Happy Trails into the clouds

Last week I spent a few days with some clients who are relocating from Florida.  We took time to look at neighborhoods in several counties.  We finished up the orientation tour in Evergreen, Denver's bedroom mountain community.  To my delight, I had a few hours before my next appointment so I decided to motor up Mount Evans, the majestic peak we all see from the plains of Denver.

Funny or perhaps ironic as it is, I've lived in Colorado for many years and have never been to the top of Mount Evans.  It is not that I haven't tried, in fact twice this year I've tried to get up.  Once I started too late in the day. By the time we arrived the park was closed.  Instead we hung out at Echo Lake Lodge, photographing the humming birds who entertain and feed there. So the trip was not a total loss.

The next attempt was thwarted because we too early in the season. The Park opens  Memorial Day weekend, not sooner!  Once again I satisfied myself with photos of those hard to focus hummingbirds!

My lucky day finally came last week.  The weather was in the high 90's in Denver, since I was already enjoying the cool temperatures of the mountains, the last thing I wanted to do was go down to that heat, so I headed for the clouds.

My travels that day were most rewarding, the view from the summit was worth the trip. Standing at 14,264 feet above sea level, I could see forever.  It felt like the top of the world.

Just when I thought I couldn't get any happier, a mountain goat walked over and posed for me.  He stood still, not like the hummingbirds.  He made my week. No, my month.

I love serendipitous days like this.

Comments

[Brad Andersohn]

Kristal - B-E-A-U-Tiful photo from the mountain tops. I love a great photo, and this is one of those you only get from National Geographic! Love that you captured a very surreal moment in time!! Well done!

[Kristal Kraft]

Ines ~ isn't that the case for all of us. We don't dig into the place where we live. That's part of why I enjoy blogging, it inspires me to go someplace new.
Shooting that Mountain goat was a kick.

[Ines Hegedus-Garcia]

kk - that goat is gorgeous!!! I cannot believe you had not been up there!! (I'm not one to talk, there's plenty of places in S. Florida I have not visited).