Camping in Southern Colorado

Charla

I wouldn't really call this a journey but more of a mis-mash of photos I took on our 4 day camping trip this weekend.

My family and I live in Denver, and a couple years ago my husband and I invested in some raw land (approximately 40 acres) just west of the little town of Walsenburg. We call it "The Ranch".

The Ranch is about 3 hours from our home and we spend several weekends a year camping and goofing off.

When we arrived on Thursday it was a bright beautiful day but a bit on the windy side. The first thing that caught my eye was this caterpillar. This was a tough shot to get since the wind was gusting 20-30mph and this little bush was bouncing all aver the place!


I showed Patrick how cool this guy was.


I wondered over to the tool shed and found this little guy. There were actually at least 5 lizards living in the shed. At least that's how many I counted scurrying under the wall!


Thursdays sunset was not very colorful but the wind caused some interesting cloud formations.


Friday began with another bright day but the winds were up to about 40mph. We didn't let that stop all of our fun though. Here is a shot of the view from my "driveway"


I was wandering down my driveway and I saw this wierd bee type bug. They don't have these in the city!


Some flowers at the end of the driveway.


A quick little rain shower left this nice rainbow.


The wind was even worse on Saturday, up to at least 50mph so we all tried to lay low. I did take a quick drive up the road to revisit one of my favorite photo locations. I don't know any history on this church, but is sure is old!






The wind abruptly died around dinner time and we were very excited to be able to have a camp fire that night. Sunday morning was still and cool. It was nearing time to pack up but we decided to go for a quick hike around the property before we left.

Look at the bones!!! Cain found this jawbone that he thought was pretty cool. Probably a cow.


Ben and Patrick taking a rest (more like waiting for Mom and Cain to catch up ) This is a lava rock wall at the edge of the property.


Tracking deer up the ridge. I'm pretty sure we're trespassing here!


Annie dog posing for the camera. We've nick-named her Paris Hilton because she's not real smart but she gets by on her looks :rofl


A cool twisted Juniper. Need to do a B&W conversion on this one.


Well that's all for now. Hope you all enjoyed your visit to The Ranch! Comments and Critique are not just welcome but very much appreciated!

Charla

marlof

That's an amazing Ranch! I esp. liked the shot with the church overlooking the land.

Charla

marlof wrote:

That's an amazing Ranch! I esp. liked the shot with the church overlooking the land.

I appreciate the comments This is one of the few areas in the Colorado mountains that is still affordable and we have so much fun when we get to go there.

I wanted to spend more time at the old church but the wind was so terrible I only spent about 5 minutes there. All the remaining shingles on the roof were at high risk of blowing off!

David_S85

Great sunset shot and that old chapel can be a study in itself. Thanks for the trip to CO.

quark

Lizard is my favorite. good colors and tone for that one.

Michael Allen

I loved Colorado when I was there, Liked the sunset. Thanks for posting

stephiewilliams

Charla, there is that beautiful Colorado mountain skyline, would recognize it anywhere! I am from Colorado as well. Great shots, really love the lizard pics!

Charla

stephiewilliams wrote:

Charla, there is that beautiful Colorado mountain skyline, would recognize it anywhere! I am from Colorado as well. Great shots, really love the lizard pics!

Thanks Stephie!

ian408

I spent some time in Buena Vista this summer. The area is a beautiful
slice of Colorado.

Thanks for sharing!

Charla

ian408 wrote:

I spent some time in Buena Vista this summer. The area is a beautiful
slice of Colorado.

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for looking and commenting!