Peek-to-Peek: The Color of Fall

I went to the cabin last Saturday afternoon just for an overnight. NOAA was predicting a week of rain for both Boulder and the high country. I thought if I wanted to get any photos of the aspens in full fall regalia I'd better make a quick trip up.

By Sunday afternoon I had taken two walks and 127 photos. Having read the latest Vanity Fair from cover to cover and finished this book (If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. Filming of a movie based on the book and starring Jeremy Irons, started this spring. I will go see this one),

I couldn't wait to get back to the computer to see what I'd actually captured on film. I spent almost three hours editing photos. Here are a few...

I snapped this just about two blocks west of the cabin. The "leaf peepers" were parked almost bumper-to-bumper along the south side of Eldorado, the street on which the cabin is located, when I returned from Sunday's walk. This was the eye-catcher...

The locals hate anything that brings more traffic to Eldora, so now I can't decide if I'm a local or a "leaf peeper"!

Someone had even driven as far in as they could on the access road along the south side of the creek, usually used only by residents, and parked just a few feet from one of my favorite photography subjects...