Weeks 2-1--7-14 thru 3-29--4-4-14 - Winter to Spring in Colorado

Week 2-1--2-7-14 - New Castle, CO:

 I-70 through New Castle

near Palisade, CO

4 Mile Rd up to Sunlight Ski Resort

Sunlight Ski Resort

 The silhouette of Mt. Sopris

 From outside our bedroom window

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Week 2-8--2-14-14 - New Castle, CO:

 Mt Sopris in the afternoon sun

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Week 2-15--2-21-14 - Western CO:

 Jean-Pierre Cafe in Durango, CO

 Downtown Durango, CO

 Near Breckenridge, CO

Keystone, CO

At the Utah-Colorado border

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Week 2-22--2-28-14 - Utah & Nevada: 

 SE Nevada

 Along Hwy 50

 Sand Mountain near Fallon, NV

 Hunter Creek Waterfall near Reno, NV

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Week 3-1--3-7-14 - Utah & Nevada: 

 Virginia Lake in Reno, NV

 Reno, NV

 Inside the Peppermill Casinos in Reno, NV

 Shoe Tree along Hwy 50 in NV

 

 Wind farm along Hwy 50 in Nevada

 Sunset in Utah

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Week 3-8--3-14-14 - Back to Western CO: 

 Main Elk hike outside New Castle

 Carbondale and Mt. Sopris

Sunset in New Castle, CO

 Snowmass Village, CO

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Week 3-15--3-21-14 - Western CO: 

 Lodgpepole pine lumber with Bluestain Fungus - a phenomenon that occurs after mountain pine beetle kills a tree. For years saw mills wouldn't accept bluestained timber, but once mountain pine beetle exploded in the Rockies, and the timber industry was flooded with bluestained wood, they were left with little choice. Luckily, the fungus does not impact the structural integrity of the timber, and it has now become a sought-after aesthetic.

 Glenwood Springs, CO

 Snowmass Village, CO

 Along the Colorow Trail in New Castle, CO

 Twice-stabbed lady beetles emerge from their winter larval casings. The beetles are voracious predators of scale insects, like the willow scale covering this aspen tree (all those little specks on the bark along the top of the photo).

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Week 3-22--3-28-14 - Western CO: 

 Spring is official with a birthday tee-ball game

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Week 3-29--4-4-14 - Western CO: 

  

The thaw continues....!