We have a Winner!
Congratulations to Maria Sharp! My Facebook friend, who correctly guessed that the photos posted in last week’s contest were taken along the Top of the Rockies Byway.
Week 20
These two photos were taken along two different sections of the byway. This byway traverses Independence Pass at one point, as well as includes sections of the 10th Mountain Division Memorial Highway and the Climax mining operation north of Leadville.
Photo 39: My riding buddy Jen, stopped for a few shots of the old mining car along the roadside opposite one of the largest mining operations in Colorado: Climax Molybdenum. This part of the byway traverses Fremont Pass just south of Copper Mountain Resort and north of Leadville.
Photo 40: Castle Creek Road lies at the western edge of the byway, is eleven miles long and ends at the base of Montezuma Basin. The wildflowers captured in this photo bloom in early July for a few weeks and then disappear leaving no trace.
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I am a photo-journalist at heart and an educator by trade who enjoys sharing life through a virtual rose-colored lens.
I started this blog mostly to share my travels across the 25 scenic and historic byways of Colorado. My plan is to complete these 25 journeys before May 24th, 2014 (my 50th birthday). All of the roads have some unique feature/scenery along the way. A couple of the roads are 4-wheel drive accessible only and a lot of the roads have so many twists and turns that I will not only drive these roads by car and 4-wheel drive, but also by motorcycle.
There's a bit of a story behind my dream of driving the Colorado byways and it will be told throughout the many blogs I will write over the next two years.
One other thing I will work over the next two years is creating a way to pay it forward. I don't consider myself rich in the monetary sense, but most definitely rich in gratitude, happiness and compassion. If there is more that I can do by sharing my travels and unique perspective of the world around me, then I want to do as much as I can to make it happen.
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Photo 39: My riding buddy Jen, stopped for a few shots of the old mining car along the roadside opposite one of the largest mining operations in Colorado: Climax Molybdenum. This part of the byway traverses Fremont Pass just south of Copper Mountain Resort and north of Leadville.
Photo 40: Castle Creek Road lies at the western edge of the byway, is eleven miles long and ends at the base of Montezuma Basin. The wildflowers captured in this photo bloom in early July for a few weeks and then disappear leaving no trace.
