Rustic Colorado Photography

Rustic Colorado Photography Exploring Colorado's off roads, ghost towns and out-of-the-way places and taking photos as I go.

An Easter Sunday drive to the Cripple Creek Mining District to visit some of my favorite places.
04/10/2023

An Easter Sunday drive to the Cripple Creek Mining District to visit some of my favorite places.

Sunset over Pikes Peak tonight
12/24/2022

Sunset over Pikes Peak tonight

Incredible sunset last night in Divide while out photographing friends with the autumn aspen leaves. What a stunner.
10/07/2021

Incredible sunset last night in Divide while out photographing friends with the autumn aspen leaves. What a stunner.

Driving the Million Dollar Highway from Silverton to Ouray as a smoky and hazy dusk settled over the canyon, coloring th...
09/09/2021

Driving the Million Dollar Highway from Silverton to Ouray as a smoky and hazy dusk settled over the canyon, coloring the Ruby Walls.

Lake San Cristobal sits just outside Lake City, Colorado at an elevation of 9,003 feet. It's a freshwater lake, up to 89...
08/31/2021

Lake San Cristobal sits just outside Lake City, Colorado at an elevation of 9,003 feet. It's a freshwater lake, up to 89 feet deep in places, and was formed about 700 years ago when the first Slumgullion Earthflow, a natural landslide, created a dam across the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River. I kayaked on this lake for the first time during this trip and was amazed at the clear turquoise color of the water. This night, we drove to the Lake San Cristobal Overlook on Hwy. 149 and walked down the trail until we had a clear view of both the Milky Way and the water. The string lights are from a foot bridge from the water's edge over to a small island.

While camping this month in the San Juan Mountains, we visited Creede and stopped to see the famous 100+ foot tall North...
08/30/2021

While camping this month in the San Juan Mountains, we visited Creede and stopped to see the famous 100+ foot tall North Clear Creek Falls outside of town. This waterfall is a tributary of the Rio Grande River and flows over a deck of solidified ash from a volcano in the San Juan volcanic field that erupted about 27 million years ago.

Scenes this week from Camp Bird Road, which takes you into Yankee Boy Basin outside Ouray, Colorado. The elevation is 12...
08/13/2021

Scenes this week from Camp Bird Road, which takes you into Yankee Boy Basin outside Ouray, Colorado. The elevation is 12,527 feet and the basin is famous for its wildflowers in mid July. I was a bit too late for the flowers, but the scenery never disappoints, especially Twin Falls.

Up on Gold Camp Road. Which do you prefer?
04/26/2021

Up on Gold Camp Road. Which do you prefer?

Photos from our drive up Gold Camp Road to Cripple Creek. For those who are not local, this road follows the old railroa...
04/22/2021

Photos from our drive up Gold Camp Road to Cripple Creek. For those who are not local, this road follows the old railroad bed from Colorado Springs to the Cripple Creek Mining District, and included 9 tunnels, most of which have caved in. The road was reworked around those sections so it could be a scenic drive. This route was how the gold mines delivered much of the ore to the mills in Colorado Springs for processing, ending for the most part at the roundabout and depot at the corner of Highway 24 and 21st street, which now houses my doctor's office 😁

The Cripple Creek Donkeys are descendants from the donkeys used in the 1800s during the mining days. In summer, they roa...
04/19/2021

The Cripple Creek Donkeys are descendants from the donkeys used in the 1800s during the mining days. In summer, they roam the town freely, mingling and taking selfies with tourists. In winter they are corralled in a large field and there's a platform with a chest that contains paper bags with healthy treats to feed them. As soon as I stepped onto the platform, all 11 of them moseyed over to be fed.

Sunrise this morning revealed my neighborhood covered in hoarfrost.
02/11/2021

Sunrise this morning revealed my neighborhood covered in hoarfrost.

These photos are from late December on a foggy morning in Garden of the Gods, after we had a lot of snow :)
01/23/2021

These photos are from late December on a foggy morning in Garden of the Gods, after we had a lot of snow :)

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