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
On this day it is good to remind ourselves of how truly special a home planet we live on, how totally and thoroughly we are dependent on Mother Earth who daily showers us with myriad gifts. When I saw our first pasqueflowers of the season only this past week, with the buds and flowers emerging … Continue reading Earth Day 2024
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
After bidding adieu to the Sandhill Cranes and the San Luis Valley, I return to Colorado Springs via Salida and Cañon City along US Highway 50 . This segment of highway parallels the Arkansas River which originates in the mountains near Leadville and streams toward its destiny with the Mississippi. For the first 50 miles … Continue reading Could it be?
Last week’s post was a love song to the spectacular Sandhill Cranes who migrate through Colorado's San Luis Valley twice a year. This week’s is a tribute to the no less spectacular setting where the cranes congregate each spring and autumn. Multiple routes lead to the San Luis Valley from Colorado Springs, but the most … Continue reading Journey to the Cranes
