I promised a Favorites of 2025 - Part 2, so here it is, with the added note that some of these are not necessarily amazing; however, they represent favorite circumstances, adaptation to changing conditions or problems, or improvements in my techniques. I think I mentioned in my previous post that we'd gotten to explore some new-to-us areas of southwestern Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad train near the top of Cumbres Pass, Colorado Colorado. The highlight for me was gettin

I'm sharing a few of my favorite images from 2025.

I always feel a bit sorry for folks who only stick to interstate highways and freeways... I've chatted with Colorado natives who are not familiar with scenic byways in their own state!

We've traveled parts of the Cache la Poudre/North Park Scenic Byway a few times over the years and every time, we've found something new to enjoy.

September and October are leaf peeping season in Colorado, and I had a plan for optimizing my time...

Funny thought -- sojourn is apparently not supposed to be used as a verb, as in "sojourning," but only a as noun, meaning a temporary...

We'd been anxiously waiting for the right weather for our next camping/photography adventure. However, with a good, soaking rainstorm settling in for a few days, it was touch-and-go whether we'd be able to pull it off as planned.

Many years ago, my husband and I started a friendly competition to see which of us would spot the first wildlife along our drives.

Frontier Pathways is one of the foremost byways I struggle to photograph well even though I've traveled its full length

February has been quite cold and snowy, so I thought it will be a good idea to share some snow photos

I decided to continue the story of trees this month

It seems like we do our best travels when the leaves are turning color. For example, this year we managed two trips back-to-back for some...

Colorado has 26 designated Scenic & Historical Byways and one of my goals is to collect photos from all of them.

Colorado's mining history has provided cool and interesting roads and trails.

A few months ago, my sister invited us to join her and her kids in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado the first week of May.

I started to wonder about the actual distribution of the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep compared to the desert bighorns in Colorado.

I have to admit I lost interest in butterflies and moths after I learned a little about them in school.

I was looking for fall colors and photos that are not found in the "iconic" locations in Colorado

During October, we got out to two very different parts of western Colorado. First (and the subject of this post) was to Wolf Creek Pass...

Our 45th anniversary trip was an adventure in seeing some of the best of Colorado