West Mancos Road Wildflowers

I went up to the top of West Mancos Road (FS 561) on the west side of the La Platas yesterday. The cattle has done quite a job eating all the flowers along the road. There are a few, spotty sections of Columbine in the Aspen forests up high, but nothing to write home about. And the mosquitos are horrendous as usual (I wonder why?). I spent some time photographing the beautiful mountain scenes with Hesperus and Centennial so close I could touch them. The bugs were biting though so it wasn't too much fun.

Zazi and I hiked a bit of the Aspen Loop Trail at Windy Gap. We started at about 7pm so the light was wonderful. There were many bunches of blue bells and geraniums as well as a few pink paintbrush, fun to shoot; handheld shallow depth of field.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Went up to Kennebec Pass July 9th via Junction Creek side. Flowers were good, but could use another few days before they are "perfect".
The trip was not disappointing, as the flowers were quite beautiful, even if a bit early.