
The smoke, which enhanced the twilight in this photo of the mountains above Moraine Park and the people viewing elk, is actually from fires that were burning in California.
September 1, 2009
Rocky Mountain National Park
Gallery: Eastern slopes – September 1, 2009
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Rocky Mountain National Park, September 3, 2009, about 11:40. We are on our way to Emerald Lake, about .6 miles on down the trail, past the end of Dream Lake.
Just after we get there, the battery in my camera dies, and neither of the Emerald Lake shots are worth keeping. The last good image was taken at 12:20.
Gallery:
Bear Lake and Emerald Lake Trails – September 3, 2009
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We had parked near the Alluvial Fan parking lot and I had walked across Fall River Road to get a different angle on the scenery for photos. This image is one of a number of thistle plants in bloom.
Along lower Fall River Road, Rocky Mountains National Park, September 2, 2009
Gallery: Fall River and Trail Ridge – September 2, 2009
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Arrival at Rocky Mountain National Park, August 31, 2009
Rocky Mountain National Park - Eastern slopes - September 1, 2009
I’ve added photos from our September visit to Rocky Mountain National Park to two new photo galleries to my Haw Creek Galleries. Because of the number of photos I took on the trip, I’ll be dividing them up in to galleries by location and, under that, by date.
The first gallery is Arrival – August 31, 2009 and has ten photos.
The second is from September 1 and is primarily from the eastern slopes of Rocky Mountain National Park, with 48 photos. We wanted to take a couple of days to acclimatize at lower elevations before went up over 10,000 feet above sea level.
I’m working on the next gallery and will be posting more from other days of our September trip. I also have galleries to work on from trips in May 2009, September 2008, August and September 2007, June 2007, and January 2007, as well as older trips from before I retired.