hidden falls

I call this the "hidden waterfall" because it's relatively unknown to most people in the area.  I lived here for eight years before exploring a trail by which I drove almost daily.  It's also a seasonal waterfall, fed by spring melt-off, and flows just a few weeks each year.  It's hard to capture in a photo, but that tiny sliver of water at the top of the frame is nearly a hundred feet above me.

Springtime in the Colorado desert

Returning to the Colorado National Monument yesterday, we saw cactus flowers beginning to bloom.  They'll peak out later this month.

Beaver Lake in Marble, Colorado

It won't be long before we'll be able to travel past Beaver Lake into Lead King Basin.  For now, however, this is the end of the road.  A late April, early May storm is leaving lots of snow behind, even though much of it melts as the sun comes out in between squalls.  It was during one of these breaks yesterday morning that I drove into Marble to get some shots of the cloud-shrouded mountains reflected in both Beaver Lake and the pond downstream of town.