My Colorado summer.

[intheflow]

Not really.

I'm far too poor to develop my film until next week. :(

The last two weeks I've been living without electricity, so used my digital sparingly to conserve my rechargeable batteries. But I did use it a tad, so here are my vacation teaser shots.

We hiked a lot. These first two shots were taken on our last 3-4 mile hike to Surprise Lake. Here's my son and his dog, Pete, very early into the hike:




Here they are in the car on the post-hike ride home.



:rofl:
I even like the blurriness, because that's actually how we all felt by this time. These two had done a 15-mile hike the day before. :wow: My 23-year-old son, though tired, could hack it. But Petey is almost 9 (about 68 in dog years), so he was really really *ahem* dog-tired.

Plus, Pete had survived his first porcupine attack just 4 or 5 days before. I was too busy driving him back an hour and a half to the vet in Denver to take my camera or any shots of him with a walrus-like mustache of quills. But I did pick out the backseat a very few of the quills my son removed en route to Denver to take this documentary shot:



Well, I was going to make you wait for all the nature shots, digitals included. But I can't help myself. I must share at least one.

Lake Dillon, Frisco, Colorado

[Blue_In_AK]

1. That's a beautiful lake shot, ITF.

And your poor puppy ... that must not have been too pleasant an experience. Owie.

[intheflow]

2. It's funny in retrospect.

But the emergency vet we got was great. She was newly arrived from Alaska (of all places) where she dealt with dog/porcupine encounters frequently. Poor Pete--about 24 hours after his surgery, he had a terrible nightmare where he jerked awake with a jump and a yelp, then spent the next few minutes carefully running his tongue all over his nose and muzzle.

Very funny in retrospect. But poor Petey, I feel bad laughing at the memory!

[F.Gordon]

3. Poor Puppy

:-(

Good lookin' kid. Who walked point? I'm guessin' the puppy?

Love the Lake photo. Anxious to see more. I'm trying to plan a few Autumn outings if time allows. Quite frankly..... I'm ready for cooler weather and clear blue skies. :P

[intheflow]

4. They walked co-point.

The two on them blew us all away. Though between the two of them, Pete walked point starting the hike, but he's always much slower on the return knowing that turning around equals "back in the car".

I've lived here for four years and have never been out to shoot the autumn aspens. This year ought to be beautiful with all the rain we've gotten.