A QUIET MORNING FROM BIERSTADT LAKE FRENCH CANYON WATERALL With the extreme cold temperatures

With the extreme cold temperatures of January and February

Morning sunlight illuminates this blue vervain plant in Northern Illinois at Wildflower Park

These american mink are fun to watch

It wasn't long before I seen my first one of the day

A QUIET MORNING FROM BIERSTADT LAKE FRENCH CANYON WATERALL With the extreme cold temperaturesIt was a cool August summer morning when I arrived at the trailhead to Bierstadt Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I started up the steep trail at 5: 15 am to catch the sunrise at the lake and the Continental Divide. It would take me just under an hour to reach the lake. There are numerous switchbacks leading up the mountain through some stands of aspen trees. After about 20 minutes, I no longer needed my headlamp to guide my way up the mountain.