Breath Taking...

Now I know why our son has wanted us to visit him this time of year...
Colorado is a beautiful place in early October. The aspen groves are the stars of this autumn show. I snapped over 800 pictures, finding it tough to pick some of my favorites to share with you all...

The aspen's were turning from a brilliant yellow, to orange and will end up nearly red, before they are done putting on their autumn-time show. While taking in this magnificent show, your head tends to look upward towards the blue sky,
however there is beauty in the ground as well.

Dainty fern-like plant pushing upward, towards the early autumn sky

&
carpets of red winter berries
line the bottom of these conifer & aspen forests.

And here is the Royal Gorge Bridge
photo taken from the bottom of the gorge and I was perfectly content to view the bridge from below. The view looking upward is pretty awesome too!

The Arkansas river runs through the gorge and is amazingly crystal clear.

Panning for gold...

Look at that sky, this is straight from the camera folks...
no photo editing done!
Not a cloud in the sky...

The gorge becomes quite narrow in places,
just enough room for the river and train...

And lastly,
and snap shot of our son Matthew and his sweet girl friend, Megan. They were great host and hostess.
They treated us to a wonderful time and even a wonderful home-cooked meal of brine/grilled pork chops, grilled veggies and rice dish! I've been craving that pork chop every since we got home.

Good times.
Relaxing & refreshing.

With thy Needle & Thread,
Brenda