When we live someplace for a long time, we tend to equate the seasons with that locale. After twenty years on the Gulf Coast, it took me a couple of years to realize springtime didn't start in February in North Texas; instead, it waited until March. When we traveled last year in Maine and Canada, we got the treat of multiple springs as we headed west in May and June.
Now, this year when we arrived in early May in Colorado Springs (6300 feet in elevation), the trees were just budding out, and there weren't really even any spring flowers in evidence. This week, the first week of June, we've noticed more flowers, and the weather taking a definite warming trend.
Searching for some interesting hiking, we discovered Mueller State Park, just west of Colorado Springs, and straight up into the mountains. Mueller advertises itself as 'What you think of when you think of Colorado'. We drove up about 3000 feet up and tried our hand at, well, actually our feet at, hiking at 9200' feet. Mainly, it was walk, stop, gasp, - repeat. You only get about 2/3rd the amount of air we were used to in Sun City, but it certainly was much cleaner. It takes awhile to acclimate to high altitude since you must make more red blood cells to compensate for the lowered oxygen levels.
Since we were taking it easy to avoid contracting altitude sickness, there was plenty of time to take pictures. I thought you might enjoy Colorado in the spring.
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