Saturday, June 27, 2009
Pine Valley Ranch Park
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Centennial Cone Open Space
The creek in the photos (one is a bit blurry) is Clear Creek that runs along Highway 6.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Reynolds Park
Since the air was heavy with humidity, the views from this Jefferson County Open Space Park outside of Conifer, were somewhat hazy. We are on our eighth straight day of severe weather that rolls in each day, sometimes even before the noon hour. I was putting away my trailer in the pouring rain and when I returned home to Denver, the tornado sirens were blasting. All typical for us during the past week.
We covered 7 miles in quick time as I was mounted on Yuma, instead of Butch. God bless him, I love hime to death, but...............he's very slow. In his favor, he REALLY watches where he puts his feet. Wildflowers were blooming in abundance: flax, columbine, wild geranium, indian paint brush, blue clematis, and many others I cannot name. At times the ground was carpeted with small white flowers with taller ones of blue, purple, fushia, yellow, and gold. The color green was the most predominant. Everything is so lush at this time, but will quickly fade away when the summer heat makes it's appearance. It won't be long now I'm afraid. Ahhh...........those dog days of summer!
We covered 7 miles in quick time as I was mounted on Yuma, instead of Butch. God bless him, I love hime to death, but...............he's very slow. In his favor, he REALLY watches where he puts his feet. Wildflowers were blooming in abundance: flax, columbine, wild geranium, indian paint brush, blue clematis, and many others I cannot name. At times the ground was carpeted with small white flowers with taller ones of blue, purple, fushia, yellow, and gold. The color green was the most predominant. Everything is so lush at this time, but will quickly fade away when the summer heat makes it's appearance. It won't be long now I'm afraid. Ahhh...........those dog days of summer!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Garden of the Gods
A typical Colorado warm, bright sunny day was the backdrop for the most spectacular scenery that is Garden of the Gods, just outside Colorado Springs. The longer than usual drive south on I25 because of road construction did not dampen this small groups enthusiasm for our trail ride in this park. Heavy park and pedestrian traffic was the norm, but still, we managed to find ourselves utterly alone much of the time. On a scale of one to ten, this ride rates a solid "10" for sure!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Apex Open Space Park
What a great day for riding. Apex Park is another Jefferson County Open Space Park that is close by to the stable. Maybe was a fifteen minute drive with more than ample parking. The trailhead is located at Heritage Square. The planned ride could not be completed due to the loss of a front shoe on Daisy. We did cover 5.5 miles of the planned 8.2 miles. We will return again and complete the planned ride that'll take us up to Buffalo Bill's gravesite. Now........how exciting is that!!!??? Nice park. Two thumbs up!
The photos are Noel and Daisy looking towards Green Mountain (another open space park), and North and South Table Mountains looking towards Golden. The beautiful green valley was a surprise and there were many homes located there. Great horse property for sure. Finally, a photo of Butch, well, just being Butch.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Boulder Open Space Park. Mesa Trail.
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