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As we drove up the Peak to Peak Highway, the sky turned a fiery orange. Looking to the east, early morning clouds mixed with the sky brightening minute by minute with the early September sunrise. Just a few minutes later, we pulled into the parking lot for the Longs Peak…
Continue readingLike so many holiday weekends at the national parks, this one was no different. Parking lots were full, people were milling around the sequoia grove. As a Park Ranger, you were expected to work holidays as that’s when so many people visit the parks. One perk of working the holiday…
Continue readingIt’s an impressive building, no doubt. Built sturdily with large pieces of rock anchoring its walls and a cross hatch of hewn logs, massive logs, anchoring its thatched roof. But it would have to be, given the harshness of its climate 365 days a year. The Alpine Visitor Center of…
Continue readingThe lightning flashed in the dark night sky — bursts of light illuminating the Flatiron mountains. We couldn’t tell exactly where the series of thunderstorms were but figured we would encounter them somewhere along Boulder Canyon on our drive home to Nederland. We didn’t have to wait long. Immediately upon entering…
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