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Pikes Peak (on the left) is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent mountain (14,115-ft / 4,302.31 m) is located in Pike National Forest, near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike who attempted to climb it but was unable to reach the summit.
I went for an early morning walk in Denver for sunrise. It was a ghost town at the Colfax Light Rail Station. Buses and Light Rail empty for rush hour on a Friday.
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In September of 2013, St. Vrain Creek was ravaged by historic flooding caused by 18"-22" of rain over a three day period, overrunning its headwater tributaries in the foothills of Boulder County and leading to widespread flooding in the county's canyons and eastern plains. Today, the creek, floodplain and surrounding communities are recovering and nature continues to restore the meandering beauty of the creek itself.
Led by brand-new GE ES44DC No. 7628, a BNSF employee special passenger train rounds the curve along Lower Church Lake between Westminster and Broomfield, Colorado, on the morning of June 8, 2007.