Wildflowers and a Moose (July 2010)

Friday July 30, 2010

Last weekend went hiking around Long Lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. My main camera was having problems, so I had my old camera with me and the pics are not as sharp as usual. After about a half mile I was really wishing for my other camera. The wild flowers along the trail were great. It was an amazing display of colors.

Elephant's Head

Field of Flowers

Mixture of Colors

Trail Through the Flowers

White and Purple

There was also a bull moose not far off the trail. Deer and elk are easy to see in these mountains; they are sometimes even in large herds. Moose are much less common. Before this I hike, I had only seen moose once before in Colorado.

Bull Moose Laying in a Field Next to Long Lake