Spring Arrives on the Front Range

How do we know it’s springtime along Colorado’s Front Range? How does anybody anywhere know it’s springtime? It’s because the dandelions are blooming, showing their bright and cheerful faces to the supraterranean world! 😊 I wonder if that’s true where you live, too. Because the Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) has spread from its original home … Continue reading Spring Arrives on the Front Range

Skyline Drive

My return trip to Colorado Springs from the Sandhill Cranes in the San Luis Valley follows US 50. After the happy encounter with a pair of nest-building American Dippers along the Arkansas, the highway ascends away from the river to a plateau that abuts the world-famous Royal Gorge, before descending back into Cañon City. Known … Continue reading Skyline Drive