This weeks lens-artists photo challenge is hosted by Sheetal who invites us to “show us the things you love that makes your world spin or things about your world that make you delirious with joy.”
An afternoon drive through Poudre Canyon for a lunch in Walden, Colorado. Or better yet, having lunch in Walden while on a camping trip through the Rocky Mountains.
The Poudre Canyon is a narrow verdant canyon, approximately 40 miles long, on the upper Cache la Poudre River in Larimer County, Colorado in the United States. The canyon is a glacier-formed valley through the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains northwest of Fort Collins.
watching the river
through a window of trees…
spring rain falls ~ Issa (cited: haikuguy.com)
Driving west through the canyon, one will be enticed to pull off the road to view the clouds traveling across Cameron Peak. Cameron Peak is within the Medicine Bow Mountains which are a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains that extend for 100-mile from northern Colorado into southern Wyoming.
a glimpse of moon
over my home village…
then clouds ~ Issa (cited: haikuguy.com)
A westerly Sunday drive through Poudre Canyon will invite you to stop for lunch in the small town of Walden, Colorado. Walden is located in Jackson County, an amazing sub-alpine valley in Northern Colorado.
evening’s fall colors–
the rainbow in the valley
fades away ~ Issa (cited: haikuguy.com)
As of the 2010 census, the population of Walden was 1,394; the fourth least populated in the state of Colorado.
white clouds of mist
blow away…
the village’s mountain ~ Issa (cited: haikuguy.com)
The county contains the Never Summer Wilderness, the 71,000-acre Colorado State Forest, and the Arapapho National Wildlife Refuge.
this mountain rain
and the deer’s tears
must be mingling ~ Issa (cited: haikuguy.com)
During the summer of 2020, the Cameron Peak fire began about 25 miles east of Walden and 15 miles southwest of Red Feather Lakes near Cameron Pass. It is reported that this fire burnt 208,663 acres (326 sq mi.) through the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Larimer and Jackson Counties and Rocky Mountain National Park. The fire became the largest wildfire in Colorado history.
a meditative journey 
Thank you for taking us to Walden. Enjoyed the virtual tour.
Thank you for taking the time to join this virtual tour
I was so enjoying the tour until I came upon your last image brenda – so very sad but I suppose maybe it’s nature’s way of clearing the land for more growth. I loved your foggy/cloudy images along with the beautiful poetry.
Thank you for joining this virtual tour…I had to postpone lunch in Walden last summer due to the virus and summer fire so don’t know how much the landscape has changed. While fires do clear the land and encourage new growth, the blacken bare trees are heartbreaking as are the pines that have damaged by pine beetles.
Wow! The haikus were perfect for the images, they added an ethereal charm. Those were some lovely landscapes and the last picture rapidly reminded me of how beauty coexisted with danger. Thank you for sharing this beautiful place with us.
Thank you for this photo challenge…I enjoyed revisiting the drive through photographs and imagination.
Thank you for my Virtual Tour through this stunning landscape, and the Haikus for added atmosphere
Thanks Sue. I’m finding a greater appreciation for the beauty of the landscape, both in Colorado and Wyoming.
Marvelous!
We have been to the Poudre Canyon several times. It is such a beautiful place!
It is great to hear from someone who also enjoys the beauty of Poudre Canyon.
Your foggy landscapes are wonderful, Brenda. I was so sorry to hear about the fire. I hope it was contained quickly.
Thank you Patti for the visit and inspirational words. It is my understanding that the fire burned for 112 days.
Ohh!! Too long.
Great tour. Well done!
I am sorry about the fire, though your photo makes a wonderful abstract. Really atmospheric all of them.