At long last we share a weekday off together! It's been 4 months since our schedules meshed in this way and we are ready to enjoy it! Our love of Mother Nature led us to seek out an area for viewing the colors of the 2012 fall season here in Colorado. A review of scenic byways, distances, and available time encouraged us to tour the Highway of Legends Scenic Byway. We traveled this route in the summer of 2010 after scouring a nearby location for new (to us) wildflower species. Our memory of the beauty of this area was spot on, and only enhanced by the colors we found this fall 2012 season. With home projects and the usual routines of everyday life to consider, this time out from our normal activities fell into place with excellent timing.

The window for viewing fall color here in Colorado can be fairly narrow, about a week or so in general, to catch the show in prime form. We lucked out this 2012. The scenery was wonderful. In addition, an interesting enhancement to our experience came in the form of Geocaching.com's Earthcaches. The area is rich with possible candidates and they have been nicely realized by geocachers. We learned some fascinating information about the geology of the area.

Many of the photographs this trip were taken with our camera mounted on a tripod and shot in 3 exposures for HDR rendering. See what you think of the results. A number are styled as paintings rather than photographs. Check them out in 'slideshow view' to see them at their best. Happy viewing.