A MOMENT OF TRANQUILITY FROZEN WATERFALL I have come to notice

I have come to notice that the creek usually doesn't completely freeze over and that the creeks edges can form some pretty cool ice patterns

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A beautiful morning hiking through Starved Rock State Park as the autumn colors of maple

A beautiful and typical desert southwest landscape scene with an impressive young saguaro cactus standing close to a blue palo verde tree at Saguaro National Park

A MOMENT OF TRANQUILITY FROZEN WATERFALL I have come to noticeIt was a cool August summer morning when I arrived at the trailhead to Bierstadt Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I started up the steep trail at 5: 15 am to catch the sunrise at the lake and the Continental Divide. It would take me just under an hour to reach the lake. There are numerous switchbacks leading up the mountain through some stands of aspen trees. After about 20 minutes, I no longer needed my headlamp to guide my way up the mountain.