range Mountains and Flatirons of Boulder and Eldorado Springs, Colorado

- Sony AR7III

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm Art

- Tiffen Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

The beauty of the Front Range & Rocky Mountains on display after the sunset with thunderstorms all around in Erie, Colorado.

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 24mm - 70mm

- B+W Circular Polarizer

A sunset thunderstorm rolling NE over the plains towards the Front Range and Rocky Mountains near Erie, CO

- Nikon D800e

- Sigma 70mm - 200mm

- Really Right Stuff Tripod & Ballhead

A iPhone landscape view of the startup of the CalWood and Lefthand Canyon wild fires in Boulder County Colorado as seen from Colliers Hill in Erie, Colorado.

- iPhone 7

Ohio Pass, Colorado

I thought it was interesting the farmer plowed around this old tree to let it survive.

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

The sunrise from above the Reerless Fault looking towards the Front Range Mountains, the Flatirons of Boulder and Eldorado Canyon/Eldorado Springs, Colorado from the old Marshall Coal mine area along Cherryvale Road in Boulder.

- Sony A7RIII

- Sigma 24mm-70mm Art

- Tiffen Circular Polarizer

- Really Right Stuff Tripod

A Black & White view from a hike along the Walker Ranch Loop in Boulder, CO

- Nikon D800e

- B+W Circular Polarizer

Telluride, Colorado, USA

Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera), is so-named because it is supposedly reminiscent of sombreros in Mexican festivals. It's also called Prairie Coneflower in some guidebooks.

This member of the aster family is a native species found along the Eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, and south to Mexico. This photo was taken at water's edge of Berkeley Lake, a small lake at the northern edge of Denver, Colorado.

Helen Hunt Falls is a scenic 35 foot waterfall located west of Colorado Springs in North Cheyenne Cañon Park. The falls can be seen from the parking lot or you can walk up the stone steps to the bridge over Cheyenne Creek for a great view of the canyon. The falls are named in honor of Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (1830 – 1885), a United States poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the U.S. government.